Day 4, Part 5

0:00:37 > 0:00:44Day 4 in Pyeongchang is still not done and it has been an up and down

0:00:44 > 0:00:51one for Team GB. The skeleton riders are posting good times. Elise

0:00:51 > 0:00:56Christie got through to the final of the 500 metres. This is what

0:00:56 > 0:00:57happened.

0:00:57 > 0:01:04the 500 metres. This is what happened. They get away first time.

0:01:04 > 0:01:11Van Kerkhof not with with a great start. Elise Christie behind

0:01:11 > 0:01:19Minjeong. Boutin of Canada is in second. Elise Christie has work to

0:01:19 > 0:01:30do. We know she has the speed in her legs.

0:01:30 > 0:01:35legs. Christie trying to get the inside line. Christie tries to make

0:01:35 > 0:01:41it on the inside. She is third. And Christie crashes out. Christie is

0:01:41 > 0:01:48out again. It is a photo finish on the line between Fontana and Choi

0:01:48 > 0:01:52Minjeong. In her quest for gold, Elise Christie ends up on the floor

0:01:52 > 0:01:59again. She crashed out of final four years ago and history repeats itself

0:01:59 > 0:02:00in Korea.

0:02:00 > 0:02:07years ago and history repeats itself in Korea. Rhianna Fontana awarded

0:02:07 > 0:02:11the gold and Choi Minjeong was disqualified. That didn't help Elise

0:02:11 > 0:02:19Christie. She crossed the line in fifth place, promoted to fourth.

0:02:19 > 0:02:25That means again, four years to the day she was disqualified in Sochi

0:02:25 > 0:02:32no, medal for Elise Christie. After she was very emotional.Well, Elise,

0:02:32 > 0:02:37very disappointed, tell us if you can what is going through your mind

0:02:37 > 0:02:43right now?Just I was knocked over, I didn't fall on my own. I don't

0:02:43 > 0:02:50want this in a final. I don't give you any penalty when somebody gets a

0:02:50 > 0:02:55penalty. Just tough. I worked so hard for the 500. It's just been

0:02:55 > 0:03:03taken away from me. Even in the semi-final I got crashed in. And

0:03:03 > 0:03:12then ended up in lane 4. I know it's short track and I'm supposed to be

0:03:12 > 0:03:17prepared for this, but it still hurts.We all feel for you now.

0:03:17 > 0:03:23There is millions of people watching back home and have seen your journey

0:03:23 > 0:03:28and are supporting you. You have come back from this before and I'm

0:03:28 > 0:03:32sure you're strong enough to do it again.Yeah, hopefully. I have a few

0:03:32 > 0:03:38days to reset and obviously it's about still almost a week until my

0:03:38 > 0:03:47best distance. So the positive is... I don't know. Right now I just keep

0:03:47 > 0:03:52living with this feeling, you know? It's out of my control. I got

0:03:52 > 0:03:56knocked Ove and that's that.You have a lot of strong people behind

0:03:56 > 0:04:04you, your mum is here, Charlotte and Martin your roommate. But as you

0:04:04 > 0:04:09said, there is a lot to build on there. Two Olympic records, it

0:04:09 > 0:04:12wasn't to be tonight but your favourite distances to come. You may

0:04:12 > 0:04:16not feel like it now, but there are positives to take.Yes definitely.

0:04:16 > 0:04:22I'm just, I don't think I will be taking much positives tonight.

0:04:22 > 0:04:30Listen, Elise, thanks very much. We are so sorry it didn't go your way,

0:04:30 > 0:04:37but we will be supporting you on Saturday.How can you take positives

0:04:37 > 0:04:41in the immediate aftermath?It is bearable to watch her so upset. She

0:04:41 > 0:04:47does have a few days. She has time to have a look at it and analyse it

0:04:47 > 0:04:52with the team and put it behind her and move on. She still has the two

0:04:52 > 0:04:55distances to go, which are her strongest.It is not a bad thing to

0:04:55 > 0:05:00show your feelings. It is not bad to show how much you care.Exactly, if

0:05:00 > 0:05:05she had been the ice queen and said this different affect me, none of us

0:05:05 > 0:05:10would believe her. We have seen she has this amazing personality, we

0:05:10 > 0:05:15want her to feel that pain, we feel that pain. She needs to get that out

0:05:15 > 0:05:20and explore her true feelings so park them and move on.

0:05:20 > 0:05:24Interestingly, she touched on it in the interview, I wonder if her head

0:05:24 > 0:05:28the mistake was made in the semi-final of not winning the

0:05:28 > 0:05:33semi-final and not getting one of the inside two lanes?You can do

0:05:33 > 0:05:40that and look at it with hind sight. But if she was going to win that

0:05:40 > 0:05:47semi-final she would have. So I don't think there is a lot of point

0:05:47 > 0:05:51in looking back at what could have been. You can see her hand was taken

0:05:51 > 0:06:00away from her. If she hadn't fallen and what could have been.There is

0:06:00 > 0:06:05Shaolin,

0:06:06 > 0:06:11Shaolin, a world champion himself. They're in there with you and have

0:06:11 > 0:06:15been through it yourself. Shaolin there. He will know exactly what

0:06:15 > 0:06:20this means to her and what she's really feeling and he will feel

0:06:20 > 0:06:24protective of her.You explained there is no way of appeal. Even

0:06:24 > 0:06:29though we have seen the shots that suggest that it wasn't Elise's

0:06:29 > 0:06:34fault. Her hand was taken away and her hand actually balancing probably

0:06:34 > 0:06:42over a third of her body weight taken by van Kerkhof.Who got the

0:06:42 > 0:06:46silver medal. She had no hope of staying on her feet under those

0:06:46 > 0:06:56conditions. So very sad for her. What are they seeing? Why didn't

0:06:56 > 0:06:58they do a disqualification.You can't appeal after the decisions

0:06:58 > 0:07:04have been made. So they have all the different angles and they can look

0:07:04 > 0:07:08at the cameras and they will make the decision. Once that has been

0:07:08 > 0:07:20announced, then it's over.They had all made one disqualification.

0:07:20 > 0:07:23all made one disqualification. Choi Minjeong got disqualified and Boutin

0:07:23 > 0:07:26got bumped up and she was lucky to get through.We thought she would be

0:07:26 > 0:07:30disqualified.Things might have happened differently. They didn't.

0:07:30 > 0:07:34This what is we have to deal with. And this what is Elise Christie has

0:07:34 > 0:07:40to deal with and she is going to feel dreadful. But the point about

0:07:40 > 0:07:46her is the come back queen. She knows how to pick herself up and she

0:07:46 > 0:07:51can do that. The 1,500 and the 1,000 metres to come. And she is world

0:07:51 > 0:07:59champion. She will be OK. Now cross country skiing. Today saw the finals

0:07:59 > 0:08:04of the men's and women's sprints. They qualify by tile and then go

0:08:04 > 0:08:12head-to-head. It takes place at the Alpensia centre. Over to our comment

0:08:12 > 0:08:19ray team. -- commentary team. COMMENTATOR: The adrenaline will be

0:08:19 > 0:08:29flowing. Does history beckon for Falla. She is the defending and the

0:08:29 > 0:08:35world champion. Hanna Falk missed a medal last year. In the World

0:08:35 > 0:08:43Championships. Diggins silver last year in the World Championship. She

0:08:43 > 0:08:46doesn't look overawed. Here we go.

0:08:46 > 0:08:49year in the World Championship. She doesn't look overawed. Here we go.

0:08:49 > 0:08:57The women's sprint final. We can feel our adrenaline going. How must

0:08:57 > 0:09:06they be feeling.

0:09:06 > 0:09:15they be feeling. There is Fallin the defending champion. Will one try and

0:09:15 > 0:09:21strike up that brutal climb? Nilsson is going for it. It is only 1.2K.

0:09:21 > 0:09:26But it will already be hurting after the rounds of qualification. This

0:09:26 > 0:09:42medal is earned the hard way.It is such a hard race. I think for them

0:09:42 > 0:09:49nothing less than gold will be enough. One will end up with it.I

0:09:49 > 0:09:53wouldn't like the pick it at the moment. Very tight around that

0:09:53 > 0:10:03corner.

0:10:32 > 0:10:36Nilsson has the advantage over the hill.Nilsson always the silver

0:10:36 > 0:10:44medallist. Always the bridesmaid. Is this to be her day to shine in these

0:10:44 > 0:10:56freezing conditions? Falla's coming back though.

0:10:56 > 0:11:00back though. What can Falla do to try and defend her crown in Nilsson

0:11:00 > 0:11:06has the edge.Falla will fight to the line. It is not enough of a gap

0:11:06 > 0:11:16to let up. As they come around

0:11:16 > 0:11:19to let up. As they come around the corner, Falla has some ability.

0:11:19 > 0:11:29Nilsson being roared on by the Swedes in the crowd.

0:11:29 > 0:11:33Swedes in the crowd. Maiken Falla knows no man or woman has

0:11:33 > 0:11:38successfully defended this title. But Nilsson is pulling further away

0:11:38 > 0:11:44from the defending and world champion. Berorukova may even catch

0:11:44 > 0:11:53her. Gold is sown up.

0:11:53 > 0:12:01her. Gold is sown up. Stina Nilsson, they call her silver Stina. No more

0:12:01 > 0:12:09it is all gold. Falla is second and Berorukova is third. No one was

0:12:09 > 0:12:13going to deny Stina Nilsson the victory. That was superb against a

0:12:13 > 0:12:17great champion, who she finally forced down into silver. What a

0:12:17 > 0:12:24victory for the swooefd. -- Swede. Fantastic as they got over the top

0:12:24 > 0:12:32of the hill, they were locked head-to-head. At the end it was an

0:12:32 > 0:12:38easy victory. That was incredible. Such a good ski by her.Nilsson is

0:12:38 > 0:12:44finally on top it is silver this time for Maiken Falla and Berorukova

0:12:44 > 0:12:48takes bronze.

0:12:48 > 0:12:54time for Maiken Falla and Berorukova takes bronze.

0:12:54 > 0:12:57STUDIO: Stina Nilsson wins in the cross country sprint. That looks

0:12:57 > 0:13:04like it is short and sweet. But they have been through a lot of rounds.

0:13:04 > 0:13:12She has worked really hard for this. In the men's version. Britain's

0:13:12 > 0:13:16Andrew Young struggled with illness and didn't make it through to the

0:13:16 > 0:13:23knock out stages, but here what happened in the final.

0:13:23 > 0:13:27knock out stages, but here what happened in the final. COMMENTATOR:

0:13:27 > 0:13:38The snow has stopped and sky cleared.

0:13:43 > 0:13:58Is this the moment? Is this the night and the moment where Johannes

0:13:58 > 0:14:04Klaebo turns it into Olympic glory. He is making a bit of a statement

0:14:04 > 0:14:12with the pink shades.And matching pink gloves.The Swedes cheering on

0:14:12 > 0:14:18their man. So many Norwegians have also made the journey here to

0:14:18 > 0:14:24Pyeongchang. It is a freezing night, but their evening will be warmed if

0:14:24 > 0:14:28the 21-year-old star in the making delivers on the biggest occasion of

0:14:28 > 0:14:38his life.

0:14:41 > 0:14:48There is Hakola, the qualifier. Klaebo, the new dominant force in

0:14:48 > 0:14:57cross country sprinting. But this is the biggest test of his life.

0:14:57 > 0:14:57Federico

0:14:57 > 0:15:03Federico Pelligrino, the reigning world champion from Italy.

0:15:14 > 0:15:25Bolshunov. This is the cross country sprint final for men. Watch the

0:15:25 > 0:15:32fireworks fly!

0:15:35 > 0:15:38Pellegrino is the defending world champion, wearing nine. And

0:15:38 > 0:15:46Bolshunov on the outside, trying to put Klaebo under pressure. A nation

0:15:46 > 0:15:53expects. Can Klaebo deliver? Bolshunov going to the front and

0:15:53 > 0:15:57that will not panic the young Norwegian at the moment. Pellegrino

0:15:57 > 0:16:02currently in third trying to close the gap on the two young pretenders

0:16:02 > 0:16:08ahead of him. Bolshunov from Klaebo. These two are opening up a gap

0:16:08 > 0:16:11already on the field. Bolshunov tried this in the semifinal, trying

0:16:11 > 0:16:16to get in front and get it his own way. Didn't work out in the

0:16:16 > 0:16:21semifinal. Will it work out in the final? I don't think so.Alexander

0:16:21 > 0:16:26Bolshunov is doing everything he can to give himself the opportunity to

0:16:26 > 0:16:33cause a huge upset. The favourite is Klaebo, there is still doubt. But

0:16:33 > 0:16:37being the favourite, you have to deliver. And Pellegrino, the world

0:16:37 > 0:16:43champion, not too far behind in third.There is a bit of a gap. I

0:16:43 > 0:16:47think Pellegrino is doing a really good job over the top of the hills

0:16:47 > 0:16:56to close the gap. At a fantastic second half in the semifinal. I

0:16:56 > 0:17:00expect him to put on the jets any time now. If he gets to the

0:17:00 > 0:17:03right-hand side of Bolshunov you will have a clear lane to push

0:17:03 > 0:17:11forward. He really goes for it over the now.He's driving and pushing.

0:17:11 > 0:17:16He has the weight of a nation on his shoulders. He's carrying that

0:17:16 > 0:17:21favourite tag. At the moment he is living up to the hype. He has his

0:17:21 > 0:17:26own unique style and he is streaking away from a world-class field here.

0:17:26 > 0:17:33On the most brutal incline. He has made it look easy. Alexander

0:17:33 > 0:17:37Bolshunov is in second. World champion Pellegrino in third. But

0:17:37 > 0:17:41surely, this is Klaebo's to take. It was a monstrous climb and he did it

0:17:41 > 0:17:47in style.He burst of the field apart as he went over the top of a

0:17:47 > 0:17:54hill. As we said before, quite tight, but over the top of the field

0:17:54 > 0:17:58he suddenly has clear space and he can most cruise home now. But I'm

0:17:58 > 0:18:04pretty sure he will keep on pushing as he goes around the corner.We are

0:18:04 > 0:18:11watching a separate battle here. Klaebo has looked over his shoulder.

0:18:11 > 0:18:16He has taken apart some superb challenges here. He is miles clear.

0:18:16 > 0:18:21You don't see sprint races won by this margin. Alexander Bolshunov is

0:18:21 > 0:18:25winning the battle for silver at the moment but a world champion from

0:18:25 > 0:18:32Italy is trying to close him down. A glorious night for Klaebo, living up

0:18:32 > 0:18:44to all the hype and expectation. A new star is born tonight here in

0:18:44 > 0:18:49new star is born tonight here in. The star man delivering under the

0:18:49 > 0:18:55most immense pressure with phenomenal style and grace. Klaebo,

0:18:55 > 0:19:01remember his name Commies saw his first Winter Olympic gold right here

0:19:01 > 0:19:09in Pyeongchang. -- remember his name, we saw his first Winter

0:19:09 > 0:19:16Olympic gold. Still waiting to find out who gets silver and bronze.

0:19:16 > 0:19:25Pellegrino confirmed for the silver medal. Amazing from him.By two one

0:19:25 > 0:19:31hundredths of a second. Klaebo was already easing up at the line.

0:19:31 > 0:19:36Klaebo is the Winter Olympic sprint champion, and how he did it in

0:19:36 > 0:19:42style. World champion Pellegrino in second and Bolshunov takes bronze.

0:19:42 > 0:19:48STUDIO: Very impressive from Norway's Klaebo, the leader of the

0:19:48 > 0:20:00World Cup sprint standings. Taking a gold medal here for Norway.

0:20:00 > 0:20:05Team GB set a target of five medals for the Winter Olympic Games. They

0:20:05 > 0:20:08sent their biggest team, one that had never had so much money invested

0:20:08 > 0:20:13in it in the build-up. Things not going to plan first off, but Elise

0:20:13 > 0:20:17Christie made the final of the 500 metres, where she tumbled out of

0:20:17 > 0:20:22contention and finished in fourth place. This was the reaction of Mike

0:20:22 > 0:20:29Hay, Team GB's chef de mission. Thanks for joining us. I'm sure

0:20:29 > 0:20:32watching that and watching how Elise Christie was afterwards, I'm sure

0:20:32 > 0:20:35you are as despondent as everyone else here.Like everyone else, it's

0:20:35 > 0:20:39a tough sport to watch. It's never over until it's done, and even the

0:20:39 > 0:20:43winning girl got it as qualified at the end of the day. This belief is

0:20:43 > 0:20:55and disappointed for Elise. -- disbelief and disappointment. This

0:20:55 > 0:20:59will be tough tonight, but they will get over it tomorrow. She has her

0:20:59 > 0:21:02two favourite events to come and we still have high hopes she will do

0:21:02 > 0:21:07well here.I was speaking to performance director Stuart flying

0:21:07 > 0:21:14and he said they have plans in place to come around Elise and help her.

0:21:14 > 0:21:22But there is a greater Great Britain and Team GB, will you also rally

0:21:22 > 0:21:27round her?We will. We will give her tonight and tomorrow first. A lot of

0:21:27 > 0:21:30British athletes came down from the mountain tonight to cheer her on.

0:21:30 > 0:21:37She did great the final of the Olympics. Of course coming forth

0:21:37 > 0:21:46sucks. Lane for is not a great draw, and she'd tried a lot of things to

0:21:46 > 0:21:49do something in that short space of time. Unfortunately it ended in a

0:21:49 > 0:21:55crash for her.So far it has been a little bit unlucky for a couple of

0:21:55 > 0:21:58the top medal hopes. Elise tonight and Katie Ormerod, who fractured her

0:21:58 > 0:22:04heel. You must be hoping the look can improve soon.Not been a great

0:22:04 > 0:22:08start. We wanted an early medal to give the team some confidence going

0:22:08 > 0:22:12into the next ten days. It hasn't happened, we didn't win a short

0:22:12 > 0:22:19track medal in Sochi, but me you manage to take four medals. -- but

0:22:19 > 0:22:22we managed to take. Poor Katie didn't quite make the start line,

0:22:22 > 0:22:27which is big for us. But she is in a couple of events, slopestyle and big

0:22:27 > 0:22:33air as well and we still have talent in the team to come.We wish Katie

0:22:33 > 0:22:37Ormerod well as well, and Elise Christie. But she will be back any

0:22:37 > 0:22:451000 and 1500 metres. Will you be sending a big contingent to cheer

0:22:45 > 0:22:50her on?We will have plenty of athletes, and I'm sure she will

0:22:50 > 0:22:55bounce back.STUDIO: It's a real test of the mental strength for

0:22:55 > 0:23:01Elise Christie and it's a test of the team around her. Will they let

0:23:01 > 0:23:03her wallow in disappointment for a while and pick her up again

0:23:03 > 0:23:08tomorrow?You have to let her experience her emotions. You can't

0:23:08 > 0:23:12expect her not to be disappointed. She has only just finished. She will

0:23:12 > 0:23:16be down and sad. I'm sure she will have a good cry and talk things

0:23:16 > 0:23:21through. They will go through the video analysis and then there is a

0:23:21 > 0:23:25point where we have to cut it off and put it behind her and move on.

0:23:25 > 0:23:31You must have had moments like this, Chemmy, with yourself and friends.

0:23:31 > 0:23:39Having been to four Olympics, we pass so much hope on somebody

0:23:39 > 0:23:41getting an early medal, like Mike Hay just said, it's almost something

0:23:41 > 0:23:44the whole team needs to get. The whole team has witnessed that

0:23:44 > 0:23:48disappointment. They need to be wrapped in cotton wool and built up

0:23:48 > 0:23:53again as well. You need somebody to start the ball rolling, and when

0:23:53 > 0:23:58that happens, it's amazing what you can achieve as a team.Exactly.

0:23:58 > 0:24:02Thinking back to Canada, Vancouver in 2010. Canada took ages to win

0:24:02 > 0:24:07their first gold medal but ended up leading the table at the end as host

0:24:07 > 0:24:10nation, incredibly important to them. And that ice hockey final was

0:24:10 > 0:24:14huge. We will not finish top of the medal table, but we don't have the

0:24:14 > 0:24:19strength. But the target of five is still perfectly achievable,

0:24:19 > 0:24:22particularly with the skeleton riders

0:24:22 > 0:24:23particularly with the skeleton riders going so fast in training

0:24:23 > 0:24:28with new suits that are clearly helping. Where they had only

0:24:28 > 0:24:32predicted with skeleton, top eight and maybe one medal, that could be

0:24:32 > 0:24:35better. Potentially one or two to come from curling and maybe

0:24:35 > 0:24:40something from skiing or snowboarding. Bobsleigh could get a

0:24:40 > 0:24:45medal. And Elise Christie still has two more events, and they are her

0:24:45 > 0:24:49stronger events. She is world champion in both of them. Sarah Com

0:24:49 > 0:24:50you said all along the

0:24:50 > 0:24:51champion in both of them. Sarah Com you said all along the trouble with

0:24:51 > 0:24:54500 metres is when one thing goes wrong you don't have time to

0:24:54 > 0:25:01recover.There really is no room for error. She had a couple of little

0:25:01 > 0:25:05bumps. Her hand was taken away from her, but in longer distances she is

0:25:05 > 0:25:09really strong. If something happens and there is a mistake, you have

0:25:09 > 0:25:13time to make up for it. But the 500 is over before you know it stop what

0:25:13 > 0:25:16it reminds me a little bit of Andy Murray getting beaten by Roger

0:25:16 > 0:25:26Federer at Wimbledon.After that he picked himself up and won Wimbledon

0:25:26 > 0:25:29and the Olympic gold medal. Elise Christie knows how to do it. And she

0:25:29 > 0:25:33will not start playing it safe. People are saying she is a different

0:25:33 > 0:25:37athlete. We are all panicking because we saw it happen four years

0:25:37 > 0:25:40ago and it started a downward spiral. She isn't that person any

0:25:40 > 0:25:45more and she needs to remember that. She can't put superstition around

0:25:45 > 0:25:50the word Olympics. She is a world champion. There is not much

0:25:50 > 0:25:54difference. She needs to believe it's the same event she has done so

0:25:54 > 0:25:58many times in the last four years. She has to say, the Olympics is not

0:25:58 > 0:26:02a bad word. The and pigs is the Goodwood. I am here to show my sport

0:26:02 > 0:26:09and my strength. -- the Olympics is the good word.We saw the action

0:26:09 > 0:26:13unfold live on BBC One earlier. In ice hockey, Canada winning the gold

0:26:13 > 0:26:17medal on the final day of competition in Vancouver. They have

0:26:17 > 0:26:20been very dominant in women's ice hockey. We would expect Canada to

0:26:20 > 0:26:26get through to the final. They might well meet their North American

0:26:26 > 0:26:29neighbours, the USA. The USA Today took on the Olympic athletes of

0:26:29 > 0:26:31Russia. This is what happened.

0:26:36 > 0:26:41Recent results haven't been good against the USA. COMMENTATOR: And

0:26:41 > 0:26:45they love scoring against the Russians. That is fired in from the

0:26:45 > 0:26:52point from Bellamy.

0:26:52 > 0:26:54point from Bellamy. Bellamy with a relatively innocuous shot, but there

0:26:54 > 0:27:11was enough on its to cause problems. The rebound pops out again.

0:27:11 > 0:27:17The rebound pops out again. Jocelyn on the rebound.

0:27:17 > 0:27:22on the rebound. The valiant defence of the Olympic athletes from Russia

0:27:22 > 0:27:28is breached. It has taken a while. It helps when you have the telepathy

0:27:28 > 0:27:41of the twins. There could be another chance... What a goal.

0:27:41 > 0:27:45chance... What a goal. Doubling up, this time it was all about the skill

0:27:45 > 0:27:48from Jocelyne Lamoureux. Before it was all about perseverance and

0:27:48 > 0:27:54strength and now it's the razzle-dazzle. Fake the goalkeeper

0:27:54 > 0:28:01and plan to home the puck and the US are in control. STUDIO: The

0:28:01 > 0:28:06supporters have more to cheer because a fourth scored for the USA,

0:28:06 > 0:28:11and they lead 4-0. We will shortly join the third period of that match

0:28:11 > 0:28:17live. Bearing in mind the USA beat Russia 7-0 at last year's World

0:28:17 > 0:28:20Championships. Strong favourites for that, with possibly more goals to

0:28:20 > 0:28:28come. Five-time... Trying to me 52nd gold medal, Canada, up against

0:28:28 > 0:28:35Finland. Canada are strong favourites for. -- trying to win

0:28:35 > 0:28:41their fifth consecutive gold medal. COMMENTATOR: Finland know what it

0:28:41 > 0:28:49takes. They have beaten this Canadian side is not so long ago.

0:28:49 > 0:28:53Other meetings between the pair have taken a couple of empty net goals.

0:28:53 > 0:28:57They have been very close going into the final three or four minutes of

0:28:57 > 0:29:01games. That will be one of the keys of this game, not to make mistakes

0:29:01 > 0:29:08like that. This could be an opportunity. Fines are blessed with

0:29:08 > 0:29:18the back door.

0:29:24 > 0:29:30Melodie Daoust picks out the past to Augusta.Wakefield, Spooner was

0:29:30 > 0:29:36offside again.

0:29:36 > 0:29:42offside again. Right out in front, what a finish.

0:29:46 > 0:29:53what a finish. Play is continuing. This is remarkable. They were sure

0:29:53 > 0:29:56the puck was in the back of the net. The referee was standing right

0:29:56 > 0:30:03there. We will go to a video replay to see if this went in and out in

0:30:03 > 0:30:10the blink of an eye.

0:30:10 > 0:30:18the blink of an eye. That's a goal. After video review, we have a good

0:30:18 > 0:30:24goal.They will put the time back on the clock that elapsed from that

0:30:24 > 0:30:28moment. Canada now leading 2-0.

0:30:35 > 0:30:49Still Fortino. Working it back to the blue line.

0:30:50 > 0:31:05The pressure paid for Canada.You can only stem the tide for a while.

0:31:14 > 0:31:25Up the middle Saulnier with a great shot.So authoritative and precise.

0:31:25 > 0:31:32This for the Finn s to try and make something happen. They put it

0:31:32 > 0:31:40towards the net and chance, can they score in they force

0:31:44 > 0:31:49score in they force it over the line. It is a goal for history. She

0:31:49 > 0:31:58needed three bites of cherry.

0:31:58 > 0:32:02needed three bites of cherry.Very fast, terrific execution. Caused

0:32:02 > 0:32:09Finland -- caught Finland on their heels. They were able to spin

0:32:09 > 0:32:14through through to 4. In the end it was playing it out. The net minder

0:32:14 > 0:32:22was called on a few times, but not enough from a Finnish perspective.

0:32:22 > 0:32:29Canada are through to the semi times with a strong performance against

0:32:29 > 0:32:31the Finnish side who couldn't do enough.

0:32:31 > 0:32:33STUDIO:

0:32:33 > 0:32:40enough. STUDIO: Stewed There are loads of

0:32:40 > 0:32:45places to try hockey in Britain.Yes we have an ice hockey league. On our

0:32:45 > 0:32:51web-site there is a lot of details of how to get involved. We have been

0:32:51 > 0:32:56sent so many people of young people loving it with their cardboard

0:32:56 > 0:33:03helmets.We are going to switch from short track speed skating to long

0:33:03 > 0:33:09track. Explain the differences. It is not just the style and the length

0:33:09 > 0:33:17of it.It is a completely discipline and there is not a lot of cross

0:33:17 > 0:33:28over. Some people do make the switch. The athletes are difficult.

0:33:28 > 0:33:36Long track athletes are taller. It is on a 400 metre track. So it is

0:33:36 > 0:33:41much smaller.It is about gliding and they put their hands behind

0:33:41 > 0:33:50their back.And huge quads.Here is the men's 1,500 metres, known as the

0:33:50 > 0:33:51race of kings.

0:33:51 > 0:33:57the men's 1,500 metres, known as the race of kings. COMMENTATOR:.

0:34:08 > 0:34:21Patrick Roest, silver in the World Championship.

0:34:45 > 0:34:53Three and three quarter laps, the men's 1,500. The Dutchman in the

0:34:53 > 0:35:01orange and blue against the Kiwi. Patrick Roest is a young upstart. He

0:35:01 > 0:35:05made the Olympic team almost as a surprise. He I think surprised

0:35:05 > 0:35:12himself that he made the team. He is only 22. His first Olympic race.He

0:35:12 > 0:35:17probably has something to prove to the Dutch and he has got a good one

0:35:17 > 0:35:22going. That is a terrific opener. Can he keep up that pace? That is

0:35:22 > 0:35:28always the question in the 1,500. They come out fast. But that last

0:35:28 > 0:35:31500 takes so much out of you. You have got to have something left in

0:35:31 > 0:35:41the tank to be successful.

0:35:41 > 0:35:44the tank to be successful.This shows how deep the Dutch team is,

0:35:44 > 0:35:48they can have a 22-year-old come in and reach a level you wouldn't

0:35:48 > 0:35:55expect. And Kay has come from in-line skating. His biggest chance

0:35:55 > 0:36:03in the Olympics is in another event. He will be using this as a warm up.

0:36:03 > 0:36:121,100 metres down and Roest is still flying. 400 to go.

0:36:12 > 0:36:15flying. 400 to go. Roest looks as if he is bound and determined to take

0:36:15 > 0:36:20the lead.He has nothing to lose. You can see that left arm flailing.

0:36:20 > 0:36:25I would like to see that nice and tight on his back. But he is doing

0:36:25 > 0:36:36everything he can.Roest at the line. There is your leader. 1.44.86,

0:36:36 > 0:36:47a solid skate from Patrick Roest of the Netherlands.

0:36:47 > 0:37:00the Netherlands. Oda from Japan. He finished 16th last year.

0:37:11 > 0:37:21Nuis only raced the 1,500 twice and his best was a third in Calgary.

0:37:21 > 0:37:26Nuis and Oda. Nuis on the left in the blue and orange. Oda on the

0:37:26 > 0:37:34right in the black and white. Excellent start for Nuis. Comes off

0:37:34 > 0:37:42the line quickly. Nuis is one of my favourite skaters. He is flawless

0:37:42 > 0:37:47technically. Excellent position, look at how low his shoulders are.

0:37:47 > 0:37:53Everything is going into the ice. This is a good pair and a fast pair.

0:37:53 > 0:38:02The opens times are fast.This is where we are starting to get into

0:38:02 > 0:38:08the flight of skaters who are going to challenge Roest and most likely

0:38:08 > 0:38:14surpass him. Nuis has not made the Olympics the last two times he has

0:38:14 > 0:38:21tried. He has been criticised for not stepping up to the big

0:38:21 > 0:38:25competition and he has worked to get that pressure under control.Nuis is

0:38:25 > 0:38:37the leader right now, can he keep it going? In the men's 1,500 metres.

0:38:37 > 0:38:41Nuis trying to take down the time of his team mate. You can see that

0:38:41 > 0:38:47black virtual leader line and he is miles ahead of it now.It would take

0:38:47 > 0:38:52a huge event to prevent Nuis from making it to the top of the

0:38:52 > 0:38:55leaderboard. He looks beautiful skating. He is keeping it together.

0:38:55 > 0:39:02There is no sign of tying up. He just looked awesome.He is going

0:39:02 > 0:39:08into the inner, coming out of inner and he is still looking smooth. This

0:39:08 > 0:39:19is is Nuis of the Netherlands. And naus has done it -- Nuis has done

0:39:19 > 0:39:29it. Your new race leader is Nuis of the Netherlands, the 28-year-old,

0:39:29 > 0:39:36the world shamp yon has moved -- champion has moved into the Olympic

0:39:36 > 0:39:41spotlight.I think he can put the critics to side now. He stepped it

0:39:41 > 0:39:48up today. That was a beautiful race. The last 50 metres was the only part

0:39:48 > 0:39:53he broke down a bit. The last lap wasn't as strong as Roest. But what

0:39:53 > 0:39:57a beautiful race, he was calm, relaxed and smooth the entire race.

0:39:57 > 0:40:01That is the first one we have seen today that I would say was close to

0:40:01 > 0:40:05a perfect race. He said his most perfect race was at the Olympic

0:40:05 > 0:40:09trials to just to make the team. He made the team after two attempts.

0:40:09 > 0:40:24Love that race. The love the intensity.A huge roar from the

0:40:24 > 0:40:27crowd from Kilp MinSeok.

0:40:44 > 0:40:44Kilp

0:40:50 > 0:40:50m

0:40:50 > 0:41:00Kim on the the right. Silovs on the right.We don't see that stance as

0:41:00 > 0:41:08much. It works for some people. They are mimicking the track and field

0:41:08 > 0:41:12stars. Hoping they can get off the line quicker with that technique.We

0:41:12 > 0:41:20have seen how important that opening can be.

0:41:24 > 0:41:31can be. And for Silovs.Silovs getting comfortable, the country

0:41:31 > 0:41:36doesn't have a background in speed skating. He has moved around the

0:41:36 > 0:41:40world looking for a group to train with. He has been all over. He just

0:41:40 > 0:41:51tries to find what he can, where he can get it.Two laps to go for this

0:41:51 > 0:42:02pair. Seok and Silovs.

0:42:02 > 0:42:04pair. Seok and Silovs.Can they get the speed they need with this

0:42:04 > 0:42:09technique.

0:42:09 > 0:42:15technique.The crowd really getting behind Kim Min Seok. He has picked

0:42:15 > 0:42:22it up. Has he got enough?Still two arms behind the back. That is so

0:42:22 > 0:42:26rare towards the end of the race. The shoulders are moving from side

0:42:26 > 0:42:31to side. This is the strategy and it is working.The crowd bringing home

0:42:31 > 0:42:37the local favourite. Silovs trying to catch him, but he won't. Here is

0:42:37 > 0:42:50the time. It puts him into the bronze medal spot at 1.44.93 for

0:42:51 > 0:42:59Silovs who goes to fourth. Impressive race by that young

0:42:59 > 0:43:0318-year-old, he is only 18 years old. He is now in third place

0:43:03 > 0:43:08position. I don't expect that will happen. We have a lot of better

0:43:08 > 0:43:13skaters to come. But we are starting to see everyone start to fill that

0:43:13 > 0:43:20gap on Patrick Roest's time. A good race by Kim. I was impressed by his

0:43:20 > 0:43:23two arms around the back all the way. That is hard to do when you're

0:43:23 > 0:43:29trying to get speed early in the race.What a future that young man

0:43:29 > 0:43:36has if he continues to improve. Naus of the Netherlands the leader

0:43:36 > 0:43:44followed by Roest. And then Kim, the Young South Korean moving into the

0:43:44 > 0:43:53bronze medal position. Two skaters left in the men's 1,500 metres.

0:44:04 > 0:44:10Pedersen and Mantia. There is Mantia, 32 years of age, from the

0:44:10 > 0:44:18United States. He won the mass start at the US trials. 7th in the 1,500

0:44:18 > 0:44:28at the same worlds. 21st in the 1,500 in Sochi. Joey Mantia of the

0:44:28 > 0:44:41US on the left. Pedersen of Norway on the right.

0:44:41 > 0:44:46on the right.Pedersen, the only one left can who salvage things for

0:44:46 > 0:44:52Norway. He is a small, compact skater. He is very smooth. I expect

0:44:52 > 0:45:04to see him strong at the end of race.

0:45:05 > 0:45:17The opening times not the fastest. 23.27 for Mantia.

0:45:17 > 0:45:2223.27 for Mantia.Pedersen looks more relaxed than Henrikson. You

0:45:22 > 0:45:26can't do the two arms if it is not working for you. I think they're

0:45:26 > 0:45:34behind now the first lap time.

0:45:40 > 0:45:45Pedersen doing his best to get a bit of a draft off Mantia. The middle

0:45:45 > 0:45:50part of the race is critical, keep the turnover high and the tempo

0:45:50 > 0:45:54going and do your best to keep the technique together going into the

0:45:54 > 0:46:00last lap.They heard the bell, less than 400 metres to go for Pedersen

0:46:00 > 0:46:08and Mantia. 1:44.01 is the time to beat.Not sure what happened with

0:46:08 > 0:46:12Pedersen, looks like he almost went down. Maybe he hit a patch of ice

0:46:12 > 0:46:17that was repaired.

0:46:18 > 0:46:21that was repaired.Mantia will finish with the inner advantage.

0:46:21 > 0:46:26Both farms working as they drive to the line. And Mantia can't beat the

0:46:26 > 0:46:37time. Pedersen is ninth, giving South Korea a bronze. And the Dutch

0:46:37 > 0:46:45are gold and silver. But the crowd erupts at the Oval because a South

0:46:45 > 0:46:57Korean has won a bronze medal in the men's 1500 metres.

0:47:07 > 0:47:12The 18-year-old South Korean, taking home a bronze medal. STUDIO: There

0:47:12 > 0:47:18have been four speed track events so far for medals, and all four

0:47:18 > 0:47:22gold-medal Sabin won by the Netherlands. They are dominating, so

0:47:22 > 0:47:31strong.They have such strength in numbers in Holland. Go to any long

0:47:31 > 0:47:36track ice rink, so many everywhere. And you have youngsters starting

0:47:36 > 0:47:42early. It's a strong sport for them. And less chaotic than short track.

0:47:42 > 0:47:45Not as exciting to watch, that's true. There will be a loss to

0:47:45 > 0:47:49reflect on throughout the afternoon. Hazel Irvine will be here. And there

0:47:49 > 0:47:55still live sport going on in Pyeongchang where it is coming up to

0:47:55 > 0:48:02almost 11pm. USA leading the athletes of Russia in the women's

0:48:02 > 0:48:10ice hockey. COMMENTATOR: The USA trying to push home their advantage.

0:48:10 > 0:48:14A sensational second session from the Americans where they scored

0:48:14 > 0:48:19three goals in under three minutes including two in under six seconds

0:48:19 > 0:48:27from Jocelyne Lamoureux. It gave them the opportunity. As Emily

0:48:27 > 0:48:30Pfalzer has a shot into the body. The Americans showing their power as

0:48:30 > 0:48:35the game goes on. They want to put the game to bed.It took awhile for

0:48:35 > 0:48:39the game to get going but you felt it was just a matter of time before

0:48:39 > 0:48:49the Americans were able to break the wall of the Russian team. The

0:48:49 > 0:49:02Olympic athletes from Russia,.

0:49:05 > 0:49:12Pavlova goes to the net, but it's too high.

0:49:13 > 0:49:23too high. Really skilful play from the Russian player.

0:49:23 > 0:49:33the Russian player. They can't make use of the space

0:49:33 > 0:49:42use of the space with Amanda Kessel. Lee Stecklein is an experienced

0:49:42 > 0:49:46defender, shuffling it forward. This game has been a lot of fun so far.

0:49:46 > 0:49:58The rebound comes out, just

0:49:59 > 0:50:00The rebound comes out, just over from Breanna Decker, who was odds-on

0:50:00 > 0:50:07to score. The game is wide open right now.We talked about that,

0:50:07 > 0:50:12Russia have to open up the game, down four. They need to get one or

0:50:12 > 0:50:16two to make it closer. They can't hold back like they did through the

0:50:16 > 0:50:20first 30 minutes of the game. It will allow more opportunities for

0:50:20 > 0:50:33the American team.The chance for Hilary Knight. A bit of danger here.

0:50:33 > 0:50:40The Americans facing it from Pavlova.

0:50:40 > 0:50:45Pavlova.Emily Pfalzer coming down with a left-handed shot. Goals of

0:50:45 > 0:50:50the helmet of Nicole Hensley, the American netminder. The

0:50:50 > 0:50:57controversial helmet we talked about at the start of the game.

0:50:58 > 0:51:05at the start of the game. Making a big save from America.The Americans

0:51:05 > 0:51:16trying to wriggle away. Well stood up at the blue line. Worked forward.

0:51:16 > 0:51:24The Americans back in possession with Monique Lamoureux. To Jocelyne

0:51:24 > 0:51:27Lamoureux, the twins combining and getting it to the zone, as they have

0:51:27 > 0:51:34so many times. Jocelyne Lamoureux with two goals. It goes out in front

0:51:34 > 0:51:38and Jocelyne Lamoureux tries to force it home. The Lamoureux twins

0:51:38 > 0:51:42are working ever so hard together. They have been a standout players on

0:51:42 > 0:51:54the American team. A little deflection took it away. A snap pass

0:51:54 > 0:52:12from Kelly Pannek. The two sisters grinding

0:52:13 > 0:52:18grinding this puck. Offside will be called and that gives us a good

0:52:18 > 0:52:21opportunity to discuss the goal-tending mask that became a big

0:52:21 > 0:52:26controversy in the last few hours. About half an hour before the game

0:52:26 > 0:52:31we saw a report come through saying that the IOC was considering making

0:52:31 > 0:52:34the two American goal-tenders cover up the statue of liberty that they

0:52:34 > 0:52:40have on their masks. It's part of the design. In the IOC's guidelines

0:52:40 > 0:52:47they say no item may feature the wording all the rix from national

0:52:47 > 0:52:50anthems, motivational words, public or political messaging or slogans

0:52:50 > 0:52:53relating to national identity. I guess they deem the Statue of

0:52:53 > 0:52:58Liberty falling into that category. It seems the American team won the

0:52:58 > 0:53:03argument because Hensley is wearing her original mask. You can see the

0:53:03 > 0:53:09Statue of Liberty. Interesting sequence of events, the game within

0:53:09 > 0:53:18the game, I guess. This time the IOC and the USA hockey team. The only

0:53:18 > 0:53:23thing you

0:53:24 > 0:53:38thing you can see on the mask of the Russian our sponsors names covered

0:53:38 > 0:53:44with white tape.From a commentator's perspective, I kind of

0:53:44 > 0:53:49like the big numbers on the front. Lee Stecklein, the US leading 4-0

0:53:49 > 0:53:54and heading towards the semifinals. It will mean they get the

0:53:54 > 0:53:58opportunity to have a little bit of time off while the quarterfinals are

0:53:58 > 0:54:02played. That's how the women's competition works. If you are in

0:54:02 > 0:54:10group one and finished the top two spots... A big collision. Pain on

0:54:10 > 0:54:18the face of Kidder Rover. She will go back to the bench stability is

0:54:18 > 0:54:23important to get a bit of extra time. The first two teams in the

0:54:23 > 0:54:26group, looks like it will be Canada and the United States, they will get

0:54:26 > 0:54:31an extra day off with a buy through to the semifinals. They will get to

0:54:31 > 0:54:36sit in the comfort of the Olympic Village to watch the quarterfinals,

0:54:36 > 0:54:39and that remains to be seen. We will know who those teams are by

0:54:39 > 0:54:49tomorrow. Whether it's Sweden and Switzerland.

0:54:50 > 0:54:53Switzerland. Hannah Brandt, a great delay, passing it low. A wonderful

0:54:53 > 0:55:02save. It was read brilliantly by morals over. Hannah Brandt with a

0:55:02 > 0:55:08beautiful pass.

0:55:08 > 0:55:12beautiful pass.Morozova has done her job since she came down. She has

0:55:12 > 0:55:20seen a lot of rubber since she came on for five minutes ago.The Olympic

0:55:20 > 0:55:25athletes from Russia give possession away again. Hannah Brandt with a

0:55:25 > 0:55:29pass through the middle, but she was falling. Pavlova sneaks into the

0:55:29 > 0:55:37zone. Takes a suspicious look at her skates, maybe they let her down.

0:55:37 > 0:55:42We'd like to see more of Pavlova. In the two games we have seen already,

0:55:42 > 0:55:49she has had a handful where we have seen, she has terrific hands and she

0:55:49 > 0:55:53can be a difference maker out there. Outside of that come you don't

0:55:53 > 0:55:57notice very much at all and part of that is because she is playing

0:55:57 > 0:56:01against Canada, and the Americans have not had the puck on their stick

0:56:01 > 0:56:08a lot, but she gives the impression she can things happen.

0:56:12 > 0:56:16she can things happen.Shokhina deep inside her own zone. The Americans

0:56:16 > 0:56:21with Bellamy, who opened up the scoring in this one. Hilary Knight

0:56:21 > 0:56:29gets it out in front. Two or three chances. Knight. The ice and the

0:56:29 > 0:56:38puck is still alive. Eventually, puck will clear. They get it out of

0:56:38 > 0:56:42their own zone. Great passing from the Americans to make their way

0:56:42 > 0:56:46through.Good to see coin and knight playing so well in this third

0:56:46 > 0:56:51period. Once again, morals over up to the challenge. Terrific speed and

0:56:51 > 0:57:05support coming up into the OAR zone. It's a chance for Lamoureux, looking

0:57:05 > 0:57:09for the hat-trick, but it's across goal. The feed was bullied. The

0:57:09 > 0:57:15first save was good, but the second was so close. -- the feed was

0:57:15 > 0:57:23brilliant. The Lamoureux sisters have been so good, bikini Americans,

0:57:23 > 0:57:30strapping them on their backs and shoving them towards the semifinals.

0:57:30 > 0:57:34-- picking the Americans up, strapping them on their backs. A bit

0:57:34 > 0:57:41of devil in their play.Went to the University of North Dakota. Their

0:57:41 > 0:57:46brothers played there as well. A real hockey family, the Lamoureux

0:57:46 > 0:57:52twins.

0:57:52 > 0:57:59twins.Long skate for Keller, under pressure. Deep into the zone.

0:57:59 > 0:58:04Looking for help. Keller is back in possession. The first pass is a good

0:58:04 > 0:58:08one to Meghan Duggan, the captain of the side. One of the more

0:58:08 > 0:58:14experienced players.

0:58:14 > 0:58:19When you are up 4-0, we talk about how there is a lot of hockey in a

0:58:19 > 0:58:23short amount of time. The pass from Lamoureux, back door to her sister.

0:58:23 > 0:58:31It was rolling a little bit, so she could get all of it. Kendall Coyne,

0:58:31 > 0:58:41right onto the tape of Brianna Decker. A great save from the OAR

0:58:41 > 0:58:46netminder.

0:58:46 > 0:58:50netminder.Brianna Decker is one of the fastest players in this

0:58:50 > 0:58:56tournament, a real speedster on the ice. Into the zone. Duggan wanted

0:58:56 > 0:59:02it. Cleared away.

0:59:06 > 0:59:08it. Cleared away. Sosina, the captain of the Olympic athletes of

0:59:08 > 0:59:18Russia. The Americans are just happy to have some possession here.

0:59:18 > 0:59:23Heading up the ice. We'll see how many of the Russian players are back

0:59:23 > 0:59:29there. It loops over the top four Hannah Brandt, and she scores.

0:59:29 > 0:59:34Number five, taken out of the air by Hannah Brandt, batting it in from a

0:59:34 > 0:59:41couple of inches. Morozova was beaten. And Hannah Brandt scores as

0:59:41 > 0:59:45the US head to the final four in some style.Hannah Brandt was coming

0:59:45 > 0:59:52off the bench. A loose puck jumped to the middle of the ice. One shot

0:59:52 > 0:59:56at it, the rebound went up and into the air. The Russian player is

0:59:56 > 1:00:01arguing, thinking it might have gone off the glove of Hannah Brandt. We

1:00:01 > 1:00:09will check this angle to see if we can get the exact view we want.

1:00:09 > 1:00:16It might be her glove that punches in. We will see if it goes to video

1:00:16 > 1:00:21review.

1:00:24 > 1:00:28review. You can't direct the puck into the goal with your hand.We go

1:00:28 > 1:00:33to video review. We have had some interesting ones so far. This is

1:00:33 > 1:00:38another one. It is not the usual kind of play you would get to go to

1:00:38 > 1:00:45video review. It is generally whether the puck's crossed the line.

1:00:45 > 1:00:49You're looking for the hand making contact with the puck.Did you see

1:00:49 > 1:00:56her hand open up? She is holding on to her stick. A great first shot

1:00:56 > 1:01:01from Brandt. The other angle you can see her hand open up a bit. That is

1:01:01 > 1:01:07not allowed. I think this will come back. But because it was called a

1:01:07 > 1:01:12goal on the ice, you need proof and I think we saw it there from the net

1:01:12 > 1:01:18cam. You can see her fingers come off her stick and open up a bit and

1:01:18 > 1:01:25because of that...You saw the fingers move as well.Brandt

1:01:25 > 1:01:28celebrated like she did nothing wrong. But this is definitely going

1:01:28 > 1:01:33to be called back.She may have felt she opened her hand to be able to

1:01:33 > 1:01:38use the stick and that it may have hit some of the stick as well as the

1:01:38 > 1:01:46fingers. Hannah Brand t has a sister playing in this tournament. Her

1:01:46 > 1:01:54sister plays on the Korea team. Marisa was born in Korea and

1:01:54 > 1:01:58eventually headed back to America, where she was adopted by the Brandt

1:01:58 > 1:02:06family. A long conversation. I think this is bag news for Megan Duggan. I

1:02:06 > 1:02:14think this will be washed out. One more look. Did it off off the

1:02:14 > 1:02:25fingers are not. No goal!I think that's the right call.

1:02:25 > 1:02:29that's the right call. Hannah Brand t a bit frustrated. But she knows it

1:02:29 > 1:02:36went off her fingers.

1:02:42 > 1:02:44Brandt

1:02:44 > 1:02:48Can the Americans find that fifth goal? They thought they had it. But

1:02:48 > 1:02:55it has been the day of VAR - individual yes review. And -- video

1:02:55 > 1:03:00review. And there was a goal earlier in the day that wasn't given that

1:03:00 > 1:03:07looked like it was actually in the net. Now another goal that again in

1:03:07 > 1:03:11real time looked clear. But with the use of video technology, the answer

1:03:11 > 1:03:18is actually that it shouldn't have been given and it's been wiped

1:03:18 > 1:03:30offches -- off.

1:03:32 > 1:03:39Keller has centre ice will look to bring back in again.

1:03:46 > 1:03:58Another good save down low. Knight trying to force that one in short

1:03:58 > 1:04:13side. Stecklein. A quick exchange of passes. Another good save from

1:04:13 > 1:04:24passes. Another good save from More from the keeper.

1:04:28 > 1:04:33Again that takes a big deflection. Morozova does well. Finally some

1:04:33 > 1:04:47relief. An opportunity to take a shot. Kulishova falls over.

1:04:51 > 1:05:00Nowhere to go for the Americans for the moment.

1:05:00 > 1:05:11Lamoureux goes back again. Bellamy takes it on.

1:05:21 > 1:05:25Jocelyn Lamoureux tries to feed it back to her sister again. But it is

1:05:25 > 1:05:31just a little behind. Can you imagine being the third wheel on

1:05:31 > 1:05:36that line? You must wonder at times what you would have to do.It is a

1:05:36 > 1:05:42difficult role to have, but it is a very important role. Although it

1:05:42 > 1:05:46looks like the Lamoureuxes just have eyes for each other, you need that

1:05:46 > 1:06:02other person out there. You need a person like Panic that can be there.

1:06:02 > 1:06:09The captain looking for the pass out in front.

1:06:14 > 1:06:17in front. Under six minutes to go.

1:06:39 > 1:06:46Sosina is tired now.

1:06:46 > 1:06:50Marvin got there first and helped it into the net. That was the fourth

1:06:50 > 1:06:58goal and the third in three explosive minutes - two from Jocelyn

1:06:58 > 1:07:03Lamoureux and one from Marvin after Bellamy had given the US the lead in

1:07:03 > 1:07:10the first period.

1:07:10 > 1:07:17the first period. Under five minutes to go in the game.

1:07:18 > 1:07:26to go in the game. Cameranesi gets bumped.

1:07:26 > 1:07:31They have created more in this game after being put together yesterday.

1:07:31 > 1:07:35Kessel is somebody we expected to see a lot of. She has had a quiet

1:07:35 > 1:07:39couple of games, but shes the type of play hear the can break out in a

1:07:39 > 1:07:51hurry.It falls almost to Kessel.

1:07:59 > 1:08:02Cameranesi stuck in there.

1:08:10 > 1:08:15Hilary Knight on her backhand side. A good save. Morozova stayed square

1:08:15 > 1:08:25to the shooter. Decker gives it her best. Knight pokes it out in front

1:08:25 > 1:08:31and Morozova will hold on. Knight with fabulous shot. One of best

1:08:31 > 1:08:37shooters in the American game. But not troubled the scorers so far.As

1:08:37 > 1:08:41the game ticks on, Hilary Knight didn't need that goal. But she would

1:08:41 > 1:08:49have loved to put one in the back of the OAR goal. Just to get her first

1:08:49 > 1:08:55of this Olympic tournament. Like you said, she is going to be counted

1:08:55 > 1:09:06upon before this tournament's over, we can see her pick this puck up.

1:09:06 > 1:09:11Gets

1:09:11 > 1:09:20Gets ahead of Smolina. Not one player over 20 minutes ice time. The

1:09:20 > 1:09:26most is Goncharenko.

1:09:26 > 1:09:32most is Goncharenko. Looks like it is going to be Stecklein at 19. 39.

1:09:32 > 1:09:37A bit different than we saw that game earlier today, Finland and

1:09:37 > 1:09:42Canada, where they each had a couple of players over 20 minutes.You're

1:09:42 > 1:09:47talking about 40 seconds sprints, it is the equivalent of running three

1:09:47 > 1:09:53or four hundred metres, that kind of activity you're going to do 25-plus

1:09:53 > 1:10:02times in a game. It takes it toll. The Russian fans have been up and

1:10:02 > 1:10:05dancing and chanting and cheering. The game has been placed in a very

1:10:05 > 1:10:09good atmosphere.

1:10:17 > 1:10:25That is tipped out in front. There is Knight, gets cross-checked to the

1:10:25 > 1:10:30ice by Goncharenko. Clean house.It is a physical, physical game. It is

1:10:30 > 1:10:34a battle. And it gives you an example of why you need so much

1:10:34 > 1:10:42rest. Here is the long shot from Stecklein. A good save by Morozova

1:10:42 > 1:10:47and Goncharenko gives her a little reminder of if you're going to be

1:10:47 > 1:10:52that close to my goalie, I'm going to let you know that you're maybe

1:10:52 > 1:10:57going to watch on you were backside. The reaction is how is that not a

1:10:57 > 1:11:02penalty? It is a question that will remain unanswered by us, because I

1:11:02 > 1:11:07don't think there is a good one. Final three minutes of the game. The

1:11:07 > 1:11:11US are heading towards the semi-finals. But they have had a

1:11:11 > 1:11:18good work out. They have had to work hard to get the goals they have had.

1:11:18 > 1:11:24Sosina goes wide. Flies one across the face of goal and it takes a

1:11:24 > 1:11:32deflection and comes back off the netting.Considering the last time

1:11:32 > 1:11:38they played, was 7-0 to the merps -- Americans. So slightly better. But

1:11:38 > 1:11:43unless they score in the last two minutes and change here, it willing

1:11:43 > 1:11:51be three straight games where the Olympic Athletes of Russia are yet

1:11:51 > 1:12:02to score against the United States. It breaks to Kerr. -- Keller.

1:12:07 > 1:12:11I have been impressed with Keller on the back end. She has done a good

1:12:11 > 1:12:19job.

1:12:25 > 1:12:30Marvin links the pass to Duggan, that is a good short pass.

1:12:33 > 1:12:38Now here come the Russians. The shot will come high. A chop on the hands,

1:12:38 > 1:12:47that will have been a painful one that.

1:12:47 > 1:12:53that.It is interesting, Seth, we have seen now 12 shots fired by the

1:12:53 > 1:12:59OAR. The majority of them have all been up really high.Great move to

1:12:59 > 1:13:05middle and there is a faller and another goal! That is the fifth and

1:13:05 > 1:13:09this time Brandt gets the reward. Having had one taken away, this time

1:13:09 > 1:13:17she finds the net and she knows it is going to count. The USA happy,

1:13:17 > 1:13:22they will high five, they're through to the semi-finals and they now know

1:13:22 > 1:13:26the small matter of a match up against Canada is their next group

1:13:26 > 1:13:36game.It is a terrific pass from Keller. In her own zone,

1:13:37 > 1:13:40Keller. In her own zone, he finds Cameranesi and Brandt picks up the

1:13:40 > 1:13:45loose puck and fakes it to her -- takes it to her backhand for the

1:13:45 > 1:13:53finish.

1:13:53 > 1:13:59finish. Great anticipation from Brandt to jump on that loose puck.

1:13:59 > 1:14:05And make no mistake by put being it in the net.

1:14:05 > 1:14:14There is still time for more in this from the Americans.

1:14:15 > 1:14:27It has been given away. Thisan opportunity for the Olympic Athletes

1:14:27 > 1:14:32from Russia.

1:14:32 > 1:14:38Into the final minute and the Americans well worth their 5-0

1:14:38 > 1:14:41advantage as Sosina goes wide. Is there an opportunity for the

1:14:41 > 1:14:46Russians to make something happen here? Thrown into the corner. Sosina

1:14:46 > 1:14:54first to it.

1:14:55 > 1:15:01Now Coyne gets it back into her own zone. Nobody wants to take the puck

1:15:01 > 1:15:08on. It is like a hot potato. Finally some calmness on the flight. Decker

1:15:08 > 1:15:16finds Coyne.

1:15:16 > 1:15:22Everybody playing the pass. It goes to the net. A big dip from decker.

1:15:22 > 1:15:31Into the final few seconds. And the Russians will clear that one now.

1:15:34 > 1:15:37Fist bumps all round from the coaching staff from the Americans.

1:15:37 > 1:15:42Still plenty for them to work on. They shut out, but at times they

1:15:42 > 1:15:46found it very difficult to break down the Olympic athletes from

1:15:46 > 1:15:52Russia. In the end, goals from Jocelyne Lamoureux, one from Marvin

1:15:52 > 1:15:56and one from Hannah Brandt, and the Americans march on, qualifying for

1:15:56 > 1:16:02the semifinals with a 5-0 victory over the Olympic athletes from

1:16:02 > 1:16:07Russia will stop STUDIO: That means the Canadians and USA are both

1:16:07 > 1:16:11straight through to the semifinals. They cannot be overhauled in group

1:16:11 > 1:16:18A. They will play in a match that is the last of those matches, Canada

1:16:18 > 1:16:24against the USA, which looks like it'll be a dress for the final. The

1:16:24 > 1:16:28Canadians are going for five gold medals in a row. -- a dress

1:16:28 > 1:16:30rehearsal for the final.

1:16:30 > 1:16:32medals in a row. -- a dress rehearsal for the final. Fantastic

1:16:32 > 1:16:38to be with you until 6pm. An important day for the Winter

1:16:38 > 1:16:43Olympics world and Great Britain's medal chances. The bosses set a

1:16:43 > 1:16:47target of five medals at the games, which would be the best Winter

1:16:47 > 1:16:52Olympic medal haul ever. Would the first of them come this afternoon?

1:16:57 > 1:17:01We have been waiting four days to get answers to that. But Elise

1:17:01 > 1:17:04Christie has been searching for answers for four years. The 500

1:17:04 > 1:17:09metre sprint is the event that signalled the start of a Sochi

1:17:09 > 1:17:14nightmare for the Scot. Would there be a turnaround in these Olympics,

1:17:14 > 1:17:18the world record-holder lining up earlier this afternoon. This is a

1:17:18 > 1:17:26first, the inaugural mixed doubles curling final. Some heavyweight

1:17:26 > 1:17:29nations, Canada and Switzerland contesting the final. Hurry up and

1:17:29 > 1:17:36wait for the Alpine skiers so far. Men's combined, one run downhill and

1:17:36 > 1:17:40two slalom with a first gold medal up for grabs. And we go to the Oval

1:17:40 > 1:17:45again for the so-called race of Kings, the men's 1500 metres. And

1:17:45 > 1:17:49for once, the Dutch were not the runaway favourites for gold. The

1:17:49 > 1:17:54standout stars of snowboarding and most likely the games in action,

1:17:54 > 1:17:59America's Chloe Kim in the half pipe final, and our first sighting of the

1:17:59 > 1:18:05flying tomato, Shaun White, in qualifying. Sarah Lindsay is with us

1:18:05 > 1:18:10once again. Great to see you on a moment of sporting significance for

1:18:10 > 1:18:15Elise Christie and British Short track speed skating. You and Nicky

1:18:15 > 1:18:19Gooch, long-standing friends, he was your coach, and is also the culture

1:18:19 > 1:18:23of Elise Christie. You were in touch with the team this morning before

1:18:23 > 1:18:29the 500 metre final. What was the mindset before today?I spoke to the

1:18:29 > 1:18:34director Stuart Lang, and he said the team was very positive. They

1:18:34 > 1:18:39knew what today meant, and there was a huge amount of pressure, but

1:18:39 > 1:18:43everybody felt positive going into the competition.It's a pure sprint,

1:18:43 > 1:18:48500 metres. It was your special event, making the final in Turin.

1:18:48 > 1:18:53What is paramount going into the latter stages of this competition?

1:18:53 > 1:18:57It depends a little bit on the type of athlete you are. If you are a

1:18:57 > 1:19:02natural sprinter then the start will become very important to you. If you

1:19:02 > 1:19:06are slightly more towards the longer distances, then just getting into a

1:19:06 > 1:19:09good position so you are not caught up in any of the fights that go on

1:19:09 > 1:19:13in the middle of the race and saving yourself to make good overtakes at

1:19:13 > 1:19:18the end.Could Britain's Blade Runner come good at the end? This

1:19:18 > 1:19:26was a chance number one.

1:19:34 > 1:19:43They've gone down.Important for Elise Christie to make a clean

1:19:43 > 1:19:50start.Christie out of the gate quickly. She still leads. Christie

1:19:50 > 1:19:57wins it.

1:19:57 > 1:20:03COMMENTATOR: Two of these three will go through to the semifinal. Let's

1:20:03 > 1:20:06see if they can get round the first bend this time, at the third round

1:20:06 > 1:20:11of asking. And they do. Arianna Fontana, as expected, has the speed

1:20:11 > 1:20:20to go in front. The outsider is the Polish skater. It's a four and a

1:20:20 > 1:20:28half lap race. The absence of St Gelais has made life easier for

1:20:28 > 1:20:31Fontana, giving Van Kerkhof a good opportunity to go through here as

1:20:31 > 1:20:40well. I don't think Maliszewska will have the speed to get past the

1:20:40 > 1:20:50Dutchwoman. Van Kerkhof in second place behind Fontana. Arianna

1:20:50 > 1:20:55Fontana from Italy, the silver medallist of 2014. Andy Yara van

1:20:55 > 1:21:00Kerkhof from the Netherlands are through to the semifinals. And not a

1:21:00 > 1:21:06very quick time.43.1 four. It means when Fontana goes through, I

1:21:06 > 1:21:11predicted Fontana would win. Again, if Elise Christie wins this one,

1:21:11 > 1:21:16depending on her time and the winning remaining times for the

1:21:16 > 1:21:20other quarterfinals, Fontana could meet Christie in the semifinal.

1:21:20 > 1:21:25Confirmation of the result of the first quarterfinal. Marianne St

1:21:25 > 1:21:29Gelais, one of those who would have been a strong medal contender, is

1:21:29 > 1:21:34out of the competition already. There is Elise Christie, the world

1:21:34 > 1:21:43record-holder at this distance. Andrea Keszler of Hungary. Kim

1:21:43 > 1:21:48Boutin of Canada is ranked number for this winter. And the German on

1:21:48 > 1:21:53the outside.

1:21:53 > 1:21:57the outside. The opening corner taken by Kim Boutin of Canada.

1:21:57 > 1:22:03Christie settling in in second place.

1:22:07 > 1:22:10place. Christie, Smart move, sliding through on the inside and taking

1:22:10 > 1:22:14advantage of a Kim Boutin. These two are the favourites to go through

1:22:14 > 1:22:18from this and they should be the class of the field. At the moment,

1:22:18 > 1:22:23that's exactly what it looks like. It'll be interesting to see the time

1:22:23 > 1:22:26Elise Christie posts. Christie leading the way on the last lap. At

1:22:26 > 1:22:31the moment she will be through to the semifinals. Kim Boutin behind

1:22:31 > 1:22:37her. Christie towards the line. Elise Christie takes it. Kim Boutin

1:22:37 > 1:22:41slides over the line on her backside and Elise Christie has successfully

1:22:41 > 1:22:47negotiated the first hurdle of the day.It was a superb time. A new

1:22:47 > 1:22:53Olympic record, I think, if that time remains.The unofficial time

1:22:53 > 1:23:00says 42.71 seconds. 42.870 is the Olympic record, held by Kristi at

1:23:00 > 1:23:07the moment.Superb start from the Canadian skater. It worked quite

1:23:07 > 1:23:13well for Christie, who had the first one and a half laps, had time to

1:23:13 > 1:23:17relax. Normally in a World Championships you have the heats and

1:23:17 > 1:23:21quarterfinals and semifinals and final all on the same day. So this

1:23:21 > 1:23:26quarterfinal for her was trying to get into the racing. We can see

1:23:26 > 1:23:29Andrea Keszler sliding out as she comes into the final turn. I don't

1:23:29 > 1:23:34think the referees will have any say over that. Clearly Christie is

1:23:34 > 1:23:38number one and Kim Boutin is number two.It is confirmed as a new

1:23:38 > 1:23:45Olympic record. Elise Christie and Kim Boutin are through to the

1:23:45 > 1:23:49semifinals. And Christie is going faster and faster here.

1:23:52 > 1:24:00Away they go in the third semifinal. The five-time world champion is at

1:24:00 > 1:24:05the front.

1:24:08 > 1:24:13Maame Biney, the 17-year-old from the United States is bringing up the

1:24:13 > 1:24:18rear. Third in the world Junior Championships only last year so it's

1:24:18 > 1:24:24a big step up from her.

1:24:25 > 1:24:31a big step up from her. Prosvirnova goes to the front.

1:24:33 > 1:24:35goes to the front. The ten time world champion is behind her in

1:24:35 > 1:24:41second.

1:24:41 > 1:24:54second. Franck Azema -- Fan Kexin behind Prosvirnova to go through to

1:24:54 > 1:24:59the semifinals.

1:25:00 > 1:25:07the semifinals. Choi Minjeong in the white. Qu Chunyu in second place for

1:25:07 > 1:25:20China. Four and a half laps of the track. At the back, work to do.

1:25:21 > 1:25:26track. At the back, work to do. A little bit of air. Choi Minjeong is

1:25:26 > 1:25:29still searching and sliding and trying to find a way through. She

1:25:29 > 1:25:32has the speed to do it and suddenly Valcepina is being put under

1:25:32 > 1:25:38pressure. Qu Chunyu is in there. It will be a photo finish as they cross

1:25:38 > 1:25:44the line. What a sensational final lap.Amazing skating at this Olympic

1:25:44 > 1:25:52arena. It looks like Choi Minjeong has made it.The roars around the

1:25:52 > 1:25:57stadium tell us Choi Minjeong has got through in second place ahead of

1:25:57 > 1:26:04Qu Chunyu.It also means Christie is by far the fastest qualifier, so she

1:26:04 > 1:26:08will be assured of having the inner lane for the semifinal.Confirmation

1:26:08 > 1:26:16of the result of the fourth quarterfinal.

1:26:16 > 1:26:20They are just resurfacing the ice between the two events. Confirmation

1:26:20 > 1:26:25that Elise Christie is the fastest qualifier for the semifinals in a

1:26:25 > 1:26:31new Olympic record time. Away they go. Four and a half laps of the

1:26:31 > 1:26:36track with Fontana making the best start. The Italian, the five-time

1:26:36 > 1:26:45Olympic medallist, leading the way. Choi Minjeong in second. Fan at the

1:26:45 > 1:26:50back has a lot to do. Fontana is putting the pressure on with her and

1:26:50 > 1:26:59Choi Minjeong leading the way. Fontana is put under pressure by

1:26:59 > 1:27:04Choi Minjeong. The pair of them come to the line and take the bell. Choi

1:27:04 > 1:27:11Minjeong takes the front with Fontana in second. Quite a big gap.

1:27:11 > 1:27:18Choi Minjeong looked really strong. Arianna Fontana from Italy, silver

1:27:18 > 1:27:25medallist four years ago, is group to the final again. And Fan Kexin,

1:27:25 > 1:27:36five-time finalist at this distance, finishes third.A surprising result.

1:27:36 > 1:27:40Fontana makes it look so easy, controlling the race from the front.

1:27:40 > 1:27:44Waiting confirmation of the time, because we think it could be an

1:27:44 > 1:27:48Olympic record time. The record may have gone by up to three tenths of a

1:27:48 > 1:27:56second. Choi Minjeong, first over the line. Arianna Fontana in second.

1:27:56 > 1:28:00Waiting for official confirmation of the result. And the Olympic record

1:28:00 > 1:28:11has gone. Choi Minjeong, 42.4 to two is the time.

1:28:11 > 1:28:16Elise Christie, four and a half laps to make it into the Olympic final

1:28:16 > 1:28:23and the chance to race for gold. Away first time and Christie is

1:28:23 > 1:28:31second into the first corner. Kim Boutin Canada in first place.

1:28:31 > 1:28:37Christie is closing the door as Qu Chunyu had a little luck. Kim Boutin

1:28:37 > 1:28:41definitely got out of the blocks quickly. Christie challenging on the

1:28:41 > 1:28:48inside. Forced a little bit wide. Qu Chunyu has gone down. Van Kerkhof is

1:28:48 > 1:28:54out the front. Christie is in second but Van Kerkhof leading from Elise

1:28:54 > 1:28:59Christie, who is holding off the challenge of Kim Boutin in third.

1:28:59 > 1:29:04Round the bend they come and up towards the line. Christie and Van

1:29:04 > 1:29:09Kerkhof in a photo finish for first place. I think Kim Boutin was third

1:29:09 > 1:29:16over the line.Kim Boutin got a superb start and Christie stumbled a

1:29:16 > 1:29:22little bit on the first corner. Came through clearly. Kim Boutin was

1:29:22 > 1:29:27knocked off balance. If Christie remains in second, Kim Boutin, her

1:29:27 > 1:29:32left arm comes across. If I was the referee here, I would clearly be

1:29:32 > 1:29:39penalising Kim Boutin.A desperate lunge for the line. Van Kerkhof and

1:29:39 > 1:29:46Elise Christie stretching for it. Waiting for the official

1:29:46 > 1:29:49confirmation. Van Kerkhof just marginally in front of Christie. We

1:29:49 > 1:29:55are almost ready with the decision. Qu Chunyu is penalised and will

1:29:55 > 1:30:01finish last. And Kim Boutin, as you can see from Canada, thoroughly

1:30:01 > 1:30:07delighted, she has advanced from third place into the final. This is

1:30:07 > 1:30:11the line-up for the final with Choi Minjeong of Korea, setting a new

1:30:11 > 1:30:17Olympic record in the semifinal. Arianna Fontana, Van Kerkhof, Elise

1:30:17 > 1:30:26Christie and Kim Boutin are the skaters to go for gold.

1:30:29 > 1:30:39The women's final in the 500 metres. A nation holds its breath. Away they

1:30:39 > 1:30:44go, the final is on. They get away first time. Van Kerkhof not with a

1:30:44 > 1:30:50great start. Christie trying to move through on the inside behind

1:30:50 > 1:30:57Minjeong. Fontana lead. Christie is in fourth. She has work to do to get

1:30:57 > 1:31:03back into contention. We know she has got the speed in her legs.

1:31:03 > 1:31:10Fontana still leads. Up into third was Christie. Now trying to hug the

1:31:10 > 1:31:17inside line. Boutin almost collided with Minjeong. But Christie crashes

1:31:17 > 1:31:28out. Christie is out of it again. It is a photo finish on the line

1:31:28 > 1:31:33between Fontana and Choi Minjeong. Well, what do I say there? There is

1:31:33 > 1:31:39a video review going on as you can see.So it is a provisional result.

1:31:39 > 1:31:46There is a penalty for Choi Minjeong. Of Korea. Choi Minjeong

1:31:46 > 1:31:52has been penalised and the home crowd can't believe it. Fontana is

1:31:52 > 1:32:01the Olympic champion. Van Kerkhof takes have s silver and Boutin has

1:32:01 > 1:32:07bronze. A crushing blow for Elise Christie. She has to go away and try

1:32:07 > 1:32:12and put it behind her.Clearly very disappointed, tell us what is going

1:32:12 > 1:32:13through your mind.

1:32:13 > 1:32:18disappointed, tell us what is going through your mind.Just I was

1:32:18 > 1:32:27knocked over, I didn't fall on my own. I don't give you any benefit

1:32:27 > 1:32:32when somebody gets a penalty. It is just tough. I worked so hard for the

1:32:32 > 1:32:36500 and it's been taken away from me. Even in the semi-final I got

1:32:36 > 1:32:46crashed in and... Then got in lane 4. I know it's short track and I'm

1:32:46 > 1:32:50supposed to be prepared for this, but it is still hurts you know.I

1:32:50 > 1:32:55think we all feel for you right now. Millions of people are watching back

1:32:55 > 1:33:00home and they have seen your journey and they're all supporting you, I

1:33:00 > 1:33:05have looked at social media and everybody's behind you. You have

1:33:05 > 1:33:11come come back from this before. Yeah, hopefully. I have got a few

1:33:11 > 1:33:17days to reset and it is still almost a week until my best distance. So

1:33:17 > 1:33:23the positive is... I don't know... Right now I just can't see living

1:33:23 > 1:33:28with this feeling. I just... I mean it is out of my control. I got

1:33:28 > 1:33:34knocked over and that's that.You do have a lot of strong people behind

1:33:34 > 1:33:40you, Nick your coach and your mum and your roommate, who will be there

1:33:40 > 1:33:44for you tonight. But as you said, there is a lot to build on there.

1:33:44 > 1:33:47Two Olympic records, it wasn't to be tonight, but your favourite

1:33:47 > 1:33:51distances to come. You might not feel like it but there are

1:33:51 > 1:33:56positives.Yeah definitely. I'm just, I don't think I will be taking

1:33:56 > 1:34:02much positives tonight.Listen, Elise thanks, so sorry it didn't go

1:34:02 > 1:34:10your way, but we will be back supporting you on Saturday.It was a

1:34:10 > 1:34:14very tough interview to have to do and to listen to as well. I wonder,

1:34:14 > 1:34:20people all over the country, will be saying, when will she get a break in

1:34:20 > 1:34:23the Olympics. We have been talking about this. This is not the Elise

1:34:23 > 1:34:28Christie that is the brilliant skater in World Championships and

1:34:28 > 1:34:32World Cups that we see all the time. This is is the problem. We see her

1:34:32 > 1:34:39on TV every four years and she had a terrible time in Sochi and not

1:34:39 > 1:34:44everything realises how much she has done in between a terrible outcome

1:34:44 > 1:34:50for her today and I know she is Dev Taited -- devastated. But she has

1:34:50 > 1:34:55her two best distances to come and she has to put this behind her.

1:34:55 > 1:34:59Let's talk about your assessment of the way Elise raced this. The

1:34:59 > 1:35:03problems had arguably started in the semi-final, there was a bit of

1:35:03 > 1:35:08bumping and barging and she was in lane 4. That in itself was something

1:35:08 > 1:35:14of a hindrance?Yes, she was almost half a second slower in the

1:35:14 > 1:35:17semi-final than in all her other races, because there was some

1:35:17 > 1:35:23bumping going on. She did go into the final in lane 4, which is a huge

1:35:23 > 1:35:29disadvantage. She started really fast, she was aggressive and made

1:35:29 > 1:35:34some great moves. But you know it seemed out of her control. She got

1:35:34 > 1:35:41hit a couple of times. And then her actual fall was unavoidable. There

1:35:41 > 1:35:47was another skater taking her hand out from her. A lot of her weight is

1:35:47 > 1:35:54going through her hand. She had no chance.Just there.The Canadian hit

1:35:54 > 1:36:01her so hard. It was a very unfair call.It means that once again this

1:36:01 > 1:36:05is the nightmare scenario that started in Sochi, I wonder from this

1:36:05 > 1:36:10point in Scottishy when again she went out, she was disqualified, she

1:36:10 > 1:36:13finished this one obviously. But spiralled out of control for her and

1:36:13 > 1:36:18she was disqualified in her next two events. For you, what is different

1:36:18 > 1:36:23about Elise Christie now that will enable her to equip herself better

1:36:23 > 1:36:28in the coming two disciplines?I think they learned from what she has

1:36:28 > 1:36:33already gone through. So they did have this scenario in mind. You're

1:36:33 > 1:36:37to plan for everything that can happen. And Stuart Lang said they

1:36:37 > 1:36:47have thought about this, if the first doesn't go well, because it

1:36:47 > 1:36:52isn't her favourite what, will they do now? They have had four years to

1:36:52 > 1:36:57get ready for this situation. So I'm sure they have got it under control.

1:36:57 > 1:37:01The jeopardy, the stress of your sport, I don't know how you do it,

1:37:01 > 1:37:06it is difficult to watch, I feel thankful that Elise has two other

1:37:06 > 1:37:14events and I won't remind you, but in 2010 this was your one event and

1:37:14 > 1:37:21this sport can whip the feet from you and you had that that day.I

1:37:21 > 1:37:26qualified for all the distances but all my eggs in one basket, I knew I

1:37:26 > 1:37:35would never medal at the 1,515. I was skating the best I had ever

1:37:35 > 1:37:39skated going in and for one of the only times, I was very confident in

1:37:39 > 1:37:45my ability and instead of being scared, I was looking forward to it.

1:37:45 > 1:37:50But it was a judge's call. We did a start and crashed. They recalled the

1:37:50 > 1:37:56start and we started again, crashed exactly the same way and I got

1:37:56 > 1:38:03disqualified, which you know was a particularly unfair call. I got send

1:38:03 > 1:38:08off and I never got to do my race and show people what I was made of.

1:38:08 > 1:38:14It was very disappointing. But you know, this...In that regard, the

1:38:14 > 1:38:21fact that Elise has two other races to go to now. Will that eventually

1:38:21 > 1:38:24after the disappointment and the grieving of this match is over, of

1:38:24 > 1:38:29this particular race rather, will that give her some comfort?Of

1:38:29 > 1:38:35course, especially if she wins. She will forget all about this. But she

1:38:35 > 1:38:40has to get her head back in the game. It has only just started.

1:38:40 > 1:38:44Actually she finished fourth. She still you know did the best she has

1:38:44 > 1:38:47ever done at the Olympics. So although it wasn't the outcome she

1:38:47 > 1:38:54wanted. She is still flying and skating really well.Well said. All

1:38:54 > 1:39:02right. Our optimism is high. We are going to stay on the ice, but the

1:39:02 > 1:39:11pace a little more leisurely. It is the curling and the mixed doubles.

1:39:11 > 1:39:19The bronze medal will be Kwon tested by two -- contested by couples on

1:39:19 > 1:39:24and off the ice.

1:39:36 > 1:39:41Curling originated in 16th century Scotland and appeared in the first

1:39:41 > 1:39:45Winter Olympics in 1924. The aim is to get more stones closer to the

1:39:45 > 1:39:54centre of the scoring area known as the House than your opponents.

1:39:54 > 1:39:59Sweeping is a key part. Tactics are crucial, in particular retaining

1:39:59 > 1:40:08last stone advantage, known as the hammer. There are four players in

1:40:08 > 1:40:14each team, known as a rink. Matches are over ten ends. This year sees

1:40:14 > 1:40:19the addition of mixed doubles, a shorter more dynamic event played

1:40:19 > 1:40:22over eight ends, instead of ten.

1:40:43 > 1:40:48She is asking him to work hard on this. He is good as sweeping as

1:40:48 > 1:40:55well. Swinging it in.

1:40:58 > 1:41:01well. Swinging it in.Great length. Just over curled by a fraction.

1:41:01 > 1:41:10Didn't quite sit on top of that yellow.Because it has not stayed in

1:41:10 > 1:41:19front of that yellow stone, Norway can make a play on it. If it just

1:41:19 > 1:41:25finished there it would be great. But it ran that extra six inches and

1:41:25 > 1:41:38opened up that yellow stone.She says, no way slam -- no way!

1:41:38 > 1:41:45The brush the target and then coming in with a fair bit of weight here.

1:41:45 > 1:41:53Trying to move these stones. Using his own.

1:41:54 > 1:41:57his own.Norway with a bit of work to do. They have opened things up a

1:41:57 > 1:42:02little bit. But still not that easy to see how they're going to score an

1:42:02 > 1:42:10easy 2. They need too score a couple of points here in the 7th end.Nay

1:42:10 > 1:42:16want They want to try and get two on up and close and personal with the

1:42:16 > 1:42:20OAR as they go into the last end.

1:42:36 > 1:42:41It may seem negative, but this is damage limitation. They don't want

1:42:41 > 1:42:44Norway to score any more than a 1 or a 2.

1:42:46 > 1:42:46Krushelnitckii

1:42:53 > 1:43:01One of those English words is a Canadian term of the speed. A bit of

1:43:01 > 1:43:12a control to take out weight. That is the best way I can describe it.

1:43:12 > 1:43:20You were on about whatever you said around the house yesterday, he

1:43:20 > 1:43:24indicated he wanted her, he is going to try and hit this outside right

1:43:24 > 1:43:28stone, come on to the ear red and then rebound back to wards the

1:43:28 > 1:43:37bottom. I know.Easy to draw these things up. Not so easy do them.It

1:43:37 > 1:43:47would be a heck of a shot if it happens. Let's see.

1:43:47 > 1:43:50happens. Let's see. That would be a real high risk strategy. High

1:43:50 > 1:43:57reward.I think he is looking to play enough weight to come right to

1:43:57 > 1:44:04the back of these.He is going to try and tuck one behind the two

1:44:04 > 1:44:13stones at the bottom.Is it going to slice over? There is such a pull at

1:44:13 > 1:44:17the end and we have seen it a few times, when the weight comes off it,

1:44:17 > 1:44:22there is a bigger momentum of drive for it to pull towards the centre

1:44:22 > 1:44:29line.How request you not? Never mind.That is the issue you have

1:44:29 > 1:44:33when you play these delicate weights f you don't get them perfect,

1:44:33 > 1:44:43they're not going to work for you. Had he caught the red it would have

1:44:43 > 1:44:47helped with the momentum. Maybe a bit of wrong calling?Yes I was

1:44:47 > 1:44:57going to say, I have another term for you, a tweenor, when you're

1:44:57 > 1:45:03between two shots.That is like last it was almost as if he played a shot

1:45:03 > 1:45:07that was neither one nor the other. I very much. So when he let it go I

1:45:07 > 1:45:14thought he was doing a draw and he was trying to do the tap.A tweener.

1:45:14 > 1:45:21I will put that in my book.

1:45:24 > 1:45:29I think it was a little bit of indecision, didn't know which shot

1:45:29 > 1:45:34to go for and they ended up doing neither. A great chance for Russia,

1:45:34 > 1:45:38if they can poke the yellow through the house.Make sure he's past the

1:45:38 > 1:45:49guard. Great shot.Look at this. Norway with the hammer will

1:45:49 > 1:45:55hopefully try to come in and pick up one. Even this, all of a sudden,

1:45:55 > 1:46:00what looked like easy shots, trying to hang onto this match by their

1:46:00 > 1:46:06fingernails. One is the least reward they would have wanted from this

1:46:06 > 1:46:15end. That means they will head into the final end with OAR leading and

1:46:15 > 1:46:20with the hammer.It's very easy to say she has the draw and one shot,

1:46:20 > 1:46:24but she is facing four. That's when the mental game comes into play.

1:46:24 > 1:46:28Don't think about the fact you are facing four shots, just think about

1:46:28 > 1:46:34the simple draw to one foot.If she misses this, I think there will be

1:46:34 > 1:46:38handshakes because they will be two, three, maybe even four shots to

1:46:38 > 1:46:47Russia. But they seem OK with it. It needs to work.It's heavy. Just one

1:46:47 > 1:46:53that they will give up.

1:46:54 > 1:46:57that they will give up.Well, it's still... I said a mountain to climb,

1:46:57 > 1:47:06it's the Himalayas all rolled into one for them here. 7-4 down. OAR in

1:47:06 > 1:47:11a brilliant position as we head into the final end. And they will have

1:47:11 > 1:47:18the hammer as well. Barring anything crazy happening here, the bronze

1:47:18 > 1:47:23medal is already being polished up with the name OAR on it.

1:47:54 > 1:48:00Last year in the world final, Canada were leading by three, and lost four

1:48:00 > 1:48:08to give up the gold medal.And that was Canada's last shot, it just went

1:48:08 > 1:48:16all wrong for them. Switzerland had a free draw for four and won the

1:48:16 > 1:48:20World Championship, so it's amazing how the game can change.That's what

1:48:20 > 1:48:26Norway will be hanging onto, that thought. The issue them for OAR is

1:48:26 > 1:48:32not to be too defensive here. You don't want to have the end build

1:48:32 > 1:48:35towards a situation where Norway can pick up three. On the other hand,

1:48:35 > 1:48:42you still have to play your shots. You want that to sit. Again, just

1:48:42 > 1:48:54sliding too far, I think. They will want to be in the front half and

1:48:54 > 1:48:56control that. These stones sitting at the back are not the best for

1:48:56 > 1:49:00Norway at the minute. One of them of course was already placed there,

1:49:00 > 1:49:07but...The other thing we should mention about last ends and big

1:49:07 > 1:49:11comebacks, the OAR team in the last game of the round robin were playing

1:49:11 > 1:49:19Switzerland and had to up coming home and lost three. Definitely no

1:49:19 > 1:49:27question that this could go to an extra end. What's key for the OAR

1:49:27 > 1:49:34team is about not making the bad misses.

1:49:34 > 1:49:43misses.This looks like a pretty decent

1:49:43 > 1:49:49decent shot from Bryzgalova.Closes the door for Norway, unless they can

1:49:49 > 1:49:57do something. Something spectacular. The opportunity now for moving some

1:49:57 > 1:50:04of these stones.Pleased with that, every single stone they have placed

1:50:04 > 1:50:16accurately. Edging them closer and closer to the podium.

1:50:16 > 1:50:21closer to the podium. Something needs to happen for Norway here. And

1:50:21 > 1:50:23they are the ones who have been making the mistakes more than their

1:50:23 > 1:50:31opponents.

1:50:31 > 1:50:35opponents.We have seen Magnus make a few mistakes coming down towards

1:50:35 > 1:50:40the home end. That looks like a pretty good one, again trying to

1:50:40 > 1:50:47shuffle things around a little bit. He has put the red Stone right into

1:50:47 > 1:50:54the pocket. It may well cancel out the two yellow stone 's.Time-out.

1:50:54 > 1:50:59OAR using their

1:51:00 > 1:51:02OAR using their time out, haven't had the chance to use their power

1:51:02 > 1:51:07play

1:51:10 > 1:51:12play with the steal and Norway maintaining the hammer into the

1:51:12 > 1:51:22final end. This shot could leave it a little high.I like the phase. It

1:51:22 > 1:51:37messes with your team game head when you are thinking...On the guard.

1:51:37 > 1:51:43Even looking at any sort of take out here, you're right, it's completely

1:51:43 > 1:51:47different in the team game. It's when you have a three shot lead, all

1:51:47 > 1:51:51you need to do is keep the opposition stones out of play.You

1:51:51 > 1:51:57don't have to win the game, just don't lose it.It can be a bit

1:51:57 > 1:52:00disconcerting. Just not quite as comfortable to defend the lead in

1:52:00 > 1:52:10this format.

1:52:10 > 1:52:15Decision made.

1:52:22 > 1:52:28Looks as though they are just going to come in. It's all about where

1:52:28 > 1:52:38this ends up.

1:52:38 > 1:52:41this ends up.Watch the weight come off it and pulled to the centre

1:52:41 > 1:52:48line. It's a nice shop. And on the right side as well. -- it's a nice

1:52:48 > 1:52:55shot.It's not easy to move that. The OAR team is closing the door on

1:52:55 > 1:53:03Norway at the moment. But it's never over... Till it's over.One bad

1:53:03 > 1:53:12shot, or a good shot followed by a bad one from the opposition. At this

1:53:12 > 1:53:19point com you certainly want to be in the shoes of OAR.A nice look at

1:53:19 > 1:53:26the ice from the other end there. I wondered if they could see enough of

1:53:26 > 1:53:32the top yellow. But they are going to have to almost whisker passed the

1:53:32 > 1:53:39top red, because they need to catch as much as they can see of it. Just

1:53:39 > 1:53:49playing that nicely. I think if we had been watching Canada

1:53:49 > 1:53:51had been watching Canada here, John Morris would have thrown that

1:53:51 > 1:53:57straight down with a good weight. Looking pretty promising here. It's

1:53:57 > 1:54:01opened up a little bit. And they still have stones in there, but

1:54:01 > 1:54:08plenty of red as well. At the moment, OAR have two here. Doesn't

1:54:08 > 1:54:13matter to them in this end, scoring, they just want to make sure Norway

1:54:13 > 1:54:18don't get three.The good thing for Norway at the moment, there are a

1:54:18 > 1:54:22few yellow stones kicking about the house. The problem stone is the one

1:54:22 > 1:54:27at the back at the bottom. It's lined up straight onto the yellow at

1:54:27 > 1:54:34the back of the ring. They need to get all three of those reds out of

1:54:34 > 1:54:41there.

1:54:41 > 1:54:46there.It was the decision from OAR to come and sit on top of their own,

1:54:46 > 1:54:51or close to their own yellow.

1:54:59 > 1:55:05Sorry, red, sit on top of the Norwegian yellow. A similar shots to

1:55:05 > 1:55:21that she played a few moments ago. Nudges it out.Nice shot. She wanted

1:55:21 > 1:55:30to change the angle of the yellow and move it.Bryzgalova has had a

1:55:30 > 1:55:38really good game. A bit of a hit and hope from Norway now.Just to stones

1:55:38 > 1:55:46left, and their Olympic hopes are starting to disappear. -- just two

1:55:46 > 1:55:49stones left. At least put a little bit of doubt and pressure onto

1:55:49 > 1:55:56Krushelnitskiy.

1:55:56 > 1:56:00Krushelnitskiy.Red stones scattering to the wind.May the

1:56:00 > 1:56:04nerves of Krushelnitskiy coming to the oi. He knows he will have a big

1:56:04 > 1:56:14chance. -- coming to the fore.

1:56:14 > 1:56:17chance. -- coming to the fore. Not done too well for them. Still OAR

1:56:17 > 1:56:26counting two.This one is going to be over after this next one, pretty

1:56:26 > 1:56:33much. A chance for OAR to fit in line four, and it will need

1:56:33 > 1:56:37something almost impossible from the Norwegians to score the three shots

1:56:37 > 1:56:43they need.OAR only have to remove the yellow in the white circles on

1:56:43 > 1:56:47the left-hand side. And I would suggest that would be game over.

1:56:47 > 1:56:54Hasn't been the best of matches for Norway. They have almost been the

1:56:54 > 1:57:00architects of their own demise. And for the OAR, watching this last

1:57:00 > 1:57:07stone come-down. It doesn't sit, but nonetheless, it is beginning to look

1:57:07 > 1:57:13as though this is the end for Norway. Having a little look to see

1:57:13 > 1:57:19if there is anyway they can take three out. It would have to be some

1:57:19 > 1:57:24sort of miracle shot. It's not just taking it out, it's sitting in the

1:57:24 > 1:57:29house for three.They can definitely get them all moving by hitting the

1:57:29 > 1:57:32one on the left first and rolling into the other two. But you

1:57:32 > 1:57:37definitely can't get them all out and then sit in the house. Having

1:57:37 > 1:57:47three yellows is the other problem. Would pull Kristin Skaslien have the

1:57:47 > 1:57:54weight to do that?She doesn't have the firepower of the Russian pair.

1:57:54 > 1:57:58The view is to at least give it a try. Gritting her teeth and giving

1:57:58 > 1:58:05it everything she's got, pushing all her weight behind it.Has she made

1:58:05 > 1:58:16contact? Yes.It was a good try, an excellent try. The handshakes mean

1:58:16 > 1:58:21the OAR win the first-ever bronze medal in mixed doubles curling. The

1:58:21 > 1:58:27married couple embrace, the celebrations begin for them. For

1:58:27 > 1:58:33Magnus Nedregotten and his partner Justin Skaslien, its disappointment.

1:58:33 > 1:58:40But for these two, it's tears of joy. -- and his partner Kristin

1:58:40 > 1:58:45Skaslien. It's the married pair who come out on top. In the end they

1:58:45 > 1:58:51played a great game, Bryzgalova was solid all the way through. Missed

1:58:51 > 1:58:56some opportunities earlier on, but goodness me, they made it count when

1:58:56 > 1:59:02it mattered. And she was solid all the way through. It was a good final

1:59:02 > 1:59:05and Norway did as much as they could to take it through to the eighth

1:59:05 > 1:59:10end. And there are the bronze medallists in the mixed doubles.

1:59:10 > 1:59:15STUDIO: A bit of history made there. And look who's here to talk curling

1:59:15 > 1:59:20with us, only the 2002 Olympic champion and still if of the Stone

1:59:20 > 1:59:26of destiny, Rhona Howie. Delighted to see you. How delighted are you to

1:59:26 > 1:59:31see your sport back in the Olympic spotlight?

1:59:31 > 1:59:33see your sport back in the Olympic spotlight?It's been great. Mixed

1:59:33 > 1:59:37doubles is a new discipline and nobody knew how it would take off,

1:59:37 > 1:59:42but it has come across well on TV. You have to be quick, the strategy,

1:59:42 > 1:59:46everything is quicker, and you only have 22 minutes thinking time. The

1:59:46 > 1:59:51feedback has been really good and everybody is really enjoying it.

1:59:51 > 1:59:55Unfortunately, Britain didn't have a team in there.Remind everybody why

1:59:55 > 2:00:00not. This game has been around for a number of years.It has. The

2:00:00 > 2:00:05countries qualified through their ranking in the last couple of World

2:00:05 > 2:00:11Championships. Britain did well two events ago, but did not do as well

2:00:11 > 2:00:16last year. In ranking points, we finished eighth. There were eight

2:00:16 > 2:00:19countries that qualified but Korea. Automatic qualification as the host

2:00:19 > 2:00:24nation. Although we finished eighth, it was the top seven plus Korea. So

2:00:24 > 2:00:30we were next in line. It was disappointing not to qualify for the

2:00:30 > 2:00:33first mixed doubles, but I am sure there is a lot to think about now.

2:00:37 > 2:00:41Do you think there will be an impetus to making sure there is a

2:00:41 > 2:00:48British curling team? This format was to inspire the nontraditional

2:00:48 > 2:00:54nations get involved, we had four of the great nations but no Swedes?Or

2:00:54 > 2:00:58British? They didn't make the top eight. I think we have gone through

2:00:58 > 2:01:02the first cycle of it. I think many of the top countries now, all

2:01:02 > 2:01:05countries will be looking at their next doubles programming schedule

2:01:05 > 2:01:13for the next four years, leading up to Beijing. It is definitely a goer.

2:01:13 > 2:01:18Countries are loving it.The final, not only does it feature the world

2:01:18 > 2:01:24champions the Swiss but we have the Canadians in it. Interestingly,

2:01:24 > 2:01:30their duo of Kaitlyn Lawes and John Morris, we know them from four

2:01:30 > 2:01:34person teams over the last couple of Olympics but they had only played

2:01:34 > 2:01:39one practice match together before the Canadian trials. I guess not the

2:01:39 > 2:01:45huge amount was expected of them. It will be an interesting to see how

2:01:45 > 2:01:50this dynamic works.Definitely, when it gets to these crunch games, the

2:01:50 > 2:01:57medal games, in the semifinal, they struggled a little. I think for the

2:01:57 > 2:02:01coaches at the break, they came out a different team in the second four.

2:02:01 > 2:02:05John Morris has had to learn how to play with a woman. He is used to

2:02:05 > 2:02:08playing in men's teams and saying things to his team-mates but it's

2:02:08 > 2:02:12different to be able to encourage and support and also, who's doing

2:02:12 > 2:02:16the sweeping, who's doing the calling, who is this a Mac? All of

2:02:16 > 2:02:21this needs to be worked out and I think it is taken Canada all week to

2:02:21 > 2:02:26get this sorted but they can play the shots.We shall see. The first

2:02:26 > 2:02:31inaugural mixed doubles final in the curling. Let's do it.

2:02:35 > 2:02:43COMMENTATOR: He's thinking I've got to go big, I've got to go big.He

2:02:43 > 2:02:46has to think about where he's going to hit it, that's the main thing.

2:02:46 > 2:02:50It's not about the big shot but about where he is going to hit it.

2:02:50 > 2:02:51One of the things we have

2:02:51 > 2:02:54about where he is going to hit it. One of the things we have already

2:02:54 > 2:02:58spoken about in the team doubles, when you are playing shots, you need

2:02:58 > 2:03:02to know what the tolerances for that shot. That was a great example. You

2:03:02 > 2:03:05cannot afford to play at wide when you're chasing the game, you need to

2:03:05 > 2:03:10keep your stones in play. By hitting rolling out, you are making things

2:03:10 > 2:03:21extremely easy for the team winning the game.

2:03:22 > 2:03:26This time again not dissimilar shot, just going to hit and roll across,

2:03:26 > 2:03:36not looking for the double take out this time.

2:03:46 > 2:03:54Close. Not that bad a result, actually.The fact he put in for his

2:03:54 > 2:04:02first shot.

2:04:03 > 2:04:09Kaitlyn heads down the other end. One stone left for both teams.

2:04:12 > 2:04:18I don't have any but it looks easier this way.Just accept, get rid of

2:04:18 > 2:04:25this Swiss stone. What is the plan here?She's just going to come down

2:04:25 > 2:04:32the outside of the shape here in an owl turn, and anticlockwise rotation

2:04:32 > 2:04:37and try to catch the red and to get the yellow through. She can see more

2:04:37 > 2:04:45of it from this side rather than the drawings shot towards the ring.

2:04:48 > 2:04:55Either way, has to curl.I think he thought she let that go really wide

2:04:55 > 2:04:58but she played in a lovely Headway and she knows it will poll. Needs to

2:04:58 > 2:05:03take this right out of the house. That is a nice shot from Kaitlyn

2:05:03 > 2:05:12there.By contrast yesterday in the semifinal, Kaitlyn Lawes is really

2:05:12 > 2:05:21finding her format the time. Sadly for Switzerland, it is two red

2:05:21 > 2:05:26stones that are sitting there and instead of two or three yellows,

2:05:26 > 2:05:30which they would have liked, the power play has not worked for them

2:05:30 > 2:05:36here. At best, they are going to get the one. So straightforward draw was

2:05:36 > 2:05:43nothing straightforward in the gold-medal match... Jenny Perret

2:05:43 > 2:05:49looking to reduce the deficit. Not by enough, or certainly not quite as

2:05:49 > 2:05:56much as they would have liked. Martin Rios keeping an eye on it.

2:05:56 > 2:06:03Just has to finish anywhere in the eight foot. For a one. Carefully

2:06:03 > 2:06:12managed and controlled by Martin. Well, again, Martin Rios, it was his

2:06:12 > 2:06:15penultimate stone, really, which meant they were always up against it

2:06:15 > 2:06:19there. A good effort with his last stone to try and resurrect things.

2:06:19 > 2:06:26In the end, could only give his team-mate a chance to pick up one.

2:06:26 > 2:06:31At the halfway point, and delete this gold-medal match 6-3 over

2:06:31 > 2:06:37Switzerland. -- Canada lead this gold-medal match 6-3 over

2:06:37 > 2:06:45Switzerland.

2:06:53 > 2:07:00So, Canada lead as they go into the fifth end, 6-3. They have the

2:07:00 > 2:07:06hammer. Jenny Perret and Martin Rios, or they can do now is can play

2:07:06 > 2:07:10the best game they possibly can, make the shots and somehow hope that

2:07:10 > 2:07:18Canada slip up and let them in.

2:07:18 > 2:07:23Can't really fault Jenny Perret this evening, when asked to make a shot

2:07:23 > 2:07:32she has done. Another nice draw to start this off.

2:07:32 > 2:07:39He is going to be fuming with himself, isn't he?Hopefully the

2:07:39 > 2:07:44half-time break, he's had a chance to reset a little bit. Probably came

2:07:44 > 2:07:49out but a good time, the way he was going, very much and tilt and Canada

2:07:49 > 2:07:59could have been out of sight with another end if they kept going.

2:07:59 > 2:08:07I've been really impressed with Kaitlyn Lawes this evening.

2:08:07 > 2:08:12Great shot. We said at the beginning, these two

2:08:12 > 2:08:16have the chance to become the first-ever Canadian stab two Olympic

2:08:16 > 2:08:20gold medals. No one has had a chance to win a medal in the mixed doubles,

2:08:20 > 2:08:27of course. I think it is here to stay, it is fair to say.Absolutely,

2:08:27 > 2:08:32and I think it will even grow, certainly in Canada I have no doubt

2:08:32 > 2:08:38that having two players of this calibre out there is only going to

2:08:38 > 2:08:43help the game and they will take it more and more seriously. We will see

2:08:43 > 2:08:48Canada probably pin similar amounts of investment into this new format

2:08:48 > 2:08:55of the game and hopefully we might even Seymour Nations at the next

2:08:55 > 2:08:59Olympics, as well. Heard some rumblings about potentially

2:08:59 > 2:09:03increasing the number of teams to 16 from the eight that there are just

2:09:03 > 2:09:12now. -- hopefully we will see more nations.

2:09:13 > 2:09:18nations.They are talking about probably making two groups of eight.

2:09:18 > 2:09:27Love it.I do love it, but it will have to start about to weeks before

2:09:27 > 2:09:31the Olympics start! It is up to the other sports to grow with ours.

2:09:31 > 2:09:34That's true!

2:09:40 > 2:09:46The previous stone from Rios is not exactly as he would have wanted it

2:09:46 > 2:09:52to lie. John Morris doing what he did last time as well. Just coming

2:09:52 > 2:09:59in. He has had good draw weight tonight.That was a good early

2:09:59 > 2:10:02weight call from John Morris, he played the stone, jumped up to sweep

2:10:02 > 2:10:06it and quickly when he was sweeping it he shouted it was heavy and Al

2:10:06 > 2:10:15out Kaitlyn Lawes the sweeping call accordingly. -- and it allowed

2:10:15 > 2:10:20Kaitlyn Lawes the sweeping call accordingly.90% accuracy for Canada

2:10:20 > 2:10:25on the takeouts. That is where the real difference has been. That shot

2:10:25 > 2:10:30that Rios ran through and then the attempt at the double take out which

2:10:30 > 2:10:35nearly came off. The second one nearly did, the first one didn't.

2:10:41 > 2:10:47Just his body language is just starting to not tell a good story at

2:10:47 > 2:10:50the moment, Martin Rios.

2:10:53 > 2:11:04Is he going to catch this?That's one of those shots, you know they're

2:11:04 > 2:11:07not quite mentally right, Martin Rios nowhere near the stone to sweep

2:11:07 > 2:11:11it when Jenny Perret is trying to have a bit of an audible and change

2:11:11 > 2:11:16the play to come onto that back one.

2:11:19 > 2:11:23You can say something has to happen, Canada have to make a mistake, but

2:11:23 > 2:11:27you have to make something happen, you have do at least play, as I

2:11:27 > 2:11:35stated when we started the fifth end, you can't give it up easily. He

2:11:35 > 2:11:40needs to settle himself down. Actually, talking about team

2:11:40 > 2:11:45dynamics, we have talked about Jenny Perret being the one to almost

2:11:45 > 2:11:48control Martin Little bit and calm him down. She almost needs to do the

2:11:48 > 2:11:52opposite here and gee him up again because at the moment he is a little

2:11:52 > 2:11:56bit lost at sea.

2:12:01 > 2:12:07Good sweeping again from Morris.

2:12:08 > 2:12:17Still a good shot, just flooding the front of the T-line with red stones.

2:12:17 > 2:12:23Martin has to keep thinking here, as well. The danger is, you almost give

2:12:23 > 2:12:28the stones away. He had some imagination during the week in the

2:12:28 > 2:12:36round robin. He needs to keep thinking that way, somehow. Because

2:12:36 > 2:12:41the danger is, if you're not making your shots to play safe. He somehow

2:12:41 > 2:12:48has to find a way still to have an imagination. If it's a difficult

2:12:48 > 2:12:52shot, you stuff to try and make it happen, because otherwise this match

2:12:52 > 2:12:59will slip away.

2:13:03 > 2:13:12This is going to be close... Just by. This could be good. That's a

2:13:12 > 2:13:20better stone from Martin Rios. Right in between them, I think, but not

2:13:20 > 2:13:25bad.Definitely a useful position, getting one up in front of the

2:13:25 > 2:13:30cluster they can promote onto the red stones. That is what you're

2:13:30 > 2:13:34looking for with every one of the stones, a crucial part of this

2:13:34 > 2:13:40doubles format.

2:13:44 > 2:13:54Back four.I don't know John Morris but I just see him sing in a bar

2:13:54 > 2:14:01conducting things, telling people stories, am I right?John Morris has

2:14:01 > 2:14:06got a lot of stories to tell! CHUCKLES

2:14:06 > 2:14:11He's got that voice, he's got that character.

2:14:16 > 2:14:22Goes quiet as they watch this stone. Canada going about their business.

2:14:22 > 2:14:30John Morris controlling thing. He is tapping his own stone in.

2:14:30 > 2:14:36Good shot. Switzerland want to score points in

2:14:36 > 2:14:40this end and they will need to get some Reds out of there. Sorry,

2:14:40 > 2:14:46Canada have the last stone. But yet, Switzerland are going to need some

2:14:46 > 2:14:48Reds out of there anyway.

2:14:54 > 2:15:00They could try running the centre guard back, it is a bit of a Hail

2:15:00 > 2:15:03Mary, but they really need to throw caution to the wind a little bit at

2:15:03 > 2:15:10some point to give themselves a chance. So they could drive the

2:15:10 > 2:15:15centre back onto the yellow, spill the two red zone to the bottom. That

2:15:15 > 2:15:19might help them with a couple. Other than that, they don't have great

2:15:19 > 2:15:25options at all.They might have taken a time-out, but if there are

2:15:25 > 2:15:31not that many options, the thing to remember is that journey is playing

2:15:31 > 2:15:35and I don't feel this is her natural shot, either. But that is what they

2:15:35 > 2:15:37are going to play.

2:15:42 > 2:15:52And so it is. Right, well, this needs to go very, very well for

2:15:52 > 2:15:59Switzerland here, trying to raise that yellow. And it has missed. And

2:15:59 > 2:16:04oddly enough, it has tapped one back in. Might even be lying second.

2:16:04 > 2:16:15Martin Rios goes straight to the back of the ice.It is better to

2:16:15 > 2:16:25flash, basically.If you throw it to heavy, if it bounces off that.

2:16:25 > 2:16:39Right.The back ring, you want to hit half of this stone.I'm thinking

2:16:39 > 2:16:46edge?Speed's nice.A slightly forlorn look on the faces of the

2:16:46 > 2:16:52Swiss pair. Kaitlyn Lawes has been on top form in this match tonight

2:16:52 > 2:16:58already, the chance to extend Canada's lead perhaps here, 6-3

2:16:58 > 2:17:05already in the fifth end. Starting to look really ominous for

2:17:05 > 2:17:06Switzerland.

2:17:10 > 2:17:21He thinks it is missing. It is trying. It's trying. There, I think

2:17:21 > 2:17:26that is going to be two. Yes. So, two to Canada, could have been

2:17:26 > 2:17:34three. 8-3. Three ends left. Switzerland have already used their

2:17:34 > 2:17:41power play.

2:17:41 > 2:17:51This is very much heading Canada's way. The gold medal expectation for

2:17:51 > 2:18:00them and their fans, and so far, so good.

2:18:07 > 2:18:15We could trace this situation all the way back to that stone of Rios

2:18:15 > 2:18:20when he completely missed and went through. It all changed then, didn't

2:18:20 > 2:18:24it?Yes, and you just wonder what goes through his head when something

2:18:24 > 2:18:29like that happens, you think, is this game going to go for me or go

2:18:29 > 2:18:37against me? I was surprised that shot from Kaitlyn, I think she

2:18:37 > 2:18:40probably talked herself out of it, she said I would rather flash than

2:18:40 > 2:18:45catch it on the wrong side, and that is exactly what she did almost,

2:18:45 > 2:18:52rather than closing it out completely.Identity they are going

2:18:52 > 2:19:01to be stressing too much. So, Kaitlyn Lawes trying to catch that.

2:19:01 > 2:19:05You just have to show a little glimmer to your opposition, that is

2:19:05 > 2:19:13all you need to show.I know, but it is 8-3 to Canada, these two have

2:19:13 > 2:19:17been playing well, and John Morris has got the ability to move stones

2:19:17 > 2:19:22around that not many others have.He certainly strategically sees the

2:19:22 > 2:19:26game really well and calls it really well, and technically performs it

2:19:26 > 2:19:38really well, so...Big end from a Swiss point of view. Just trying to

2:19:38 > 2:19:45apply some sort of pressure.

2:19:46 > 2:19:53That is a nice stone. Jenny is still very much in the game here. She is

2:19:53 > 2:20:00not going to let that five shot lead that Canada have get to her, so she

2:20:00 > 2:20:08has placed a nice stone there, top half of the four foot in the

2:20:08 > 2:20:10controlling area, meaning that Canada have to try to come down and

2:20:10 > 2:20:14freeze it, or tap it back.

2:20:20 > 2:20:27I would suggest if they are going to have any chance, they need to pick

2:20:27 > 2:20:38up three here. If you are doing the maths, it is five shots. A couple of

2:20:38 > 2:20:42threes, the hammer in final end, we are kind of playing with numbers

2:20:42 > 2:20:50here, but at least you could create a bit of belief for yourself.Never

2:20:50 > 2:20:55in a curling match get ahead of yourself.Absolutely, but that is

2:20:55 > 2:20:59what I am saying, you can still go, can we get three in that end? Yes,

2:20:59 > 2:21:11we can.There were two small errors from team Canada, they are not

2:21:11 > 2:21:16always performing 100%.This is the guy, he has been the man all week,

2:21:16 > 2:21:24Martin Rios. I am always worried when he jumps up as he goes after

2:21:24 > 2:21:27his stone, he is like somebody trying to get up onto a surfboard

2:21:27 > 2:21:38for the first time, isn't he?He was a little unsteady.

2:21:38 > 2:21:41a little unsteady.I think he would have loved to have caught that just

2:21:41 > 2:21:47a little less on the face. In behind those other two. Not that I have

2:21:47 > 2:21:53never managed to get up on a surfboard!That was a good shot by

2:21:53 > 2:21:57Martin Rios, and certainly one that was nominated, for me, not the right

2:21:57 > 2:22:00one in this situation. I think they should have ignored the red stone

2:22:00 > 2:22:05and maybe forfeited the one at the stop, may be splitting the centre

2:22:05 > 2:22:10line, that would have turned up the heat on Canada. Now Canada can

2:22:10 > 2:22:14follow that down and just freeze. Whereas they could have been facing

2:22:14 > 2:22:21something a little more scary. Again, we have talked about

2:22:21 > 2:22:23decision-making, and your mind works very clearly when things are going

2:22:23 > 2:22:27well, and when it is not, it is a bit fuddled.

2:22:32 > 2:22:36Really needs to bring this right down to sit on top of it.It isn't

2:22:36 > 2:22:43going to get there.It is just OK.I wonder whether a little space there

2:22:43 > 2:22:47could have been picked out. It doesn't look like it.

2:22:52 > 2:22:57I would love to see Martin Rios make three shots here in this end. That

2:22:57 > 2:23:02is what we need. We need to see Martin Rios run riot one more time

2:23:02 > 2:23:04this week.

2:23:18 > 2:23:26He has selected a tricky shot here, coming between the guards.

2:23:32 > 2:23:41He said zwischen durch.Meaning?

2:23:42 > 2:23:45Between them through, literally.

2:23:49 > 2:23:54This is much more difficult when you have only got one, as well. You have

2:23:54 > 2:24:04somebody judging the wait.He is through!What a shot, Martin Rios.

2:24:04 > 2:24:09That couldn't have been played any better, he had no room on either

2:24:09 > 2:24:13side, absolutely perfect. He looks up to the stands as if to say, thank

2:24:13 > 2:24:21goodness, finally. Watch this, either side, an inch here or there.

2:24:21 > 2:24:31A decent results. But again, it is an opportunity that certainly for

2:24:31 > 2:24:41this man here, John Morris, this is OK.They have got four yellows

2:24:41 > 2:24:48there, but two or three of them are behind the T-line. Canada can come

2:24:48 > 2:24:53in quite comfortably on top of one of them. Making it much harder for

2:24:53 > 2:24:59them to remove, and then the stones that Switzerland can use then are

2:24:59 > 2:25:06the ones at the front that they can then maybe promote.At least they

2:25:06 > 2:25:10are doing what we said they needed to do, trying to put some pressure

2:25:10 > 2:25:14on John Morris. He can still come up with the goods, though. But that is

2:25:14 > 2:25:19all you can do.Still an option of getting these two reds and springing

2:25:19 > 2:25:26them to the left and the right. A great shot there would have been not

2:25:26 > 2:25:30bumping that yellow, just leaving them kissing together, making it

2:25:30 > 2:25:44much harder for them to be removed. He almost has to hit the outside

2:25:45 > 2:25:55read -- red first and then just skim across to the side of the ice.The

2:25:55 > 2:25:58lights of comeback on in the eyes of Martin Rios, he is seeing a chance

2:25:58 > 2:26:10here. Not bad. Almost. Just needed to be another inch across where he

2:26:10 > 2:26:16hit that first stone, it would have pushed that read off to the side. As

2:26:16 > 2:26:19it is, it just nudges it slightly and actually nudges it in. Good

2:26:19 > 2:26:26effort.It is going to be very difficult to get that one out of

2:26:26 > 2:26:33there now.And Kaitlyn Lawes' job here now is to make it even more

2:26:33 > 2:26:39difficult to get that out.They didn't really need to get rid of the

2:26:39 > 2:26:42outside one, it is the one that is still in there that needed to be

2:26:42 > 2:26:45moved, so they might have been better served by hitting that one

2:26:45 > 2:26:49first, just to give them the opportunity to bring all those other

2:26:49 > 2:26:57yellows into play.It was just the fact that they had to push it

2:26:57 > 2:27:01sideways.I think that is what he was thinking, that if he caught that

2:27:01 > 2:27:09one, he was looking for the big score, wasn't he? Three sitting

2:27:09 > 2:27:13there on the other side of the T-line. So Kaitlyn Lawes with the

2:27:13 > 2:27:18final stone for Canada here. Plenty of yellow, but that one single

2:27:18 > 2:27:26Canadian red sitting right in the middle.They still have to be very

2:27:26 > 2:27:30careful with this shot. There are a lot of yellows and you don't want to

2:27:30 > 2:27:40give them any opportunity. And the way that is sitting, that top red

2:27:40 > 2:27:44there, even if they do hit it and get it back, it isn't going to go

2:27:44 > 2:27:50anywhere.

2:27:50 > 2:27:55Well, Martin, you can stand and look at it as long as you want, but...He

2:27:55 > 2:27:59has called a time-out, he is thinking, I cannot say anything,

2:27:59 > 2:28:03maybe the coach can.In these situations, it is really about

2:28:03 > 2:28:09holding your nerve as well. Canada pretty confident there, only one red

2:28:09 > 2:28:14in behind all of these yellows, but they can just casually, put one down

2:28:14 > 2:28:19on top, the cars that can be pretty scary when you are thinking, just

2:28:19 > 2:28:25one mistake here and they get a lovely hit and leave many yellows.

2:28:25 > 2:28:35But that top red I don't think is going anywhere.What I am loving

2:28:35 > 2:28:42here, John Morris, it is almost as if he has seen a shot, he is

2:28:42 > 2:28:52gesticulating. You can imagine his brain whirring away.

2:29:04 > 2:29:10I can only see... I can see a way to get the one at the bottom right, but

2:29:10 > 2:29:16it is the one played here by Kaitlyn Lawes that is difficult.I can hear

2:29:16 > 2:29:27them saying, try to get at least two. Bump, bump, it sounds good.He

2:29:27 > 2:29:36is not a bad guy to have to call on, Sebastien

2:29:36 > 2:29:45Sebastien Stork.And it is Jenny Perret who has to play this. What

2:29:45 > 2:29:53was the decision in the end?However they hit that top red that we see in

2:29:53 > 2:30:03the left-hand top quartile, it is jamming on the road or the yellow.

2:30:03 > 2:30:10This isn't quite hit and hope, but Canada lying with the shop there.

2:30:10 > 2:30:13Suppose something is better than nothing here. Anyway, here we go,

2:30:13 > 2:30:17Jenny Perret.She gave that there.

2:30:25 > 2:30:28Two to Canada. Just wondering whether or not they think enough

2:30:28 > 2:30:32might be enough. A little look between the two of them. Waiting for

2:30:32 > 2:30:37Jenny Perret to come down. They will decide what to do.I think that is

2:30:37 > 2:30:44game over, is it? They have had enough.That is it. A cuddle from

2:30:44 > 2:30:51Jenny Perret for Kaitlyn Lawes and a handshake to John Morris. It is

2:30:51 > 2:30:55Canada's gold medal. A brilliant performance from the two of them.

2:30:55 > 2:30:59One defeat all week in their very first match against Norway but since

2:30:59 > 2:31:03then they have been a perfect couple. The first ever winners of

2:31:03 > 2:31:08the gold medal in the mixed doubles at the Winter Olympics. Switzerland

2:31:08 > 2:31:14not on their game tonight, but you could not fault Kaitlyn Lawes on

2:31:14 > 2:31:18John Morris, much to the delight of the huge Canadian support. They have

2:31:18 > 2:31:23had a great week, the Swiss, but not tonight, tickly Martin Rios, not on

2:31:23 > 2:31:28his game. You even wonder if he had been, was there a way ever to be the

2:31:28 > 2:31:34Canadians? Kaitlyn Lawes on John Morris become the first Canadians to

2:31:34 > 2:31:41win two gold medals, John Morris in the men's event in 2010, Kaitlyn

2:31:41 > 2:31:47Lawes on Sochi 2014, and now they are the mixed doubles champions in

2:31:47 > 2:31:49Pyeongchang 2018.

2:31:49 > 2:31:51are the mixed doubles champions in Pyeongchang 2018. Canada win 10-3.

2:31:51 > 2:31:56Studio absolute delight for the Canadians. They took a four in the

2:31:56 > 2:32:00third end, the foundation of the victory. Not bad after just one

2:32:00 > 2:32:03training session together before the Canadian trials. Shows what you can

2:32:03 > 2:32:08achieve if you have the talent. Absolutely. A different tactical

2:32:08 > 2:32:11game you play mixed doubles. This pair have obviously got the

2:32:11 > 2:32:15experience of being at an Olympics and can play the game, but the whole

2:32:15 > 2:32:22dynamic between the two of them it's key to get that right, that

2:32:23 > 2:32:25key to get that right, that can be the difference between winning and

2:32:25 > 2:32:27losing.How difficult is that to achieve right off the bat? We can

2:32:27 > 2:32:32see networks but in that final you can see he is one of the Bath boys,

2:32:32 > 2:32:37the real Canadian strongmen of curling, a very different dynamic

2:32:37 > 2:32:41between telling men from Mars and curling women from Venus, a real

2:32:41 > 2:32:45difference?It is and you have to get that dynamic right. It has

2:32:45 > 2:32:50properly been a learning curve for John and Caitlin. Not used to this

2:32:50 > 2:32:56format but John Morris has to use to a female playing the last stone of

2:32:56 > 2:32:59the end. They have done it fantastically well. Hats off to

2:32:59 > 2:33:03them, they have played really, really well this week.One for

2:33:03 > 2:33:08Canada. They have more medal chances, the Canadians, as has Great

2:33:08 > 2:33:13Britain. Remember, Sochi, you were the head women's coach there. We

2:33:13 > 2:33:19have a new men's team, David Murdoch won the silver last time. We have

2:33:19 > 2:33:23Kyle Smith, a young and in experienced team in their first

2:33:23 > 2:33:27Olympic games, how will the British boys do, do you think?I think for

2:33:27 > 2:33:35them it is about Olympic experience for them. They have only been at

2:33:35 > 2:33:39Europeans, and the bigger curling events have not been at that. I'm

2:33:39 > 2:33:41sure they have spoken about how to deal with it and handle it. They

2:33:41 > 2:33:45have a very tough opening day, they play Switzerland in their first

2:33:45 > 2:33:50game, they did manage to beat in the semifinals of the Europeans

2:33:50 > 2:33:54recently. But Peter Cruise, strong team, lots of experience, Gold

2:33:54 > 2:33:59medallists. Then they have Canada as well. A very tough first day for

2:33:59 > 2:34:03Great Britain, but I think these boys are up for the challenge. They

2:34:03 > 2:34:08have the ability.It all starts for the boys tonight at midnight. They

2:34:08 > 2:34:13have two, one that midnight and one at 11am tomorrow morning. Eve

2:34:13 > 2:34:18Muirhead, a third Olympic Games, she has that bronze but a tenacious

2:34:18 > 2:34:24character. She has two siblings, brothers, in the other team. It is

2:34:24 > 2:34:30team Muirhead. As for the women's chances, she really does a gold

2:34:30 > 2:34:35medal this time round.Absolutely, it's the only thing missing, she has

2:34:35 > 2:34:39world Juniors, Europeans, she wants the Olympic gold. A tonne of work in

2:34:39 > 2:34:46the last four years. He has matured greatly since Sochi. There is no

2:34:46 > 2:34:50reason why not. If they can put the performance in on the day, there is

2:34:50 > 2:34:54no reason why not.16 years since your gold. It has been a long wait,

2:34:54 > 2:34:59when you think about it.Yes, but it makes me sound old when you say

2:34:59 > 2:35:04about that!LAUGHTER Curling has been great, the

2:35:04 > 2:35:10investment that has come in on the last 8-12 years. We can only learn

2:35:10 > 2:35:15from what other countries are doing, as well. And we have in Britain. We

2:35:15 > 2:35:20now have a centre of excellence. We are moving the sport forward but we

2:35:20 > 2:35:24want that gold medal.We sure do, let's hope it comes in the next few

2:35:24 > 2:35:28days because Eve Muirhead and to bring to get underway at 5am

2:35:28 > 2:35:32tomorrow morning against the Olympic Athletes from Russia. It is the

2:35:32 > 2:35:36start of the really interesting 10-day campaign for all of our

2:35:36 > 2:35:41curlers. Rhona Howie, thank you, always a pleasure to see you.

2:35:41 > 2:35:47Ordinarily an Olympic leader in a luge contest gets gold but that

2:35:47 > 2:35:54fails to take into consideration Felix Loch. The Bradley Sowell on

2:35:54 > 2:35:58Sunday he blew a two tenths of a second lead going into that final

2:35:58 > 2:36:04run. Natalie Geisenberger is also the defending champion to Germany in

2:36:04 > 2:36:14the women's luge. She had an even greater

2:36:14 > 2:36:18greater advantage, three tenths of. She is a Bavarian police officer, so

2:36:18 > 2:36:22if anyone can restore calm and order on the podium, surely it would be

2:36:22 > 2:36:26hurt.

2:36:26 > 2:36:32COMMENTATOR: Emily Sweeney next, her first Olympics. Her back history

2:36:32 > 2:36:35fascinating. 16-year-old when her sister Megan beat her to the games

2:36:35 > 2:36:41in Vancouver and then she suffered a crushing blow went missing out on

2:36:41 > 2:36:45Sochi altogether. Here she is back. Came into the game 's number 11 in

2:36:45 > 2:36:50the world. She starts here 14th and bidding to improve upon that. It is

2:36:50 > 2:36:55fair to say these next few are only separated by tenths of seconds, so

2:36:55 > 2:36:59there is the scope to make a little bit of a jump forward here.

2:36:59 > 2:37:04Everybody needs to be clean at this point over the sliding lines. Yes,

2:37:04 > 2:37:08trying to pull out a big margin and the current leaders and that is why

2:37:08 > 2:37:12her clock is currently green. But any mistake at this point, and this

2:37:12 > 2:37:16is what she has been doing all the time... That is a massive mistake,

2:37:16 > 2:37:20look at the lines, struggling to keep control of that, she is

2:37:20 > 2:37:25crashing. A Big Bang. She hit her head on everything on the wall.She

2:37:25 > 2:37:31looks OK. She is distraught, poor Emily.That looks like quite a nasty

2:37:31 > 2:37:34crash, trying to fight this led to keep hold of it. Hopefully she's OK.

2:37:34 > 2:37:38Nobody likes to see that in the sliding spot. You can see, trying to

2:37:38 > 2:37:42put her feet down and gain control. This slide here, she starts to turn

2:37:42 > 2:37:46into the corner. Going to go in at such an angle it will turn her

2:37:46 > 2:37:50violently back the other way. From that point there, she is struggling

2:37:50 > 2:37:59to stay in control. You can see the angle,

2:37:59 > 2:38:01angle, almost it and it slips her round. She's pointing down when she

2:38:01 > 2:38:04is trying to get control of it. She is completely out of control at the

2:38:04 > 2:38:07minute. What can she do at this point? She nearly spins all the way

2:38:07 > 2:38:09around. She just lost complete control at that point. That is one

2:38:09 > 2:38:13of the worst crashes we have seen so far. Most of the other people have

2:38:13 > 2:38:17come off the side and have sort of managed to control and slow down a

2:38:17 > 2:38:20lot quicker because it is their body weight causing friction against the

2:38:20 > 2:38:24ice. There, because she was still on the plates, it was difficult for her

2:38:24 > 2:38:30to stop the slide. You can just see her there, very ginger on her feet,

2:38:30 > 2:38:35and she's walking off. She looks like she's sort of OK. Managing OK.

2:38:35 > 2:38:39She saying she is fine, probably just feeling a little bit

2:38:39 > 2:38:43claustrophobic with the amount of people around her. Hopefully, as she

2:38:43 > 2:38:48works round, maybe her neck is a little stiff, but as she works her

2:38:48 > 2:38:57way round the track she will get big from everybody.Absolutely. Back

2:38:57 > 2:39:02under way after Emily Sweeney's crash with Andrea Voetter, in 11th

2:39:02 > 2:39:08place, representing Italy. It would be a disaster if she repeats what

2:39:08 > 2:39:12she did at Sochi, where she was 19. She is surely going to do a lot

2:39:12 > 2:39:15better than that.Just a little mistake coming off the first bend,

2:39:15 > 2:39:20just slid off. That makes you go into the second corner as they look

2:39:20 > 2:39:22at it a bit different. The first couple of corners are not perfect

2:39:22 > 2:39:27for her. It depends now, time is starting to just slide away a little

2:39:27 > 2:39:36bit. Is that relative to the start? Will she start pulling away? Now

2:39:36 > 2:39:38three hundredths behind, a great line into 12. Slightly better than

2:39:38 > 2:39:41the slide before her. Is this her crawling back to the front or is

2:39:41 > 2:39:44time slipping away Chris Wright she has pulled back 100th. As we get the

2:39:44 > 2:39:49line, this will be down to the hundreds of thousands of seconds.So

2:39:49 > 2:40:03close between Andrea Voetter... Just by three hundredths of a second.

2:40:03 > 2:40:08That three hundredths of a second, as she just fought her way back all

2:40:08 > 2:40:13the way to the end, where she just had a slightly better wine into 12,

2:40:13 > 2:40:16which allowed her to carry a little more speed into the bottom of the

2:40:16 > 2:40:20track. This is the little mistake in one. Slide off which put her

2:40:20 > 2:40:25slightly wrong into two. A little bit of a wave. But this line here,

2:40:25 > 2:40:32going into 12 in right part, which, the corner helps you do the work,

2:40:32 > 2:40:34where previously she went on a little more to the left, which means

2:40:34 > 2:40:39you have to turn this led more. That is the difference between getting it

2:40:39 > 2:40:43right, the optimum line, it is inches. You're trying to find those

2:40:43 > 2:40:49inches at 60-70 miles an hour, it is difficult to do that.Into the top

2:40:49 > 2:40:57ten. In tenth place currently from Austria is Madeleine Egle. She has a

2:40:57 > 2:41:01lot of work to do. She may well hold the lead after this run but there is

2:41:01 > 2:41:05greater big gap between her and the girls in ninth, eighth and seventh.

2:41:05 > 2:41:11She needs a big one if she will move up, as opposed to holding her

2:41:11 > 2:41:15position in tenth.Her run on the first run was actually ranked sixth

2:41:15 > 2:41:18quickest. If she puts another one of those in, she can pull herself

2:41:18 > 2:41:25forward. It is about her slider, levelling age. The level she is

2:41:25 > 2:41:28that, can she be that consistent? We will see as we come to the pivotal

2:41:28 > 2:41:32part of the track. She has just drifted across, that will cost her a

2:41:32 > 2:41:37little bit of time. Is it enough to stay in front or has she made the

2:41:37 > 2:41:40right line so she can start to pull forward towards the other slide of

2:41:40 > 2:41:44question what doesn't seem to have affected her too much. Not

2:41:44 > 2:41:50overdriven the corner. But no speed coming up the hill.A pretty slow

2:41:50 > 2:41:52finish, I'm afraid, for Madeleine Egle. She is ahead of Andrea

2:41:52 > 2:41:56Voetter. She should have consolidated her position relative

2:41:56 > 2:42:01to the young Italian, who gives us the thumbs up. I think she is going

2:42:01 > 2:42:06to have a hard job to improve from tenth place now. After that. The

2:42:06 > 2:42:11others should all, should all beat her comfortably but we will see.

2:42:11 > 2:42:17This track has been biting people when they least expect it all week

2:42:17 > 2:42:21long.It was just there, she knew she would be close to the left-hand

2:42:21 > 2:42:25wall as you look at the screen. Just trying to think it away and

2:42:25 > 2:42:29overcooked that. That ended up her going later into the corner, which

2:42:29 > 2:42:37is why you see that big wave in corner 12. But for a young slider of

2:42:37 > 2:42:41her age and her development, where she is at with that, I think top ten

2:42:41 > 2:42:50at Olympic Games is a great result. Top ten at an Olympic games for

2:42:50 > 2:42:55Romania's Raluca Stramaturaru is an excellent result as well. She has

2:42:55 > 2:42:58been really, really so consistent. They're in mind a couple of

2:42:58 > 2:43:06things... Her two Olympic Games to date have found her finish 21st in

2:43:06 > 2:43:11Vancouver and 30th in Sochi, so to be in top ten territory for Raluca

2:43:11 > 2:43:17Stramaturaru is excellent. She is 32 and she just needs another one.Just

2:43:17 > 2:43:20a couple of little mistakes on the ramp. Looked like it drifted over

2:43:20 > 2:43:25and then she had that little slide off one. Can she settle in this run,

2:43:25 > 2:43:28to make sure she gets the optimum lines and carries her speed? She

2:43:28 > 2:43:32needs to really finish in the top ten. She has a good margin of three

2:43:32 > 2:43:37tenths. Is it enough to stay in front? Of the athlete who has just

2:43:37 > 2:43:39come down Chris Wright she is still trying to pull away. This is where

2:43:39 > 2:43:45she should strive, she has a better line into this part of the track.

2:43:45 > 2:43:49Will she start moving forward thinking about the athletes in front

2:43:49 > 2:43:53of her? Just starting to lose a bit of time now. Did you work too hard

2:43:53 > 2:43:57to get the optimum line?Here she comes down to her finish. She takes

2:43:57 > 2:44:03the

2:44:03 > 2:44:07the lead of Egle. Guaranteed top ten, feels so sweet. A decent time

2:44:07 > 2:44:20from her once again. 46.6. She has been 46.5 and 46.4.Brilliantly

2:44:20 > 2:44:24consistent from the Romanian. That is what you need. When we start

2:44:24 > 2:44:28looking at the ins and outs, look there, as she loads of the sled,

2:44:28 > 2:44:32goes into the corner. But this lying down the street was perfect. That is

2:44:32 > 2:44:35why she was able to carry that little bit of speed coming down the

2:44:35 > 2:44:39track. Look at how happy she is. What we are getting into the realms

2:44:39 > 2:44:47of now with these athletes in the top ten, what markers for funding

2:44:47 > 2:44:51have they been given? She is so happy because potentially a top ten

2:44:51 > 2:44:54or nine could be the equivalent of what we know as lottery funding