Day 8, Part 1

0:01:58 > 0:02:03Welcome to the 2018 Winter Olympics from South Korea. We're at the

0:02:03 > 0:02:08halfway mark already but still so much drama led to one fold.

0:02:08 > 0:02:10We've experienced the best winter sport has to offer but we've also

0:02:10 > 0:02:11seen delays and postponements

0:02:11 > 0:02:16as the weather has taken its toll on the Alpine schedule.

0:02:16 > 0:02:20And we've just had an update, there will be a delay in the women's super

0:02:20 > 0:02:24jeep. We will keep you updated as soon as we hear anything. All that

0:02:24 > 0:02:28is left to do, sit back and enjoy the ride because here is what is

0:02:28 > 0:02:31coming up.

0:02:31 > 0:02:34Great Britain's women sit in third place in the curling table midway

0:02:34 > 0:02:36through the round robin stage of the competition.

0:02:36 > 0:02:40Today, the bronze medallists from Sochi face Denmark.

0:02:40 > 0:02:43We're hoping we'll see the great Lindsey Vonn in action

0:02:43 > 0:02:45in the women's super-g.

0:02:45 > 0:02:48At present, the start is scheduled for 3am.

0:02:48 > 0:02:52The men's singles reaches its conclusion

0:02:52 > 0:02:55in the figure skating with Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu going for gold.

0:02:55 > 0:02:59And Great Britain's Katie Summerhayes and Izzy Atkin go

0:02:59 > 0:03:06in the women's ski slopestyle with the final at 4am.

0:03:08 > 0:03:12This is the schedule for the night, staying with Eve Muirhead and the

0:03:12 > 0:03:16curlers. On the red button, you conceive Summerhayes and Izzy Atkin

0:03:16 > 0:03:21can qualify for the ski slopestyle final from from 1am. At 3am,

0:03:21 > 0:03:25hopefully, we will bring you the women's super-g, weather permitting

0:03:25 > 0:03:29and the red button will have the figure skating and then we will have

0:03:29 > 0:03:34the ski slopestyle final from Fourie M. Before we join the curlers, let's

0:03:34 > 0:03:36talk about social media.

0:03:36 > 0:03:37M. Before we join the curlers, let's talk about social media.

0:03:37 > 0:03:40The lower last week of the games, you have sent in some incredible

0:03:40 > 0:03:46pictures and tweets. The hashtag is #bbcolympics. Because it might be

0:03:46 > 0:03:51the morning of Saturday, here, where you are, the night is young and also

0:03:51 > 0:03:55it is Friday night so where are you? What are you up to and what has been

0:03:55 > 0:04:00your favourite winter sport so far? Why don't you try to recreate your

0:04:00 > 0:04:06favourite sport and send it to us? The hashtag is #bbcolympics and we

0:04:06 > 0:04:10will try to show as many as we can later. Now it is time for some

0:04:10 > 0:04:13action and time for some curling. We kick off with Eve

0:04:13 > 0:04:15action and time for some curling. We kick off with Eve Muirhead and her

0:04:15 > 0:04:19ring, who have won two of the three of their matches in the round-robin

0:04:19 > 0:04:22stage. They are currently third behind Japan and Sweden who both

0:04:22 > 0:04:32have 100% records. Today, they face Denmark and let's see how they get

0:04:32 > 0:04:37on with our commentators Jackie Lockhart and Steve Cram.

0:04:37 > 0:04:40COMMENTATOR: Thank you, we are just about underway, Great Britain taking

0:04:40 > 0:04:44on this Danish team who are straight off an incredible victory over

0:04:44 > 0:04:51Canada yesterday. That meant Canada, talking about the table,

0:04:51 > 0:04:53unbelievably, Canada have not won a match after three, Great Britain

0:04:53 > 0:04:57with two wins and one defeat and they would love to win a couple

0:04:57 > 0:05:00today and they have got two sessions, playing Denmark this

0:05:00 > 0:05:03morning and then they will be back again this evening but as I say,

0:05:03 > 0:05:08Denmark fresh from their win, the only one of their three matches but

0:05:08 > 0:05:12what a Win it was, still the talk of the curling world, really. Jackie

0:05:12 > 0:05:18Lockhart with me this morning, and I know it is late into the evening,

0:05:18 > 0:05:22into Saturday morning small hours but hopefully you can stay with us

0:05:22 > 0:05:26for what should be a cracking match. Who would have said Denmark would

0:05:26 > 0:05:30beat Canada?That was a real shocker. Having said that, I think

0:05:30 > 0:05:34Canada gave the game away at the end of the day. But Denmark were still

0:05:34 > 0:05:40in the game and they were right there until the very last end. I am

0:05:40 > 0:05:43wondering if they are going to carry the joy from last night into the

0:05:43 > 0:05:46game this morning or whether they are a bit more relaxed after they

0:05:46 > 0:05:52beat what they would class as a top-class team.Just before you

0:05:52 > 0:05:57joined us, just to underline that, Mathilde Halse, the lead for

0:05:57 > 0:06:01Denmark, said the first stone straight through the house. -- sent

0:06:01 > 0:06:09the first stone. We would except after the excitement of yesterday

0:06:09 > 0:06:12that they were a bit over exuberance so Great Britain have the hammer in

0:06:12 > 0:06:17this first end so the corner guard was put in place and then a nice

0:06:17 > 0:06:23draw, Lauren Gray starting well. The Danish team is a mix of the DuPont

0:06:23 > 0:06:33sisters, very experienced, and then a couple of youngsters, Julie Hogh,

0:06:33 > 0:06:37hopefully we are pronouncing her name correctly, and Mathilde Halse,

0:06:37 > 0:06:42the two of them just 18 years of age. Still getting to know each

0:06:42 > 0:06:48other, really, so very inexperienced at the front end of the Danish team

0:06:48 > 0:06:55and then Madeleine and Denise Dupont have been around quite some time.

0:06:55 > 0:07:00Madeleine is three years younger, 30, and Denise is 33. And Eve

0:07:00 > 0:07:11Muirhead has played them many times. Many, many times, as

0:07:11 > 0:07:14Many, many times, as you say, the Dupont sisters have been playing in

0:07:14 > 0:07:17curling for but in a major champion chips, finishing in the middle of

0:07:17 > 0:07:22the pack usually, not being in the final stages that often.I still

0:07:22 > 0:07:28have memories of Vancouver, when you were playing in the team and it was

0:07:28 > 0:07:34Denmark, the match against Denmark which meant you made it into the

0:07:34 > 0:07:38medals and was that the last match in the round robin?Yeah, and I

0:07:38 > 0:07:42think it went right down to almost the last stone as well but that is

0:07:42 > 0:07:50going for you. You can never rest on your laurels in any of these games.

0:07:50 > 0:07:53The British men in action this afternoon as well, they had a close

0:07:53 > 0:07:56match and played really well against Sweden for most of the match, Sweden

0:07:56 > 0:08:00one of the gold medal favourites along with Canada in the men's

0:08:00 > 0:08:06competition. Great Britain's men after four matches have one macro

0:08:06 > 0:08:10two, and lost two but the two losses were against Canada and Sweden so

0:08:10 > 0:08:13they are in a witty good position and the women would love to pick up

0:08:13 > 0:08:18two victories today.

0:08:21 > 0:08:27two victories today. That is a good shot.

0:08:32 > 0:08:35We saw Eve trying to play an offensive game initially and put one

0:08:35 > 0:08:40around behind it but Denmark played a really nice double take out

0:08:40 > 0:08:43earlier, there, and changed the whole dynamics of this and so we are

0:08:43 > 0:08:51now forced to play up the middle.If you are just coming in, maybe for

0:08:51 > 0:08:54your Friday night out, a bit of curling before you go to bed. You

0:08:54 > 0:08:57can have a lie in in the morning, stick with it, watch the whole

0:08:57 > 0:09:08thing. A big Saturday coming up for Team GB. And the curling, well, we

0:09:08 > 0:09:12have been here, we have the mixed doubles competition so we have had

0:09:12 > 0:09:15nine days of curling already at the Winter Olympics and another nine

0:09:15 > 0:09:19days including this one, the final of the women's competition will be

0:09:19 > 0:09:24the last match next Sunday, next Saturday night at home. Let's hope

0:09:24 > 0:09:29this British team will be involved in that. Eve Muirhead set after Ray

0:09:29 > 0:09:33Meadow last time, it was wonderful but they are off to the gold this

0:09:33 > 0:09:40time. -- said after a medal. With everything that is happening to the

0:09:40 > 0:09:44Canadian team, Rachel Homan is under a lot of pressure, three defeats

0:09:44 > 0:09:46from three matches, Canada absolutely capable of turning it

0:09:46 > 0:09:50around and still qualifying and still finishing in the top four but

0:09:50 > 0:09:53goodness me, what pressure they are under and incidentally, Great

0:09:53 > 0:09:57Britain play Canada last so in the round-robin competition, it could

0:09:57 > 0:10:00well be within the hands of Eve Muirhead and the team to put Canada

0:10:00 > 0:10:07out of the competition, which would be, well, not only a shock but would

0:10:07 > 0:10:10improve Great Britain's chances as well of winning the gold medal,

0:10:10 > 0:10:16certainly being in the gold-medal match.The first plan of the week is

0:10:16 > 0:10:20to make sure you get yourself in the play-off position and then after

0:10:20 > 0:10:24that, it is which position you finish in, whether it is first,

0:10:24 > 0:10:27second, third or fourth but the way things are looking just now with

0:10:27 > 0:10:30Canada, losing their first three games and having to battle to get

0:10:30 > 0:10:33back in the competition, they could potentially finish in the bottom of

0:10:33 > 0:10:38the top four. Then you are wondering, do you want to finish in

0:10:38 > 0:10:45the top or in second place? One plays four and two plays three but

0:10:45 > 0:10:48at the end of the day, as long as you make the play-offs, everything

0:10:48 > 0:10:54is in your hands.There's two ways of looking at that, if you have to

0:10:54 > 0:10:57play Canada in either the semifinal or the final, if you want to win the

0:10:57 > 0:11:02gold medal, you have to beat Canada anyway so if you don't beat them in

0:11:02 > 0:11:04the semifinal, baby would not have beaten them in the final. But the

0:11:04 > 0:11:09way Rachel Homan is playing, she might be playing a lot better later

0:11:09 > 0:11:16in the week, who knows? But to get to the final, you know you are

0:11:16 > 0:11:25guaranteed a medal. So Anna Sloan, not sure she has been at her best so

0:11:25 > 0:11:29far. In fact, none of them have probably been absolutely at their

0:11:29 > 0:11:34best. We've had flashes of great play. They have been solid.That is

0:11:34 > 0:11:39unfortunate, they really needed to hit the Danish red macro without

0:11:39 > 0:11:44catching the back one so we were like two shots, to give us the

0:11:44 > 0:11:49opportunity of a two, here.As I say, quite typical, not a bad shot

0:11:49 > 0:11:56not coming off.

0:11:56 > 0:12:03An opportunity for Denmark, they are lying two, which would then force us

0:12:03 > 0:12:07to play the end out, to take a run and the object of the game, I guess,

0:12:07 > 0:12:13is to get as many stones closer to the centre, out counting the

0:12:13 > 0:12:16opponent but if you have the hammer, the last stone advantage, you

0:12:16 > 0:12:20ideally want to be scoring two or more.What is interesting in this

0:12:20 > 0:12:24team is that Madeleine Dupont is the skip but the youngster is the vice,

0:12:24 > 0:12:30not her sister. Maybe they are realising within Danish curling that

0:12:30 > 0:12:35the new regime is getting ready to take overcome if you like. They had

0:12:35 > 0:12:40their funding withdrawn, the only qualified for the Olympics in

0:12:40 > 0:12:43December, in the last couple of places and they did well to come

0:12:43 > 0:12:48through, there. There is no funding at the moment for curling in

0:12:48 > 0:12:53Denmark. Having said that, both the men's and women's teams are here.

0:12:53 > 0:12:57Orange Micro they both qualified through the qualification event. --

0:12:57 > 0:13:01they both qualified through the qualification event. So they will be

0:13:01 > 0:13:05keen to do really well in this competition, try to get some funding

0:13:05 > 0:13:08back for them.

0:13:14 > 0:13:19Just to underline my point about not quite playing at the top of their

0:13:19 > 0:13:26game, you will see those percentages coming up in terms of accuracy, and

0:13:26 > 0:13:29we are kind of debating how much that tells the whole story because

0:13:29 > 0:13:34although Canada are bottom of the table, they are third top in terms

0:13:34 > 0:13:37of percentages as a team so it does not tell you the whole story. Eve

0:13:37 > 0:13:43Muirhead just tapping that one out, sitting, trying to look for a little

0:13:43 > 0:13:47mistake from Denmark, haps but it does not tell you the whole story,

0:13:47 > 0:13:53does it?Not at all. I think the Canadians, going back to them again,

0:13:53 > 0:13:56probably it is Rachel Homan is not finishing anything off so she must

0:13:56 > 0:13:59be carrying the weight of the world on her shoulders and the pressure

0:13:59 > 0:14:06has got to her which is really surprising for Canada. They play in

0:14:06 > 0:14:09big events all the time in full arenas and they can normally cope

0:14:09 > 0:14:13with the pressure. It is generally the small European teams that come

0:14:13 > 0:14:21to these championships and struggle with the media attention.

0:14:21 > 0:14:26Sometimes it is nice, you can relax. These guys have everything to gain

0:14:26 > 0:14:32and nothing to lose. We can see some of the best curling.Britain could

0:14:32 > 0:14:41do a little mistake here... From Madeleine Dupont. They would have

0:14:41 > 0:14:49liked to have got there two. She does well.Denmark have done what

0:14:49 > 0:14:56they had to do. Make Eve Muirhead draw for one. I'm not sure what she

0:14:56 > 0:15:04will choose to do but she should try and score one here.That is OK. Get

0:15:04 > 0:15:15something on the scoreboard. The first end.

0:15:15 > 0:15:20A combination of two things here. A couple of nice shots from Denmark. A

0:15:20 > 0:15:26double takeout early in the end, that was important. Anna Sloan just

0:15:26 > 0:15:30missing her shot, not working out in the way that she wanted. The

0:15:30 > 0:15:37opportunity not really arising for Great Britain to take two. Eve

0:15:37 > 0:15:45Muirhead will tap this Danish town out and -- stone out and lie for

0:15:45 > 0:15:53one. It is commentators curse! Not a good start from Eve Muirhead. A

0:15:53 > 0:15:57fairly straightforward shot. Should have been... Now it means that

0:15:57 > 0:16:01Denmark steel, picking up one instead of Great Britain. They keep

0:16:01 > 0:16:05the hammer going into the next end but it

0:16:08 > 0:16:12is a different start. You don't want to be losing to Denmark. That has

0:16:12 > 0:16:19made you think about staying up, hasn't it?We are on the outside

0:16:19 > 0:16:25sheet again, we are on the sheet D, closest to the audience and arena.

0:16:25 > 0:16:32We heard the girls talking earlier about two different sides. It is

0:16:32 > 0:16:35normally swinging more on that side of the sheet but you can set it

0:16:35 > 0:16:42back. It is only the first end. If you are going to lose a shot, lose

0:16:42 > 0:16:48it in the first and build from there.We saw how a match can turn

0:16:48 > 0:16:52around, the match against Sweden for the men, they were shooting their

0:16:52 > 0:16:57lights out earlier. The British men were playing really well. Sweden

0:16:57 > 0:17:07just about hanging on at the halfway point. It all changed. The Swedish

0:17:07 > 0:17:15skip proved, he said afterwards, he could take advantage, Niklas Edin.

0:17:15 > 0:17:20It was a really good match.Really positive from the boys. I was

0:17:20 > 0:17:26impressed by their play. There was a couple of errors, and it is amazing,

0:17:26 > 0:17:31the difference it makes in a game. As Niklas Edin got to the end of the

0:17:31 > 0:17:34match, he wouldn't be giving up any of the errors that Great Britain

0:17:34 > 0:17:39made. I think you said himself that he was a little lucky to win the

0:17:39 > 0:17:43game. He did not think that he would come with how he was performing at

0:17:43 > 0:17:49the start of the game.No, he didn't quite break away. He had the chance

0:17:49 > 0:17:53to but nonetheless, it was a really good performance. My point was that

0:17:53 > 0:18:00for Sweden, they didn't start well. Not a good start from the British

0:18:00 > 0:18:07women. But plenty of time here. Playing that nice draw in from

0:18:07 > 0:18:14Mathilde Halse.If you are a plate tonight and wondering why she isn't

0:18:14 > 0:18:20hitting the shot well, Great Britain have the hammer. It is all about

0:18:20 > 0:18:24strategy and taking your time, not racing to the centre of the house to

0:18:24 > 0:18:30gain your points. Put up a corner guard. Denmark cannot hit that now.

0:18:30 > 0:18:35It is an area that we called the free guard zone. You cannot hit the

0:18:35 > 0:18:39stone until after four have been played. They will use it and bring

0:18:39 > 0:18:43one in behind, setting up a few stones that are protected so they

0:18:43 > 0:18:48can score more than one. Of course, the opposition are always trying to

0:18:48 > 0:18:57out accounts you! -- allt count you. That is the coach, Glenn Howard, for

0:18:57 > 0:19:03the women's team.

0:19:03 > 0:19:06the women's team. So many of the Canadians are acting as coaches for

0:19:06 > 0:19:14various teams around the world. He hit for Lauren Gray. Using the

0:19:14 > 0:19:19guard.

0:19:20 > 0:19:31guard. This is looking pretty good. Lauren has performed strongly in all

0:19:31 > 0:19:37of the game she has played so far. She has set the team up well. A

0:19:37 > 0:19:41lovely shot, utilising the corner guard she put up in the first place,

0:19:41 > 0:19:50a nice and controlled hit and roll. Lauren was the ultimate, four years

0:19:50 > 0:19:55ago in Sochi. She was watching as the four of them won their medal.

0:19:55 > 0:19:59Now promoted into the league position. She has been doing really

0:19:59 > 0:20:06well. It's always useful to be in and around everything that happens

0:20:06 > 0:20:10at the Winter Olympics. It is so different to even the most

0:20:10 > 0:20:16experienced curlers. They say that at World Championships, European

0:20:16 > 0:20:24Championships, it isn't quite the same as the Olympics.

0:20:24 > 0:20:28same as the Olympics. The third Olympics for Eve Muirhead. Vicki

0:20:28 > 0:20:34Adams, playing second...

0:20:38 > 0:20:45Adams, playing second... Try and put that guard back in place...

0:20:45 > 0:20:50that guard back in place... It is coming all the way in. Not putting

0:20:50 > 0:20:59the guard in, we sit on top of that yellow stone. Tapping back.

0:21:01 > 0:21:07yellow stone. Tapping back. We said all week, really, these outside

0:21:07 > 0:21:11sheets, it takes a few stones, a couple of ends to start to read

0:21:11 > 0:21:16them.

0:21:20 > 0:21:33them. So, Julie Hogh playing second for Denmark. A little thin on the

0:21:33 > 0:21:38outside. The first stone managing to just about slide by there. Catching

0:21:38 > 0:21:44the other British stones. Six or seven inches but it is still in

0:21:44 > 0:21:52there. Vicki said that she was 20 feet heavy. She was trying to put

0:21:52 > 0:22:07that in place.You look to see what she has written on her hands...

0:22:07 > 0:22:10she has written on her hands... One and six. Kelly Schafer, the fifth

0:22:10 > 0:22:16for the team here, she comes in at night and practices to see that they

0:22:16 > 0:22:18all match together. She will tell the girls what stones they will

0:22:18 > 0:22:25play. The girls will play the same stones at every end. That must be in

0:22:25 > 0:22:30case they forget which numbers they play so they write them on their

0:22:30 > 0:22:39hands! It isn't like cheating at school...Did you ever do that?No,

0:22:39 > 0:22:46no!CHUCKLES I was a good girl at school! Not!I

0:22:46 > 0:22:54think not! Just about covered that, one side of it. They may be able to

0:22:54 > 0:22:59use the stone sitting out there. Denmark had to be careful, if they

0:22:59 > 0:23:04want clear that gap, it could come onto the red on the left-hand side

0:23:04 > 0:23:12and roll back into the house.Denise Dupont, the older of the two

0:23:12 > 0:23:21sisters... She plays mixed doubles with her boyfriend.

0:23:28 > 0:23:35The guard sticks against the Danish stone.That could be significant,

0:23:35 > 0:23:41the kind of position that you can come in at later on. It can get

0:23:41 > 0:23:44crowded, but it is an end that Great Britain will try and build on, and

0:23:44 > 0:23:53take the two.

0:23:53 > 0:23:59take the two. They will just try and hit the Danish stone... And said

0:23:59 > 0:24:05there. Great Britain will count for two. That is good, from an.She

0:24:05 > 0:24:11desperately wanted to keep it on that side of the house. Did not want

0:24:11 > 0:24:15to over car and have the stone rolled closer. It makes it easier

0:24:15 > 0:24:18for Denmark to remove both of them and at the moment they are very

0:24:18 > 0:24:24flat. Cannot do that.

0:24:25 > 0:24:29flat. Cannot do that. However, she can catch the side of it and roll

0:24:29 > 0:24:35across herself... She doesn't want to roll out, though.She has a

0:24:35 > 0:24:42chance. She played it well.Very well.

0:24:45 > 0:24:51well.A smile, she knows she played a very good shot...That was a

0:24:51 > 0:25:03little light, and...She is going to play a controlled...

0:25:04 > 0:25:08play a controlled...We are back out, then?A controlled weight to

0:25:08 > 0:25:16tap it onto the yellow and put it onto the road. -- onto the red. So

0:25:16 > 0:25:24she is playing and in

0:25:24 > 0:25:26she is playing and in turn tap back. And it should move to the right. It

0:25:26 > 0:25:32doesn't look like it

0:25:33 > 0:25:35doesn't look like it has the weight. She may get a kiss off her own

0:25:35 > 0:25:51yellow... Well swept by the girls. It could be in the shop position. --

0:25:51 > 0:26:00shot position.The angle of the two yellows do not make it easy to get

0:26:00 > 0:26:08the red out. Unless she comes from the right-hand side.

0:26:08 > 0:26:15the right-hand side. The chance to remove both of these...

0:26:15 > 0:26:18remove both of these...Not quite working out yet for Great Britain.

0:26:18 > 0:26:29Still the early stages of this. It's an important match, two today.

0:26:37 > 0:26:54They have played Korea this evening. Yes, Korea later on.

0:26:55 > 0:27:02Denmark really will be hoping to take two of the stones. She has done

0:27:02 > 0:27:09as well. Well swept by the team.It hangs on at the back... Turning back

0:27:09 > 0:27:23in there.That might be significant.

0:27:30 > 0:27:43There is still a chance, here.She is not going to try taking both of

0:27:43 > 0:27:47them. There may have been the opportunity if she played in a

0:27:47 > 0:27:50controlled way and rolled to the right-hand side of the sheet but she

0:27:50 > 0:27:56will play a safer shot and catch it on the nose. Asking Denmark the

0:27:56 > 0:28:04question, are you going to manage to do the same as me?

0:28:12 > 0:28:20Nicely done. Well judged, that will make her feel a little better. Eve

0:28:20 > 0:28:26Muirhead will cause that staying, sat at the back, sadly it is not

0:28:26 > 0:28:32lying second shot.

0:28:34 > 0:28:46lying second shot. Of course.It is slightly further to the left as we

0:28:46 > 0:28:50see it. If Madeleine Dupont hits it on the nose there could be the

0:28:50 > 0:28:56better opportunity for Eve to take the two. And stay in the house. They

0:28:56 > 0:29:00are closer together. Further apart but the angle is better for a

0:29:00 > 0:29:12double. This one is looking high... She has jammed and left it.Second

0:29:12 > 0:29:18as well, isn't it?

0:29:22 > 0:29:29That is shot? Really? I'm beginning to think, well, there is a certainly

0:29:29 > 0:29:34-- certainly a chance for double-take. It is very close to see

0:29:34 > 0:29:38whether or not.I think if you are unsure, you have to go for the back

0:29:38 > 0:29:52one.That is my point, if you can take this back red out...

0:29:53 > 0:30:00She does not like hitting the front one?No. So all the goals having a

0:30:00 > 0:30:07look at it.Can she get to that stone, though? -- all the girls.I

0:30:07 > 0:30:12think she's not confident of the ice but she could give it a nice hack

0:30:12 > 0:30:16weight but the girls are scared that if they don't read the weight

0:30:16 > 0:30:19properly and it comes in, it pushes them in for shot but I think if you

0:30:19 > 0:30:25play a firm weight.They are not sure who is lying shot. We think it

0:30:25 > 0:30:29is Denmark, the stone on the left. Great Britain definitely lying at

0:30:29 > 0:30:36worst second.Eve still thinks it is us and it could well be so I think

0:30:36 > 0:30:40she will do a draw and then we will have a measure to see if we have

0:30:40 > 0:30:45two.I have just turned my head around, and she might be right?It

0:30:45 > 0:30:49is often amazing what a tilt can do, check it from a different angle!She

0:30:49 > 0:30:57is convinced... They have got a chance of two so she is guaranteeing

0:30:57 > 0:31:01the one, here, and then hoping in the measure we pick up two. Does not

0:31:01 > 0:31:08want to take any risks or give one away. Just drawing in. Going into

0:31:08 > 0:31:13the four foot. She's played a nice draw as well. So here we go, Great

0:31:13 > 0:31:16Britain definitely have won and we will see a measure to see if they

0:31:16 > 0:31:21have two. Anna Sloan already asking the judge to come out. It is close,

0:31:21 > 0:31:26isn't it?

0:31:28 > 0:31:31isn't it?Nice weight, Eve.There won't be much in this. You have seen

0:31:31 > 0:31:36some measures where you are definitely favouring stone. I liked

0:31:36 > 0:31:41the little foot movement from the judge, then.I missed that.Some in

0:31:41 > 0:31:46and out movement of the feet. Brushing her feet.Yes, she will be

0:31:46 > 0:31:53cleaning her feet before she comes onto the ice. Hopefully we will get

0:31:53 > 0:31:58a nice close-up.It would help if we can see the dial on the top.It

0:31:58 > 0:32:02moves so it should move the dial as it comes passed the stone so they

0:32:02 > 0:32:09will take a reading from the top of the dial. You can see that. The

0:32:09 > 0:32:16clock and moving, there. Oh, it is yellow.I think she will have to do

0:32:16 > 0:32:24that again. Yes, she's going back again. That was very close. Between

0:32:24 > 0:32:28the two.We have had measures where it is very difficult and they can't

0:32:28 > 0:32:34make a decision and they have to do trike -- they have to try and catch

0:32:34 > 0:32:41more or less of it to see. Come on, show off the dial.Yes, that is

0:32:41 > 0:32:45showing what, that does not help because we did not see the reading

0:32:45 > 0:32:54from a British perspective. Yeah, well, it is two, for Great Britain.

0:32:54 > 0:32:59It was very, very close, probably millimetres in it. She has got a

0:32:59 > 0:33:04good eye, that Eve Muirhead! The measure coming out in Great

0:33:04 > 0:33:08Britain's Faber, so well judged and they pick up two in the second end

0:33:08 > 0:33:14and they will now lead 2-1. -- Great Britain's favour. Smart decision,

0:33:14 > 0:33:25smart move, backed herself. Listening to what they are saying,

0:33:25 > 0:33:30there, I am sure they are feeling a lot happier, though, two ends,

0:33:30 > 0:33:36leading 2-1.

0:33:37 > 0:33:41I mean, we are saying Eve judged that well but you can't from that

0:33:41 > 0:33:46point, none us could see exactly what the outcome of the measure

0:33:46 > 0:33:50could be. -- none of us. We knew it would be close but I reckon there

0:33:50 > 0:33:58was only two or three millimetres in it.

0:33:58 > 0:34:04So Korea not playing this morning, three other matches. Switzerland are

0:34:04 > 0:34:11playing Sweden. Olympic Athletes from Russia playing the USA and

0:34:11 > 0:34:18Japan paint China, Japan leading 2-1. Olympic Athletes from Russia

0:34:18 > 0:34:28winning 2-1 and Sweden are leading Switzerland after one end.

0:34:34 > 0:34:38So Lauren Gray set us off in the third end, the hammer now with

0:34:38 > 0:34:43Denmark.

0:34:44 > 0:34:50Denmark. Lauren of course the sister of Logan, who has been in the

0:34:50 > 0:35:00commentary box with Jackie and I. Go, go!Try to put the guard right

0:35:00 > 0:35:04in the front top of the house, a foot or so short, well played, right

0:35:04 > 0:35:11on the centre line. They are just finding how much it is curling on

0:35:11 > 0:35:16this

0:35:17 > 0:35:20this sheet A, played some nice shots in the previous end. This is

0:35:20 > 0:35:26Mathilde Halse, the lead for Denmark, 18, the vice skip, don't be

0:35:26 > 0:35:32surprised in four years' time if she is skipping this Danish team.

0:35:37 > 0:35:45I suppose if you have been playing lead, though, just trying to... Does

0:35:45 > 0:35:51anyone skip as a lead? She would change position, probably, but we

0:35:51 > 0:35:58know that Cruise plays second for Switzerland.Sometimes in teams, a

0:35:58 > 0:36:00skip might play, if they are not good at sweeping or they feel they

0:36:00 > 0:36:04don't want to be doing that and they are a good tactician, they will play

0:36:04 > 0:36:10the first two stones. Sweden I think, secrets and, when she played

0:36:10 > 0:36:16in the Swedish team, she played lead stone and they took the head. In

0:36:16 > 0:36:20Great Britain Scotland, where most of these girls come from, generally

0:36:20 > 0:36:28speaking, we don't play that kind of format but some of the Europeans do.

0:36:28 > 0:36:31Played a nice shot, Mathilde Halse, and Lauren Gray has got to get past

0:36:31 > 0:36:42the guard. It is going to be tight. Just catches it.

0:36:42 > 0:36:49Sorry.Oh, it's OK.Bay are apologising, maybe they should have

0:36:49 > 0:36:59started sweeping it a tad earlier, there. -- they are apologising.

0:37:04 > 0:37:09So, Mathilde Halse, after a very nice first shot. Trying to come

0:37:09 > 0:37:23around again. This looks tight, doesn't it?

0:37:38 > 0:37:43OK, that is only a touch more, but much more than...Give me a

0:37:43 > 0:37:54fraction, Eve!Vicki Adams and the rest of the team, in the break

0:37:54 > 0:38:00between ends, were talking about trying to get the steal. The way the

0:38:00 > 0:38:03end developer, you never know how it is going to develop, you need to

0:38:03 > 0:38:11wait until a few stones in and then see how it is panning out.

0:38:11 > 0:38:18see how it is panning out.Five, six.They have a nice set up at the

0:38:18 > 0:38:21front, covering the four foot and that is what you want to do when you

0:38:21 > 0:38:32don't have the hammer.Good.Good. That is a great attempt. Shot. They

0:38:32 > 0:38:42need to start to clear away some of the traffic out front.

0:38:44 > 0:38:48In the match against Canada, we were sort of half watching it, they were

0:38:48 > 0:38:53almost, I'm not sure it was by design but kept asking Rachel Homan

0:38:53 > 0:38:57two draw at the end. There was a couple where they had even left it

0:38:57 > 0:39:03all the way down one side and she just wasn't able to. Good try.

0:39:03 > 0:39:10Landed up with two stones sitting there. So, yeah. I'm not sure if it

0:39:10 > 0:39:13was by design, but...A good skip will try to force the opposition to

0:39:13 > 0:39:19play the weaker shots, not that they always have weaker shots but

0:39:19 > 0:39:22generally somebody will be stronger on one side or the other or they

0:39:22 > 0:39:29prefer to play hitting rather than draw. So we are in a nice position

0:39:29 > 0:39:34at the moment, here. Just need to try to get a high guard on, kind of

0:39:34 > 0:39:40half covered, so they don't, they can't just run it back into the

0:39:40 > 0:39:48pack.Seven.Write in here.Seven, eight.This is looking quite high at

0:39:48 > 0:39:55the moment.Seven, seven, eight. Seven is the middle.The turquoise

0:39:55 > 0:40:00part of the house is four, the white is five, the red is six and then the

0:40:00 > 0:40:04centre is seven so the girls have got them all called in zones so they

0:40:04 > 0:40:06can shout and indicate to leave where they think the stone will

0:40:06 > 0:40:11finish.

0:40:11 > 0:40:19finish. Yes, that is just about... It has hit the red stone but you can

0:40:19 > 0:40:23see by her face, there, it has left a little nest as well for Denmark to

0:40:23 > 0:40:30come into.

0:40:30 > 0:40:40So playing second, Julie Hogh.

0:40:45 > 0:40:50They really are starting to turn a little bit now, as well. Right at

0:40:50 > 0:40:53the end Budgie has done reasonably well. That bridges stone just

0:40:53 > 0:41:01sitting against the back stone. -- that British stone. Starting to get

0:41:01 > 0:41:05crowded and that will make it more difficult for Denmark.You want to

0:41:05 > 0:41:13be an inch in!

0:41:13 > 0:41:15be an inch in!So looking to hit the red stone and just get a little flop

0:41:15 > 0:41:26across.I am thinking just a hair more, Eve.That can make all the

0:41:26 > 0:41:32difference, you know, a hair more.I know, we've seen it all week. It

0:41:32 > 0:41:46depends whose hair it is, I guess. It has got a chance here.Go, go.

0:41:46 > 0:41:50Well, two Danish stones go, Great Britain lying with four in there and

0:41:50 > 0:41:54one or two tucked in behind the front two stones. This starting to

0:41:54 > 0:41:59develop quite nicely for Great Britain. -- this end is starting.

0:41:59 > 0:42:08Keeping it busy in there.

0:42:10 > 0:42:17Too many stone paths -- stones for Denmark's liking. She's got a good

0:42:17 > 0:42:23result, there but Britain, still, with stones to work with but what

0:42:23 > 0:42:25she has done is cleared a route through, and now it is much easier

0:42:25 > 0:42:40for Denmark.Normal.Lying quite nicely but she got a good result.

0:42:41 > 0:42:47So they are just looking to take that red stone out. Come across and

0:42:47 > 0:42:55catch their own yellow and separate them again.Clean.She won't want to

0:42:55 > 0:43:01leave a nest in the corner because that is to Denmark's advantage.

0:43:01 > 0:43:07Yeah, that's good.A couple of good shots from Anna Sloan. Watching

0:43:07 > 0:43:13intently, there. You knew she was kind of happy. She is capable of

0:43:13 > 0:43:17letting the rest of the team know, isn't she? We heard her at the other

0:43:17 > 0:43:22end of the ice, very easily, and quietly she was admiring that shot,

0:43:22 > 0:43:28there.An opportunity now for Denmark if they are going to be

0:43:28 > 0:43:31offensive and play quite an aggressive game, to draw up to one

0:43:31 > 0:43:36of the corners, and freeze it but there are four stones of Great

0:43:36 > 0:43:39Britain in the house. It just depends whether they are running a

0:43:39 > 0:43:43bit scared. They have the option of taking two of them out but then they

0:43:43 > 0:43:48have no cover. The advantage is sitting with Great Britain at the

0:43:48 > 0:43:55moment. Whether these girls can play the pressure shot and put a shot

0:43:55 > 0:44:07just in the front, there, where Madelyn is indicating. -- Madeleine.

0:44:07 > 0:44:14How is Denise playing generally? 100% at the moment.100% on

0:44:14 > 0:44:21takeouts.That is all she has had. Today?Just today.I was thinking

0:44:21 > 0:44:28generally.You are putting me under pressure now!The old computer.The

0:44:28 > 0:44:36old computer system, here.

0:44:42 > 0:44:54Hmm... She is 72% so far on her take-outs. For the competition. So,

0:44:54 > 0:45:05decision made.

0:45:07 > 0:45:18It looks like they will try for a hit and roll across with that ice.

0:45:22 > 0:45:26She has given this plenty, to try and move two... This is on the nose,

0:45:26 > 0:45:34I think. And keeps going, keeps going... Swept across by Eve

0:45:34 > 0:45:38Muirhead, she is allowed to sweep the opposition stone as long as it

0:45:38 > 0:45:47is across the T-line.

0:45:47 > 0:45:49is across the T-line. Was she playing that heavy?She wanted to

0:45:49 > 0:46:03catch much less of that. She must have turned it in.Britain are lying

0:46:03 > 0:46:08three here.

0:46:22 > 0:46:28There is a chance, I think Eve would like to protect the stone sat at the

0:46:28 > 0:46:38back there. At the back of the red. So she will try and get one out. In

0:46:38 > 0:46:51front...This looks as though it is coming in, right on the T-line.

0:46:59 > 0:47:05--

0:47:05 > 0:47:12--. I was looking at whether or not it was possible in terms of the

0:47:12 > 0:47:19angles, but Eve was a little heavy there. If she was level, there was a

0:47:19 > 0:47:25great opportunity for Denmark there. I think you will jam if you are

0:47:25 > 0:47:30right on top of the angle that they are sat at now. There is an

0:47:30 > 0:47:34opportunity, hitting that.Watching those hand signals, the signal

0:47:34 > 0:47:46across her shoulder from Matilda house gives you an indication of the

0:47:46 > 0:47:50kind of weight they will apply here -- Mathilde Halse. It will be

0:47:50 > 0:47:57plenty.

0:47:58 > 0:48:02plenty. The skip for Denmark, Madeleine Dupont, trying to remove

0:48:02 > 0:48:05perhaps three British stones here. Get the advantage back. Always

0:48:05 > 0:48:14likely to do that.She caught way too much of the stone. Britain with

0:48:14 > 0:48:23the ideal position to be in, to force Denmark to take one.When you

0:48:23 > 0:48:36have stones in the house, if you get a big error, you never know.

0:48:36 > 0:48:38a big error, you never know. You saw where she was trying to place the

0:48:38 > 0:48:48stone. You can learn a little from the last one, hopefully...

0:48:52 > 0:49:01the last one, hopefully... Take four for -- take four foot of the last

0:49:01 > 0:49:061:..! It is those little adjustments. Take one stone and that

0:49:06 > 0:49:13time, you get it right.You practised these shots every day. It

0:49:13 > 0:49:23is about muscle memory...There is still plenty on here...Too much

0:49:23 > 0:49:25porridge for breakfast. Her leg drive is a little strong this

0:49:25 > 0:49:34morning. That is OK. That is the object of the game. To force one,

0:49:34 > 0:49:42that is what they have set up their position to be. So, it could be one

0:49:42 > 0:49:49for Denmark here. Or it could be a hit and roll out.

0:49:53 > 0:49:57hit and roll out.Mathilde Halse, holding the brush and the head for

0:49:57 > 0:50:02her skip. She is acting as the vice skip for Madeleine Dupont. She never

0:50:02 > 0:50:10quite takes off her jacket. Just unzipped.It seems a little

0:50:10 > 0:50:18untidy...Sleeves rolled up, she means business!That would annoy me!

0:50:18 > 0:50:25Lets see how it goes for the Danish skip. Moving the British stones,

0:50:25 > 0:50:36picking up one. That looks pretty good, actually... It sits there.

0:50:36 > 0:50:40That is a decent result for Great Britain. Forcing one in the third

0:50:40 > 0:50:52end. Denmark tying it up. 2-2 after three. Some interesting headgear at

0:50:52 > 0:50:57the Winter Olympics, as ever. It isn't the biggest crowd in this

0:50:57 > 0:51:03morning, Korea not playing in this particular session. Some great

0:51:03 > 0:51:08crowds, all the way through the mixed doubles. Pretty fell in most

0:51:08 > 0:51:12of the sessions for curling, especially when Korea are playing.

0:51:12 > 0:51:18Japan leading 3-2 over China, they were three up. China picked up two

0:51:18 > 0:51:25in the third end and given that Japan are doing very well indeed,

0:51:25 > 0:51:30continuing good form. They are are going into a 2-1 lead, against the

0:51:30 > 0:51:35USA, plenty of American fans watching that one. Switzerland also

0:51:35 > 0:51:41leading 2-1.

0:51:45 > 0:51:48leading 2-1. Britain have full sets one. Want to try and pick up two

0:51:48 > 0:51:56again.

0:51:57 > 0:52:02again. That will be very nice, thank you....

0:52:03 > 0:52:09you.... The statistics of Mathilde Halse have been partly affected by

0:52:09 > 0:52:14the stone in the first match which she sent sailing through the house.

0:52:14 > 0:52:20The first couple then started reasonably well for her team.

0:52:38 > 0:52:48Lauren Gray has quietly been going about her business.

0:52:51 > 0:52:57about her business. Another corner guard being put on.

0:53:02 > 0:53:05guard being put on. It is a bit chilly out there today. It bit

0:53:05 > 0:53:09colder. We have had a couple of slightly warmer days.Back outside,

0:53:09 > 0:53:16it is much colder. That can make a difference to the ice conditions. I

0:53:16 > 0:53:23don't know if it has today. We have very experienced ice technicians

0:53:23 > 0:53:28here, two comedian and one from Scotland. He had two weeks before

0:53:28 > 0:53:32the Olympics began. Putting the ice pad down, and making sure the

0:53:32 > 0:53:37conditions were correct.

0:53:37 > 0:53:44conditions were correct.And how thick is the ice?Can you hear the

0:53:44 > 0:53:50siren my voice? I've got no idea! A couple of inches thick -- the

0:53:50 > 0:53:59society in my voice. Perhaps an inch? They do what they call a

0:53:59 > 0:54:04flood, so a lot of water. As the week progresses, they constant

0:54:04 > 0:54:11pebble it, which is a quick dash of water. Prepped before every game. As

0:54:11 > 0:54:20the week goes on it will get more, probably about an inch.Just

0:54:20 > 0:54:25watching

0:54:25 > 0:54:29watching that one, it did not turn at all. It had too much on it. It

0:54:29 > 0:54:36does not take curl. Th what she wanted to do was to catch the red.

0:54:36 > 0:54:42Roll it across in behind her own. You are between the devil and the

0:54:42 > 0:54:48deep blue sea but it isn't a disaster.

0:54:48 > 0:54:55disaster. Vicki Adams coming after her, hopefully she can

0:54:55 > 0:55:08her, hopefully she can make up. These two youngsters from Denmark,

0:55:08 > 0:55:16it's an incredible experience for them. Both are only 18.

0:55:16 > 0:55:23them. Both are only 18. Julie there, catching the guard there. Eve

0:55:23 > 0:55:29Muirhead, wanting to try and move these two, if she can, to clear

0:55:29 > 0:55:33things out front.They have the hammer, the object is to keep that

0:55:33 > 0:55:40four foot open. If she can remove the two sculls, she will leave

0:55:40 > 0:55:47herself two corners, something to play with and create a two.

0:55:48 > 0:55:54play with and create a two.A partial success there.

0:55:57 > 0:56:02partial success there. Catching a little thin.

0:56:03 > 0:56:09little thin.Denmark could have chosen to take the corner guard off,

0:56:09 > 0:56:15but they haven't.

0:56:15 > 0:56:18but they haven't. They could have taken the corner of there but they

0:56:18 > 0:56:25haven't. They've chosen to put on a centre.

0:56:34 > 0:56:42Nicely done! CHUCKLES

0:56:44 > 0:56:49I think whatever happens to Denmark in this competition, he said that

0:56:49 > 0:56:54more often in recent times, that mix of experience and youth, if they

0:56:54 > 0:57:00finish mid-table, they will go away from these Olympic Games beating

0:57:00 > 0:57:10Canada.That's always a good one to get. A lovely shot, there.Vicki

0:57:10 > 0:57:21Adams today, shooting and 90%s.

0:57:21 > 0:57:25Adams today, shooting and 90%s.We have left a centre guard there,

0:57:25 > 0:57:28given something for Denmark to come around. It doesn't matter if it is

0:57:28 > 0:57:33their stone or our stone. We will use it as protection. It is always

0:57:33 > 0:57:43hours, driving onto the red stone.

0:57:47 > 0:57:59Good shots being played this end by both teams.

0:58:01 > 0:58:10Anna Sloan's turn, to remove the front guard.

0:58:12 > 0:58:16front guard. Primary concern for Eve Muirhead, wanting to build a chance

0:58:16 > 0:58:26to get two here. Tying it up at 2-2. A chance...A lovely shot!They've

0:58:26 > 0:58:36taken it away, nicely. Anna Sloan... It finishes just above the T-line

0:58:36 > 0:58:42there. The horizontal line just above the house. That means if

0:58:42 > 0:58:47Denmark coming, they will have two pump it back a little.That's what

0:58:47 > 0:58:53they've got to do here.

0:58:53 > 0:58:56they've got to do here. -- if Denmark come in. Just taking a

0:58:56 > 0:59:02little more ice. These two sisters have played together for so long.

0:59:02 > 0:59:11Their brother plays as well.Yes, he does.

0:59:11 > 0:59:20does. Quite often, you will find they are curling families. Much like

0:59:20 > 0:59:27Eve and her two brothers this week as well. Just sliding back...Just

0:59:27 > 0:59:32catching it a little on the way through. That one not as accurate as

0:59:32 > 0:59:38she would have liked.Not an easy, easy shot. She has been playing

0:59:38 > 0:59:47mainly takeouts this morning. The second draw.

0:59:47 > 0:59:54second draw. For Madeleine Dupont.

0:59:54 > 0:59:59The girls have got a couple of options and I think anywhere in the

0:59:59 > 1:00:03top eight is good to use as a protector.I think we will need

1:00:03 > 1:00:13that.It will be close.

1:00:22 > 1:00:27I think I am there.They have to be careful, not go to the other side of

1:00:27 > 1:00:34the sheet. A different type of running. This said.Line only.

1:00:34 > 1:00:39Seven, eight.The girls are calling seven which means it is going to

1:00:39 > 1:00:50come into the T-line.Sit on there. It is all about the angles.That was

1:00:50 > 1:00:58heavy. It really was.Its load up nicely in the end and took the curl,

1:00:58 > 1:01:08and then just tapped it slightly. Still got that Danish stone...

1:01:08 > 1:01:14Acting as a bit of a backstop.Yes, she has finished nicely, let it

1:01:14 > 1:01:19finish and come on to the top of the yellow, there. It was all about the

1:01:19 > 1:01:23angles. They did not want to sit too far to the right-hand side of it

1:01:23 > 1:01:29because you would have an easy hit. -- you would have left. They're

1:01:29 > 1:01:33being forced to come down with a draw on the other side. -- Denmark

1:01:33 > 1:01:39being. It is difficult because both of the British stones are sitting T

1:01:39 > 1:01:47high. Not easy to come and rest on them.

1:01:52 > 1:01:58So an opportunity for Great Britain, Madeleine Dupont herself, her whole

1:01:58 > 1:02:01tournament, not shooting particularly well but she has

1:02:01 > 1:02:07managed, certainly in the game against Canada, Sam Powell --

1:02:07 > 1:02:11somehow they got a victory after two straightforward defeats, and when I

1:02:11 > 1:02:14is a straightforward, they were never really in the previous two

1:02:14 > 1:02:22matches. -- when I say straightforward.

1:02:31 > 1:02:35Wherever she places this, she does not want it too far back. Oh,

1:02:35 > 1:02:45actually, that is a very nice stone. We've got to do similar to what you

1:02:45 > 1:02:54did.Smiles all around for Denmark. Try to move that do here. Similar to

1:02:54 > 1:03:00what Anna did.Not too bothered about wanting to be shot rock at the

1:03:00 > 1:03:04moment, she just wanted to make sure she was in the house and making it

1:03:04 > 1:03:09difficult for Eve to get a steel microgram here. All more than two,

1:03:09 > 1:03:19sorry.I think the question, can she make the double? It would jam

1:03:19 > 1:03:22against the background, I think. She's made life a bit more difficult

1:03:22 > 1:03:29for Eve Muirhead.Because we are lying shot just now so she gets to

1:03:29 > 1:03:34make a move.She needs to play it.I didn't think of that until I saw you

1:03:34 > 1:03:44saying it.Let's just take it, just the straight hand.Like this?The

1:03:44 > 1:03:48double is always going onto the back, isn't it?They are taking the

1:03:48 > 1:03:52top yellow off to give themselves a chance to do something with Eve's

1:03:52 > 1:04:01last stone.It is always spitting it anyway.I think depending on how she

1:04:01 > 1:04:04gets it, it could go across the top, sorry, I'm talking about Denise

1:04:04 > 1:04:16playing the next stone, she would go for the yellows.We are good.Nice

1:04:16 > 1:04:25release.Good.Eve Muirhead trying to make sure that she has got a

1:04:25 > 1:04:36clear run in.Good.Now, what do Denmark do? Great Britain are lying

1:04:36 > 1:04:43shot, but the two look tempting for Dupont. Will it jam against the back

1:04:43 > 1:04:49red? She only has one stone coming year.It really depends whether the

1:04:49 > 1:04:57throwing stone finishes as well.One stone, here. What she is thinking is

1:04:57 > 1:05:01if she comes in there and catches the top yellow when it is inside, as

1:05:01 > 1:05:06it were, half on that stone and half of the red stone, it will then catch

1:05:06 > 1:05:10the second yellow stone much more thinly and we will be able to

1:05:10 > 1:05:14squeeze it out.Yes, squeeze it sideways between the red stone 's

1:05:14 > 1:05:21rather than back onto it. -- red stones.Might be changing her mind

1:05:21 > 1:05:29again. Trying to work out the angles. This could be a big shock to

1:05:29 > 1:05:36them. Eve would still be in a position to draw in for won. As you

1:05:36 > 1:05:41say, it depends whether they shoot the ends up.She has to look at

1:05:41 > 1:05:54where her shooter is going. This is a big shot, here.

1:05:57 > 1:06:08Go, go.Oh, it has just sat in there, Great Britain with a chance

1:06:08 > 1:06:11of two, here. She changed her mind at the last minute and went for the

1:06:11 > 1:06:15double takeout on the yellow. At least I think she changed her mind

1:06:15 > 1:06:19or maybe that is the way it ended up.I think that is where she wanted

1:06:19 > 1:06:24to go but she got too much of the first yellow. She was opposed to

1:06:24 > 1:06:29just catch the edge.It was a good attempt but good news for Great

1:06:29 > 1:06:32Britain because with that yellow stone that is just biting on the

1:06:32 > 1:06:36four foot on the left, that is lying second and Eve can move the Danish

1:06:36 > 1:06:42stone and sit right there and pick up two in the fourth end, exactly

1:06:42 > 1:06:47what she wanted. Having said that, we said that earlier and she did not

1:06:47 > 1:06:51deliver the stone she wanted in the very first end, remember, when she

1:06:51 > 1:07:04gave away the steal.Clean, clean! Off, off, now.Just needs to turn a

1:07:04 > 1:07:13little bit?Are we going to roll comedy?That is the second time at

1:07:13 > 1:07:16Amadu Eve Muirhead, it is one when it should have been two, a

1:07:16 > 1:07:20straightforward shot, she is annoyed with herself, slapping the eyes with

1:07:20 > 1:07:23a brush, Great Britain lead but it could have been so much better.

1:07:23 > 1:07:30After four ends, Great Britain 3-2 Denmark. Hopefully you will stay

1:07:30 > 1:07:34with the curling. This is going to be a tense match but overall the red

1:07:34 > 1:07:39button, I can tell you that qualification continues in the

1:07:39 > 1:07:41women's ski slope style, with Katie Summerhays and Izzy Atkin going

1:07:41 > 1:07:54there. Conditions a lot colder today outside.

1:07:56 > 1:08:02Frustration. The sun is shining. There have not been too many days

1:08:02 > 1:08:06when the sun has not been shining, here, you look out the window in the

1:08:06 > 1:08:09morning and you think it is a beautiful day. We actually look out

1:08:09 > 1:08:14onto a beach. We on the coast, here. You could be forgiven for thinking

1:08:14 > 1:08:19you are in a nice summer resort, until you step outside!Yes, if you

1:08:19 > 1:08:23look at some of the pictures, it is lovely and sunny but actually it is

1:08:23 > 1:08:28bitterly cold out there.

1:08:29 > 1:08:35Well, they have to let that not get to them, particularly Eve Muirhead,

1:08:35 > 1:08:39that was being set up nicely and Eve, an two occasions now, as missed

1:08:39 > 1:08:45fairly straightforward shots. They are leading and again, you should

1:08:45 > 1:08:49keep an eye on the scoreboard, before you get too depressed about

1:08:49 > 1:08:55things but it is frustrating if nothing else.

1:08:56 > 1:09:03Go, go.Finish hard, keep going.We are saying that do, sells down.She

1:09:03 > 1:09:08is going off to visit the little ladies room.Years, Anna Sloan at

1:09:08 > 1:09:12the head.It is unfortunate because these are the bread and butter shots

1:09:12 > 1:09:16that you practice, day in and day out, finishing the end of, so she

1:09:16 > 1:09:20will be disappointed but it is early doors at it is just a small

1:09:20 > 1:09:23correction she has to do make for the conditions for throwing on the

1:09:23 > 1:09:31ice conditions.Lauren Gray coming up a tad short as well, quickly

1:09:31 > 1:09:34bringing you up-to-date elsewhere, Switzerland leading Sweden 4-2,

1:09:34 > 1:09:38Sweden have had a good start to the competition but down in that one.

1:09:38 > 1:09:45And the USA have picked up two and they are now leading against OAR,

1:09:45 > 1:09:48the Olympic Athletes from Russia, 3-2 and Japan have picked up one to

1:09:48 > 1:09:54go for- two up over China, Japan heading the rankings at the moment.

1:09:54 > 1:09:57-- 4-2 up. Great Britain would dearly love to win this one to have

1:09:57 > 1:10:02three wins and one loss after four, the top four teams after the round

1:10:02 > 1:10:05robin go to the semifinals and you really want to make sure you don't

1:10:05 > 1:10:10have any more than three defeats, six wins and three defeats is

1:10:10 > 1:10:13probably good enough to put you in the top four, maybe five wins and

1:10:13 > 1:10:28four. But then you are likely to be in a tie and a tie-break. --

1:10:28 > 1:10:34tie-break matches are played to break the tie.We are looking to

1:10:34 > 1:10:42come right around behind these two corners.You need to go.Get around

1:10:42 > 1:10:48the head before Denmark do.Hard! Trying to work this in, trying to

1:10:48 > 1:10:55pull it into the centre as hard as they can.As you can see, most of

1:10:55 > 1:11:03that stone...If there is anybody at home, sitting and relaxing after a

1:11:03 > 1:11:07nice evening out and watching the curling, feeling inspired to have a

1:11:07 > 1:11:16shot at the curling, I think you can go to the website, try curling, pop

1:11:16 > 1:11:19in your postcode and book a match or again, have a try. I'm sure to night

1:11:19 > 1:11:23using Hugh Pym do anything if you have been out and had a nice

1:11:23 > 1:11:27evening. -- tonight, you think you can do anything. And if you are

1:11:27 > 1:11:32inspired to do anything else sporting wise, go to BBC Get

1:11:32 > 1:11:37Inspired.

1:11:37 > 1:11:42Inspired. Every little bit of exercise is good for us.We are

1:11:42 > 1:11:47getting plenty, here, aren't we? Walking through the site. It is a

1:11:47 > 1:11:51big venue, the ice of course, down here at the coast, the ice events.

1:11:51 > 1:11:58Yeah, we're just sitting here most of the day but I am still managing

1:11:58 > 1:12:02to reach my walking target every day and getting a gold star. I've got to

1:12:02 > 1:12:06keep it up when I go back home. Exacted, well done. Struggling on

1:12:06 > 1:12:12this one, that one was hanging out, very much the same as Lauren Gray,

1:12:12 > 1:12:15Vicki Adams, having started well in this match, asking what the wait was

1:12:15 > 1:12:23like. A discussion going on between Lauren and Eve.Lauren will be

1:12:23 > 1:12:30checking herself if she is throwing it properly or if Eve thinks the

1:12:30 > 1:12:33conditions have slightly changed because that can happen in a game.

1:12:33 > 1:12:43You really can't take your eyes off the ball at all.

1:12:46 > 1:12:54Of course, we don't have the hammer, here, Denmark do. They are behind

1:12:54 > 1:12:57the cover at the moment but quite close to the four foot so an

1:12:57 > 1:13:01opportunity for us to freeze one in if we get the chance to finish the

1:13:01 > 1:13:10end for Denmark.Ended up tapping that one in. Not really turning a

1:13:10 > 1:13:14lot. The two youngsters have done well here, for Denmark, helping keep

1:13:14 > 1:13:20them in this, the skip is well playing her part. Two 18-year-olds

1:13:20 > 1:13:26playing lead and second and of course, Eve Muirhead herself, back

1:13:26 > 1:13:33in Vancouver, was just 19, her first Olympic experience.Do you like this

1:13:33 > 1:13:40rather than trying to run?OK.Vicki just checking, Eve was convinced,

1:13:40 > 1:13:44there is a great opportunity if you can get one, just sitting on top of

1:13:44 > 1:13:50that red, it would help close out the end, make it a bit easier for us

1:13:50 > 1:13:57to force a single.

1:13:57 > 1:14:01The wait is good.This will be about the weight, and they are saying the

1:14:01 > 1:14:06line was good when she set.Don't want to be back T, that is for sure,

1:14:06 > 1:14:12is better. They can leave it until the last minute, no bounce, no

1:14:12 > 1:14:23doubt!It's going to get a little. Nice try.

1:14:23 > 1:14:28I think I've said it before as well, it isn't always a race to get to

1:14:28 > 1:14:33that first position, sitting on the 8-foot there, the high the Danish

1:14:33 > 1:14:45team has been really good. They can make a play, make a mistake.

1:14:45 > 1:14:47make a play, make a mistake.So, Julie Hogh... I hope I am

1:14:47 > 1:14:55pronouncing her surname right... Spreading them apart.What we have

1:14:55 > 1:15:01to watch, she has made two errors there. They are actually OK. She has

1:15:01 > 1:15:06pushed her Danish stones into the house, we have one yellow sat there

1:15:06 > 1:15:13at the moment. We have been pulled into the draw at this game here.

1:15:13 > 1:15:22Sucked into the Danish strategy here. You really need a guard on.

1:15:22 > 1:15:31Eve right into it.

1:15:36 > 1:15:39You can hear Eve Muirhead watching it all the way. Deciding who sweeps

1:15:39 > 1:15:48when.That is a great shot there. Excellent, and has found her shots

1:15:48 > 1:15:54today, a little more. We are leading. It has been two stones from

1:15:54 > 1:16:01Eve Muirhead. They have put a little cloud over the performance so far

1:16:01 > 1:16:07this morning.

1:16:18 > 1:16:21We were on about these shots that you make your opposition play.

1:16:21 > 1:16:28Denise Dupont has had varied success. She hasn't had to play many

1:16:28 > 1:16:38draws. Doing well with her takeouts. Finding the tax year. -- touch here.

1:16:38 > 1:16:45Great Britain's shop... Think Denmark lying second. These will get

1:16:45 > 1:16:51moved around a little here.

1:16:51 > 1:16:53moved around a little here.She wants to hit and roll slightly but

1:16:53 > 1:17:00not too far. She may have left... Not a skinny double? Because it

1:17:00 > 1:17:14would go on to a red. We see how we catch this...It could be a chance.

1:17:14 > 1:17:18Red you want to sit close to the yellow, the opportunity for a double

1:17:18 > 1:17:24for Denmark. You want to go to the right-hand side. They are not

1:17:24 > 1:17:28bothered if they roll out the house. The yellow is not lying in the shop

1:17:28 > 1:17:38position. -- shop position. It forces a one or a two. -- shot

1:17:38 > 1:17:51position. This is coming up on the inside...

1:18:04 > 1:18:09Where it has finished is OK, the girls are saying that it works or

1:18:09 > 1:18:14so. She cannot get a double in there. She will push her own red

1:18:14 > 1:18:20out. Her only option is to hit the red that she is touching with her

1:18:20 > 1:18:30brush at the moment...Her yellow? Yes, sorry.

1:18:32 > 1:18:37Denmark are hoping to respond, having held Britain to having one in

1:18:37 > 1:18:41the previous end. It was more of a mistake from Eve Muirhead.Forcing

1:18:41 > 1:18:50the issue.

1:18:50 > 1:18:53the issue. Nothing to choose, really, between these two. Although

1:18:53 > 1:18:57this is a match that Great Britain would expect to win. Nine times out

1:18:57 > 1:19:01of ten and that they will have Denmark beaten. They don't want this

1:19:01 > 1:19:08to be the one where they don't.

1:19:09 > 1:19:14to be the one where they don't. Does not get the role across... A little

1:19:14 > 1:19:19flash on the nose, that gives Eve Muirhead a chance to ask for

1:19:19 > 1:19:26something similar. Not quite there. She is playing the stone, of course.

1:19:26 > 1:19:34Two left. You can hear what they are after, they want it right on the

1:19:34 > 1:19:39nose.

1:19:39 > 1:19:42nose. Making it increasingly difficult for Denmark to come in

1:19:42 > 1:19:48with the last stone.

1:20:01 > 1:20:05Intently watching, Eve Muirhead. It is really important to get this

1:20:05 > 1:20:11straight on the nose... Well done.

1:20:38 > 1:20:41Things are looking pretty good for Great Britain at the moment, to

1:20:41 > 1:20:47perhaps try and force just a one here. It depends how Madeleine

1:20:47 > 1:20:56captures this top yellow.

1:20:56 > 1:20:58captures this top yellow. She has done quite well, not making many

1:20:58 > 1:21:04mistakes. Eve Muirhead hasn't quite managed to make those fairly

1:21:04 > 1:21:08straightforward shots. Now, Madeleine Dupont trying to rescue

1:21:08 > 1:21:18something for her team in this end. Great Britain still with the second

1:21:18 > 1:21:24stone there. Getting increasingly more protected. What does Eve do

1:21:24 > 1:21:29here?

1:21:37 > 1:21:44She is worried that there is only one yellow in there. She has to be

1:21:44 > 1:21:49careful that there isn't a raise, or that Denmark could play. She may

1:21:49 > 1:21:55want to get a second shot in the house.

1:22:14 > 1:22:19These are important discussions. At the end of the day, Eve needs to be

1:22:19 > 1:22:27comfortable with the shot that she chooses.If Madelyn tries a run on

1:22:27 > 1:22:32the centre...

1:22:32 > 1:22:40the centre... Eve's second shot, they are quite critical, they could

1:22:40 > 1:22:45get something in.She needs to get this right in, through the gap, on

1:22:45 > 1:22:53the center line. The weight and the line, as ever, a combination of the

1:22:53 > 1:23:04two. Eve Muirhead needs to find a good shot this time. A little look

1:23:04 > 1:23:09back for Vicki Adams, as if to say, what did you say? They need to know

1:23:09 > 1:23:18what to do with this.

1:23:18 > 1:23:21what to do with this.They are trying for the red...Too much on

1:23:21 > 1:23:31it. Catching the red.

1:23:31 > 1:23:34it. Catching the red. Denmark have one shot here. Do they try and draw

1:23:34 > 1:23:42for two? It is a difficult shot. Eve Muirhead looks as though she is

1:23:42 > 1:23:50fuming with herself. This much is fairly evenly poised. If Denmark tie

1:23:50 > 1:23:54this appear, and even if they get two, they will be one ahead but it

1:23:54 > 1:24:01is the British skip.She will want to successfully execute a stone in,

1:24:01 > 1:24:08and sit where she wants to sit. It is a very difficult shot. The yellow

1:24:08 > 1:24:16is, I think, going to jam on the red. She is in danger of giving us a

1:24:16 > 1:24:24shot. She needs to be careful here. It is risk versus reward.They are

1:24:24 > 1:24:29one down, you wonder whether you can take the one and not do anything

1:24:29 > 1:24:36silly.She could get it here. Paying heavy there. Coming through that

1:24:36 > 1:24:44line she needs to follow.She has been given the same ice by her vice

1:24:44 > 1:24:48skip and they will be attempting a better shot than Eve Muirhead

1:24:48 > 1:24:55managed a moment or two ago.

1:24:55 > 1:25:02managed a moment or two ago.This one is high...Needs to move, and

1:25:02 > 1:25:06begins to turn now. It's a chance, it will catch... It didn't. Still

1:25:06 > 1:25:13moving! They needed to catch, it isn't good enough. It is one for

1:25:13 > 1:25:19Denmark and in the end it didn't work out badly for Great Britain. At

1:25:19 > 1:25:22the end of five ends, we are halfway through the match. One shot for

1:25:22 > 1:25:29Denmark in the fifth end. 3-3, the snacks come out. While they have

1:25:29 > 1:25:32their snacks, we will go back over to Radzi and see what is going on

1:25:32 > 1:25:37elsewhere...

1:25:40 > 1:25:48elsewhere... RADZI: Over on the red button, we have the ski slopestyle.

1:25:48 > 1:25:54The super-g is also starting at

1:26:00 > 1:26:123am. Bear with me here, Katie, Christie, Izzy, Lizzie and Dizzy! We

1:26:12 > 1:26:16have speed skating, ski, skeleton and slopestyle, happening throughout

1:26:16 > 1:26:22Day number eight, it will be a super Saturday for Team GB. Get in touch

1:26:22 > 1:26:28using our hashtag, many of you have got in touch. Let us know and

1:26:28 > 1:26:31recreate some of the Olympic sports that you have seen. You have outdone

1:26:31 > 1:26:37yourself! Dan says that this is his uncle doing the skeleton! Fair play

1:26:37 > 1:26:44to him... I spoke to Dom Parsons, the brand-new skeleton men's bronze

1:26:44 > 1:26:47medallist, he said he used to practice in the kitchen with a bowl

1:26:47 > 1:26:52on his head! Louise Cenk Tosun, saying that her eight-month-old is

1:26:52 > 1:26:57in practice for the future Olympics while watching the skeleton. Look at

1:26:57 > 1:27:03that former! We have a future skeleton champion in the making. The

1:27:03 > 1:27:08final two runs of the women's skeleton take place at 11:20am on

1:27:08 > 1:27:16BBC run. -- BBC One. These are the boys in the North Sea crude, on the

1:27:16 > 1:27:24night shift. Who needs a 20 kilo stone when you have an electric fan!

1:27:24 > 1:27:28That must be the manager there, standing and observing while

1:27:28 > 1:27:37everyone else does the hard work! The action that has been taking

1:27:37 > 1:27:42place on BBC One has been the curling. It has been very close. It

1:27:42 > 1:27:47is currently 3-3, lets talk to the commentators now. Steve and Jackie.

1:27:47 > 1:27:53What have you made of the GB women so far?It is a little indifferent.

1:27:53 > 1:27:57They would have expected to win against Denmark. Nine times out of

1:27:57 > 1:28:01ten they think they have been Denmark. They had a big victory last

1:28:01 > 1:28:04night against Canada, their confidence would have been picked up

1:28:04 > 1:28:14by that. Eve has been a little off. 3-3, we shouldn't be despondent. It

1:28:14 > 1:28:18is a full week. It is a marathon. Our counterparts on the next

1:28:18 > 1:28:23commentary position, the China match isn't doing very well. Or she has

1:28:23 > 1:28:29fallen asleep! You had to look at the whole week, and don't get down

1:28:29 > 1:28:35about how things are going here. But even needs to pick up her game.She

1:28:35 > 1:28:43looked frustrated at points in that match?Yes, it is all down to Eve at

1:28:43 > 1:28:47the moment. We saw her take yourself off the ice. She may go to the

1:28:47 > 1:28:52bathroom and have a word with herself. She came on and overthrew

1:28:52 > 1:28:58the draw. The break will be crucial. She will use her fifth man, use her

1:28:58 > 1:29:04team and use her coach to advise her. How she starts this sixth end.

1:29:04 > 1:29:09We have a lot of the game to go. They can definitely pick it up.We

1:29:09 > 1:29:15need the top four to qualify, how difficult will that be?It shouldn't

1:29:15 > 1:29:19be that difficult. The team have come here with a real expectation to

1:29:19 > 1:29:27get to the gold medal match. They started OK. Two wins and one defeat.

1:29:27 > 1:29:31The defeat was disappointing, but it is going to happen. You will have

1:29:31 > 1:29:35the odd game in the week that does not go your way. You lose to a team

1:29:35 > 1:29:39you may expect to beat but we are in a better position to Canada. They

1:29:39 > 1:29:46are the gold favourites, losing all of their first three matches. A win

1:29:46 > 1:29:50today, we play against Korea tonight. They looked at picking up

1:29:50 > 1:29:55two wins today. Then you have four and one, sitting in a good position

1:29:55 > 1:30:01but they've got work to do here... And I suppose when we talk about

1:30:01 > 1:30:05Eve, we think of someone very young but she is very experienced, how did

1:30:05 > 1:30:12she get into the gold medal match? You are right, she is so

1:30:12 > 1:30:18experienced. In her first Olympic Games she was 19 but before that she

1:30:18 > 1:30:23had Genia medals under her belt. She needs to remember what got her here.

1:30:23 > 1:30:27It was her talent and dedication. It was her training and going home from

1:30:27 > 1:30:32the game at night and settling down, just positive thinking, all the time

1:30:32 > 1:30:36and that will be enough for the girls to believe in themselves, play

1:30:36 > 1:30:42good shots, make the shot matter and win some games here.We can see the

1:30:42 > 1:30:45action has started again. Thank you to both of you for your insight.

1:30:45 > 1:30:49Back over to you.

1:30:49 > 1:30:53COMMENTATOR: They need to but the first half behind them, it is like

1:30:53 > 1:30:580-0 at half-time and you think, OK, let's go out and play our game, we

1:30:58 > 1:31:04can win this by just making our shots, not worrying about the

1:31:04 > 1:31:08opposition and if they do that, they will be fine, just put it behind

1:31:08 > 1:31:13you, start again and there's been no damage, you did not play well but

1:31:13 > 1:31:18there's no damage.We are very critical sometimes and it is just

1:31:18 > 1:31:20small, small margins but that is the difference between winning and

1:31:20 > 1:31:25losing at this Olympic Games. We know Eve Muirhead can play these

1:31:25 > 1:31:30shots with her eyes shut, day in, day out. Let's hope the pressure is

1:31:30 > 1:31:33not getting to her because that is the big thing as an athlete, the

1:31:33 > 1:31:39more successful you get, the harder, the more pressure that gets put on

1:31:39 > 1:31:43top of you but generally, at the end of the day you're putting pressure

1:31:43 > 1:31:47on yourself, no one else is doing it to you and it is how you manage it

1:31:47 > 1:31:52mentally.Just to refresh your memory, as it were, if you are

1:31:52 > 1:31:58either coming in, and you are just picking up some curling for the

1:31:58 > 1:32:03first time during these Winter Olympics, ten ends, Great Britain

1:32:03 > 1:32:07with the hammer in the sixth end, if it went that way right the way

1:32:07 > 1:32:13through, great Brymer -- Great Britain would have the hammer in a

1:32:13 > 1:32:15sixth, eighth and tenth, does not always happen that way but would be

1:32:15 > 1:32:18good to have the hammer in the final end, the way the match is playing

1:32:18 > 1:32:23out, pretty tight. So important to get a win coming year. Quickly,

1:32:23 > 1:32:26scores elsewhere because we are watching the other teams, it is

1:32:26 > 1:32:32important for the round robin table, Japan, who are top at the moment,

1:32:32 > 1:32:37with three wins, leading 4-3 over China, another close match, China

1:32:37 > 1:32:41getting back into it, OAR and the USA having a real puzzle, 4-3 in

1:32:41 > 1:32:44favour of the USA and Switzerland are leading Sweden, who will also be

1:32:44 > 1:32:51a danger or could be, in fact, both of those teams, both would have come

1:32:51 > 1:32:59here with medal hopes and Switzerland leading 4-2.

1:32:59 > 1:33:03Switzerland leading 4-2.I'm going positive back there, let it run.

1:33:03 > 1:33:11Julie Hogh. You have not read the Danish way of life, you know, the

1:33:11 > 1:33:20worklife balance, what it is called -- what is it called, hygge?I have

1:33:20 > 1:33:25not.Something about worklife balance. -- it is all about. Rod

1:33:25 > 1:33:30something I have got down to a T. They are very into it in Denmark,

1:33:30 > 1:33:33hygge, I think it is about cuddling up with a warm blanket or something,

1:33:33 > 1:33:39watch the telly and don't go to work, I think that is what the

1:33:39 > 1:33:45worklife balance is about.You see, I would love that.No wonder you are

1:33:45 > 1:33:52happy.

1:33:55 > 1:34:02So we're going to try to come around behind the guard that Lauren put on,

1:34:02 > 1:34:07there. We just needed to stop. Sit down on the T-line, would be good

1:34:07 > 1:34:10now.

1:34:14 > 1:34:18Yeah, just a bit of a heavy run and that has brought it right out the

1:34:18 > 1:34:25other side, so Denmark can see that quite easily.

1:34:25 > 1:34:34For the second time, Lauren coming out the other side. The second from

1:34:34 > 1:34:37Julie Hogh, here.

1:34:48 > 1:34:51Somebody sitting at home who knows how to pronounce this properly is

1:34:51 > 1:34:57laughing. So is Jackie.

1:35:06 > 1:35:12H-o-e-g-h, that is how the BBC pronunciation department has it.

1:35:12 > 1:35:18Vicki Adams, just trying to get something going, here. Have not

1:35:18 > 1:35:27really manage to, yet, in the sixth end, Great Britain with the hammer.

1:35:27 > 1:35:31This might be a bit better, just squeezing past the guard, still

1:35:31 > 1:35:38going to come in.

1:35:38 > 1:35:42going to come in.That is a good attempt, that prevents...Not easy

1:35:42 > 1:35:48to shift that.Hoping they have come far enough up to try and force

1:35:48 > 1:35:52Denmark to take the back one as well.

1:35:58 > 1:36:06So Denise Dupont, this is where she has been excelling, actually, she

1:36:06 > 1:36:10has been playing her take out very well indeed.

1:36:14 > 1:36:21Picks it away nicely.Another chance for Britain to replace that and

1:36:21 > 1:36:30better it. If they can just get it biting at the eight T high. Right

1:36:30 > 1:36:36round in behind the guard. -- at the 8-foot, T high. It would make it

1:36:36 > 1:36:44hard for Denmark to follow.We have had two, now three attempts to come

1:36:44 > 1:36:50down, here, Anna Sloan, trying to get it right.No line and wrong

1:36:50 > 1:36:58weight at the moment.The line is close.But this turns the end.And

1:36:58 > 1:37:02the weight comes off it, it really is turning.It has got a chance but

1:37:02 > 1:37:08it is going to slide by.Actually it's dug in, not bad.Just about

1:37:08 > 1:37:13hung in.The girls had to wait a long time for that one to come

1:37:13 > 1:37:16across the line.

1:37:19 > 1:37:25So we are lying in second shot at the moment. Denmark are going to try

1:37:25 > 1:37:32to follow that in an better it. -- and better it. They want to lie two

1:37:32 > 1:37:37shots to make it difficult for Great Britain to pick up a two.She took a

1:37:37 > 1:37:42lot less ice, there.And much more running budgie has the opportunity

1:37:42 > 1:37:47of April... Actually, it won't pull. Just a bit more weight, you see.

1:37:47 > 1:37:54That has worked out well for Great Britain.

1:37:55 > 1:37:59Britain.Yeah, good call, I think, come round that again, sit on the

1:37:59 > 1:38:048-foot, where we were going to sit the first time. The eight foot being

1:38:04 > 1:38:14the white part of the circles in the house.

1:38:15 > 1:38:20Answers on a postcard if you know what a smidge this is.I use that

1:38:20 > 1:38:32word a lot, smidgen, actually. A smidgen is even less than a smidge!

1:38:33 > 1:38:36So these two sweepers are controlling, well, they are not

1:38:36 > 1:38:39controlling the weight, they are just keeping an eye on what it is

1:38:39 > 1:38:43doing. If they can just finished this fully into the 8-foot, if they

1:38:43 > 1:38:48can get it to bite on the eight foot, I can't see through Vicki

1:38:48 > 1:38:49Adams...

1:38:49 > 1:38:52foot, I can't see through Vicki That is a great shot.In line with

1:38:52 > 1:38:56the guard, come in just enough, well swept, says Anna Sloan, good bit of

1:38:56 > 1:39:02teamwork.We have got the hammer. We are setting up the end well, it is

1:39:02 > 1:39:06not a rush to get the centre one, it is about setting up stones in behind

1:39:06 > 1:39:11guards, waiting for a mistake from Denmark so you can capitalise on the

1:39:11 > 1:39:21centre red.It would be a good time to get a two, in the sixth. This

1:39:21 > 1:39:25match is much closer, well, closer than it should be, really. Certainly

1:39:25 > 1:39:32closer than they would want.So the yellow guard is really high is so

1:39:32 > 1:39:37Madeleine Dupont can play a nice, controlled weight, as long as she

1:39:37 > 1:39:41gets past the top guard, she should be able to hit the yellow in the

1:39:41 > 1:39:45house.Much tighter line, it has obviously got the weight but has it

1:39:45 > 1:39:51got by?She hasn't!It looked much tighter, we have got a good look

1:39:51 > 1:39:54coming down this side, they are on the far rink and we are sitting

1:39:54 > 1:40:02mooring line, well, almost halfway between the two sheets of ice,

1:40:02 > 1:40:07letter a and B. -- we sitting more in line. Well, that was mistakenly

1:40:07 > 1:40:10said force a mistake, we have not seen many from the Danish skip up

1:40:10 > 1:40:13until this point, it is more Eve Muirhead who has been slipping up

1:40:13 > 1:40:22but an opportunity, here. This is when you want your skip to really...

1:40:22 > 1:40:25Yeah, so the guys are looking for this on the nose and I would have

1:40:25 > 1:40:30been tempted to roll a little bit... Behind.Actually, no, don't bring

1:40:30 > 1:40:34them to the left-hand side because then it is much easier for a hit,

1:40:34 > 1:40:41hit, hit on the yellows, take it to the other side, keep the separation.

1:40:41 > 1:40:44Great Britain lying second and third shot come here but Eve Muirhead will

1:40:44 > 1:40:50want to make it lying three, with one more stone for Denmark. Of

1:40:50 > 1:40:59course, even with the last stone. Just nice, as long as it lies for

1:40:59 > 1:41:03third shot, we are in a pretty good position.Hitting it right on the

1:41:03 > 1:41:10nose, this. She could try and take those two but it would not improve

1:41:10 > 1:41:16things that much. She obviously wants to try to limit Britain to a

1:41:16 > 1:41:22single, make Eve's job as difficult as possible, she would like to lie

1:41:22 > 1:41:27shot, and if you can tuck it in behind.There is no easy double for

1:41:27 > 1:41:31her to lie, definitely at this stage, it could be a nice two, for

1:41:31 > 1:41:40Great Britain, here.

1:41:43 > 1:41:47She can play be sent a yellow and a little role in behind the yellow at

1:41:47 > 1:41:59the top of the house.Yes... Looked as though she was... Not quite sure

1:41:59 > 1:42:03she would do what...I think she has chosen to take the top yellow and

1:42:03 > 1:42:09maybe the back...And the back one. Will that change things?It could

1:42:09 > 1:42:21jam, actually.It seems a strange choice of shot, here.

1:42:21 > 1:42:26Getting caught betwixt and between. Again, a double, a skinny double.

1:42:26 > 1:42:35She did well, there. I'm not sure that was what she calls. But it

1:42:35 > 1:42:43worked out well. However,...We have a simple hit on the nose for a two.

1:42:43 > 1:42:46We said that before, remember she had the chance for that and she

1:42:46 > 1:42:54rolled out? On two occasions, Eve has had a very straightforward shot.

1:42:54 > 1:42:59Once it was to take two and she lost the steel Micro, gave away the steel

1:42:59 > 1:43:07Micro in the first end as well. -- the steal. Gave away the steal in

1:43:07 > 1:43:12the first end as well. Determined look from the British skip to get

1:43:12 > 1:43:19this right, straightforward shot, get your two. This looks better.It

1:43:19 > 1:43:23is very straight down that side of the sheet, that was a nice row, just

1:43:23 > 1:43:28what we were looking for.Well, Eve gets heard two which will make her

1:43:28 > 1:43:31feel a lot better and it's a much better situation for Great Britain,

1:43:31 > 1:43:34it was a good shot and we will say it was a good shot from Madeleine

1:43:34 > 1:43:37Dupont to take out two British stones but nothing she could do

1:43:37 > 1:43:42about the other one which meant that Eve Muirhead, with a straightforward

1:43:42 > 1:43:48hit, picking up two and Great Britain leading 5-3 after six ends.

1:43:48 > 1:43:53Elsewhere, Japan 5-3 over China, still a close match, the other two

1:43:53 > 1:43:56matches, also close. Switzerland leading Sweden 4-3 and the USA

1:43:56 > 1:44:06leading OAR, Olympic Athletes from Russia, 4-3.

1:44:12 > 1:44:17It is about half full in here today... A great atmosphere. There

1:44:17 > 1:44:22was a lot of hollering last night, the USA had a good performance in

1:44:22 > 1:44:28the men's competition. Saturday morning, it has been a holiday

1:44:28 > 1:44:38period here yesterday.

1:44:38 > 1:44:40period here yesterday. Looking down the seats, I can see a youngster who

1:44:40 > 1:44:49is fast asleep. Brought out to watch the curling. He has a blanket. He

1:44:49 > 1:44:57has fallen asleep... Just dozing. Anyway... Exciting here, it depends

1:44:57 > 1:45:06on which match you are watching. They are all close, the USA have

1:45:06 > 1:45:09tidied up, Great Britain now, they need to concentrate. They have got

1:45:09 > 1:45:16the lead. The tenth and the eighth, it goes where the scoring goes at

1:45:16 > 1:45:30each end. No more mistakes.

1:45:35 > 1:45:42Mathilde Halse. This may have extra on it.

1:45:48 > 1:45:51Not what she wanted...She would have wanted to have stopped outside

1:45:51 > 1:46:01of the house. We are playing the three guards own rule.

1:46:01 > 1:46:06three guards own rule. Not in the house, they cannot be removed.

1:46:06 > 1:46:13Lauren is allowed to take it out. A nice hit and stick, that is what we

1:46:13 > 1:46:22are looking for.Good line, it stays there. A good start at this end.

1:46:22 > 1:46:29Plenty of stones left. A mistake at the beginning. Sometimes people

1:46:29 > 1:46:33think that the leads are not doing much there but if you lead, make a

1:46:33 > 1:46:39couple of mistakes... And it could make life very difficult, especially

1:46:39 > 1:46:46as you are trying to score. Always an option as well, for skip or blank

1:46:46 > 1:46:54and end. That was just about catching it. Always an option. Carry

1:46:54 > 1:47:01the hammer through. You can retain the hammer. If you weren't watching

1:47:01 > 1:47:06any of the mixed doubles, the new competition, Canada won the gold

1:47:06 > 1:47:13medal in it. It is new to the Olympic Games. One man, one woman.

1:47:13 > 1:47:22It ends, more time taken between the shots.

1:47:23 > 1:47:25shots. One of the features there is that the hammer does not go with

1:47:25 > 1:47:34you. It just misses.

1:47:39 > 1:47:45you. It just misses. Just wanted to take the Danish stone away.

1:47:51 > 1:47:571-1 in terms of the mistakes here.

1:48:01 > 1:48:17Nothing out the front... They are putting a corner guard up? I love

1:48:17 > 1:48:21the dynamic between the players. When we talked about mixed doubles,

1:48:21 > 1:48:26it was fascinating. We had married couples, engaged couples, brothers

1:48:26 > 1:48:30and sisters, with only two people. It was interesting. And watching

1:48:30 > 1:48:39this, the young vice skip,

1:48:40 > 1:48:52this, the young vice skip, Mathilde Halse Krakow is contributing a lot.

1:48:52 > 1:49:03I think nowadays... Probably just top 12? They seem to be running a

1:49:03 > 1:49:12little bit further than anticipated. All of these players have two be

1:49:12 > 1:49:19aware of the strategy that you are going to play.

1:49:19 > 1:49:21going to play. Quite often, many years ago, if you were down the

1:49:21 > 1:49:29bottom, you do not see it is all down to the team. The skip and the

1:49:29 > 1:49:32vice skip. Everybody should be aware, know what they are doing and

1:49:32 > 1:49:41speak their mind of possible. It is about the team dynamic.

1:49:41 > 1:49:44about the team dynamic. So, we are on the first and the third shot

1:49:44 > 1:49:52there. It is critical to have two in-house. Keep Denmark away from the

1:49:52 > 1:49:58other yellow stone. Which is in the centre.This needs to move a bit...

1:49:58 > 1:50:05Yes.It just turned enough at the end. We were watching, I think it is

1:50:05 > 1:50:14close. I bet she was worried for a short while.

1:50:23 > 1:50:29Easy, normal, that is what we heard. They have a time that they play

1:50:29 > 1:50:41constantly for. An easy hitting shot.

1:50:42 > 1:50:55That is excellent.Good!

1:50:57 > 1:51:02Great Britain keeping a bit of control of this end here. Denmark

1:51:02 > 1:51:16having to follow through each time. Ooh...

1:51:17 > 1:51:28Ooh... Does not take it out. Catching it thin.

1:51:28 > 1:51:35Catching it thin.Make sure that you are wide enough... That is good. We

1:51:35 > 1:51:41know it is up to speed.

1:51:41 > 1:51:47know it is up to speed.Denise Dupont, in particular, she is

1:51:47 > 1:51:55playing takeouts with some weight and things. Doing well in the draw,

1:51:55 > 1:52:07or shot with a little less weight there.

1:52:07 > 1:52:12This looks like it had a lot of running on it. Wanted to be on the

1:52:12 > 1:52:19T-line. They are going to try and take this as far back as possible.

1:52:19 > 1:52:25They don't want to leave it... That is a shame. They left the nest

1:52:25 > 1:52:29there. Indicating that she wants to sit between these two stones. Making

1:52:29 > 1:52:35it difficult to move. That is a shame.It was building well.You are

1:52:35 > 1:52:40never guaranteed of not losing one that three stones in the house would

1:52:40 > 1:52:43be a good opportunity. You need to keep a separation from them. They

1:52:43 > 1:52:47could have chosen to put one in the centre and say I have one in the

1:52:47 > 1:52:51wing and one in the centre and one in the other wing, what will you do

1:52:51 > 1:52:56now?

1:52:56 > 1:53:02now?They tried to hold the line on it... Not wanting to bounce too

1:53:02 > 1:53:14much.She is just over... Catching it there. Squeezing it out.

1:53:14 > 1:53:20Overcooking it.

1:53:20 > 1:53:25Overcooking it. She wants to push it right through between them. Come on

1:53:25 > 1:53:39now... Catch enough of the red to squeeze it out.

1:53:43 > 1:53:48She will be watching it from that end. Eve Muirhead, trying to be

1:53:48 > 1:53:56superbly accurate here. This would be a cracking shot. She manages to

1:53:56 > 1:54:03catch the red. Away it goes. What shot from Eve Muirhead! A sigh of

1:54:03 > 1:54:14relief... That is a beaut, that one! Clean as a whistle.Left both of the

1:54:14 > 1:54:20yellows as well.

1:54:21 > 1:54:24yellows as well. They are still there to come and rest on. Can

1:54:24 > 1:54:32Madeleine Dupont better the shot of her sister?

1:54:39 > 1:54:47Apart from anything else, Eve making absolute confidence. Could get one

1:54:47 > 1:54:57or even two here.

1:54:59 > 1:55:05This could be losing line, going right through the middle. Catching

1:55:05 > 1:55:13it on the inside... Just sitting in the middle.She has just played this

1:55:13 > 1:55:25shop... Same shot, you just heard her say that. Still got that stone

1:55:25 > 1:55:29on the other side, whatever happens with her own here.Don't worry about

1:55:29 > 1:55:39the yellow shops, you would hope the opposition draw away but they get

1:55:39 > 1:55:50one here.Lets get rid of this one...

1:55:55 > 1:55:58A straightforward task here. Eve Muirhead wanting to move the Danish

1:55:58 > 1:56:09stone. An opportunity for one, it is nicely done. So, the Danish skip

1:56:09 > 1:56:15with one stone left.

1:56:17 > 1:56:20with one stone left. That would put them within a shot of Great Britain.

1:56:20 > 1:56:24But again, as we've said earlier on, to have the hammer in the eighth and

1:56:24 > 1:56:39tenth, things are looking an awful lot better. Smile, laugh!

1:56:39 > 1:56:44Madeleine Dupont, trying to draw in here. Needs to be right with this

1:56:44 > 1:56:49too. Looking straightforward and easy. It is. It is the Olympic

1:56:49 > 1:57:00Games. Should be OK, I think. I'm not too worried about it.

1:57:00 > 1:57:07not too worried about it. A little bit of juice on it.

1:57:07 > 1:57:11bit of juice on it. Anna Sloan, sweeping...It was lucky.Three or

1:57:11 > 1:57:16four inches more, it would have been a steal for Great Britain. In the

1:57:16 > 1:57:21end, it is one for Denmark. They have a deficit of just one. Great

1:57:21 > 1:57:28Britain leading five, four, -- 5-4. Britain with a hammer in the eighth,

1:57:28 > 1:57:33and this is looking better. Stringing a lot of shots together.

1:57:33 > 1:57:41That is good. A really good end, they forced the one.Everybody

1:57:41 > 1:57:46played a part. Nice shots, a couple of mistakes from Denmark. But that

1:57:46 > 1:57:49is changing things around a little bit. Britain, they made more

1:57:49 > 1:57:59mistakes up until this point. Just hanging in there.

1:57:59 > 1:58:03hanging in there. Like a magnet, pulling it towards the hole there.

1:58:03 > 1:58:07The Danish girls were caught between the devil and the detail, sweeping

1:58:07 > 1:58:12to hold the line. You need your sweepers to shout, only for the

1:58:12 > 1:58:22wait. You could have left it as a normal draw.

1:58:22 > 1:58:24normal draw. A

1:58:29 > 1:58:34. Another great chance for Scotland... Sorry, Great Britain, to

1:58:34 > 1:58:39lift their chances. They are representing Great Britain at the

1:58:39 > 1:58:48Winter Olympics, although they are all from Scotland. The Academy, it

1:58:48 > 1:58:56is a centre of excellence.I was up there to visit them in September,

1:58:56 > 1:59:01and a good setup they have got their, the men and women.All of

1:59:01 > 1:59:08these girls, full-time athletes, on the ice every day I think. At least

1:59:08 > 1:59:13six days a week the army ice, and they are in the gym, training as

1:59:13 > 1:59:24well. Done at power of preparation to get here.It is a long week, you

1:59:24 > 1:59:29have to have endurance and strength, and recover quickly. A lot of work,

1:59:29 > 1:59:36particularly for the sweepers.

1:59:38 > 1:59:42particularly for the sweepers.They have decided not to put the corner

1:59:42 > 1:59:46on, they have decided to put one in the house. Denmark just choosing to

1:59:46 > 1:59:51ignore it.

1:59:52 > 1:59:56ignore it.They will be wanting to do the same, if they can limit Great

1:59:56 > 2:00:03Britain to one, maybe even force a steal. That would mean Great Britain

2:00:03 > 2:00:06would carry the hammer on to the night, if they can manage that. But

2:00:06 > 2:00:18they are up against it now. Still very tight elsewhere. 4-4, USA and

2:00:18 > 2:00:24OAR, that is just coming to an end. Switzerland 4-3 over Sweden, Japan

2:00:24 > 2:00:305-3 over China. And in fact USA just picked up one, they did have the

2:00:30 > 2:00:39hammer there. So it is 5- 40 USA. That one is a very tight affair. --

2:00:39 > 2:00:485-4 to USA. Sweden have just gone 6-4 up against Switzerland. They are

2:00:48 > 2:00:50continuing their good form.

2:00:55 > 2:01:01Denmark have put the two centres on, but Great Britain already have a

2:01:01 > 2:01:06shot in the house, they have decided they have got to get round about

2:01:06 > 2:01:12this first.Well slapped.That is a really good shot. Top half of the

2:01:12 > 2:01:22circles is where you want to place it -- well swept.

2:01:22 > 2:01:26it -- well swept. Denmark can then come up and raced the top of it. A

2:01:26 > 2:01:32lovely shop there.

2:01:32 > 2:01:35lovely shop there.They are making their shots now, and forcing the

2:01:35 > 2:01:45issue with Denmark, putting the pressure on them.

2:01:46 > 2:01:54It could bounce off, it depends if it finishes there.Just a single!

2:01:54 > 2:02:00Eve does have the hammer, she has two in the house, she has to clear

2:02:00 > 2:02:11these guards at front. You had had just seen, take the top one.

2:02:18 > 2:02:22It will be four games in after this session, not all the teams playing

2:02:22 > 2:02:28every session, Canada not playing, Korea not playing in this session.

2:02:28 > 2:02:32The way the scores are at the moment, if they were to continue,

2:02:32 > 2:02:37still a few ends to go, Japan and Sweden would be undefeated if they

2:02:37 > 2:02:43held on to believe that they have at the moment. Great Britain would be

2:02:43 > 2:02:503-1 if they were to win this as well. It starts to make it even more

2:02:50 > 2:02:54difficult for the favourites, Canada. Just catching that one on

2:02:54 > 2:03:03the way in, it was almost good. You can't get ahead of yourself, but you

2:03:03 > 2:03:07do keep an eye on how things are developing.You have always got one

2:03:07 > 2:03:12eye on teams that you are going to be playing later in the week to see

2:03:12 > 2:03:16how they are progressing and have a gameplay has been happening. The

2:03:16 > 2:03:20coaches watch the other games at all? Very good question, I was just

2:03:20 > 2:03:27about to say, on the bench, Kelly Schafer, as much as she practices

2:03:27 > 2:03:33that night, she has her little spy glasses and watches the other teams,

2:03:33 > 2:03:39the numbers that they play, a tech to see the running order of the

2:03:39 > 2:03:44opposition, all of that happens. Rush Creek they check to see. --

2:03:44 > 2:03:56they check.A little bit too much there from Vicki Adams.

2:03:59 > 2:04:01there from Vicki Adams. Team sports, you want to know as much about the

2:04:01 > 2:04:05opposition, they all know each other very well, these teams play each

2:04:05 > 2:04:10other regularly. Just how things are going through the week, and as you

2:04:10 > 2:04:18said, it is always useful to know who is playing what shops, what they

2:04:18 > 2:04:33are favouring. -- shops. -- shots. Denise Dupont now.Just playing a

2:04:33 > 2:04:40nice control tap on a read on to yellow I think she is trying to do

2:04:40 > 2:04:50here. Trying to keep that centre four foot.She did indicate it was

2:04:50 > 2:05:00wide out there.A nice weight she played, but just not the right line.

2:05:06 > 2:05:19And has played better today as well. She has missed one or two, Anna.

2:05:19 > 2:05:29Anna, the only left-handed player in the team. It would be nice if she

2:05:29 > 2:05:34can catch this in stay in the house. She has just overthrown that, that

2:05:34 > 2:05:41is a shame.Look to heavens for Anna Sloan. That really was not a good

2:05:41 > 2:05:47shot. Not only did it catch that Stone, but it took her own out and

2:05:47 > 2:05:54the other one that was lying at the back.

2:05:55 > 2:06:00back. On normal ice I would be quite happy, she said.We watch the mixed

2:06:00 > 2:06:08doubles last week and it was suing in, 6-foot if not more. -- swinging.

2:06:08 > 2:06:13But the team event came on and they came on with a different set of

2:06:13 > 2:06:17stones, that must be a regulation that they had, that the mixed

2:06:17 > 2:06:19doubles played with one set and the individual teams played with

2:06:19 > 2:06:25another. This is not swinging as much as the mixed doubles were.

2:06:25 > 2:06:30Overcooked that as well. Just a couple of errors they are. Both

2:06:30 > 2:06:41teams struggling now. The favour is back with us. And just needs to...

2:06:41 > 2:06:47Let's get this one right, Anna Sloan.

2:06:50 > 2:06:55Sloan. Just needs to do what she normally does. Set things up nicely

2:06:55 > 2:07:02for Eve Muirhead.

2:07:02 > 2:07:08for Eve Muirhead. This one is looking a bit better.

2:07:15 > 2:07:22They have got their two in. Just this gets left. -- just the skips

2:07:22 > 2:07:33left.There is an opportunity here for a Skinny double. If she gets it

2:07:33 > 2:07:39wrong she can hit and maybe roll just to the top of the face of it,

2:07:39 > 2:07:44but we have set ourselves in a good position here. We have two in the

2:07:44 > 2:07:51house, they are separated.Even if you get one here, you are 6-4, two

2:07:51 > 2:08:03and is left, hammer in the final end.The key is just to score.

2:08:07 > 2:08:10end.The key is just to score.Try not to leave the double here if she

2:08:10 > 2:08:22can, or at least make it difficult. Eve Muirhead has played a lot down

2:08:22 > 2:08:30here, she has performed well in the last couple of ends. Anna Sloan just

2:08:30 > 2:08:41holding the room at the edge of the stone.

2:08:45 > 2:08:53You sort of hold your breath at times.On normal international ice I

2:08:53 > 2:09:02would expect that await to move move a lot. Well controlled there.Just

2:09:02 > 2:09:11having another look. If you

2:09:11 > 2:09:15having another look. If you -- is she just going to draw in.Even if

2:09:15 > 2:09:21she tried to hit that top one, she would not get that shot at the

2:09:21 > 2:09:26yellow, it would still be closer to the house.Is she looking at it

2:09:26 > 2:09:32again? That is dangerous.

2:09:34 > 2:09:36again? That is dangerous. Coming down the centre here is not easy to

2:09:36 > 2:09:41judge this.

2:09:44 > 2:09:50Here we go, Denmark trying to take both British stones out here, it is

2:09:50 > 2:09:58a risky shot. Maybe she thinks it is time to play a high risk strategy.

2:09:58 > 2:10:07It has got a chance. Good curling. It is right on the nose. Fairly

2:10:07 > 2:10:11straightforward, there is only one Danish stone in there and just a

2:10:11 > 2:10:15little shake of the head, it was never really close, that one. Eve

2:10:15 > 2:10:20Muirhead, once more chance for them to put some real distance between

2:10:20 > 2:10:33themselves and Denmark, she just -- just

2:10:35 > 2:10:42just on the nose, absolutely. Just needs to play a straightforward shot

2:10:42 > 2:10:50come hit it right on the nose, take it clean.The line looking very

2:10:50 > 2:10:57good. And Eve Muirhead looks as though she has done the job here.

2:10:57 > 2:11:02Taps that one out of the house, Great Britain take their two, and

2:11:02 > 2:11:07now they would lead this 17- four over Denmark, just two ends to go,

2:11:07 > 2:11:11that is much more like it, and since the break, they have had this match

2:11:11 > 2:11:19under control, limited Denmark to one in the seventh and now in the

2:11:19 > 2:11:29eight, things looking much better Great Britain. 7-4 after eight.

2:11:30 > 2:11:33Great Britain. 7-4 after eight. Some close matches here going on this

2:11:33 > 2:11:37morning. Sweden picked up three in the seventh and their match against

2:11:37 > 2:11:41Switzerland after having trailed most of that one, they are now 6-

2:11:41 > 2:11:54for a head. -- 6-4 ahead. The USA and OAR having no real tussle, --

2:11:54 > 2:12:00having a real puzzle, 5-4 at the moment, it USA leading. In Japan and

2:12:00 > 2:12:07China, also a nice friendly rivalry, that is the one in front of us

2:12:07 > 2:12:16actually, and 5-3 to Japan at the moment. China just blanked the

2:12:16 > 2:12:20previous and an got the hammer in this one, they have the advantage of

2:12:20 > 2:12:28the eighth and the tents, same as Great Britain. -- 10th.

2:12:29 > 2:12:33Great Britain. -- 10th.All these girls are coming from Scotland, they

2:12:33 > 2:12:37are very fortunate as well, they have a lot of ice rinks up in

2:12:37 > 2:12:46Scotland in comparison to down south. Because these girls are out

2:12:46 > 2:12:54here, the winner of the Scottish Championships this weekend will have

2:12:54 > 2:13:02a play-off against Eve

2:13:02 > 2:13:05a play-off against Eve Muirhead and Smith in the men's, to see who will

2:13:05 > 2:13:08represent Scotland at the World Championships at the end of March,

2:13:08 > 2:13:14beginning of April.All those curlers in Scotland can't watch

2:13:14 > 2:13:21this, they are all curling.They will be tired if they are watching

2:13:21 > 2:13:26the Olympic Games, and then have to play themselves. That will be a

2:13:26 > 2:13:32tightly contested competition, what time are we at, it is Saturday...

2:13:40 > 2:13:43The championship was after she came back to be plentiful championship

2:13:43 > 2:13:49with her, I had to play her in the final in a best-of-3 and it was a

2:13:49 > 2:13:54tight game at we managed to win that one and that was here.So Scotland

2:13:54 > 2:14:02are the world champions.It was agreed years of Scotland. --A great

2:14:02 > 2:14:07year for. Olympic and world champions way back in 2002. My

2:14:07 > 2:14:15goodness, a long time ago.I can go a lot further. Let's not go there!

2:14:15 > 2:14:19But really, they wouldn't be worried about that, they would be focused on

2:14:19 > 2:14:24the game here. They have got a middle round the deck or not, it

2:14:24 > 2:14:27will have to concentrate when they get home if they want the chance to

2:14:27 > 2:14:34represent their country at the World Championships.Well, if you are just

2:14:34 > 2:14:43coming him from a night out, well done, you, you have turned the TV on

2:14:43 > 2:14:47before you go to bed, we are in the late stages of this important match

2:14:47 > 2:14:51for Great Britain to win. On paper they would be seeing this as a

2:14:51 > 2:14:55victory but they struggled early on, very much in control now, though, to

2:14:55 > 2:14:59make ends to go. Eve Muirhead herself would probably say she was

2:14:59 > 2:15:04the one struggling the most. She missed a few shots in the first five

2:15:04 > 2:15:09ends but since the halfway point, has been much better. If you have

2:15:09 > 2:15:15been with us from the start, sitting in bed maybe, watching this, hanging

2:15:15 > 2:15:20on, a little bit more, keep hanging on. That has rolled into a nice

2:15:20 > 2:15:26place.She was keen to get the stone and roll it right at the house

2:15:26 > 2:15:31itself but the girls have swept well and it went across and tucked in

2:15:31 > 2:15:39behind the Danish red. You have to be careful here. We have to play the

2:15:39 > 2:15:45scoreboard. We are three up. If we lose the two here it is in the

2:15:45 > 2:15:49disaster to go into the last end with the hammer one up. Always a

2:15:49 > 2:15:56good position to be in. But at the moment we are sitting a few shots in

2:15:56 > 2:16:03the house so that is good.Just get a feeling with Denmark as well, they

2:16:03 > 2:16:09have missed a fair few shops in the last two or three ends. -- shots. A

2:16:09 > 2:16:16massive wind to them yesterday against Canada. -- win for. Everyone

2:16:16 > 2:16:24was talking about the fact that the Canadian skipper lost three and the

2:16:24 > 2:16:28Danish didn't get much credit to the wind. It was all about Canada

2:16:28 > 2:16:35losing.The Danes were right in there at the end, it was a tight

2:16:35 > 2:16:44game. It his OK, a little heavy, it would have been nice to her to keep

2:16:44 > 2:16:48the shooter in the house. What we have done now is given an

2:16:48 > 2:16:53opportunity to Denmark to come in behind the red and the yellow and

2:16:53 > 2:17:01the left-hand side there, and be buried.

2:17:05 > 2:17:09Again, it is all about setting up the stones, but always rushing to

2:17:09 > 2:17:18the centre. Macca for not always. She can get this all the way. She

2:17:18 > 2:17:25has done well. She will sit back a little bit. Good shot. It is not

2:17:25 > 2:17:35sitting shot but it is in a perfect position.

2:17:51 > 2:17:59Can't jam, she says.She doesn't want to jam the red on the yellow

2:17:59 > 2:18:06and leave it sitting there, either.

2:18:08 > 2:18:23Anna Sloan.Nice shot!Nicely done!

2:18:23 > 2:18:27It would have been nice if the other red had gone right out. She got too

2:18:27 > 2:18:36much of it. But it has opened a bit more.

2:18:36 > 2:18:42I think the way that Eve is playing right now, she would fancy her

2:18:42 > 2:18:51chances of limiting Denmark to one. Even better.

2:18:54 > 2:18:59Got a lot of handle rotation. It will go right up the back, I think.

2:18:59 > 2:19:07Eve is trying hard to help it on its way.Just hanging on. They are the

2:19:07 > 2:19:12ones that annoy you the worst.We have won just hanging on as well at

2:19:12 > 2:19:17the back, a little better than that. So Britain lying second and third

2:19:17 > 2:19:21shop here. -- shot.

2:19:25 > 2:19:34Let's ensure we sit this one and we stay in the house. -- hit.A fair

2:19:34 > 2:19:41few mistakes starting to creep into Denmark. A little bit of pressure

2:19:41 > 2:19:45applied so let's not loosen up on that.This is not moving much at

2:19:45 > 2:19:55all.Really skinny here.Get the back one.Just nudges it out. A

2:19:55 > 2:20:05little bonus there. They still have to make in. -- two in. That will go

2:20:05 > 2:20:11down as a double take out.That did the job, actually, because these

2:20:11 > 2:20:16little ones that are biting on at the edge, if we don't make the right

2:20:16 > 2:20:22spots and we get away with a double, they are making easy shots after

2:20:22 > 2:20:24that.

2:20:40 > 2:20:49OK, so now it is down to the skips.

2:20:55 > 2:21:03Eve Muirhead has been producing her shots in a way in which she would

2:21:03 > 2:21:06expect, she seemed to go off and have a little word with herself

2:21:06 > 2:21:12and...I think the fifth and break is always good, you get the chance

2:21:12 > 2:21:17to speak to your coach, you get to deal with your frustrations and then

2:21:17 > 2:21:21they are the ones who will tell you put them away, come out and play

2:21:21 > 2:21:31what you can play. All she needed to do was catch it.Just got enough.

2:21:31 > 2:21:46Well done. Still with the two there. Phew! Sometimes, it works, sometimes

2:21:46 > 2:21:54it hits the right way and sometimes you just get enough there.

2:21:54 > 2:21:57you just get enough there.Denmark are now going to try to freeze on

2:21:57 > 2:22:05the back yellow.As you said, even if Denmark get two here it is 7-6.

2:22:05 > 2:22:13Should not be a worry.Elsewhere, I will tell you that Sweden have

2:22:13 > 2:22:20jumped out to 8- for now, they have turned the match around, China have

2:22:20 > 2:22:28gone ahead of Japan 6-5 and the USA and OAR are tied. You can see there,

2:22:28 > 2:22:35her accuracy, the draw isn't great.

2:22:42 > 2:22:53Just trying to come right in on top of this British stone.

2:22:53 > 2:22:57of this British stone.A nice attempt which it has come up score

2:22:57 > 2:23:06-- short.She doesn't even need it, she will sit there, she has two.

2:23:06 > 2:23:13Giving up the one here. Absolutely fine.

2:23:20 > 2:23:26fine. Just make sure this goes.You heard her bare saying she doesn't

2:23:26 > 2:23:32want to jam in the back read either. It was just biting the circle for a

2:23:32 > 2:23:43little while until it was took out my Anna. -- by Anna.

2:23:43 > 2:23:48Looks a little concerned with that. It is always good when you hear a

2:23:48 > 2:23:57yes, no. Always close. Lovely.That is interesting. This is really good

2:23:57 > 2:24:03play from Eve Muirhead.

2:24:03 > 2:24:05play from Eve Muirhead. Ends six, seven, eight and 90 has been back to

2:24:05 > 2:24:13her best. Nicely done.I think in those hit here would be good for

2:24:13 > 2:24:18Madeleine Dupont but she has to be careful she doesn't jam it onto the

2:24:18 > 2:24:26back and give away a one here.

2:24:26 > 2:24:34A great end Great Britain. Three shots in the house, Denmark with the

2:24:34 > 2:24:42last stone, having two through this and hopefully get a one.

2:24:43 > 2:24:48Again, you know, it looks fairly straightforward shot but Madeleine

2:24:48 > 2:25:03Dupont has missed a few. Needs to shift.She hasn't, she has got the

2:25:03 > 2:25:09shot.Just, again, by two or three inches, she gets the shot. I don't

2:25:09 > 2:25:17know what they are waiting for.Just for Anna to doublecheck.The vice

2:25:17 > 2:25:21skips have to agree before anyone moves the stones. Even though we can

2:25:21 > 2:25:27clearly see. 1-4 Denmark and it means Great Britain have a handy

2:25:27 > 2:25:32lead, they leapt by two, 7-5 after two ends, but will have the hammer

2:25:32 > 2:25:36in the final end and things are looking good for Eve Muirhead 's at

2:25:36 > 2:25:44this point. No mistakes now. A nice, clean final end and they walk away

2:25:44 > 2:25:51with a good victory.

2:25:51 > 2:25:55Yeah, Great Britain have really stepped it up in the second half of

2:25:55 > 2:26:01the game, 10% higher in their shooting starts against Denmark. --

2:26:01 > 2:26:13stats.This is a stat for you, it is about minus five degrees in the

2:26:13 > 2:26:18commentary booth.Even in the audience, no one looks very warm.I

2:26:18 > 2:26:26think they have their cold blow was on again. -- blowers. I know we have

2:26:26 > 2:26:31mentioned this so many times, it just feels odd, with city well

2:26:31 > 2:26:36wrapped up and watching people in the same building who are in

2:26:36 > 2:26:43T-shirts. -- we sit here well wrapped up. They are obviously

2:26:43 > 2:26:52playing, though, and well wrapped up there.

2:26:52 > 2:26:55there. The young skipper, Mathilde Halse, will be hoping to at least

2:26:55 > 2:27:01set things up.We need to see the tech shot being, it isn't allowed to

2:27:01 > 2:27:06move the stone from the play because it is in the Freegard zone but they

2:27:06 > 2:27:11are allowed to kick the edge of it to open up the foot for you. The big

2:27:11 > 2:27:17shop at the Leeds have to practise. Yes, delicate, finesse shot. Very

2:27:17 > 2:27:25accurate. We heard that, heavy, right from the beginning. It isn't

2:27:25 > 2:27:32going to catch that at all.

2:27:35 > 2:27:40Teams can choose furious ways to play the shot, they can play out to

2:27:40 > 2:27:44end to try to catch it, like, sweep it before it catches the outside

2:27:44 > 2:27:48edge or play it tight and it slides across the face and catches the

2:27:48 > 2:27:53other side of it so the running, the speed is taken off the running as it

2:27:53 > 2:28:01hits it. -- various ways.If you don't take them, why would you, you

2:28:01 > 2:28:07wouldn't always, but...? It is worth a try, in some instances he

2:28:07 > 2:28:12would push the stone through the back and try with Vicki who can hit

2:28:12 > 2:28:19the double take out. I think you have to try

2:28:19 > 2:28:28the double take out. I think you have to try.

2:28:28 > 2:28:32have to try. So we are going to try the same shot again and that is what

2:28:32 > 2:28:37she said, if you are a little heavy you will come on to the one in the

2:28:37 > 2:28:43house.

2:28:47 > 2:28:51It hasn't taken the front stone. It will go straight through to this

2:28:51 > 2:29:05one.OK, plan B, but that was perfect.

2:29:13 > 2:29:21We should see Denmark trying to put on another... I think they want is

2:29:21 > 2:29:25in the house but I would have attempted to put it just outside the

2:29:25 > 2:29:31rings.If you are to down, final end, you busily not going to force

2:29:31 > 2:29:37the issue. -- two down.I would have stopped it just there are, and she

2:29:37 > 2:29:44did ask for it to come right in.Eve just wanting to shift this guide.

2:29:44 > 2:29:56Can do that now. Vicki Adams, they have all played their part today.

2:29:56 > 2:30:04Good team performance. They have probably all also had the odd little

2:30:04 > 2:30:10error, but that is expected, ten ends, you are not going to play

2:30:10 > 2:30:18every shot perfectly. But as you are saying, the stats are pretty good.

2:30:18 > 2:30:32Oh! She almost, the little green lights that are on the stone would

2:30:32 > 2:30:39have turned Red Hat she not let go. -- turned red had she not let go.

2:30:39 > 2:30:43There is a little mechanism inside the handle of the curling stone, and

2:30:43 > 2:30:50if it crosses like that there is a metal line under the ice, and if you

2:30:50 > 2:30:55haven't released it before it reaches that line, the red lights

2:30:55 > 2:31:00will flash and that is a violation, and the stones have to be removed.

2:31:00 > 2:31:07So you want to see green lights on the front.This is working out

2:31:07 > 2:31:13pretty nicely, straightforward to Great Britain. There are four stones

2:31:13 > 2:31:19left, don't forget Denmark would need to score a steel of two here.

2:31:19 > 2:31:28Which would be remarkable. For them to tie it up. Even if they did

2:31:28 > 2:31:33steal, I don't think it's going to happen, but we would go to an extra

2:31:33 > 2:31:43end. If they stole two, one is not good enough.They have only got one

2:31:43 > 2:31:46in the house at the moment, they are putting short guards on but they

2:31:46 > 2:31:51would have to bring another one to house at some point, and there is

2:31:51 > 2:31:59always going to be another one there for Great Britain to remove.

2:32:41 > 2:32:46Great Britain are going to be back again this evening, the match

2:32:46 > 2:32:55against, it is Korea, isn't it? Yeah.That will be a good

2:32:55 > 2:32:59atmosphere, Great Britain against Korea in here. It could be a very

2:32:59 > 2:33:05good day for them, we expect them to wrap this one up here and then they

2:33:05 > 2:33:09are certainly capable of beating Korea, but Korea have already done

2:33:09 > 2:33:15some damage themselves.

2:33:15 > 2:33:23some damage themselves. Just clearing up here.

2:33:29 > 2:33:35Denmark only have two more stones. This could well be finished in the

2:33:35 > 2:33:45next minute or two.

2:33:45 > 2:33:50next minute or two. All very relaxed now, all very happy. A little bit

2:33:50 > 2:33:59tense earlier on, we were tied up at halfway, 3-3. She still hasn't taken

2:33:59 > 2:34:12her jacket off. Madeline Dupont, the Danish skip.

2:34:18 > 2:34:23She is looking for this just to come up short. At this stage of the game,

2:34:23 > 2:34:27she is looking forward to clean misses from Great Britain, and that

2:34:27 > 2:34:33is not going to happen.

2:34:36 > 2:34:41is not going to happen.Not going to go to double here?No, you heard

2:34:41 > 2:34:44Vicky that, if you don't make the double and you leave your shooter in

2:34:44 > 2:34:49the top there, you get the chance to get to in behind the guard, and that

2:34:49 > 2:34:53this makes it harder to you. You just have to remove one with your

2:34:53 > 2:35:01last stone.Eve Muirhead, who has had a very good second half of this

2:35:01 > 2:35:08match, is looking to remove one of these. Nicely done, avoid her own as

2:35:08 > 2:35:17well. So Denmark and then, they had to force the two here in this final

2:35:17 > 2:35:23end, Great Britain with that hammer means that whatever she does here,

2:35:23 > 2:35:28Britain can just move one of their stones and that will be it. A really

2:35:28 > 2:35:32good, solid all-round performance. You want that consistency, all four

2:35:32 > 2:35:38players playing their part, playing well. If you keep building during

2:35:38 > 2:35:43the week, hit your best form at the back end of the week, a week

2:35:43 > 2:35:48tomorrow, the women's final, a long way off, a lot can happen between

2:35:48 > 2:35:51now and then.

2:35:54 > 2:35:59They will be able to go off after this match this morning and chill

2:35:59 > 2:36:05out this afternoon, they should be able to chill out happy with their

2:36:05 > 2:36:13performance.

2:36:19 > 2:36:24Madeleine choosing to just separate these stones rather than hold them

2:36:24 > 2:36:31together, but Eve is just going to go to that left Hama, as long as she

2:36:31 > 2:36:35aims at the target, the girls should be able to hold it.It doesn't

2:36:35 > 2:36:41matter if Denmark do get one here, Eve Muirhead's job is simple,

2:36:41 > 2:36:44straightforward, just to remove that Danish stone from the house, sit

2:36:44 > 2:36:52dairy she wants to. -- sit there if she wants to. To shot advantage,

2:36:52 > 2:36:57sofa Eve Muirhead, a look of determination, one which has been

2:36:57 > 2:37:02evident in this second half in particular. Really got her form back

2:37:02 > 2:37:06together again. Hit it right on the nose, Denmark will take a shot

2:37:06 > 2:37:10there, but that doesn't matter, it is a victory for Great Britain, only

2:37:10 > 2:37:18by one shot in the end. Denmark, as steel of one in the 10th. But that

2:37:18 > 2:37:23means our win of 7-6 per Great Britain, and they now have three

2:37:23 > 2:37:30victories and one defeat after four matches.

2:37:34 > 2:37:37matches. Thank you very much indeed. Close all the

2:37:37 > 2:37:40matches. Thank you very much indeed. Close all the way. For