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Welcome to the 2018 Winter Olympics
from South Korea. We're at the | 0:01:58 | 0:02:03 | |
halfway mark already but still so
much drama led to one fold. | 0:02:03 | 0:02:08 | |
We've experienced the best winter
sport has to offer but we've also | 0:02:08 | 0:02:10 | |
seen delays and postponements | 0:02:10 | 0:02:11 | |
as the weather has taken its toll
on the Alpine schedule. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:16 | |
And we've just had an update, there
will be a delay in the women's super | 0:02:16 | 0:02:20 | |
jeep. We will keep you updated as
soon as we hear anything. All that | 0:02:20 | 0:02:24 | |
is left to do, sit back and enjoy
the ride because here is what is | 0:02:24 | 0:02:28 | |
coming up. | 0:02:28 | 0:02:31 | |
Great Britain's women sit in third
place in the curling table midway | 0:02:31 | 0:02:34 | |
through the round robin
stage of the competition. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:36 | |
Today, the bronze medallists
from Sochi face Denmark. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:40 | |
We're hoping we'll
see the great Lindsey Vonn in action | 0:02:40 | 0:02:43 | |
in the women's super-g. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:45 | |
At present, the start
is scheduled for 3am. | 0:02:45 | 0:02:48 | |
The men's singles
reaches its conclusion | 0:02:48 | 0:02:52 | |
in the figure skating with
Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu going for gold. | 0:02:52 | 0:02:55 | |
And Great Britain's Katie
Summerhayes and Izzy Atkin go | 0:02:55 | 0:02:59 | |
in the women's ski slopestyle
with the final at 4am. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:06 | |
This is the schedule for the night,
staying with Eve Muirhead and the | 0:03:08 | 0:03:12 | |
curlers. On the red button, you
conceive Summerhayes and Izzy Atkin | 0:03:12 | 0:03:16 | |
can qualify for the ski slopestyle
final from from 1am. At 3am, | 0:03:16 | 0:03:21 | |
hopefully, we will bring you the
women's super-g, weather permitting | 0:03:21 | 0:03:25 | |
and the red button will have the
figure skating and then we will have | 0:03:25 | 0:03:29 | |
the ski slopestyle final from Fourie
M. Before we join the curlers, let's | 0:03:29 | 0:03:34 | |
talk about social media. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:36 | |
M. Before we join the curlers, let's
talk about social media. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:37 | |
The lower last week of the games,
you have sent in some incredible | 0:03:37 | 0:03:40 | |
pictures and tweets. The hashtag is
#bbcolympics. Because it might be | 0:03:40 | 0:03:46 | |
the morning of Saturday, here, where
you are, the night is young and also | 0:03:46 | 0:03:51 | |
it is Friday night so where are you?
What are you up to and what has been | 0:03:51 | 0:03:55 | |
your favourite winter sport so far?
Why don't you try to recreate your | 0:03:55 | 0:04:00 | |
favourite sport and send it to us?
The hashtag is #bbcolympics and we | 0:04:00 | 0:04:06 | |
will try to show as many as we can
later. Now it is time for some | 0:04:06 | 0:04:10 | |
action and time for some curling. We
kick off with Eve | 0:04:10 | 0:04:13 | |
action and time for some curling. We
kick off with Eve Muirhead and her | 0:04:13 | 0:04:15 | |
ring, who have won two of the three
of their matches in the round-robin | 0:04:15 | 0:04:19 | |
stage. They are currently third
behind Japan and Sweden who both | 0:04:19 | 0:04:22 | |
have 100% records. Today, they face
Denmark and let's see how they get | 0:04:22 | 0:04:32 | |
on with our commentators Jackie
Lockhart and Steve Cram. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:37 | |
COMMENTATOR: Thank you, we are just
about underway, Great Britain taking | 0:04:37 | 0:04:40 | |
on this Danish team who are straight
off an incredible victory over | 0:04:40 | 0:04:44 | |
Canada yesterday. That meant Canada,
talking about the table, | 0:04:44 | 0:04:51 | |
unbelievably, Canada have not won a
match after three, Great Britain | 0:04:51 | 0:04:53 | |
with two wins and one defeat and
they would love to win a couple | 0:04:53 | 0:04:57 | |
today and they have got two
sessions, playing Denmark this | 0:04:57 | 0:05:00 | |
morning and then they will be back
again this evening but as I say, | 0:05:00 | 0:05:03 | |
Denmark fresh from their win, the
only one of their three matches but | 0:05:03 | 0:05:08 | |
what a Win it was, still the talk of
the curling world, really. Jackie | 0:05:08 | 0:05:12 | |
Lockhart with me this morning, and I
know it is late into the evening, | 0:05:12 | 0:05:18 | |
into Saturday morning small hours
but hopefully you can stay with us | 0:05:18 | 0:05:22 | |
for what should be a cracking match.
Who would have said Denmark would | 0:05:22 | 0:05:26 | |
beat Canada? That was a real
shocker. Having said that, I think | 0:05:26 | 0:05:30 | |
Canada gave the game away at the end
of the day. But Denmark were still | 0:05:30 | 0:05:34 | |
in the game and they were right
there until the very last end. I am | 0:05:34 | 0:05:40 | |
wondering if they are going to carry
the joy from last night into the | 0:05:40 | 0:05:43 | |
game this morning or whether they
are a bit more relaxed after they | 0:05:43 | 0:05:46 | |
beat what they would class as a
top-class team. Just before you | 0:05:46 | 0:05:52 | |
joined us, just to underline that,
Mathilde Halse, the lead for | 0:05:52 | 0:05:57 | |
Denmark, said the first stone
straight through the house. -- sent | 0:05:57 | 0:06:01 | |
the first stone. We would except
after the excitement of yesterday | 0:06:01 | 0:06:09 | |
that they were a bit over exuberance
so Great Britain have the hammer in | 0:06:09 | 0:06:12 | |
this first end so the corner guard
was put in place and then a nice | 0:06:12 | 0:06:17 | |
draw, Lauren Gray starting well. The
Danish team is a mix of the DuPont | 0:06:17 | 0:06:23 | |
sisters, very experienced, and then
a couple of youngsters, Julie Hogh, | 0:06:23 | 0:06:33 | |
hopefully we are pronouncing her
name correctly, and Mathilde Halse, | 0:06:33 | 0:06:37 | |
the two of them just 18 years of
age. Still getting to know each | 0:06:37 | 0:06:42 | |
other, really, so very inexperienced
at the front end of the Danish team | 0:06:42 | 0:06:48 | |
and then Madeleine and Denise Dupont
have been around quite some time. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:55 | |
Madeleine is three years younger,
30, and Denise is 33. And Eve | 0:06:55 | 0:07:00 | |
Muirhead has played them many times.
Many, many times, as | 0:07:00 | 0:07:11 | |
Many, many times, as you say, the
Dupont sisters have been playing in | 0:07:11 | 0:07:14 | |
curling for but in a major champion
chips, finishing in the middle of | 0:07:14 | 0:07:17 | |
the pack usually, not being in the
final stages that often. I still | 0:07:17 | 0:07:22 | |
have memories of Vancouver, when you
were playing in the team and it was | 0:07:22 | 0:07:28 | |
Denmark, the match against Denmark
which meant you made it into the | 0:07:28 | 0:07:34 | |
medals and was that the last match
in the round robin? Yeah, and I | 0:07:34 | 0:07:38 | |
think it went right down to almost
the last stone as well but that is | 0:07:38 | 0:07:42 | |
going for you. You can never rest on
your laurels in any of these games. | 0:07:42 | 0:07:50 | |
The British men in action this
afternoon as well, they had a close | 0:07:50 | 0:07:53 | |
match and played really well against
Sweden for most of the match, Sweden | 0:07:53 | 0:07:56 | |
one of the gold medal favourites
along with Canada in the men's | 0:07:56 | 0:08:00 | |
competition. Great Britain's men
after four matches have one macro | 0:08:00 | 0:08:06 | |
two, and lost two but the two losses
were against Canada and Sweden so | 0:08:06 | 0:08:10 | |
they are in a witty good position
and the women would love to pick up | 0:08:10 | 0:08:13 | |
two victories today. | 0:08:13 | 0:08:18 | |
two victories today. That is a good
shot. | 0:08:21 | 0:08:27 | |
We saw Eve trying to play an
offensive game initially and put one | 0:08:32 | 0:08:35 | |
around behind it but Denmark played
a really nice double take out | 0:08:35 | 0:08:40 | |
earlier, there, and changed the
whole dynamics of this and so we are | 0:08:40 | 0:08:43 | |
now forced to play up the middle. If
you are just coming in, maybe for | 0:08:43 | 0:08:51 | |
your Friday night out, a bit of
curling before you go to bed. You | 0:08:51 | 0:08:54 | |
can have a lie in in the morning,
stick with it, watch the whole | 0:08:54 | 0:08:57 | |
thing. A big Saturday coming up for
Team GB. And the curling, well, we | 0:08:57 | 0:09:08 | |
have been here, we have the mixed
doubles competition so we have had | 0:09:08 | 0:09:12 | |
nine days of curling already at the
Winter Olympics and another nine | 0:09:12 | 0:09:15 | |
days including this one, the final
of the women's competition will be | 0:09:15 | 0:09:19 | |
the last match next Sunday, next
Saturday night at home. Let's hope | 0:09:19 | 0:09:24 | |
this British team will be involved
in that. Eve Muirhead set after Ray | 0:09:24 | 0:09:29 | |
Meadow last time, it was wonderful
but they are off to the gold this | 0:09:29 | 0:09:33 | |
time. -- said after a medal. With
everything that is happening to the | 0:09:33 | 0:09:40 | |
Canadian team, Rachel Homan is under
a lot of pressure, three defeats | 0:09:40 | 0:09:44 | |
from three matches, Canada
absolutely capable of turning it | 0:09:44 | 0:09:46 | |
around and still qualifying and
still finishing in the top four but | 0:09:46 | 0:09:50 | |
goodness me, what pressure they are
under and incidentally, Great | 0:09:50 | 0:09:53 | |
Britain play Canada last so in the
round-robin competition, it could | 0:09:53 | 0:09:57 | |
well be within the hands of Eve
Muirhead and the team to put Canada | 0:09:57 | 0:10:00 | |
out of the competition, which would
be, well, not only a shock but would | 0:10:00 | 0:10:07 | |
improve Great Britain's chances as
well of winning the gold medal, | 0:10:07 | 0:10:10 | |
certainly being in the gold-medal
match. The first plan of the week is | 0:10:10 | 0:10:16 | |
to make sure you get yourself in the
play-off position and then after | 0:10:16 | 0:10:20 | |
that, it is which position you
finish in, whether it is first, | 0:10:20 | 0:10:24 | |
second, third or fourth but the way
things are looking just now with | 0:10:24 | 0:10:27 | |
Canada, losing their first three
games and having to battle to get | 0:10:27 | 0:10:30 | |
back in the competition, they could
potentially finish in the bottom of | 0:10:30 | 0:10:33 | |
the top four. Then you are
wondering, do you want to finish in | 0:10:33 | 0:10:38 | |
the top or in second place? One
plays four and two plays three but | 0:10:38 | 0:10:45 | |
at the end of the day, as long as
you make the play-offs, everything | 0:10:45 | 0:10:48 | |
is in your hands. There's two ways
of looking at that, if you have to | 0:10:48 | 0:10:54 | |
play Canada in either the semifinal
or the final, if you want to win the | 0:10:54 | 0:10:57 | |
gold medal, you have to beat Canada
anyway so if you don't beat them in | 0:10:57 | 0:11:02 | |
the semifinal, baby would not have
beaten them in the final. But the | 0:11:02 | 0:11:04 | |
way Rachel Homan is playing, she
might be playing a lot better later | 0:11:04 | 0:11:09 | |
in the week, who knows? But to get
to the final, you know you are | 0:11:09 | 0:11:16 | |
guaranteed a medal. So Anna Sloan,
not sure she has been at her best so | 0:11:16 | 0:11:25 | |
far. In fact, none of them have
probably been absolutely at their | 0:11:25 | 0:11:29 | |
best. We've had flashes of great
play. They have been solid. That is | 0:11:29 | 0:11:34 | |
unfortunate, they really needed to
hit the Danish red macro without | 0:11:34 | 0:11:39 | |
catching the back one so we were
like two shots, to give us the | 0:11:39 | 0:11:44 | |
opportunity of a two, here. As I
say, quite typical, not a bad shot | 0:11:44 | 0:11:49 | |
not coming off. | 0:11:49 | 0:11:56 | |
An opportunity for Denmark, they are
lying two, which would then force us | 0:11:56 | 0:12:03 | |
to play the end out, to take a run
and the object of the game, I guess, | 0:12:03 | 0:12:07 | |
is to get as many stones closer to
the centre, out counting the | 0:12:07 | 0:12:13 | |
opponent but if you have the hammer,
the last stone advantage, you | 0:12:13 | 0:12:16 | |
ideally want to be scoring two or
more. What is interesting in this | 0:12:16 | 0:12:20 | |
team is that Madeleine Dupont is the
skip but the youngster is the vice, | 0:12:20 | 0:12:24 | |
not her sister. Maybe they are
realising within Danish curling that | 0:12:24 | 0:12:30 | |
the new regime is getting ready to
take overcome if you like. They had | 0:12:30 | 0:12:35 | |
their funding withdrawn, the only
qualified for the Olympics in | 0:12:35 | 0:12:40 | |
December, in the last couple of
places and they did well to come | 0:12:40 | 0:12:43 | |
through, there. There is no funding
at the moment for curling in | 0:12:43 | 0:12:48 | |
Denmark. Having said that, both the
men's and women's teams are here. | 0:12:48 | 0:12:53 | |
Orange Micro they both qualified
through the qualification event. -- | 0:12:53 | 0:12:57 | |
they both qualified through the
qualification event. So they will be | 0:12:57 | 0:13:01 | |
keen to do really well in this
competition, try to get some funding | 0:13:01 | 0:13:05 | |
back for them. | 0:13:05 | 0:13:08 | |
Just to underline my point about not
quite playing at the top of their | 0:13:14 | 0:13:19 | |
game, you will see those percentages
coming up in terms of accuracy, and | 0:13:19 | 0:13:26 | |
we are kind of debating how much
that tells the whole story because | 0:13:26 | 0:13:29 | |
although Canada are bottom of the
table, they are third top in terms | 0:13:29 | 0:13:34 | |
of percentages as a team so it does
not tell you the whole story. Eve | 0:13:34 | 0:13:37 | |
Muirhead just tapping that one out,
sitting, trying to look for a little | 0:13:37 | 0:13:43 | |
mistake from Denmark, haps but it
does not tell you the whole story, | 0:13:43 | 0:13:47 | |
does it? Not at all. I think the
Canadians, going back to them again, | 0:13:47 | 0:13:53 | |
probably it is Rachel Homan is not
finishing anything off so she must | 0:13:53 | 0:13:56 | |
be carrying the weight of the world
on her shoulders and the pressure | 0:13:56 | 0:13:59 | |
has got to her which is really
surprising for Canada. They play in | 0:13:59 | 0:14:06 | |
big events all the time in full
arenas and they can normally cope | 0:14:06 | 0:14:09 | |
with the pressure. It is generally
the small European teams that come | 0:14:09 | 0:14:13 | |
to these championships and struggle
with the media attention. | 0:14:13 | 0:14:21 | |
Sometimes it is nice, you can relax.
These guys have everything to gain | 0:14:21 | 0:14:26 | |
and nothing to lose. We can see some
of the best curling. Britain could | 0:14:26 | 0:14:32 | |
do a little mistake here... From
Madeleine Dupont. They would have | 0:14:32 | 0:14:41 | |
liked to have got there two. She
does well. Denmark have done what | 0:14:41 | 0:14:49 | |
they had to do. Make Eve Muirhead
draw for one. I'm not sure what she | 0:14:49 | 0:14:56 | |
will choose to do but she should try
and score one here. That is OK. Get | 0:14:56 | 0:15:04 | |
something on the scoreboard. The
first end. | 0:15:04 | 0:15:15 | |
A combination of two things here. A
couple of nice shots from Denmark. A | 0:15:15 | 0:15:20 | |
double takeout early in the end,
that was important. Anna Sloan just | 0:15:20 | 0:15:26 | |
missing her shot, not working out in
the way that she wanted. The | 0:15:26 | 0:15:30 | |
opportunity not really arising for
Great Britain to take two. Eve | 0:15:30 | 0:15:37 | |
Muirhead will tap this Danish town
out and -- stone out and lie for | 0:15:37 | 0:15:45 | |
one. It is commentators curse! Not a
good start from Eve Muirhead. A | 0:15:45 | 0:15:53 | |
fairly straightforward shot. Should
have been... Now it means that | 0:15:53 | 0:15:57 | |
Denmark steel, picking up one
instead of Great Britain. They keep | 0:15:57 | 0:16:01 | |
the hammer going into the next end
but it | 0:16:01 | 0:16:05 | |
is a different start. You don't want
to be losing to Denmark. That has | 0:16:08 | 0:16:12 | |
made you think about staying up,
hasn't it? We are on the outside | 0:16:12 | 0:16:19 | |
sheet again, we are on the sheet D,
closest to the audience and arena. | 0:16:19 | 0:16:25 | |
We heard the girls talking earlier
about two different sides. It is | 0:16:25 | 0:16:32 | |
normally swinging more on that side
of the sheet but you can set it | 0:16:32 | 0:16:35 | |
back. It is only the first end. If
you are going to lose a shot, lose | 0:16:35 | 0:16:42 | |
it in the first and build from
there. We saw how a match can turn | 0:16:42 | 0:16:48 | |
around, the match against Sweden for
the men, they were shooting their | 0:16:48 | 0:16:52 | |
lights out earlier. The British men
were playing really well. Sweden | 0:16:52 | 0:16:57 | |
just about hanging on at the halfway
point. It all changed. The Swedish | 0:16:57 | 0:17:07 | |
skip proved, he said afterwards, he
could take advantage, Niklas Edin. | 0:17:07 | 0:17:15 | |
It was a really good match. Really
positive from the boys. I was | 0:17:15 | 0:17:20 | |
impressed by their play. There was a
couple of errors, and it is amazing, | 0:17:20 | 0:17:26 | |
the difference it makes in a game.
As Niklas Edin got to the end of the | 0:17:26 | 0:17:31 | |
match, he wouldn't be giving up any
of the errors that Great Britain | 0:17:31 | 0:17:34 | |
made. I think you said himself that
he was a little lucky to win the | 0:17:34 | 0:17:39 | |
game. He did not think that he would
come with how he was performing at | 0:17:39 | 0:17:43 | |
the start of the game. No, he didn't
quite break away. He had the chance | 0:17:43 | 0:17:49 | |
to but nonetheless, it was a really
good performance. My point was that | 0:17:49 | 0:17:53 | |
for Sweden, they didn't start well.
Not a good start from the British | 0:17:53 | 0:18:00 | |
women. But plenty of time here.
Playing that nice draw in from | 0:18:00 | 0:18:07 | |
Mathilde Halse. If you are a plate
tonight and wondering why she isn't | 0:18:07 | 0:18:14 | |
hitting the shot well, Great Britain
have the hammer. It is all about | 0:18:14 | 0:18:20 | |
strategy and taking your time, not
racing to the centre of the house to | 0:18:20 | 0:18:24 | |
gain your points. Put up a corner
guard. Denmark cannot hit that now. | 0:18:24 | 0:18:30 | |
It is an area that we called the
free guard zone. You cannot hit the | 0:18:30 | 0:18:35 | |
stone until after four have been
played. They will use it and bring | 0:18:35 | 0:18:39 | |
one in behind, setting up a few
stones that are protected so they | 0:18:39 | 0:18:43 | |
can score more than one. Of course,
the opposition are always trying to | 0:18:43 | 0:18:48 | |
out accounts you! -- allt count you.
That is the coach, Glenn Howard, for | 0:18:48 | 0:18:57 | |
the women's team. | 0:18:57 | 0:19:03 | |
the women's team. So many of the
Canadians are acting as coaches for | 0:19:03 | 0:19:06 | |
various teams around the world. He
hit for Lauren Gray. Using the | 0:19:06 | 0:19:14 | |
guard. | 0:19:14 | 0:19:19 | |
guard. This is looking pretty good.
Lauren has performed strongly in all | 0:19:20 | 0:19:31 | |
of the game she has played so far.
She has set the team up well. A | 0:19:31 | 0:19:37 | |
lovely shot, utilising the corner
guard she put up in the first place, | 0:19:37 | 0:19:41 | |
a nice and controlled hit and roll.
Lauren was the ultimate, four years | 0:19:41 | 0:19:50 | |
ago in Sochi. She was watching as
the four of them won their medal. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:55 | |
Now promoted into the league
position. She has been doing really | 0:19:55 | 0:19:59 | |
well. It's always useful to be in
and around everything that happens | 0:19:59 | 0:20:06 | |
at the Winter Olympics. It is so
different to even the most | 0:20:06 | 0:20:10 | |
experienced curlers. They say that
at World Championships, European | 0:20:10 | 0:20:16 | |
Championships, it isn't quite the
same as the Olympics. | 0:20:16 | 0:20:24 | |
same as the Olympics. The third
Olympics for Eve Muirhead. Vicki | 0:20:24 | 0:20:28 | |
Adams, playing second... | 0:20:28 | 0:20:34 | |
Adams, playing second... Try and put
that guard back in place... | 0:20:38 | 0:20:45 | |
that guard back in place... It is
coming all the way in. Not putting | 0:20:45 | 0:20:50 | |
the guard in, we sit on top of that
yellow stone. Tapping back. | 0:20:50 | 0:20:59 | |
yellow stone. Tapping back. We said
all week, really, these outside | 0:21:01 | 0:21:07 | |
sheets, it takes a few stones, a
couple of ends to start to read | 0:21:07 | 0:21:11 | |
them. | 0:21:11 | 0:21:16 | |
them. So, Julie Hogh playing second
for Denmark. A little thin on the | 0:21:20 | 0:21:33 | |
outside. The first stone managing to
just about slide by there. Catching | 0:21:33 | 0:21:38 | |
the other British stones. Six or
seven inches but it is still in | 0:21:38 | 0:21:44 | |
there. Vicki said that she was 20
feet heavy. She was trying to put | 0:21:44 | 0:21:52 | |
that in place. You look to see what
she has written on her hands... | 0:21:52 | 0:22:07 | |
she has written on her hands... One
and six. Kelly Schafer, the fifth | 0:22:07 | 0:22:10 | |
for the team here, she comes in at
night and practices to see that they | 0:22:10 | 0:22:16 | |
all match together. She will tell
the girls what stones they will | 0:22:16 | 0:22:18 | |
play. The girls will play the same
stones at every end. That must be in | 0:22:18 | 0:22:25 | |
case they forget which numbers they
play so they write them on their | 0:22:25 | 0:22:30 | |
hands! It isn't like cheating at
school... Did you ever do that? No, | 0:22:30 | 0:22:39 | |
no! CHUCKLES
I was a good girl at school! Not! I | 0:22:39 | 0:22:46 | |
think not! Just about covered that,
one side of it. They may be able to | 0:22:46 | 0:22:54 | |
use the stone sitting out there.
Denmark had to be careful, if they | 0:22:54 | 0:22:59 | |
want clear that gap, it could come
onto the red on the left-hand side | 0:22:59 | 0:23:04 | |
and roll back into the house. Denise
Dupont, the older of the two | 0:23:04 | 0:23:12 | |
sisters... She plays mixed doubles
with her boyfriend. | 0:23:12 | 0:23:21 | |
The guard sticks against the Danish
stone. That could be significant, | 0:23:28 | 0:23:35 | |
the kind of position that you can
come in at later on. It can get | 0:23:35 | 0:23:41 | |
crowded, but it is an end that Great
Britain will try and build on, and | 0:23:41 | 0:23:44 | |
take the two. | 0:23:44 | 0:23:53 | |
take the two. They will just try and
hit the Danish stone... And said | 0:23:53 | 0:23:59 | |
there. Great Britain will count for
two. That is good, from an. She | 0:23:59 | 0:24:05 | |
desperately wanted to keep it on
that side of the house. Did not want | 0:24:05 | 0:24:11 | |
to over car and have the stone
rolled closer. It makes it easier | 0:24:11 | 0:24:15 | |
for Denmark to remove both of them
and at the moment they are very | 0:24:15 | 0:24:18 | |
flat. Cannot do that. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:24 | |
flat. Cannot do that. However, she
can catch the side of it and roll | 0:24:25 | 0:24:29 | |
across herself... She doesn't want
to roll out, though. She has a | 0:24:29 | 0:24:35 | |
chance. She played it well. Very
well. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:42 | |
well. A smile, she knows she played
a very good shot... That was a | 0:24:45 | 0:24:51 | |
little light, and... She is going to
play a controlled... | 0:24:51 | 0:25:03 | |
play a controlled... We are back
out, then? A controlled weight to | 0:25:04 | 0:25:08 | |
tap it onto the yellow and put it
onto the road. -- onto the red. So | 0:25:08 | 0:25:16 | |
she is playing and in | 0:25:16 | 0:25:24 | |
she is playing and in turn tap back.
And it should move to the right. It | 0:25:24 | 0:25:26 | |
doesn't look like it | 0:25:26 | 0:25:32 | |
doesn't look like it has the weight.
She may get a kiss off her own | 0:25:33 | 0:25:35 | |
yellow... Well swept by the girls.
It could be in the shop position. -- | 0:25:35 | 0:25:51 | |
shot position. The angle of the two
yellows do not make it easy to get | 0:25:51 | 0:26:00 | |
the red out. Unless she comes from
the right-hand side. | 0:26:00 | 0:26:08 | |
the right-hand side. The chance to
remove both of these... | 0:26:08 | 0:26:15 | |
remove both of these... Not quite
working out yet for Great Britain. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:18 | |
Still the early stages of this. It's
an important match, two today. | 0:26:18 | 0:26:29 | |
They have played Korea this evening.
Yes, Korea later on. | 0:26:37 | 0:26:54 | |
Denmark really will be hoping to
take two of the stones. She has done | 0:26:55 | 0:27:02 | |
as well. Well swept by the team. It
hangs on at the back... Turning back | 0:27:02 | 0:27:09 | |
in there. That might be significant. | 0:27:09 | 0:27:23 | |
There is still a chance, here. She
is not going to try taking both of | 0:27:30 | 0:27:43 | |
them. There may have been the
opportunity if she played in a | 0:27:43 | 0:27:47 | |
controlled way and rolled to the
right-hand side of the sheet but she | 0:27:47 | 0:27:50 | |
will play a safer shot and catch it
on the nose. Asking Denmark the | 0:27:50 | 0:27:56 | |
question, are you going to manage to
do the same as me? | 0:27:56 | 0:28:04 | |
Nicely done. Well judged, that will
make her feel a little better. Eve | 0:28:12 | 0:28:20 | |
Muirhead will cause that staying,
sat at the back, sadly it is not | 0:28:20 | 0:28:26 | |
lying second shot. | 0:28:26 | 0:28:32 | |
lying second shot. Of course. It is
slightly further to the left as we | 0:28:34 | 0:28:46 | |
see it. If Madeleine Dupont hits it
on the nose there could be the | 0:28:46 | 0:28:50 | |
better opportunity for Eve to take
the two. And stay in the house. They | 0:28:50 | 0:28:56 | |
are closer together. Further apart
but the angle is better for a | 0:28:56 | 0:29:00 | |
double. This one is looking high...
She has jammed and left it. Second | 0:29:00 | 0:29:12 | |
as well, isn't it? | 0:29:12 | 0:29:18 | |
That is shot? Really? I'm beginning
to think, well, there is a certainly | 0:29:22 | 0:29:29 | |
-- certainly a chance for
double-take. It is very close to see | 0:29:29 | 0:29:34 | |
whether or not. I think if you are
unsure, you have to go for the back | 0:29:34 | 0:29:38 | |
one. That is my point, if you can
take this back red out... | 0:29:38 | 0:29:52 | |
She does not like hitting the front
one? No. So all the goals having a | 0:29:53 | 0:30:00 | |
look at it. Can she get to that
stone, though? -- all the girls. I | 0:30:00 | 0:30:07 | |
think she's not confident of the ice
but she could give it a nice hack | 0:30:07 | 0:30:12 | |
weight but the girls are scared that
if they don't read the weight | 0:30:12 | 0:30:16 | |
properly and it comes in, it pushes
them in for shot but I think if you | 0:30:16 | 0:30:19 | |
play a firm weight. They are not
sure who is lying shot. We think it | 0:30:19 | 0:30:25 | |
is Denmark, the stone on the left.
Great Britain definitely lying at | 0:30:25 | 0:30:29 | |
worst second. Eve still thinks it is
us and it could well be so I think | 0:30:29 | 0:30:36 | |
she will do a draw and then we will
have a measure to see if we have | 0:30:36 | 0:30:40 | |
two. I have just turned my head
around, and she might be right? It | 0:30:40 | 0:30:45 | |
is often amazing what a tilt can do,
check it from a different angle! She | 0:30:45 | 0:30:49 | |
is convinced... They have got a
chance of two so she is guaranteeing | 0:30:49 | 0:30:57 | |
the one, here, and then hoping in
the measure we pick up two. Does not | 0:30:57 | 0:31:01 | |
want to take any risks or give one
away. Just drawing in. Going into | 0:31:01 | 0:31:08 | |
the four foot. She's played a nice
draw as well. So here we go, Great | 0:31:08 | 0:31:13 | |
Britain definitely have won and we
will see a measure to see if they | 0:31:13 | 0:31:16 | |
have two. Anna Sloan already asking
the judge to come out. It is close, | 0:31:16 | 0:31:21 | |
isn't it? | 0:31:21 | 0:31:26 | |
isn't it? Nice weight, Eve. There
won't be much in this. You have seen | 0:31:28 | 0:31:31 | |
some measures where you are
definitely favouring stone. I liked | 0:31:31 | 0:31:36 | |
the little foot movement from the
judge, then. I missed that. Some in | 0:31:36 | 0:31:41 | |
and out movement of the feet.
Brushing her feet. Yes, she will be | 0:31:41 | 0:31:46 | |
cleaning her feet before she comes
onto the ice. Hopefully we will get | 0:31:46 | 0:31:53 | |
a nice close-up. It would help if we
can see the dial on the top. It | 0:31:53 | 0:31:58 | |
moves so it should move the dial as
it comes passed the stone so they | 0:31:58 | 0:32:02 | |
will take a reading from the top of
the dial. You can see that. The | 0:32:02 | 0:32:09 | |
clock and moving, there. Oh, it is
yellow. I think she will have to do | 0:32:09 | 0:32:16 | |
that again. Yes, she's going back
again. That was very close. Between | 0:32:16 | 0:32:24 | |
the two. We have had measures where
it is very difficult and they can't | 0:32:24 | 0:32:28 | |
make a decision and they have to do
trike -- they have to try and catch | 0:32:28 | 0:32:34 | |
more or less of it to see. Come on,
show off the dial. Yes, that is | 0:32:34 | 0:32:41 | |
showing what, that does not help
because we did not see the reading | 0:32:41 | 0:32:45 | |
from a British perspective. Yeah,
well, it is two, for Great Britain. | 0:32:45 | 0:32:54 | |
It was very, very close, probably
millimetres in it. She has got a | 0:32:54 | 0:32:59 | |
good eye, that Eve Muirhead! The
measure coming out in Great | 0:32:59 | 0:33:04 | |
Britain's Faber, so well judged and
they pick up two in the second end | 0:33:04 | 0:33:08 | |
and they will now lead 2-1. -- Great
Britain's favour. Smart decision, | 0:33:08 | 0:33:14 | |
smart move, backed herself.
Listening to what they are saying, | 0:33:14 | 0:33:25 | |
there, I am sure they are feeling a
lot happier, though, two ends, | 0:33:25 | 0:33:30 | |
leading 2-1. | 0:33:30 | 0:33:36 | |
I mean, we are saying Eve judged
that well but you can't from that | 0:33:37 | 0:33:41 | |
point, none us could see exactly
what the outcome of the measure | 0:33:41 | 0:33:46 | |
could be. -- none of us. We knew it
would be close but I reckon there | 0:33:46 | 0:33:50 | |
was only two or three millimetres in
it. | 0:33:50 | 0:33:58 | |
So Korea not playing this morning,
three other matches. Switzerland are | 0:33:58 | 0:34:04 | |
playing Sweden. Olympic Athletes
from Russia playing the USA and | 0:34:04 | 0:34:11 | |
Japan paint China, Japan leading
2-1. Olympic Athletes from Russia | 0:34:11 | 0:34:18 | |
winning 2-1 and Sweden are leading
Switzerland after one end. | 0:34:18 | 0:34:28 | |
So Lauren Gray set us off in the
third end, the hammer now with | 0:34:34 | 0:34:38 | |
Denmark. | 0:34:38 | 0:34:43 | |
Denmark. Lauren of course the sister
of Logan, who has been in the | 0:34:44 | 0:34:50 | |
commentary box with Jackie and I.
Go, go! Try to put the guard right | 0:34:50 | 0:35:00 | |
in the front top of the house, a
foot or so short, well played, right | 0:35:00 | 0:35:04 | |
on the centre line. They are just
finding how much it is curling on | 0:35:04 | 0:35:11 | |
this | 0:35:11 | 0:35:16 | |
this sheet A, played some nice shots
in the previous end. This is | 0:35:17 | 0:35:20 | |
Mathilde Halse, the lead for
Denmark, 18, the vice skip, don't be | 0:35:20 | 0:35:26 | |
surprised in four years' time if she
is skipping this Danish team. | 0:35:26 | 0:35:32 | |
I suppose if you have been playing
lead, though, just trying to... Does | 0:35:37 | 0:35:45 | |
anyone skip as a lead? She would
change position, probably, but we | 0:35:45 | 0:35:51 | |
know that Cruise plays second for
Switzerland. Sometimes in teams, a | 0:35:51 | 0:35:58 | |
skip might play, if they are not
good at sweeping or they feel they | 0:35:58 | 0:36:00 | |
don't want to be doing that and they
are a good tactician, they will play | 0:36:00 | 0:36:04 | |
the first two stones. Sweden I
think, secrets and, when she played | 0:36:04 | 0:36:10 | |
in the Swedish team, she played lead
stone and they took the head. In | 0:36:10 | 0:36:16 | |
Great Britain Scotland, where most
of these girls come from, generally | 0:36:16 | 0:36:20 | |
speaking, we don't play that kind of
format but some of the Europeans do. | 0:36:20 | 0:36:28 | |
Played a nice shot, Mathilde Halse,
and Lauren Gray has got to get past | 0:36:28 | 0:36:31 | |
the guard. It is going to be tight.
Just catches it. | 0:36:31 | 0:36:42 | |
Sorry. Oh, it's OK. Bay are
apologising, maybe they should have | 0:36:42 | 0:36:49 | |
started sweeping it a tad earlier,
there. -- they are apologising. | 0:36:49 | 0:36:59 | |
So, Mathilde Halse, after a very
nice first shot. Trying to come | 0:37:04 | 0:37:09 | |
around again. This looks tight,
doesn't it? | 0:37:09 | 0:37:23 | |
OK, that is only a touch more, but
much more than... Give me a | 0:37:38 | 0:37:43 | |
fraction, Eve! Vicki Adams and the
rest of the team, in the break | 0:37:43 | 0:37:54 | |
between ends, were talking about
trying to get the steal. The way the | 0:37:54 | 0:38:00 | |
end developer, you never know how it
is going to develop, you need to | 0:38:00 | 0:38:03 | |
wait until a few stones in and then
see how it is panning out. | 0:38:03 | 0:38:11 | |
see how it is panning out. Five,
six. They have a nice set up at the | 0:38:11 | 0:38:18 | |
front, covering the four foot and
that is what you want to do when you | 0:38:18 | 0:38:21 | |
don't have the hammer. Good. Good.
That is a great attempt. Shot. They | 0:38:21 | 0:38:32 | |
need to start to clear away some of
the traffic out front. | 0:38:32 | 0:38:42 | |
In the match against Canada, we were
sort of half watching it, they were | 0:38:44 | 0:38:48 | |
almost, I'm not sure it was by
design but kept asking Rachel Homan | 0:38:48 | 0:38:53 | |
two draw at the end. There was a
couple where they had even left it | 0:38:53 | 0:38:57 | |
all the way down one side and she
just wasn't able to. Good try. | 0:38:57 | 0:39:03 | |
Landed up with two stones sitting
there. So, yeah. I'm not sure if it | 0:39:03 | 0:39:10 | |
was by design, but... A good skip
will try to force the opposition to | 0:39:10 | 0:39:13 | |
play the weaker shots, not that they
always have weaker shots but | 0:39:13 | 0:39:19 | |
generally somebody will be stronger
on one side or the other or they | 0:39:19 | 0:39:22 | |
prefer to play hitting rather than
draw. So we are in a nice position | 0:39:22 | 0:39:29 | |
at the moment, here. Just need to
try to get a high guard on, kind of | 0:39:29 | 0:39:34 | |
half covered, so they don't, they
can't just run it back into the | 0:39:34 | 0:39:40 | |
pack. Seven. Write in here. Seven,
eight. This is looking quite high at | 0:39:40 | 0:39:48 | |
the moment. Seven, seven, eight.
Seven is the middle. The turquoise | 0:39:48 | 0:39:55 | |
part of the house is four, the white
is five, the red is six and then the | 0:39:55 | 0:40:00 | |
centre is seven so the girls have
got them all called in zones so they | 0:40:00 | 0:40:04 | |
can shout and indicate to leave
where they think the stone will | 0:40:04 | 0:40:06 | |
finish. | 0:40:06 | 0:40:11 | |
finish. Yes, that is just about...
It has hit the red stone but you can | 0:40:11 | 0:40:19 | |
see by her face, there, it has left
a little nest as well for Denmark to | 0:40:19 | 0:40:23 | |
come into. | 0:40:23 | 0:40:30 | |
So playing second, Julie Hogh. | 0:40:30 | 0:40:40 | |
They really are starting to turn a
little bit now, as well. Right at | 0:40:45 | 0:40:50 | |
the end Budgie has done reasonably
well. That bridges stone just | 0:40:50 | 0:40:53 | |
sitting against the back stone. --
that British stone. Starting to get | 0:40:53 | 0:41:01 | |
crowded and that will make it more
difficult for Denmark. You want to | 0:41:01 | 0:41:05 | |
be an inch in! | 0:41:05 | 0:41:13 | |
be an inch in! So looking to hit the
red stone and just get a little flop | 0:41:13 | 0:41:15 | |
across. I am thinking just a hair
more, Eve. That can make all the | 0:41:15 | 0:41:26 | |
difference, you know, a hair more. I
know, we've seen it all week. It | 0:41:26 | 0:41:32 | |
depends whose hair it is, I guess.
It has got a chance here. Go, go. | 0:41:32 | 0:41:46 | |
Well, two Danish stones go, Great
Britain lying with four in there and | 0:41:46 | 0:41:50 | |
one or two tucked in behind the
front two stones. This starting to | 0:41:50 | 0:41:54 | |
develop quite nicely for Great
Britain. -- this end is starting. | 0:41:54 | 0:41:59 | |
Keeping it busy in there. | 0:41:59 | 0:42:08 | |
Too many stone paths -- stones for
Denmark's liking. She's got a good | 0:42:10 | 0:42:17 | |
result, there but Britain, still,
with stones to work with but what | 0:42:17 | 0:42:23 | |
she has done is cleared a route
through, and now it is much easier | 0:42:23 | 0:42:25 | |
for Denmark. Normal. Lying quite
nicely but she got a good result. | 0:42:25 | 0:42:40 | |
So they are just looking to take
that red stone out. Come across and | 0:42:41 | 0:42:47 | |
catch their own yellow and separate
them again. Clean. She won't want to | 0:42:47 | 0:42:55 | |
leave a nest in the corner because
that is to Denmark's advantage. | 0:42:55 | 0:43:01 | |
Yeah, that's good. A couple of good
shots from Anna Sloan. Watching | 0:43:01 | 0:43:07 | |
intently, there. You knew she was
kind of happy. She is capable of | 0:43:07 | 0:43:13 | |
letting the rest of the team know,
isn't she? We heard her at the other | 0:43:13 | 0:43:17 | |
end of the ice, very easily, and
quietly she was admiring that shot, | 0:43:17 | 0:43:22 | |
there. An opportunity now for
Denmark if they are going to be | 0:43:22 | 0:43:28 | |
offensive and play quite an
aggressive game, to draw up to one | 0:43:28 | 0:43:31 | |
of the corners, and freeze it but
there are four stones of Great | 0:43:31 | 0:43:36 | |
Britain in the house. It just
depends whether they are running a | 0:43:36 | 0:43:39 | |
bit scared. They have the option of
taking two of them out but then they | 0:43:39 | 0:43:43 | |
have no cover. The advantage is
sitting with Great Britain at the | 0:43:43 | 0:43:48 | |
moment. Whether these girls can play
the pressure shot and put a shot | 0:43:48 | 0:43:55 | |
just in the front, there, where
Madelyn is indicating. -- Madeleine. | 0:43:55 | 0:44:07 | |
How is Denise playing generally?
100% at the moment. 100% on | 0:44:07 | 0:44:14 | |
takeouts. That is all she has had.
Today? Just today. I was thinking | 0:44:14 | 0:44:21 | |
generally. You are putting me under
pressure now! The old computer. The | 0:44:21 | 0:44:28 | |
old computer system, here. | 0:44:28 | 0:44:36 | |
Hmm... She is 72% so far on her
take-outs. For the competition. So, | 0:44:42 | 0:44:54 | |
decision made. | 0:44:54 | 0:45:05 | |
It looks like they will try for a
hit and roll across with that ice. | 0:45:07 | 0:45:18 | |
She has given this plenty, to try
and move two... This is on the nose, | 0:45:22 | 0:45:26 | |
I think. And keeps going, keeps
going... Swept across by Eve | 0:45:26 | 0:45:34 | |
Muirhead, she is allowed to sweep
the opposition stone as long as it | 0:45:34 | 0:45:38 | |
is across the T-line. | 0:45:38 | 0:45:47 | |
is across the T-line. Was she
playing that heavy? She wanted to | 0:45:47 | 0:45:49 | |
catch much less of that. She must
have turned it in. Britain are lying | 0:45:49 | 0:46:03 | |
three here. | 0:46:03 | 0:46:08 | |
There is a chance, I think Eve would
like to protect the stone sat at the | 0:46:22 | 0:46:28 | |
back there. At the back of the red.
So she will try and get one out. In | 0:46:28 | 0:46:38 | |
front... This looks as though it is
coming in, right on the T-line. | 0:46:38 | 0:46:51 | |
-- | 0:46:59 | 0:47:05 | |
--. I was looking at whether or not
it was possible in terms of the | 0:47:05 | 0:47:12 | |
angles, but Eve was a little heavy
there. If she was level, there was a | 0:47:12 | 0:47:19 | |
great opportunity for Denmark there.
I think you will jam if you are | 0:47:19 | 0:47:25 | |
right on top of the angle that they
are sat at now. There is an | 0:47:25 | 0:47:30 | |
opportunity, hitting that. Watching
those hand signals, the signal | 0:47:30 | 0:47:34 | |
across her shoulder from Matilda
house gives you an indication of the | 0:47:34 | 0:47:46 | |
kind of weight they will apply here
-- Mathilde Halse. It will be | 0:47:46 | 0:47:50 | |
plenty. | 0:47:50 | 0:47:57 | |
plenty. The skip for Denmark,
Madeleine Dupont, trying to remove | 0:47:58 | 0:48:02 | |
perhaps three British stones here.
Get the advantage back. Always | 0:48:02 | 0:48:05 | |
likely to do that. She caught way
too much of the stone. Britain with | 0:48:05 | 0:48:14 | |
the ideal position to be in, to
force Denmark to take one. When you | 0:48:14 | 0:48:23 | |
have stones in the house, if you get
a big error, you never know. | 0:48:23 | 0:48:36 | |
a big error, you never know. You saw
where she was trying to place the | 0:48:36 | 0:48:38 | |
stone. You can learn a little from
the last one, hopefully... | 0:48:38 | 0:48:48 | |
the last one, hopefully... Take four
for -- take four foot of the last | 0:48:52 | 0:49:01 | |
1:..! It is those little
adjustments. Take one stone and that | 0:49:01 | 0:49:06 | |
time, you get it right. You
practised these shots every day. It | 0:49:06 | 0:49:13 | |
is about muscle memory... There is
still plenty on here... Too much | 0:49:13 | 0:49:23 | |
porridge for breakfast. Her leg
drive is a little strong this | 0:49:23 | 0:49:25 | |
morning. That is OK. That is the
object of the game. To force one, | 0:49:25 | 0:49:34 | |
that is what they have set up their
position to be. So, it could be one | 0:49:34 | 0:49:42 | |
for Denmark here. Or it could be a
hit and roll out. | 0:49:42 | 0:49:49 | |
hit and roll out. Mathilde Halse,
holding the brush and the head for | 0:49:53 | 0:49:57 | |
her skip. She is acting as the vice
skip for Madeleine Dupont. She never | 0:49:57 | 0:50:02 | |
quite takes off her jacket. Just
unzipped. It seems a little | 0:50:02 | 0:50:10 | |
untidy... Sleeves rolled up, she
means business! That would annoy me! | 0:50:10 | 0:50:18 | |
Lets see how it goes for the Danish
skip. Moving the British stones, | 0:50:18 | 0:50:25 | |
picking up one. That looks pretty
good, actually... It sits there. | 0:50:25 | 0:50:36 | |
That is a decent result for Great
Britain. Forcing one in the third | 0:50:36 | 0:50:40 | |
end. Denmark tying it up. 2-2 after
three. Some interesting headgear at | 0:50:40 | 0:50:52 | |
the Winter Olympics, as ever. It
isn't the biggest crowd in this | 0:50:52 | 0:50:57 | |
morning, Korea not playing in this
particular session. Some great | 0:50:57 | 0:51:03 | |
crowds, all the way through the
mixed doubles. Pretty fell in most | 0:51:03 | 0:51:08 | |
of the sessions for curling,
especially when Korea are playing. | 0:51:08 | 0:51:12 | |
Japan leading 3-2 over China, they
were three up. China picked up two | 0:51:12 | 0:51:18 | |
in the third end and given that
Japan are doing very well indeed, | 0:51:18 | 0:51:25 | |
continuing good form. They are are
going into a 2-1 lead, against the | 0:51:25 | 0:51:30 | |
USA, plenty of American fans
watching that one. Switzerland also | 0:51:30 | 0:51:35 | |
leading 2-1. | 0:51:35 | 0:51:41 | |
leading 2-1. Britain have full sets
one. Want to try and pick up two | 0:51:45 | 0:51:48 | |
again. | 0:51:48 | 0:51:56 | |
again. That will be very nice, thank
you.... | 0:51:57 | 0:52:02 | |
you.... The statistics of Mathilde
Halse have been partly affected by | 0:52:03 | 0:52:09 | |
the stone in the first match which
she sent sailing through the house. | 0:52:09 | 0:52:14 | |
The first couple then started
reasonably well for her team. | 0:52:14 | 0:52:20 | |
Lauren Gray has quietly been going
about her business. | 0:52:38 | 0:52:48 | |
about her business. Another corner
guard being put on. | 0:52:51 | 0:52:57 | |
guard being put on. It is a bit
chilly out there today. It bit | 0:53:02 | 0:53:05 | |
colder. We have had a couple of
slightly warmer days. Back outside, | 0:53:05 | 0:53:09 | |
it is much colder. That can make a
difference to the ice conditions. I | 0:53:09 | 0:53:16 | |
don't know if it has today. We have
very experienced ice technicians | 0:53:16 | 0:53:23 | |
here, two comedian and one from
Scotland. He had two weeks before | 0:53:23 | 0:53:28 | |
the Olympics began. Putting the ice
pad down, and making sure the | 0:53:28 | 0:53:32 | |
conditions were correct. | 0:53:32 | 0:53:37 | |
conditions were correct. And how
thick is the ice? Can you hear the | 0:53:37 | 0:53:44 | |
siren my voice? I've got no idea! A
couple of inches thick -- the | 0:53:44 | 0:53:50 | |
society in my voice. Perhaps an
inch? They do what they call a | 0:53:50 | 0:53:59 | |
flood, so a lot of water. As the
week progresses, they constant | 0:53:59 | 0:54:04 | |
pebble it, which is a quick dash of
water. Prepped before every game. As | 0:54:04 | 0:54:11 | |
the week goes on it will get more,
probably about an inch. Just | 0:54:11 | 0:54:20 | |
watching | 0:54:20 | 0:54:25 | |
watching that one, it did not turn
at all. It had too much on it. It | 0:54:25 | 0:54:29 | |
does not take curl. Th what she
wanted to do was to catch the red. | 0:54:29 | 0:54:36 | |
Roll it across in behind her own.
You are between the devil and the | 0:54:36 | 0:54:42 | |
deep blue sea but it isn't a
disaster. | 0:54:42 | 0:54:48 | |
disaster. Vicki Adams coming after
her, hopefully she can | 0:54:48 | 0:54:55 | |
her, hopefully she can make up.
These two youngsters from Denmark, | 0:54:55 | 0:55:08 | |
it's an incredible experience for
them. Both are only 18. | 0:55:08 | 0:55:16 | |
them. Both are only 18. Julie there,
catching the guard there. Eve | 0:55:16 | 0:55:23 | |
Muirhead, wanting to try and move
these two, if she can, to clear | 0:55:23 | 0:55:29 | |
things out front. They have the
hammer, the object is to keep that | 0:55:29 | 0:55:33 | |
four foot open. If she can remove
the two sculls, she will leave | 0:55:33 | 0:55:40 | |
herself two corners, something to
play with and create a two. | 0:55:40 | 0:55:47 | |
play with and create a two. A
partial success there. | 0:55:48 | 0:55:54 | |
partial success there. Catching a
little thin. | 0:55:57 | 0:56:02 | |
little thin. Denmark could have
chosen to take the corner guard off, | 0:56:03 | 0:56:09 | |
but they haven't. | 0:56:09 | 0:56:15 | |
but they haven't. They could have
taken the corner of there but they | 0:56:15 | 0:56:18 | |
haven't. They've chosen to put on a
centre. | 0:56:18 | 0:56:25 | |
Nicely done! CHUCKLES | 0:56:34 | 0:56:42 | |
I think whatever happens to Denmark
in this competition, he said that | 0:56:44 | 0:56:49 | |
more often in recent times, that mix
of experience and youth, if they | 0:56:49 | 0:56:54 | |
finish mid-table, they will go away
from these Olympic Games beating | 0:56:54 | 0:57:00 | |
Canada. That's always a good one to
get. A lovely shot, there. Vicki | 0:57:00 | 0:57:10 | |
Adams today, shooting and 90%s. | 0:57:10 | 0:57:21 | |
Adams today, shooting and 90%s. We
have left a centre guard there, | 0:57:21 | 0:57:25 | |
given something for Denmark to come
around. It doesn't matter if it is | 0:57:25 | 0:57:28 | |
their stone or our stone. We will
use it as protection. It is always | 0:57:28 | 0:57:33 | |
hours, driving onto the red stone. | 0:57:33 | 0:57:43 | |
Good shots being played this end by
both teams. | 0:57:47 | 0:57:59 | |
Anna Sloan's turn, to remove the
front guard. | 0:58:01 | 0:58:10 | |
front guard. Primary concern for Eve
Muirhead, wanting to build a chance | 0:58:12 | 0:58:16 | |
to get two here. Tying it up at 2-2.
A chance... A lovely shot! They've | 0:58:16 | 0:58:26 | |
taken it away, nicely. Anna Sloan...
It finishes just above the T-line | 0:58:26 | 0:58:36 | |
there. The horizontal line just
above the house. That means if | 0:58:36 | 0:58:42 | |
Denmark coming, they will have two
pump it back a little. That's what | 0:58:42 | 0:58:47 | |
they've got to do here. | 0:58:47 | 0:58:53 | |
they've got to do here. -- if
Denmark come in. Just taking a | 0:58:53 | 0:58:56 | |
little more ice. These two sisters
have played together for so long. | 0:58:56 | 0:59:02 | |
Their brother plays as well. Yes, he
does. | 0:59:02 | 0:59:11 | |
does. Quite often, you will find
they are curling families. Much like | 0:59:11 | 0:59:20 | |
Eve and her two brothers this week
as well. Just sliding back... Just | 0:59:20 | 0:59:27 | |
catching it a little on the way
through. That one not as accurate as | 0:59:27 | 0:59:32 | |
she would have liked. Not an easy,
easy shot. She has been playing | 0:59:32 | 0:59:38 | |
mainly takeouts this morning. The
second draw. | 0:59:38 | 0:59:47 | |
second draw. For Madeleine Dupont. | 0:59:47 | 0:59:54 | |
The girls have got a couple of
options and I think anywhere in the | 0:59:54 | 0:59:59 | |
top eight is good to use as a
protector. I think we will need | 0:59:59 | 1:00:03 | |
that. It will be close. | 1:00:03 | 1:00:13 | |
I think I am there. They have to be
careful, not go to the other side of | 1:00:22 | 1:00:27 | |
the sheet. A different type of
running. This said. Line only. | 1:00:27 | 1:00:34 | |
Seven, eight. The girls are calling
seven which means it is going to | 1:00:34 | 1:00:39 | |
come into the T-line. Sit on there.
It is all about the angles. That was | 1:00:39 | 1:00:50 | |
heavy. It really was. Its load up
nicely in the end and took the curl, | 1:00:50 | 1:00:58 | |
and then just tapped it slightly.
Still got that Danish stone... | 1:00:58 | 1:01:08 | |
Acting as a bit of a backstop. Yes,
she has finished nicely, let it | 1:01:08 | 1:01:14 | |
finish and come on to the top of the
yellow, there. It was all about the | 1:01:14 | 1:01:19 | |
angles. They did not want to sit too
far to the right-hand side of it | 1:01:19 | 1:01:23 | |
because you would have an easy hit.
-- you would have left. They're | 1:01:23 | 1:01:29 | |
being forced to come down with a
draw on the other side. -- Denmark | 1:01:29 | 1:01:33 | |
being. It is difficult because both
of the British stones are sitting T | 1:01:33 | 1:01:39 | |
high. Not easy to come and rest on
them. | 1:01:39 | 1:01:47 | |
So an opportunity for Great Britain,
Madeleine Dupont herself, her whole | 1:01:52 | 1:01:58 | |
tournament, not shooting
particularly well but she has | 1:01:58 | 1:02:01 | |
managed, certainly in the game
against Canada, Sam Powell -- | 1:02:01 | 1:02:07 | |
somehow they got a victory after two
straightforward defeats, and when I | 1:02:07 | 1:02:11 | |
is a straightforward, they were
never really in the previous two | 1:02:11 | 1:02:14 | |
matches. -- when I say
straightforward. | 1:02:14 | 1:02:22 | |
Wherever she places this, she does
not want it too far back. Oh, | 1:02:31 | 1:02:35 | |
actually, that is a very nice stone.
We've got to do similar to what you | 1:02:35 | 1:02:45 | |
did. Smiles all around for Denmark.
Try to move that do here. Similar to | 1:02:45 | 1:02:54 | |
what Anna did. Not too bothered
about wanting to be shot rock at the | 1:02:54 | 1:03:00 | |
moment, she just wanted to make sure
she was in the house and making it | 1:03:00 | 1:03:04 | |
difficult for Eve to get a steel
microgram here. All more than two, | 1:03:04 | 1:03:09 | |
sorry. I think the question, can she
make the double? It would jam | 1:03:09 | 1:03:19 | |
against the background, I think.
She's made life a bit more difficult | 1:03:19 | 1:03:22 | |
for Eve Muirhead. Because we are
lying shot just now so she gets to | 1:03:22 | 1:03:29 | |
make a move. She needs to play it. I
didn't think of that until I saw you | 1:03:29 | 1:03:34 | |
saying it. Let's just take it, just
the straight hand. Like this? The | 1:03:34 | 1:03:44 | |
double is always going onto the
back, isn't it? They are taking the | 1:03:44 | 1:03:48 | |
top yellow off to give themselves a
chance to do something with Eve's | 1:03:48 | 1:03:52 | |
last stone. It is always spitting it
anyway. I think depending on how she | 1:03:52 | 1:04:01 | |
gets it, it could go across the top,
sorry, I'm talking about Denise | 1:04:01 | 1:04:04 | |
playing the next stone, she would go
for the yellows. We are good. Nice | 1:04:04 | 1:04:16 | |
release. Good. Eve Muirhead trying
to make sure that she has got a | 1:04:16 | 1:04:25 | |
clear run in. Good. Now, what do
Denmark do? Great Britain are lying | 1:04:25 | 1:04:36 | |
shot, but the two look tempting for
Dupont. Will it jam against the back | 1:04:36 | 1:04:43 | |
red? She only has one stone coming
year. It really depends whether the | 1:04:43 | 1:04:49 | |
throwing stone finishes as well. One
stone, here. What she is thinking is | 1:04:49 | 1:04:57 | |
if she comes in there and catches
the top yellow when it is inside, as | 1:04:57 | 1:05:01 | |
it were, half on that stone and half
of the red stone, it will then catch | 1:05:01 | 1:05:06 | |
the second yellow stone much more
thinly and we will be able to | 1:05:06 | 1:05:10 | |
squeeze it out. Yes, squeeze it
sideways between the red stone 's | 1:05:10 | 1:05:14 | |
rather than back onto it. -- red
stones. Might be changing her mind | 1:05:14 | 1:05:21 | |
again. Trying to work out the
angles. This could be a big shock to | 1:05:21 | 1:05:29 | |
them. Eve would still be in a
position to draw in for won. As you | 1:05:29 | 1:05:36 | |
say, it depends whether they shoot
the ends up. She has to look at | 1:05:36 | 1:05:41 | |
where her shooter is going. This is
a big shot, here. | 1:05:41 | 1:05:54 | |
Go, go. Oh, it has just sat in
there, Great Britain with a chance | 1:05:57 | 1:06:08 | |
of two, here. She changed her mind
at the last minute and went for the | 1:06:08 | 1:06:11 | |
double takeout on the yellow. At
least I think she changed her mind | 1:06:11 | 1:06:15 | |
or maybe that is the way it ended
up. I think that is where she wanted | 1:06:15 | 1:06:19 | |
to go but she got too much of the
first yellow. She was opposed to | 1:06:19 | 1:06:24 | |
just catch the edge. It was a good
attempt but good news for Great | 1:06:24 | 1:06:29 | |
Britain because with that yellow
stone that is just biting on the | 1:06:29 | 1:06:32 | |
four foot on the left, that is lying
second and Eve can move the Danish | 1:06:32 | 1:06:36 | |
stone and sit right there and pick
up two in the fourth end, exactly | 1:06:36 | 1:06:42 | |
what she wanted. Having said that,
we said that earlier and she did not | 1:06:42 | 1:06:47 | |
deliver the stone she wanted in the
very first end, remember, when she | 1:06:47 | 1:06:51 | |
gave away the steal. Clean, clean!
Off, off, now. Just needs to turn a | 1:06:51 | 1:07:04 | |
little bit? Are we going to roll
comedy? That is the second time at | 1:07:04 | 1:07:13 | |
Amadu Eve Muirhead, it is one when
it should have been two, a | 1:07:13 | 1:07:16 | |
straightforward shot, she is annoyed
with herself, slapping the eyes with | 1:07:16 | 1:07:20 | |
a brush, Great Britain lead but it
could have been so much better. | 1:07:20 | 1:07:23 | |
After four ends, Great Britain 3-2
Denmark. Hopefully you will stay | 1:07:23 | 1:07:30 | |
with the curling. This is going to
be a tense match but overall the red | 1:07:30 | 1:07:34 | |
button, I can tell you that
qualification continues in the | 1:07:34 | 1:07:39 | |
women's ski slope style, with Katie
Summerhays and Izzy Atkin going | 1:07:39 | 1:07:41 | |
there. Conditions a lot colder today
outside. | 1:07:41 | 1:07:54 | |
Frustration. The sun is shining.
There have not been too many days | 1:07:56 | 1:08:02 | |
when the sun has not been shining,
here, you look out the window in the | 1:08:02 | 1:08:06 | |
morning and you think it is a
beautiful day. We actually look out | 1:08:06 | 1:08:09 | |
onto a beach. We on the coast, here.
You could be forgiven for thinking | 1:08:09 | 1:08:14 | |
you are in a nice summer resort,
until you step outside! Yes, if you | 1:08:14 | 1:08:19 | |
look at some of the pictures, it is
lovely and sunny but actually it is | 1:08:19 | 1:08:23 | |
bitterly cold out there. | 1:08:23 | 1:08:28 | |
Well, they have to let that not get
to them, particularly Eve Muirhead, | 1:08:29 | 1:08:35 | |
that was being set up nicely and
Eve, an two occasions now, as missed | 1:08:35 | 1:08:39 | |
fairly straightforward shots. They
are leading and again, you should | 1:08:39 | 1:08:45 | |
keep an eye on the scoreboard,
before you get too depressed about | 1:08:45 | 1:08:49 | |
things but it is frustrating if
nothing else. | 1:08:49 | 1:08:55 | |
Go, go. Finish hard, keep going. We
are saying that do, sells down. She | 1:08:56 | 1:09:03 | |
is going off to visit the little
ladies room. Years, Anna Sloan at | 1:09:03 | 1:09:08 | |
the head. It is unfortunate because
these are the bread and butter shots | 1:09:08 | 1:09:12 | |
that you practice, day in and day
out, finishing the end of, so she | 1:09:12 | 1:09:16 | |
will be disappointed but it is early
doors at it is just a small | 1:09:16 | 1:09:20 | |
correction she has to do make for
the conditions for throwing on the | 1:09:20 | 1:09:23 | |
ice conditions. Lauren Gray coming
up a tad short as well, quickly | 1:09:23 | 1:09:31 | |
bringing you up-to-date elsewhere,
Switzerland leading Sweden 4-2, | 1:09:31 | 1:09:34 | |
Sweden have had a good start to the
competition but down in that one. | 1:09:34 | 1:09:38 | |
And the USA have picked up two and
they are now leading against OAR, | 1:09:38 | 1:09:45 | |
the Olympic Athletes from Russia,
3-2 and Japan have picked up one to | 1:09:45 | 1:09:48 | |
go for- two up over China, Japan
heading the rankings at the moment. | 1:09:48 | 1:09:54 | |
-- 4-2 up. Great Britain would
dearly love to win this one to have | 1:09:54 | 1:09:57 | |
three wins and one loss after four,
the top four teams after the round | 1:09:57 | 1:10:02 | |
robin go to the semifinals and you
really want to make sure you don't | 1:10:02 | 1:10:05 | |
have any more than three defeats,
six wins and three defeats is | 1:10:05 | 1:10:10 | |
probably good enough to put you in
the top four, maybe five wins and | 1:10:10 | 1:10:13 | |
four. But then you are likely to be
in a tie and a tie-break. -- | 1:10:13 | 1:10:28 | |
tie-break matches are played to
break the tie. We are looking to | 1:10:28 | 1:10:34 | |
come right around behind these two
corners. You need to go. Get around | 1:10:34 | 1:10:42 | |
the head before Denmark do. Hard!
Trying to work this in, trying to | 1:10:42 | 1:10:48 | |
pull it into the centre as hard as
they can. As you can see, most of | 1:10:48 | 1:10:55 | |
that stone... If there is anybody at
home, sitting and relaxing after a | 1:10:55 | 1:11:03 | |
nice evening out and watching the
curling, feeling inspired to have a | 1:11:03 | 1:11:07 | |
shot at the curling, I think you can
go to the website, try curling, pop | 1:11:07 | 1:11:16 | |
in your postcode and book a match or
again, have a try. I'm sure to night | 1:11:16 | 1:11:19 | |
using Hugh Pym do anything if you
have been out and had a nice | 1:11:19 | 1:11:23 | |
evening. -- tonight, you think you
can do anything. And if you are | 1:11:23 | 1:11:27 | |
inspired to do anything else
sporting wise, go to BBC Get | 1:11:27 | 1:11:32 | |
Inspired. | 1:11:32 | 1:11:37 | |
Inspired. Every little bit of
exercise is good for us. We are | 1:11:37 | 1:11:42 | |
getting plenty, here, aren't we?
Walking through the site. It is a | 1:11:42 | 1:11:47 | |
big venue, the ice of course, down
here at the coast, the ice events. | 1:11:47 | 1:11:51 | |
Yeah, we're just sitting here most
of the day but I am still managing | 1:11:51 | 1:11:58 | |
to reach my walking target every day
and getting a gold star. I've got to | 1:11:58 | 1:12:02 | |
keep it up when I go back home.
Exacted, well done. Struggling on | 1:12:02 | 1:12:06 | |
this one, that one was hanging out,
very much the same as Lauren Gray, | 1:12:06 | 1:12:12 | |
Vicki Adams, having started well in
this match, asking what the wait was | 1:12:12 | 1:12:15 | |
like. A discussion going on between
Lauren and Eve. Lauren will be | 1:12:15 | 1:12:23 | |
checking herself if she is throwing
it properly or if Eve thinks the | 1:12:23 | 1:12:30 | |
conditions have slightly changed
because that can happen in a game. | 1:12:30 | 1:12:33 | |
You really can't take your eyes off
the ball at all. | 1:12:33 | 1:12:43 | |
Of course, we don't have the hammer,
here, Denmark do. They are behind | 1:12:46 | 1:12:54 | |
the cover at the moment but quite
close to the four foot so an | 1:12:54 | 1:12:57 | |
opportunity for us to freeze one in
if we get the chance to finish the | 1:12:57 | 1:13:01 | |
end for Denmark. Ended up tapping
that one in. Not really turning a | 1:13:01 | 1:13:10 | |
lot. The two youngsters have done
well here, for Denmark, helping keep | 1:13:10 | 1:13:14 | |
them in this, the skip is well
playing her part. Two 18-year-olds | 1:13:14 | 1:13:20 | |
playing lead and second and of
course, Eve Muirhead herself, back | 1:13:20 | 1:13:26 | |
in Vancouver, was just 19, her first
Olympic experience. Do you like this | 1:13:26 | 1:13:33 | |
rather than trying to run? OK. Vicki
just checking, Eve was convinced, | 1:13:33 | 1:13:40 | |
there is a great opportunity if you
can get one, just sitting on top of | 1:13:40 | 1:13:44 | |
that red, it would help close out
the end, make it a bit easier for us | 1:13:44 | 1:13:50 | |
to force a single. | 1:13:50 | 1:13:57 | |
The wait is good. This will be about
the weight, and they are saying the | 1:13:57 | 1:14:01 | |
line was good when she set. Don't
want to be back T, that is for sure, | 1:14:01 | 1:14:06 | |
is better. They can leave it until
the last minute, no bounce, no | 1:14:06 | 1:14:12 | |
doubt! It's going to get a little.
Nice try. | 1:14:12 | 1:14:23 | |
I think I've said it before as well,
it isn't always a race to get to | 1:14:23 | 1:14:28 | |
that first position, sitting on the
8-foot there, the high the Danish | 1:14:28 | 1:14:33 | |
team has been really good. They can
make a play, make a mistake. | 1:14:33 | 1:14:45 | |
make a play, make a mistake. So,
Julie Hogh... I hope I am | 1:14:45 | 1:14:47 | |
pronouncing her surname right...
Spreading them apart. What we have | 1:14:47 | 1:14:55 | |
to watch, she has made two errors
there. They are actually OK. She has | 1:14:55 | 1:15:01 | |
pushed her Danish stones into the
house, we have one yellow sat there | 1:15:01 | 1:15:06 | |
at the moment. We have been pulled
into the draw at this game here. | 1:15:06 | 1:15:13 | |
Sucked into the Danish strategy
here. You really need a guard on. | 1:15:13 | 1:15:22 | |
Eve right into it. | 1:15:22 | 1:15:31 | |
You can hear Eve Muirhead watching
it all the way. Deciding who sweeps | 1:15:36 | 1:15:39 | |
when. That is a great shot there.
Excellent, and has found her shots | 1:15:39 | 1:15:48 | |
today, a little more. We are
leading. It has been two stones from | 1:15:48 | 1:15:54 | |
Eve Muirhead. They have put a little
cloud over the performance so far | 1:15:54 | 1:16:01 | |
this morning. | 1:16:01 | 1:16:07 | |
We were on about these shots that
you make your opposition play. | 1:16:18 | 1:16:21 | |
Denise Dupont has had varied
success. She hasn't had to play many | 1:16:21 | 1:16:28 | |
draws. Doing well with her takeouts.
Finding the tax year. -- touch here. | 1:16:28 | 1:16:38 | |
Great Britain's shop... Think
Denmark lying second. These will get | 1:16:38 | 1:16:45 | |
moved around a little here. | 1:16:45 | 1:16:51 | |
moved around a little here. She
wants to hit and roll slightly but | 1:16:51 | 1:16:53 | |
not too far. She may have left...
Not a skinny double? Because it | 1:16:53 | 1:17:00 | |
would go on to a red. We see how we
catch this... It could be a chance. | 1:17:00 | 1:17:14 | |
Red you want to sit close to the
yellow, the opportunity for a double | 1:17:14 | 1:17:18 | |
for Denmark. You want to go to the
right-hand side. They are not | 1:17:18 | 1:17:24 | |
bothered if they roll out the house.
The yellow is not lying in the shop | 1:17:24 | 1:17:28 | |
position. -- shop position. It
forces a one or a two. -- shot | 1:17:28 | 1:17:38 | |
position. This is coming up on the
inside... | 1:17:38 | 1:17:51 | |
Where it has finished is OK, the
girls are saying that it works or | 1:18:04 | 1:18:09 | |
so. She cannot get a double in
there. She will push her own red | 1:18:09 | 1:18:14 | |
out. Her only option is to hit the
red that she is touching with her | 1:18:14 | 1:18:20 | |
brush at the moment... Her yellow?
Yes, sorry. | 1:18:20 | 1:18:30 | |
Denmark are hoping to respond,
having held Britain to having one in | 1:18:32 | 1:18:37 | |
the previous end. It was more of a
mistake from Eve Muirhead. Forcing | 1:18:37 | 1:18:41 | |
the issue. | 1:18:41 | 1:18:50 | |
the issue. Nothing to choose,
really, between these two. Although | 1:18:50 | 1:18:53 | |
this is a match that Great Britain
would expect to win. Nine times out | 1:18:53 | 1:18:57 | |
of ten and that they will have
Denmark beaten. They don't want this | 1:18:57 | 1:19:01 | |
to be the one where they don't. | 1:19:01 | 1:19:08 | |
to be the one where they don't. Does
not get the role across... A little | 1:19:09 | 1:19:14 | |
flash on the nose, that gives Eve
Muirhead a chance to ask for | 1:19:14 | 1:19:19 | |
something similar. Not quite there.
She is playing the stone, of course. | 1:19:19 | 1:19:26 | |
Two left. You can hear what they are
after, they want it right on the | 1:19:26 | 1:19:34 | |
nose. | 1:19:34 | 1:19:39 | |
nose. Making it increasingly
difficult for Denmark to come in | 1:19:39 | 1:19:42 | |
with the last stone. | 1:19:42 | 1:19:48 | |
Intently watching, Eve Muirhead. It
is really important to get this | 1:20:01 | 1:20:05 | |
straight on the nose... Well done. | 1:20:05 | 1:20:11 | |
Things are looking pretty good for
Great Britain at the moment, to | 1:20:38 | 1:20:41 | |
perhaps try and force just a one
here. It depends how Madeleine | 1:20:41 | 1:20:47 | |
captures this top yellow. | 1:20:47 | 1:20:56 | |
captures this top yellow. She has
done quite well, not making many | 1:20:56 | 1:20:58 | |
mistakes. Eve Muirhead hasn't quite
managed to make those fairly | 1:20:58 | 1:21:04 | |
straightforward shots. Now,
Madeleine Dupont trying to rescue | 1:21:04 | 1:21:08 | |
something for her team in this end.
Great Britain still with the second | 1:21:08 | 1:21:18 | |
stone there. Getting increasingly
more protected. What does Eve do | 1:21:18 | 1:21:24 | |
here? | 1:21:24 | 1:21:29 | |
She is worried that there is only
one yellow in there. She has to be | 1:21:37 | 1:21:44 | |
careful that there isn't a raise, or
that Denmark could play. She may | 1:21:44 | 1:21:49 | |
want to get a second shot in the
house. | 1:21:49 | 1:21:55 | |
These are important discussions. At
the end of the day, Eve needs to be | 1:22:14 | 1:22:19 | |
comfortable with the shot that she
chooses. If Madelyn tries a run on | 1:22:19 | 1:22:27 | |
the centre... | 1:22:27 | 1:22:32 | |
the centre... Eve's second shot,
they are quite critical, they could | 1:22:32 | 1:22:40 | |
get something in. She needs to get
this right in, through the gap, on | 1:22:40 | 1:22:45 | |
the center line. The weight and the
line, as ever, a combination of the | 1:22:45 | 1:22:53 | |
two. Eve Muirhead needs to find a
good shot this time. A little look | 1:22:53 | 1:23:04 | |
back for Vicki Adams, as if to say,
what did you say? They need to know | 1:23:04 | 1:23:09 | |
what to do with this. | 1:23:09 | 1:23:18 | |
what to do with this. They are
trying for the red... Too much on | 1:23:18 | 1:23:21 | |
it. Catching the red. | 1:23:21 | 1:23:31 | |
it. Catching the red. Denmark have
one shot here. Do they try and draw | 1:23:31 | 1:23:34 | |
for two? It is a difficult shot. Eve
Muirhead looks as though she is | 1:23:34 | 1:23:42 | |
fuming with herself. This much is
fairly evenly poised. If Denmark tie | 1:23:42 | 1:23:50 | |
this appear, and even if they get
two, they will be one ahead but it | 1:23:50 | 1:23:54 | |
is the British skip. She will want
to successfully execute a stone in, | 1:23:54 | 1:24:01 | |
and sit where she wants to sit. It
is a very difficult shot. The yellow | 1:24:01 | 1:24:08 | |
is, I think, going to jam on the
red. She is in danger of giving us a | 1:24:08 | 1:24:16 | |
shot. She needs to be careful here.
It is risk versus reward. They are | 1:24:16 | 1:24:24 | |
one down, you wonder whether you can
take the one and not do anything | 1:24:24 | 1:24:29 | |
silly. She could get it here. Paying
heavy there. Coming through that | 1:24:29 | 1:24:36 | |
line she needs to follow. She has
been given the same ice by her vice | 1:24:36 | 1:24:44 | |
skip and they will be attempting a
better shot than Eve Muirhead | 1:24:44 | 1:24:48 | |
managed a moment or two ago. | 1:24:48 | 1:24:55 | |
managed a moment or two ago. This
one is high... Needs to move, and | 1:24:55 | 1:25:02 | |
begins to turn now. It's a chance,
it will catch... It didn't. Still | 1:25:02 | 1:25:06 | |
moving! They needed to catch, it
isn't good enough. It is one for | 1:25:06 | 1:25:13 | |
Denmark and in the end it didn't
work out badly for Great Britain. At | 1:25:13 | 1:25:19 | |
the end of five ends, we are halfway
through the match. One shot for | 1:25:19 | 1:25:22 | |
Denmark in the fifth end. 3-3, the
snacks come out. While they have | 1:25:22 | 1:25:29 | |
their snacks, we will go back over
to Radzi and see what is going on | 1:25:29 | 1:25:32 | |
elsewhere... | 1:25:32 | 1:25:37 | |
elsewhere... RADZI: Over on the red
button, we have the ski slopestyle. | 1:25:40 | 1:25:48 | |
The super-g is also starting at | 1:25:48 | 1:25:54 | |
3am. Bear with me here, Katie,
Christie, Izzy, Lizzie and Dizzy! We | 1:26:00 | 1:26:12 | |
have speed skating, ski, skeleton
and slopestyle, happening throughout | 1:26:12 | 1:26:16 | |
Day number eight, it will be a super
Saturday for Team GB. Get in touch | 1:26:16 | 1:26:22 | |
using our hashtag, many of you have
got in touch. Let us know and | 1:26:22 | 1:26:28 | |
recreate some of the Olympic sports
that you have seen. You have outdone | 1:26:28 | 1:26:31 | |
yourself! Dan says that this is his
uncle doing the skeleton! Fair play | 1:26:31 | 1:26:37 | |
to him... I spoke to Dom Parsons,
the brand-new skeleton men's bronze | 1:26:37 | 1:26:44 | |
medallist, he said he used to
practice in the kitchen with a bowl | 1:26:44 | 1:26:47 | |
on his head! Louise Cenk Tosun,
saying that her eight-month-old is | 1:26:47 | 1:26:52 | |
in practice for the future Olympics
while watching the skeleton. Look at | 1:26:52 | 1:26:57 | |
that former! We have a future
skeleton champion in the making. The | 1:26:57 | 1:27:03 | |
final two runs of the women's
skeleton take place at 11:20am on | 1:27:03 | 1:27:08 | |
BBC run. -- BBC One. These are the
boys in the North Sea crude, on the | 1:27:08 | 1:27:16 | |
night shift. Who needs a 20 kilo
stone when you have an electric fan! | 1:27:16 | 1:27:24 | |
That must be the manager there,
standing and observing while | 1:27:24 | 1:27:28 | |
everyone else does the hard work!
The action that has been taking | 1:27:28 | 1:27:37 | |
place on BBC One has been the
curling. It has been very close. It | 1:27:37 | 1:27:42 | |
is currently 3-3, lets talk to the
commentators now. Steve and Jackie. | 1:27:42 | 1:27:47 | |
What have you made of the GB women
so far? It is a little indifferent. | 1:27:47 | 1:27:53 | |
They would have expected to win
against Denmark. Nine times out of | 1:27:53 | 1:27:57 | |
ten they think they have been
Denmark. They had a big victory last | 1:27:57 | 1:28:01 | |
night against Canada, their
confidence would have been picked up | 1:28:01 | 1:28:04 | |
by that. Eve has been a little off.
3-3, we shouldn't be despondent. It | 1:28:04 | 1:28:14 | |
is a full week. It is a marathon.
Our counterparts on the next | 1:28:14 | 1:28:18 | |
commentary position, the China match
isn't doing very well. Or she has | 1:28:18 | 1:28:23 | |
fallen asleep! You had to look at
the whole week, and don't get down | 1:28:23 | 1:28:29 | |
about how things are going here. But
even needs to pick up her game. She | 1:28:29 | 1:28:35 | |
looked frustrated at points in that
match? Yes, it is all down to Eve at | 1:28:35 | 1:28:43 | |
the moment. We saw her take yourself
off the ice. She may go to the | 1:28:43 | 1:28:47 | |
bathroom and have a word with
herself. She came on and overthrew | 1:28:47 | 1:28:52 | |
the draw. The break will be crucial.
She will use her fifth man, use her | 1:28:52 | 1:28:58 | |
team and use her coach to advise
her. How she starts this sixth end. | 1:28:58 | 1:29:04 | |
We have a lot of the game to go.
They can definitely pick it up. We | 1:29:04 | 1:29:09 | |
need the top four to qualify, how
difficult will that be? It shouldn't | 1:29:09 | 1:29:15 | |
be that difficult. The team have
come here with a real expectation to | 1:29:15 | 1:29:19 | |
get to the gold medal match. They
started OK. Two wins and one defeat. | 1:29:19 | 1:29:27 | |
The defeat was disappointing, but it
is going to happen. You will have | 1:29:27 | 1:29:31 | |
the odd game in the week that does
not go your way. You lose to a team | 1:29:31 | 1:29:35 | |
you may expect to beat but we are in
a better position to Canada. They | 1:29:35 | 1:29:39 | |
are the gold favourites, losing all
of their first three matches. A win | 1:29:39 | 1:29:46 | |
today, we play against Korea
tonight. They looked at picking up | 1:29:46 | 1:29:50 | |
two wins today. Then you have four
and one, sitting in a good position | 1:29:50 | 1:29:55 | |
but they've got work to do here...
And I suppose when we talk about | 1:29:55 | 1:30:01 | |
Eve, we think of someone very young
but she is very experienced, how did | 1:30:01 | 1:30:05 | |
she get into the gold medal match?
You are right, she is so | 1:30:05 | 1:30:12 | |
experienced. In her first Olympic
Games she was 19 but before that she | 1:30:12 | 1:30:18 | |
had Genia medals under her belt. She
needs to remember what got her here. | 1:30:18 | 1:30:23 | |
It was her talent and dedication. It
was her training and going home from | 1:30:23 | 1:30:27 | |
the game at night and settling down,
just positive thinking, all the time | 1:30:27 | 1:30:32 | |
and that will be enough for the
girls to believe in themselves, play | 1:30:32 | 1:30:36 | |
good shots, make the shot matter and
win some games here. We can see the | 1:30:36 | 1:30:42 | |
action has started again. Thank you
to both of you for your insight. | 1:30:42 | 1:30:45 | |
Back over to you. | 1:30:45 | 1:30:49 | |
COMMENTATOR: They need to but the
first half behind them, it is like | 1:30:49 | 1:30:53 | |
0-0 at half-time and you think, OK,
let's go out and play our game, we | 1:30:53 | 1:30:58 | |
can win this by just making our
shots, not worrying about the | 1:30:58 | 1:31:04 | |
opposition and if they do that, they
will be fine, just put it behind | 1:31:04 | 1:31:08 | |
you, start again and there's been no
damage, you did not play well but | 1:31:08 | 1:31:13 | |
there's no damage. We are very
critical sometimes and it is just | 1:31:13 | 1:31:18 | |
small, small margins but that is the
difference between winning and | 1:31:18 | 1:31:20 | |
losing at this Olympic Games. We
know Eve Muirhead can play these | 1:31:20 | 1:31:25 | |
shots with her eyes shut, day in,
day out. Let's hope the pressure is | 1:31:25 | 1:31:30 | |
not getting to her because that is
the big thing as an athlete, the | 1:31:30 | 1:31:33 | |
more successful you get, the harder,
the more pressure that gets put on | 1:31:33 | 1:31:39 | |
top of you but generally, at the end
of the day you're putting pressure | 1:31:39 | 1:31:43 | |
on yourself, no one else is doing it
to you and it is how you manage it | 1:31:43 | 1:31:47 | |
mentally. Just to refresh your
memory, as it were, if you are | 1:31:47 | 1:31:52 | |
either coming in, and you are just
picking up some curling for the | 1:31:52 | 1:31:58 | |
first time during these Winter
Olympics, ten ends, Great Britain | 1:31:58 | 1:32:03 | |
with the hammer in the sixth end, if
it went that way right the way | 1:32:03 | 1:32:07 | |
through, great Brymer -- Great
Britain would have the hammer in a | 1:32:07 | 1:32:13 | |
sixth, eighth and tenth, does not
always happen that way but would be | 1:32:13 | 1:32:15 | |
good to have the hammer in the final
end, the way the match is playing | 1:32:15 | 1:32:18 | |
out, pretty tight. So important to
get a win coming year. Quickly, | 1:32:18 | 1:32:23 | |
scores elsewhere because we are
watching the other teams, it is | 1:32:23 | 1:32:26 | |
important for the round robin table,
Japan, who are top at the moment, | 1:32:26 | 1:32:32 | |
with three wins, leading 4-3 over
China, another close match, China | 1:32:32 | 1:32:37 | |
getting back into it, OAR and the
USA having a real puzzle, 4-3 in | 1:32:37 | 1:32:41 | |
favour of the USA and Switzerland
are leading Sweden, who will also be | 1:32:41 | 1:32:44 | |
a danger or could be, in fact, both
of those teams, both would have come | 1:32:44 | 1:32:51 | |
here with medal hopes and
Switzerland leading 4-2. | 1:32:51 | 1:32:59 | |
Switzerland leading 4-2. I'm going
positive back there, let it run. | 1:32:59 | 1:33:03 | |
Julie Hogh. You have not read the
Danish way of life, you know, the | 1:33:03 | 1:33:11 | |
worklife balance, what it is called
-- what is it called, hygge? I have | 1:33:11 | 1:33:20 | |
not. Something about worklife
balance. -- it is all about. Rod | 1:33:20 | 1:33:25 | |
something I have got down to a T.
They are very into it in Denmark, | 1:33:25 | 1:33:30 | |
hygge, I think it is about cuddling
up with a warm blanket or something, | 1:33:30 | 1:33:33 | |
watch the telly and don't go to
work, I think that is what the | 1:33:33 | 1:33:39 | |
worklife balance is about. You see,
I would love that. No wonder you are | 1:33:39 | 1:33:45 | |
happy. | 1:33:45 | 1:33:52 | |
So we're going to try to come around
behind the guard that Lauren put on, | 1:33:55 | 1:34:02 | |
there. We just needed to stop. Sit
down on the T-line, would be good | 1:34:02 | 1:34:07 | |
now. | 1:34:07 | 1:34:10 | |
Yeah, just a bit of a heavy run and
that has brought it right out the | 1:34:14 | 1:34:18 | |
other side, so Denmark can see that
quite easily. | 1:34:18 | 1:34:25 | |
For the second time, Lauren coming
out the other side. The second from | 1:34:25 | 1:34:34 | |
Julie Hogh, here. | 1:34:34 | 1:34:37 | |
Somebody sitting at home who knows
how to pronounce this properly is | 1:34:48 | 1:34:51 | |
laughing. So is Jackie. | 1:34:51 | 1:34:57 | |
H-o-e-g-h, that is how the BBC
pronunciation department has it. | 1:35:06 | 1:35:12 | |
Vicki Adams, just trying to get
something going, here. Have not | 1:35:12 | 1:35:18 | |
really manage to, yet, in the sixth
end, Great Britain with the hammer. | 1:35:18 | 1:35:27 | |
This might be a bit better, just
squeezing past the guard, still | 1:35:27 | 1:35:31 | |
going to come in. | 1:35:31 | 1:35:38 | |
going to come in. That is a good
attempt, that prevents... Not easy | 1:35:38 | 1:35:42 | |
to shift that. Hoping they have come
far enough up to try and force | 1:35:42 | 1:35:48 | |
Denmark to take the back one as
well. | 1:35:48 | 1:35:52 | |
So Denise Dupont, this is where she
has been excelling, actually, she | 1:35:58 | 1:36:06 | |
has been playing her take out very
well indeed. | 1:36:06 | 1:36:10 | |
Picks it away nicely. Another chance
for Britain to replace that and | 1:36:14 | 1:36:21 | |
better it. If they can just get it
biting at the eight T high. Right | 1:36:21 | 1:36:30 | |
round in behind the guard. -- at the
8-foot, T high. It would make it | 1:36:30 | 1:36:36 | |
hard for Denmark to follow. We have
had two, now three attempts to come | 1:36:36 | 1:36:44 | |
down, here, Anna Sloan, trying to
get it right. No line and wrong | 1:36:44 | 1:36:50 | |
weight at the moment. The line is
close. But this turns the end. And | 1:36:50 | 1:36:58 | |
the weight comes off it, it really
is turning. It has got a chance but | 1:36:58 | 1:37:02 | |
it is going to slide by. Actually
it's dug in, not bad. Just about | 1:37:02 | 1:37:08 | |
hung in. The girls had to wait a
long time for that one to come | 1:37:08 | 1:37:13 | |
across the line. | 1:37:13 | 1:37:16 | |
So we are lying in second shot at
the moment. Denmark are going to try | 1:37:19 | 1:37:25 | |
to follow that in an better it. --
and better it. They want to lie two | 1:37:25 | 1:37:32 | |
shots to make it difficult for Great
Britain to pick up a two. She took a | 1:37:32 | 1:37:37 | |
lot less ice, there. And much more
running budgie has the opportunity | 1:37:37 | 1:37:42 | |
of April... Actually, it won't pull.
Just a bit more weight, you see. | 1:37:42 | 1:37:47 | |
That has worked out well for Great
Britain. | 1:37:47 | 1:37:54 | |
Britain. Yeah, good call, I think,
come round that again, sit on the | 1:37:55 | 1:37:59 | |
8-foot, where we were going to sit
the first time. The eight foot being | 1:37:59 | 1:38:04 | |
the white part of the circles in the
house. | 1:38:04 | 1:38:14 | |
Answers on a postcard if you know
what a smidge this is. I use that | 1:38:15 | 1:38:20 | |
word a lot, smidgen, actually. A
smidgen is even less than a smidge! | 1:38:20 | 1:38:32 | |
So these two sweepers are
controlling, well, they are not | 1:38:33 | 1:38:36 | |
controlling the weight, they are
just keeping an eye on what it is | 1:38:36 | 1:38:39 | |
doing. If they can just finished
this fully into the 8-foot, if they | 1:38:39 | 1:38:43 | |
can get it to bite on the eight
foot, I can't see through Vicki | 1:38:43 | 1:38:48 | |
Adams... | 1:38:48 | 1:38:49 | |
foot, I can't see through Vicki
That is a great shot. In line with | 1:38:49 | 1:38:52 | |
the guard, come in just enough, well
swept, says Anna Sloan, good bit of | 1:38:52 | 1:38:56 | |
teamwork. We have got the hammer. We
are setting up the end well, it is | 1:38:56 | 1:39:02 | |
not a rush to get the centre one, it
is about setting up stones in behind | 1:39:02 | 1:39:06 | |
guards, waiting for a mistake from
Denmark so you can capitalise on the | 1:39:06 | 1:39:11 | |
centre red. It would be a good time
to get a two, in the sixth. This | 1:39:11 | 1:39:21 | |
match is much closer, well, closer
than it should be, really. Certainly | 1:39:21 | 1:39:25 | |
closer than they would want. So the
yellow guard is really high is so | 1:39:25 | 1:39:32 | |
Madeleine Dupont can play a nice,
controlled weight, as long as she | 1:39:32 | 1:39:37 | |
gets past the top guard, she should
be able to hit the yellow in the | 1:39:37 | 1:39:41 | |
house. Much tighter line, it has
obviously got the weight but has it | 1:39:41 | 1:39:45 | |
got by? She hasn't! It looked much
tighter, we have got a good look | 1:39:45 | 1:39:51 | |
coming down this side, they are on
the far rink and we are sitting | 1:39:51 | 1:39:54 | |
mooring line, well, almost halfway
between the two sheets of ice, | 1:39:54 | 1:40:02 | |
letter a and B. -- we sitting more
in line. Well, that was mistakenly | 1:40:02 | 1:40:07 | |
said force a mistake, we have not
seen many from the Danish skip up | 1:40:07 | 1:40:10 | |
until this point, it is more Eve
Muirhead who has been slipping up | 1:40:10 | 1:40:13 | |
but an opportunity, here. This is
when you want your skip to really... | 1:40:13 | 1:40:22 | |
Yeah, so the guys are looking for
this on the nose and I would have | 1:40:22 | 1:40:25 | |
been tempted to roll a little bit...
Behind. Actually, no, don't bring | 1:40:25 | 1:40:30 | |
them to the left-hand side because
then it is much easier for a hit, | 1:40:30 | 1:40:34 | |
hit, hit on the yellows, take it to
the other side, keep the separation. | 1:40:34 | 1:40:41 | |
Great Britain lying second and third
shot come here but Eve Muirhead will | 1:40:41 | 1:40:44 | |
want to make it lying three, with
one more stone for Denmark. Of | 1:40:44 | 1:40:50 | |
course, even with the last stone.
Just nice, as long as it lies for | 1:40:50 | 1:40:59 | |
third shot, we are in a pretty good
position. Hitting it right on the | 1:40:59 | 1:41:03 | |
nose, this. She could try and take
those two but it would not improve | 1:41:03 | 1:41:10 | |
things that much. She obviously
wants to try to limit Britain to a | 1:41:10 | 1:41:16 | |
single, make Eve's job as difficult
as possible, she would like to lie | 1:41:16 | 1:41:22 | |
shot, and if you can tuck it in
behind. There is no easy double for | 1:41:22 | 1:41:27 | |
her to lie, definitely at this
stage, it could be a nice two, for | 1:41:27 | 1:41:31 | |
Great Britain, here. | 1:41:31 | 1:41:40 | |
She can play be sent a yellow and a
little role in behind the yellow at | 1:41:43 | 1:41:47 | |
the top of the house. Yes... Looked
as though she was... Not quite sure | 1:41:47 | 1:41:59 | |
she would do what... I think she has
chosen to take the top yellow and | 1:41:59 | 1:42:03 | |
maybe the back... And the back one.
Will that change things? It could | 1:42:03 | 1:42:09 | |
jam, actually. It seems a strange
choice of shot, here. | 1:42:09 | 1:42:21 | |
Getting caught betwixt and between.
Again, a double, a skinny double. | 1:42:21 | 1:42:26 | |
She did well, there. I'm not sure
that was what she calls. But it | 1:42:26 | 1:42:35 | |
worked out well. However,... We have
a simple hit on the nose for a two. | 1:42:35 | 1:42:43 | |
We said that before, remember she
had the chance for that and she | 1:42:43 | 1:42:46 | |
rolled out? On two occasions, Eve
has had a very straightforward shot. | 1:42:46 | 1:42:54 | |
Once it was to take two and she lost
the steel Micro, gave away the steel | 1:42:54 | 1:42:59 | |
Micro in the first end as well. --
the steal. Gave away the steal in | 1:42:59 | 1:43:07 | |
the first end as well. Determined
look from the British skip to get | 1:43:07 | 1:43:12 | |
this right, straightforward shot,
get your two. This looks better. It | 1:43:12 | 1:43:19 | |
is very straight down that side of
the sheet, that was a nice row, just | 1:43:19 | 1:43:23 | |
what we were looking for. Well, Eve
gets heard two which will make her | 1:43:23 | 1:43:28 | |
feel a lot better and it's a much
better situation for Great Britain, | 1:43:28 | 1:43:31 | |
it was a good shot and we will say
it was a good shot from Madeleine | 1:43:31 | 1:43:34 | |
Dupont to take out two British
stones but nothing she could do | 1:43:34 | 1:43:37 | |
about the other one which meant that
Eve Muirhead, with a straightforward | 1:43:37 | 1:43:42 | |
hit, picking up two and Great
Britain leading 5-3 after six ends. | 1:43:42 | 1:43:48 | |
Elsewhere, Japan 5-3 over China,
still a close match, the other two | 1:43:48 | 1:43:53 | |
matches, also close. Switzerland
leading Sweden 4-3 and the USA | 1:43:53 | 1:43:56 | |
leading OAR, Olympic Athletes from
Russia, 4-3. | 1:43:56 | 1:44:06 | |
It is about half full in here
today... A great atmosphere. There | 1:44:12 | 1:44:17 | |
was a lot of hollering last night,
the USA had a good performance in | 1:44:17 | 1:44:22 | |
the men's competition. Saturday
morning, it has been a holiday | 1:44:22 | 1:44:28 | |
period here yesterday. | 1:44:28 | 1:44:38 | |
period here yesterday. Looking down
the seats, I can see a youngster who | 1:44:38 | 1:44:40 | |
is fast asleep. Brought out to watch
the curling. He has a blanket. He | 1:44:40 | 1:44:49 | |
has fallen asleep... Just dozing.
Anyway... Exciting here, it depends | 1:44:49 | 1:44:57 | |
on which match you are watching.
They are all close, the USA have | 1:44:57 | 1:45:06 | |
tidied up, Great Britain now, they
need to concentrate. They have got | 1:45:06 | 1:45:09 | |
the lead. The tenth and the eighth,
it goes where the scoring goes at | 1:45:09 | 1:45:16 | |
each end. No more mistakes. | 1:45:16 | 1:45:30 | |
Mathilde Halse. This may have extra
on it. | 1:45:35 | 1:45:42 | |
Not what she wanted... She would
have wanted to have stopped outside | 1:45:48 | 1:45:51 | |
of the house. We are playing the
three guards own rule. | 1:45:51 | 1:46:01 | |
three guards own rule. Not in the
house, they cannot be removed. | 1:46:01 | 1:46:06 | |
Lauren is allowed to take it out. A
nice hit and stick, that is what we | 1:46:06 | 1:46:13 | |
are looking for. Good line, it stays
there. A good start at this end. | 1:46:13 | 1:46:22 | |
Plenty of stones left. A mistake at
the beginning. Sometimes people | 1:46:22 | 1:46:29 | |
think that the leads are not doing
much there but if you lead, make a | 1:46:29 | 1:46:33 | |
couple of mistakes... And it could
make life very difficult, especially | 1:46:33 | 1:46:39 | |
as you are trying to score. Always
an option as well, for skip or blank | 1:46:39 | 1:46:46 | |
and end. That was just about
catching it. Always an option. Carry | 1:46:46 | 1:46:54 | |
the hammer through. You can retain
the hammer. If you weren't watching | 1:46:54 | 1:47:01 | |
any of the mixed doubles, the new
competition, Canada won the gold | 1:47:01 | 1:47:06 | |
medal in it. It is new to the
Olympic Games. One man, one woman. | 1:47:06 | 1:47:13 | |
It ends, more time taken between the
shots. | 1:47:13 | 1:47:22 | |
shots. One of the features there is
that the hammer does not go with | 1:47:23 | 1:47:25 | |
you. It just misses. | 1:47:25 | 1:47:34 | |
you. It just misses. Just wanted to
take the Danish stone away. | 1:47:39 | 1:47:45 | |
1-1 in terms of the mistakes here. | 1:47:51 | 1:47:57 | |
Nothing out the front... They are
putting a corner guard up? I love | 1:48:01 | 1:48:17 | |
the dynamic between the players.
When we talked about mixed doubles, | 1:48:17 | 1:48:21 | |
it was fascinating. We had married
couples, engaged couples, brothers | 1:48:21 | 1:48:26 | |
and sisters, with only two people.
It was interesting. And watching | 1:48:26 | 1:48:30 | |
this, the young vice skip, | 1:48:30 | 1:48:39 | |
this, the young vice skip, Mathilde
Halse Krakow is contributing a lot. | 1:48:40 | 1:48:52 | |
I think nowadays... Probably just
top 12? They seem to be running a | 1:48:52 | 1:49:03 | |
little bit further than anticipated.
All of these players have two be | 1:49:03 | 1:49:12 | |
aware of the strategy that you are
going to play. | 1:49:12 | 1:49:19 | |
going to play. Quite often, many
years ago, if you were down the | 1:49:19 | 1:49:21 | |
bottom, you do not see it is all
down to the team. The skip and the | 1:49:21 | 1:49:29 | |
vice skip. Everybody should be
aware, know what they are doing and | 1:49:29 | 1:49:32 | |
speak their mind of possible. It is
about the team dynamic. | 1:49:32 | 1:49:41 | |
about the team dynamic. So, we are
on the first and the third shot | 1:49:41 | 1:49:44 | |
there. It is critical to have two
in-house. Keep Denmark away from the | 1:49:44 | 1:49:52 | |
other yellow stone. Which is in the
centre. This needs to move a bit... | 1:49:52 | 1:49:58 | |
Yes. It just turned enough at the
end. We were watching, I think it is | 1:49:58 | 1:50:05 | |
close. I bet she was worried for a
short while. | 1:50:05 | 1:50:14 | |
Easy, normal, that is what we heard.
They have a time that they play | 1:50:23 | 1:50:29 | |
constantly for. An easy hitting
shot. | 1:50:29 | 1:50:41 | |
That is excellent. Good! | 1:50:42 | 1:50:55 | |
Great Britain keeping a bit of
control of this end here. Denmark | 1:50:57 | 1:51:02 | |
having to follow through each time.
Ooh... | 1:51:02 | 1:51:16 | |
Ooh... Does not take it out.
Catching it thin. | 1:51:17 | 1:51:28 | |
Catching it thin. Make sure that you
are wide enough... That is good. We | 1:51:28 | 1:51:35 | |
know it is up to speed. | 1:51:35 | 1:51:41 | |
know it is up to speed. Denise
Dupont, in particular, she is | 1:51:41 | 1:51:47 | |
playing takeouts with some weight
and things. Doing well in the draw, | 1:51:47 | 1:51:55 | |
or shot with a little less weight
there. | 1:51:55 | 1:52:07 | |
This looks like it had a lot of
running on it. Wanted to be on the | 1:52:07 | 1:52:12 | |
T-line. They are going to try and
take this as far back as possible. | 1:52:12 | 1:52:19 | |
They don't want to leave it... That
is a shame. They left the nest | 1:52:19 | 1:52:25 | |
there. Indicating that she wants to
sit between these two stones. Making | 1:52:25 | 1:52:29 | |
it difficult to move. That is a
shame. It was building well. You are | 1:52:29 | 1:52:35 | |
never guaranteed of not losing one
that three stones in the house would | 1:52:35 | 1:52:40 | |
be a good opportunity. You need to
keep a separation from them. They | 1:52:40 | 1:52:43 | |
could have chosen to put one in the
centre and say I have one in the | 1:52:43 | 1:52:47 | |
wing and one in the centre and one
in the other wing, what will you do | 1:52:47 | 1:52:51 | |
now? | 1:52:51 | 1:52:56 | |
now? They tried to hold the line on
it... Not wanting to bounce too | 1:52:56 | 1:53:02 | |
much. She is just over... Catching
it there. Squeezing it out. | 1:53:02 | 1:53:14 | |
Overcooking it. | 1:53:14 | 1:53:20 | |
Overcooking it. She wants to push it
right through between them. Come on | 1:53:20 | 1:53:25 | |
now... Catch enough of the red to
squeeze it out. | 1:53:25 | 1:53:39 | |
She will be watching it from that
end. Eve Muirhead, trying to be | 1:53:43 | 1:53:48 | |
superbly accurate here. This would
be a cracking shot. She manages to | 1:53:48 | 1:53:56 | |
catch the red. Away it goes. What
shot from Eve Muirhead! A sigh of | 1:53:56 | 1:54:03 | |
relief... That is a beaut, that one!
Clean as a whistle. Left both of the | 1:54:03 | 1:54:14 | |
yellows as well. | 1:54:14 | 1:54:20 | |
yellows as well. They are still
there to come and rest on. Can | 1:54:21 | 1:54:24 | |
Madeleine Dupont better the shot of
her sister? | 1:54:24 | 1:54:32 | |
Apart from anything else, Eve making
absolute confidence. Could get one | 1:54:39 | 1:54:47 | |
or even two here. | 1:54:47 | 1:54:57 | |
This could be losing line, going
right through the middle. Catching | 1:54:59 | 1:55:05 | |
it on the inside... Just sitting in
the middle. She has just played this | 1:55:05 | 1:55:13 | |
shop... Same shot, you just heard
her say that. Still got that stone | 1:55:13 | 1:55:25 | |
on the other side, whatever happens
with her own here. Don't worry about | 1:55:25 | 1:55:29 | |
the yellow shops, you would hope the
opposition draw away but they get | 1:55:29 | 1:55:39 | |
one here. Lets get rid of this
one... | 1:55:39 | 1:55:50 | |
A straightforward task here. Eve
Muirhead wanting to move the Danish | 1:55:55 | 1:55:58 | |
stone. An opportunity for one, it is
nicely done. So, the Danish skip | 1:55:58 | 1:56:09 | |
with one stone left. | 1:56:09 | 1:56:15 | |
with one stone left. That would put
them within a shot of Great Britain. | 1:56:17 | 1:56:20 | |
But again, as we've said earlier on,
to have the hammer in the eighth and | 1:56:20 | 1:56:24 | |
tenth, things are looking an awful
lot better. Smile, laugh! | 1:56:24 | 1:56:39 | |
Madeleine Dupont, trying to draw in
here. Needs to be right with this | 1:56:39 | 1:56:44 | |
too. Looking straightforward and
easy. It is. It is the Olympic | 1:56:44 | 1:56:49 | |
Games. Should be OK, I think. I'm
not too worried about it. | 1:56:49 | 1:57:00 | |
not too worried about it. A little
bit of juice on it. | 1:57:00 | 1:57:07 | |
bit of juice on it. Anna Sloan,
sweeping... It was lucky. Three or | 1:57:07 | 1:57:11 | |
four inches more, it would have been
a steal for Great Britain. In the | 1:57:11 | 1:57:16 | |
end, it is one for Denmark. They
have a deficit of just one. Great | 1:57:16 | 1:57:21 | |
Britain leading five, four, -- 5-4.
Britain with a hammer in the eighth, | 1:57:21 | 1:57:28 | |
and this is looking better.
Stringing a lot of shots together. | 1:57:28 | 1:57:33 | |
That is good. A really good end,
they forced the one. Everybody | 1:57:33 | 1:57:41 | |
played a part. Nice shots, a couple
of mistakes from Denmark. But that | 1:57:41 | 1:57:46 | |
is changing things around a little
bit. Britain, they made more | 1:57:46 | 1:57:49 | |
mistakes up until this point. Just
hanging in there. | 1:57:49 | 1:57:59 | |
hanging in there. Like a magnet,
pulling it towards the hole there. | 1:57:59 | 1:58:03 | |
The Danish girls were caught between
the devil and the detail, sweeping | 1:58:03 | 1:58:07 | |
to hold the line. You need your
sweepers to shout, only for the | 1:58:07 | 1:58:12 | |
wait. You could have left it as a
normal draw. | 1:58:12 | 1:58:22 | |
normal draw. A | 1:58:22 | 1:58:24 | |
. Another great chance for
Scotland... Sorry, Great Britain, to | 1:58:29 | 1:58:34 | |
lift their chances. They are
representing Great Britain at the | 1:58:34 | 1:58:39 | |
Winter Olympics, although they are
all from Scotland. The Academy, it | 1:58:39 | 1:58:48 | |
is a centre of excellence. I was up
there to visit them in September, | 1:58:48 | 1:58:56 | |
and a good setup they have got
their, the men and women. All of | 1:58:56 | 1:59:01 | |
these girls, full-time athletes, on
the ice every day I think. At least | 1:59:01 | 1:59:08 | |
six days a week the army ice, and
they are in the gym, training as | 1:59:08 | 1:59:13 | |
well. Done at power of preparation
to get here. It is a long week, you | 1:59:13 | 1:59:24 | |
have to have endurance and strength,
and recover quickly. A lot of work, | 1:59:24 | 1:59:29 | |
particularly for the sweepers. | 1:59:29 | 1:59:36 | |
particularly for the sweepers. They
have decided not to put the corner | 1:59:38 | 1:59:42 | |
on, they have decided to put one in
the house. Denmark just choosing to | 1:59:42 | 1:59:46 | |
ignore it. | 1:59:46 | 1:59:51 | |
ignore it. They will be wanting to
do the same, if they can limit Great | 1:59:52 | 1:59:56 | |
Britain to one, maybe even force a
steal. That would mean Great Britain | 1:59:56 | 2:00:03 | |
would carry the hammer on to the
night, if they can manage that. But | 2:00:03 | 2:00:06 | |
they are up against it now. Still
very tight elsewhere. 4-4, USA and | 2:00:06 | 2:00:18 | |
OAR, that is just coming to an end.
Switzerland 4-3 over Sweden, Japan | 2:00:18 | 2:00:24 | |
5-3 over China. And in fact USA just
picked up one, they did have the | 2:00:24 | 2:00:30 | |
hammer there. So it is 5- 40 USA.
That one is a very tight affair. -- | 2:00:30 | 2:00:39 | |
5-4 to USA. Sweden have just gone
6-4 up against Switzerland. They are | 2:00:39 | 2:00:48 | |
continuing their good form. | 2:00:48 | 2:00:50 | |
Denmark have put the two centres on,
but Great Britain already have a | 2:00:55 | 2:01:01 | |
shot in the house, they have decided
they have got to get round about | 2:01:01 | 2:01:06 | |
this first. Well slapped. That is a
really good shot. Top half of the | 2:01:06 | 2:01:12 | |
circles is where you want to place
it -- well swept. | 2:01:12 | 2:01:22 | |
it -- well swept. Denmark can then
come up and raced the top of it. A | 2:01:22 | 2:01:26 | |
lovely shop there. | 2:01:26 | 2:01:32 | |
lovely shop there. They are making
their shots now, and forcing the | 2:01:32 | 2:01:35 | |
issue with Denmark, putting the
pressure on them. | 2:01:35 | 2:01:45 | |
It could bounce off, it depends if
it finishes there. Just a single! | 2:01:46 | 2:01:54 | |
Eve does have the hammer, she has
two in the house, she has to clear | 2:01:54 | 2:02:00 | |
these guards at front. You had had
just seen, take the top one. | 2:02:00 | 2:02:11 | |
It will be four games in after this
session, not all the teams playing | 2:02:18 | 2:02:22 | |
every session, Canada not playing,
Korea not playing in this session. | 2:02:22 | 2:02:28 | |
The way the scores are at the
moment, if they were to continue, | 2:02:28 | 2:02:32 | |
still a few ends to go, Japan and
Sweden would be undefeated if they | 2:02:32 | 2:02:37 | |
held on to believe that they have at
the moment. Great Britain would be | 2:02:37 | 2:02:43 | |
3-1 if they were to win this as
well. It starts to make it even more | 2:02:43 | 2:02:50 | |
difficult for the favourites,
Canada. Just catching that one on | 2:02:50 | 2:02:54 | |
the way in, it was almost good. You
can't get ahead of yourself, but you | 2:02:54 | 2:03:03 | |
do keep an eye on how things are
developing. You have always got one | 2:03:03 | 2:03:07 | |
eye on teams that you are going to
be playing later in the week to see | 2:03:07 | 2:03:12 | |
how they are progressing and have a
gameplay has been happening. The | 2:03:12 | 2:03:16 | |
coaches watch the other games at
all? Very good question, I was just | 2:03:16 | 2:03:20 | |
about to say, on the bench, Kelly
Schafer, as much as she practices | 2:03:20 | 2:03:27 | |
that night, she has her little spy
glasses and watches the other teams, | 2:03:27 | 2:03:33 | |
the numbers that they play, a tech
to see the running order of the | 2:03:33 | 2:03:39 | |
opposition, all of that happens.
Rush Creek they check to see. -- | 2:03:39 | 2:03:44 | |
they check. A little bit too much
there from Vicki Adams. | 2:03:44 | 2:03:56 | |
there from Vicki Adams. Team sports,
you want to know as much about the | 2:03:59 | 2:04:01 | |
opposition, they all know each other
very well, these teams play each | 2:04:01 | 2:04:05 | |
other regularly. Just how things are
going through the week, and as you | 2:04:05 | 2:04:10 | |
said, it is always useful to know
who is playing what shops, what they | 2:04:10 | 2:04:18 | |
are favouring. -- shops. -- shots.
Denise Dupont now. Just playing a | 2:04:18 | 2:04:33 | |
nice control tap on a read on to
yellow I think she is trying to do | 2:04:33 | 2:04:40 | |
here. Trying to keep that centre
four foot. She did indicate it was | 2:04:40 | 2:04:50 | |
wide out there. A nice weight she
played, but just not the right line. | 2:04:50 | 2:05:00 | |
And has played better today as well.
She has missed one or two, Anna. | 2:05:06 | 2:05:19 | |
Anna, the only left-handed player in
the team. It would be nice if she | 2:05:19 | 2:05:29 | |
can catch this in stay in the house.
She has just overthrown that, that | 2:05:29 | 2:05:34 | |
is a shame. Look to heavens for Anna
Sloan. That really was not a good | 2:05:34 | 2:05:41 | |
shot. Not only did it catch that
Stone, but it took her own out and | 2:05:41 | 2:05:47 | |
the other one that was lying at the
back. | 2:05:47 | 2:05:54 | |
back. On normal ice I would be quite
happy, she said. We watch the mixed | 2:05:55 | 2:06:00 | |
doubles last week and it was suing
in, 6-foot if not more. -- swinging. | 2:06:00 | 2:06:08 | |
But the team event came on and they
came on with a different set of | 2:06:08 | 2:06:13 | |
stones, that must be a regulation
that they had, that the mixed | 2:06:13 | 2:06:17 | |
doubles played with one set and the
individual teams played with | 2:06:17 | 2:06:19 | |
another. This is not swinging as
much as the mixed doubles were. | 2:06:19 | 2:06:25 | |
Overcooked that as well. Just a
couple of errors they are. Both | 2:06:25 | 2:06:30 | |
teams struggling now. The favour is
back with us. And just needs to... | 2:06:30 | 2:06:41 | |
Let's get this one right, Anna
Sloan. | 2:06:41 | 2:06:47 | |
Sloan. Just needs to do what she
normally does. Set things up nicely | 2:06:50 | 2:06:55 | |
for Eve Muirhead. | 2:06:55 | 2:07:02 | |
for Eve Muirhead. This one is
looking a bit better. | 2:07:02 | 2:07:08 | |
They have got their two in. Just
this gets left. -- just the skips | 2:07:15 | 2:07:22 | |
left. There is an opportunity here
for a Skinny double. If she gets it | 2:07:22 | 2:07:33 | |
wrong she can hit and maybe roll
just to the top of the face of it, | 2:07:33 | 2:07:39 | |
but we have set ourselves in a good
position here. We have two in the | 2:07:39 | 2:07:44 | |
house, they are separated. Even if
you get one here, you are 6-4, two | 2:07:44 | 2:07:51 | |
and is left, hammer in the final
end. The key is just to score. | 2:07:51 | 2:08:03 | |
end. The key is just to score. Try
not to leave the double here if she | 2:08:07 | 2:08:10 | |
can, or at least make it difficult.
Eve Muirhead has played a lot down | 2:08:10 | 2:08:22 | |
here, she has performed well in the
last couple of ends. Anna Sloan just | 2:08:22 | 2:08:30 | |
holding the room at the edge of the
stone. | 2:08:30 | 2:08:41 | |
You sort of hold your breath at
times. On normal international ice I | 2:08:45 | 2:08:53 | |
would expect that await to move move
a lot. Well controlled there. Just | 2:08:53 | 2:09:02 | |
having another look. If you | 2:09:02 | 2:09:11 | |
having another look. If you -- is
she just going to draw in. Even if | 2:09:11 | 2:09:15 | |
she tried to hit that top one, she
would not get that shot at the | 2:09:15 | 2:09:21 | |
yellow, it would still be closer to
the house. Is she looking at it | 2:09:21 | 2:09:26 | |
again? That is dangerous. | 2:09:26 | 2:09:32 | |
again? That is dangerous. Coming
down the centre here is not easy to | 2:09:34 | 2:09:36 | |
judge this. | 2:09:36 | 2:09:41 | |
Here we go, Denmark trying to take
both British stones out here, it is | 2:09:44 | 2:09:50 | |
a risky shot. Maybe she thinks it is
time to play a high risk strategy. | 2:09:50 | 2:09:58 | |
It has got a chance. Good curling.
It is right on the nose. Fairly | 2:09:58 | 2:10:07 | |
straightforward, there is only one
Danish stone in there and just a | 2:10:07 | 2:10:11 | |
little shake of the head, it was
never really close, that one. Eve | 2:10:11 | 2:10:15 | |
Muirhead, once more chance for them
to put some real distance between | 2:10:15 | 2:10:20 | |
themselves and Denmark, she just --
just | 2:10:20 | 2:10:33 | |
just on the nose, absolutely. Just
needs to play a straightforward shot | 2:10:35 | 2:10:42 | |
come hit it right on the nose, take
it clean. The line looking very | 2:10:42 | 2:10:50 | |
good. And Eve Muirhead looks as
though she has done the job here. | 2:10:50 | 2:10:57 | |
Taps that one out of the house,
Great Britain take their two, and | 2:10:57 | 2:11:02 | |
now they would lead this 17- four
over Denmark, just two ends to go, | 2:11:02 | 2:11:07 | |
that is much more like it, and since
the break, they have had this match | 2:11:07 | 2:11:11 | |
under control, limited Denmark to
one in the seventh and now in the | 2:11:11 | 2:11:19 | |
eight, things looking much better
Great Britain. 7-4 after eight. | 2:11:19 | 2:11:29 | |
Great Britain. 7-4 after eight. Some
close matches here going on this | 2:11:30 | 2:11:33 | |
morning. Sweden picked up three in
the seventh and their match against | 2:11:33 | 2:11:37 | |
Switzerland after having trailed
most of that one, they are now 6- | 2:11:37 | 2:11:41 | |
for a head. -- 6-4 ahead. The USA
and OAR having no real tussle, -- | 2:11:41 | 2:11:54 | |
having a real puzzle, 5-4 at the
moment, it USA leading. In Japan and | 2:11:54 | 2:12:00 | |
China, also a nice friendly rivalry,
that is the one in front of us | 2:12:00 | 2:12:07 | |
actually, and 5-3 to Japan at the
moment. China just blanked the | 2:12:07 | 2:12:16 | |
previous and an got the hammer in
this one, they have the advantage of | 2:12:16 | 2:12:20 | |
the eighth and the tents, same as
Great Britain. -- 10th. | 2:12:20 | 2:12:28 | |
Great Britain. -- 10th. All these
girls are coming from Scotland, they | 2:12:29 | 2:12:33 | |
are very fortunate as well, they
have a lot of ice rinks up in | 2:12:33 | 2:12:37 | |
Scotland in comparison to down
south. Because these girls are out | 2:12:37 | 2:12:46 | |
here, the winner of the Scottish
Championships this weekend will have | 2:12:46 | 2:12:54 | |
a play-off against Eve | 2:12:54 | 2:13:02 | |
a play-off against Eve Muirhead and
Smith in the men's, to see who will | 2:13:02 | 2:13:05 | |
represent Scotland at the World
Championships at the end of March, | 2:13:05 | 2:13:08 | |
beginning of April. All those
curlers in Scotland can't watch | 2:13:08 | 2:13:14 | |
this, they are all curling. They
will be tired if they are watching | 2:13:14 | 2:13:21 | |
the Olympic Games, and then have to
play themselves. That will be a | 2:13:21 | 2:13:26 | |
tightly contested competition, what
time are we at, it is Saturday... | 2:13:26 | 2:13:32 | |
The championship was after she came
back to be plentiful championship | 2:13:40 | 2:13:43 | |
with her, I had to play her in the
final in a best-of-3 and it was a | 2:13:43 | 2:13:49 | |
tight game at we managed to win that
one and that was here. So Scotland | 2:13:49 | 2:13:54 | |
are the world champions. It was
agreed years of Scotland. --A great | 2:13:54 | 2:14:02 | |
year for. Olympic and world
champions way back in 2002. My | 2:14:02 | 2:14:07 | |
goodness, a long time ago. I can go
a lot further. Let's not go there! | 2:14:07 | 2:14:15 | |
But really, they wouldn't be worried
about that, they would be focused on | 2:14:15 | 2:14:19 | |
the game here. They have got a
middle round the deck or not, it | 2:14:19 | 2:14:24 | |
will have to concentrate when they
get home if they want the chance to | 2:14:24 | 2:14:27 | |
represent their country at the World
Championships. Well, if you are just | 2:14:27 | 2:14:34 | |
coming him from a night out, well
done, you, you have turned the TV on | 2:14:34 | 2:14:43 | |
before you go to bed, we are in the
late stages of this important match | 2:14:43 | 2:14:47 | |
for Great Britain to win. On paper
they would be seeing this as a | 2:14:47 | 2:14:51 | |
victory but they struggled early on,
very much in control now, though, to | 2:14:51 | 2:14:55 | |
make ends to go. Eve Muirhead
herself would probably say she was | 2:14:55 | 2:14:59 | |
the one struggling the most. She
missed a few shots in the first five | 2:14:59 | 2:15:04 | |
ends but since the halfway point,
has been much better. If you have | 2:15:04 | 2:15:09 | |
been with us from the start, sitting
in bed maybe, watching this, hanging | 2:15:09 | 2:15:15 | |
on, a little bit more, keep hanging
on. That has rolled into a nice | 2:15:15 | 2:15:20 | |
place. She was keen to get the stone
and roll it right at the house | 2:15:20 | 2:15:26 | |
itself but the girls have swept well
and it went across and tucked in | 2:15:26 | 2:15:31 | |
behind the Danish red. You have to
be careful here. We have to play the | 2:15:31 | 2:15:39 | |
scoreboard. We are three up. If we
lose the two here it is in the | 2:15:39 | 2:15:45 | |
disaster to go into the last end
with the hammer one up. Always a | 2:15:45 | 2:15:49 | |
good position to be in. But at the
moment we are sitting a few shots in | 2:15:49 | 2:15:56 | |
the house so that is good. Just get
a feeling with Denmark as well, they | 2:15:56 | 2:16:03 | |
have missed a fair few shops in the
last two or three ends. -- shots. A | 2:16:03 | 2:16:09 | |
massive wind to them yesterday
against Canada. -- win for. Everyone | 2:16:09 | 2:16:16 | |
was talking about the fact that the
Canadian skipper lost three and the | 2:16:16 | 2:16:24 | |
Danish didn't get much credit to the
wind. It was all about Canada | 2:16:24 | 2:16:28 | |
losing. The Danes were right in
there at the end, it was a tight | 2:16:28 | 2:16:35 | |
game. It his OK, a little heavy, it
would have been nice to her to keep | 2:16:35 | 2:16:44 | |
the shooter in the house. What we
have done now is given an | 2:16:44 | 2:16:48 | |
opportunity to Denmark to come in
behind the red and the yellow and | 2:16:48 | 2:16:53 | |
the left-hand side there, and be
buried. | 2:16:53 | 2:17:01 | |
Again, it is all about setting up
the stones, but always rushing to | 2:17:05 | 2:17:09 | |
the centre. Macca for not always.
She can get this all the way. She | 2:17:09 | 2:17:18 | |
has done well. She will sit back a
little bit. Good shot. It is not | 2:17:18 | 2:17:25 | |
sitting shot but it is in a perfect
position. | 2:17:25 | 2:17:35 | |
Can't jam, she says. She doesn't
want to jam the red on the yellow | 2:17:51 | 2:17:59 | |
and leave it sitting there, either. | 2:17:59 | 2:18:06 | |
Anna Sloan. Nice shot! Nicely done! | 2:18:08 | 2:18:23 | |
It would have been nice if the other
red had gone right out. She got too | 2:18:23 | 2:18:27 | |
much of it. But it has opened a bit
more. | 2:18:27 | 2:18:36 | |
I think the way that Eve is playing
right now, she would fancy her | 2:18:36 | 2:18:42 | |
chances of limiting Denmark to one.
Even better. | 2:18:42 | 2:18:51 | |
Got a lot of handle rotation. It
will go right up the back, I think. | 2:18:54 | 2:18:59 | |
Eve is trying hard to help it on its
way. Just hanging on. They are the | 2:18:59 | 2:19:07 | |
ones that annoy you the worst. We
have won just hanging on as well at | 2:19:07 | 2:19:12 | |
the back, a little better than that.
So Britain lying second and third | 2:19:12 | 2:19:17 | |
shop here. -- shot. | 2:19:17 | 2:19:21 | |
Let's ensure we sit this one and we
stay in the house. -- hit. A fair | 2:19:25 | 2:19:34 | |
few mistakes starting to creep into
Denmark. A little bit of pressure | 2:19:34 | 2:19:41 | |
applied so let's not loosen up on
that. This is not moving much at | 2:19:41 | 2:19:45 | |
all. Really skinny here. Get the
back one. Just nudges it out. A | 2:19:45 | 2:19:55 | |
little bonus there. They still have
to make in. -- two in. That will go | 2:19:55 | 2:20:05 | |
down as a double take out. That did
the job, actually, because these | 2:20:05 | 2:20:11 | |
little ones that are biting on at
the edge, if we don't make the right | 2:20:11 | 2:20:16 | |
spots and we get away with a double,
they are making easy shots after | 2:20:16 | 2:20:22 | |
that. | 2:20:22 | 2:20:24 | |
OK, so now it is down to the skips. | 2:20:40 | 2:20:49 | |
Eve Muirhead has been producing her
shots in a way in which she would | 2:20:55 | 2:21:03 | |
expect, she seemed to go off and
have a little word with herself | 2:21:03 | 2:21:06 | |
and... I think the fifth and break
is always good, you get the chance | 2:21:06 | 2:21:12 | |
to speak to your coach, you get to
deal with your frustrations and then | 2:21:12 | 2:21:17 | |
they are the ones who will tell you
put them away, come out and play | 2:21:17 | 2:21:21 | |
what you can play. All she needed to
do was catch it. Just got enough. | 2:21:21 | 2:21:31 | |
Well done. Still with the two there.
Phew! Sometimes, it works, sometimes | 2:21:31 | 2:21:46 | |
it hits the right way and sometimes
you just get enough there. | 2:21:46 | 2:21:54 | |
you just get enough there. Denmark
are now going to try to freeze on | 2:21:54 | 2:21:57 | |
the back yellow. As you said, even
if Denmark get two here it is 7-6. | 2:21:57 | 2:22:05 | |
Should not be a worry. Elsewhere, I
will tell you that Sweden have | 2:22:05 | 2:22:13 | |
jumped out to 8- for now, they have
turned the match around, China have | 2:22:13 | 2:22:20 | |
gone ahead of Japan 6-5 and the USA
and OAR are tied. You can see there, | 2:22:20 | 2:22:28 | |
her accuracy, the draw isn't great. | 2:22:28 | 2:22:35 | |
Just trying to come right in on top
of this British stone. | 2:22:42 | 2:22:53 | |
of this British stone. A nice
attempt which it has come up score | 2:22:53 | 2:22:57 | |
-- short. She doesn't even need it,
she will sit there, she has two. | 2:22:57 | 2:23:06 | |
Giving up the one here. Absolutely
fine. | 2:23:06 | 2:23:13 | |
fine. Just make sure this goes. You
heard her bare saying she doesn't | 2:23:20 | 2:23:26 | |
want to jam in the back read either.
It was just biting the circle for a | 2:23:26 | 2:23:32 | |
little while until it was took out
my Anna. -- by Anna. | 2:23:32 | 2:23:43 | |
Looks a little concerned with that.
It is always good when you hear a | 2:23:43 | 2:23:48 | |
yes, no. Always close. Lovely. That
is interesting. This is really good | 2:23:48 | 2:23:57 | |
play from Eve Muirhead. | 2:23:57 | 2:24:03 | |
play from Eve Muirhead. Ends six,
seven, eight and 90 has been back to | 2:24:03 | 2:24:05 | |
her best. Nicely done. I think in
those hit here would be good for | 2:24:05 | 2:24:13 | |
Madeleine Dupont but she has to be
careful she doesn't jam it onto the | 2:24:13 | 2:24:18 | |
back and give away a one here. | 2:24:18 | 2:24:26 | |
A great end Great Britain. Three
shots in the house, Denmark with the | 2:24:26 | 2:24:34 | |
last stone, having two through this
and hopefully get a one. | 2:24:34 | 2:24:42 | |
Again, you know, it looks fairly
straightforward shot but Madeleine | 2:24:43 | 2:24:48 | |
Dupont has missed a few. Needs to
shift. She hasn't, she has got the | 2:24:48 | 2:25:03 | |
shot. Just, again, by two or three
inches, she gets the shot. I don't | 2:25:03 | 2:25:09 | |
know what they are waiting for. Just
for Anna to doublecheck. The vice | 2:25:09 | 2:25:17 | |
skips have to agree before anyone
moves the stones. Even though we can | 2:25:17 | 2:25:21 | |
clearly see. 1-4 Denmark and it
means Great Britain have a handy | 2:25:21 | 2:25:27 | |
lead, they leapt by two, 7-5 after
two ends, but will have the hammer | 2:25:27 | 2:25:32 | |
in the final end and things are
looking good for Eve Muirhead 's at | 2:25:32 | 2:25:36 | |
this point. No mistakes now. A nice,
clean final end and they walk away | 2:25:36 | 2:25:44 | |
with a good victory. | 2:25:44 | 2:25:51 | |
Yeah, Great Britain have really
stepped it up in the second half of | 2:25:51 | 2:25:55 | |
the game, 10% higher in their
shooting starts against Denmark. -- | 2:25:55 | 2:26:01 | |
stats. This is a stat for you, it is
about minus five degrees in the | 2:26:01 | 2:26:13 | |
commentary booth. Even in the
audience, no one looks very warm. I | 2:26:13 | 2:26:18 | |
think they have their cold blow was
on again. -- blowers. I know we have | 2:26:18 | 2:26:26 | |
mentioned this so many times, it
just feels odd, with city well | 2:26:26 | 2:26:31 | |
wrapped up and watching people in
the same building who are in | 2:26:31 | 2:26:36 | |
T-shirts. -- we sit here well
wrapped up. They are obviously | 2:26:36 | 2:26:43 | |
playing, though, and well wrapped up
there. | 2:26:43 | 2:26:52 | |
there. The young skipper, Mathilde
Halse, will be hoping to at least | 2:26:52 | 2:26:55 | |
set things up. We need to see the
tech shot being, it isn't allowed to | 2:26:55 | 2:27:01 | |
move the stone from the play because
it is in the Freegard zone but they | 2:27:01 | 2:27:06 | |
are allowed to kick the edge of it
to open up the foot for you. The big | 2:27:06 | 2:27:11 | |
shop at the Leeds have to practise.
Yes, delicate, finesse shot. Very | 2:27:11 | 2:27:17 | |
accurate. We heard that, heavy,
right from the beginning. It isn't | 2:27:17 | 2:27:25 | |
going to catch that at all. | 2:27:25 | 2:27:32 | |
Teams can choose furious ways to
play the shot, they can play out to | 2:27:35 | 2:27:40 | |
end to try to catch it, like, sweep
it before it catches the outside | 2:27:40 | 2:27:44 | |
edge or play it tight and it slides
across the face and catches the | 2:27:44 | 2:27:48 | |
other side of it so the running, the
speed is taken off the running as it | 2:27:48 | 2:27:53 | |
hits it. -- various ways. If you
don't take them, why would you, you | 2:27:53 | 2:28:01 | |
wouldn't always, but... ? It is
worth a try, in some instances he | 2:28:01 | 2:28:07 | |
would push the stone through the
back and try with Vicki who can hit | 2:28:07 | 2:28:12 | |
the double take out. I think you
have to try | 2:28:12 | 2:28:19 | |
the double take out. I think you
have to try. | 2:28:19 | 2:28:28 | |
have to try. So we are going to try
the same shot again and that is what | 2:28:28 | 2:28:32 | |
she said, if you are a little heavy
you will come on to the one in the | 2:28:32 | 2:28:37 | |
house. | 2:28:37 | 2:28:43 | |
It hasn't taken the front stone. It
will go straight through to this | 2:28:47 | 2:28:51 | |
one. OK, plan B, but that was
perfect. | 2:28:51 | 2:29:05 | |
We should see Denmark trying to put
on another... I think they want is | 2:29:13 | 2:29:21 | |
in the house but I would have
attempted to put it just outside the | 2:29:21 | 2:29:25 | |
rings. If you are to down, final
end, you busily not going to force | 2:29:25 | 2:29:31 | |
the issue. -- two down. I would have
stopped it just there are, and she | 2:29:31 | 2:29:37 | |
did ask for it to come right in. Eve
just wanting to shift this guide. | 2:29:37 | 2:29:44 | |
Can do that now. Vicki Adams, they
have all played their part today. | 2:29:44 | 2:29:56 | |
Good team performance. They have
probably all also had the odd little | 2:29:56 | 2:30:04 | |
error, but that is expected, ten
ends, you are not going to play | 2:30:04 | 2:30:10 | |
every shot perfectly. But as you are
saying, the stats are pretty good. | 2:30:10 | 2:30:18 | |
Oh! She almost, the little green
lights that are on the stone would | 2:30:18 | 2:30:32 | |
have turned Red Hat she not let go.
-- turned red had she not let go. | 2:30:32 | 2:30:39 | |
There is a little mechanism inside
the handle of the curling stone, and | 2:30:39 | 2:30:43 | |
if it crosses like that there is a
metal line under the ice, and if you | 2:30:43 | 2:30:50 | |
haven't released it before it
reaches that line, the red lights | 2:30:50 | 2:30:55 | |
will flash and that is a violation,
and the stones have to be removed. | 2:30:55 | 2:31:00 | |
So you want to see green lights on
the front. This is working out | 2:31:00 | 2:31:07 | |
pretty nicely, straightforward to
Great Britain. There are four stones | 2:31:07 | 2:31:13 | |
left, don't forget Denmark would
need to score a steel of two here. | 2:31:13 | 2:31:19 | |
Which would be remarkable. For them
to tie it up. Even if they did | 2:31:19 | 2:31:28 | |
steal, I don't think it's going to
happen, but we would go to an extra | 2:31:28 | 2:31:33 | |
end. If they stole two, one is not
good enough. They have only got one | 2:31:33 | 2:31:43 | |
in the house at the moment, they are
putting short guards on but they | 2:31:43 | 2:31:46 | |
would have to bring another one to
house at some point, and there is | 2:31:46 | 2:31:51 | |
always going to be another one there
for Great Britain to remove. | 2:31:51 | 2:31:59 | |
Great Britain are going to be back
again this evening, the match | 2:32:41 | 2:32:46 | |
against, it is Korea, isn't it?
Yeah. That will be a good | 2:32:46 | 2:32:55 | |
atmosphere, Great Britain against
Korea in here. It could be a very | 2:32:55 | 2:32:59 | |
good day for them, we expect them to
wrap this one up here and then they | 2:32:59 | 2:33:05 | |
are certainly capable of beating
Korea, but Korea have already done | 2:33:05 | 2:33:09 | |
some damage themselves. | 2:33:09 | 2:33:15 | |
some damage themselves. Just
clearing up here. | 2:33:15 | 2:33:23 | |
Denmark only have two more stones.
This could well be finished in the | 2:33:29 | 2:33:35 | |
next minute or two. | 2:33:35 | 2:33:45 | |
next minute or two. All very relaxed
now, all very happy. A little bit | 2:33:45 | 2:33:50 | |
tense earlier on, we were tied up at
halfway, 3-3. She still hasn't taken | 2:33:50 | 2:33:59 | |
her jacket off. Madeline Dupont, the
Danish skip. | 2:33:59 | 2:34:12 | |
She is looking for this just to come
up short. At this stage of the game, | 2:34:18 | 2:34:23 | |
she is looking forward to clean
misses from Great Britain, and that | 2:34:23 | 2:34:27 | |
is not going to happen. | 2:34:27 | 2:34:33 | |
is not going to happen. Not going to
go to double here? No, you heard | 2:34:36 | 2:34:41 | |
Vicky that, if you don't make the
double and you leave your shooter in | 2:34:41 | 2:34:44 | |
the top there, you get the chance to
get to in behind the guard, and that | 2:34:44 | 2:34:49 | |
this makes it harder to you. You
just have to remove one with your | 2:34:49 | 2:34:53 | |
last stone. Eve Muirhead, who has
had a very good second half of this | 2:34:53 | 2:35:01 | |
match, is looking to remove one of
these. Nicely done, avoid her own as | 2:35:01 | 2:35:08 | |
well. So Denmark and then, they had
to force the two here in this final | 2:35:08 | 2:35:17 | |
end, Great Britain with that hammer
means that whatever she does here, | 2:35:17 | 2:35:23 | |
Britain can just move one of their
stones and that will be it. A really | 2:35:23 | 2:35:28 | |
good, solid all-round performance.
You want that consistency, all four | 2:35:28 | 2:35:32 | |
players playing their part, playing
well. If you keep building during | 2:35:32 | 2:35:38 | |
the week, hit your best form at the
back end of the week, a week | 2:35:38 | 2:35:43 | |
tomorrow, the women's final, a long
way off, a lot can happen between | 2:35:43 | 2:35:48 | |
now and then. | 2:35:48 | 2:35:51 | |
They will be able to go off after
this match this morning and chill | 2:35:54 | 2:35:59 | |
out this afternoon, they should be
able to chill out happy with their | 2:35:59 | 2:36:05 | |
performance. | 2:36:05 | 2:36:13 | |
Madeleine choosing to just separate
these stones rather than hold them | 2:36:19 | 2:36:24 | |
together, but Eve is just going to
go to that left Hama, as long as she | 2:36:24 | 2:36:31 | |
aims at the target, the girls should
be able to hold it. It doesn't | 2:36:31 | 2:36:35 | |
matter if Denmark do get one here,
Eve Muirhead's job is simple, | 2:36:35 | 2:36:41 | |
straightforward, just to remove that
Danish stone from the house, sit | 2:36:41 | 2:36:44 | |
dairy she wants to. -- sit there if
she wants to. To shot advantage, | 2:36:44 | 2:36:52 | |
sofa Eve Muirhead, a look of
determination, one which has been | 2:36:52 | 2:36:57 | |
evident in this second half in
particular. Really got her form back | 2:36:57 | 2:37:02 | |
together again. Hit it right on the
nose, Denmark will take a shot | 2:37:02 | 2:37:06 | |
there, but that doesn't matter, it
is a victory for Great Britain, only | 2:37:06 | 2:37:10 | |
by one shot in the end. Denmark, as
steel of one in the 10th. But that | 2:37:10 | 2:37:18 | |
means our win of 7-6 per Great
Britain, and they now have three | 2:37:18 | 2:37:23 | |
victories and one defeat after four
matches. | 2:37:23 | 2:37:30 | |
matches. Thank you very much indeed.
Close all the | 2:37:34 | 2:37:37 | |
matches. Thank you very much indeed.
Close all the way. For | 2:37:37 | 2:37:40 |