Day 14, Part 3 Winter Olympics

Welcome to viewers on BBC One to the Winter Olympics and the men's

curling final. Great Britain taking on Canada. It would be the first

time that Great Britain has one two gold medals at an Olympic Games.

It is very early stages, but already Great Britain are in a tricky

situation. Brad Jacobs wondering whether to try to take those two

that are there. Dave Murdoch has opened things up a little bit. Brad

Jacobs can protect this or decide to put more pressure on Dave Murdoch.

The decision has been made. He is going to come up and corner freeze

his own red to make it difficult for Dave to do anything with his last

stone. Dave will be hoping he can clear at least a couple of them

out. He will not be wanting to give up more than two. The first shot of

the Olympic final or the Canadian skip. -- for the Canadian skip. Not

a bad effort. That was very well held. We saw earlier the closer you

get to the centre line the bigger the pull. That is very good.

Straight into that pocket. Any good? I think however we look at it

it is two given away at this end. Minimum. This is not the start we

were looking for. People back home will be on the edge of their seats.

I wonder whether the outside stone could give him some to come into the

other three, or not. Is that what he is playing? It is difficult to know

whether he is going to come onto those. We will find out. This has to

fall right. He needs a little bit of luck. Great shot. Brilliant. Very

well played. I was not sure if he was going to leave two in. It still

leaves Brad Jacobs with a draw for his two, but that was a good shot.

They fear the shot-making capabilities of Dave Murdoch. Brad

Jacobs sees a big scoring opportunity in this first and taken

away by Dave Murdoch. If he gets this right, he will get his two. You

are on the red. We are good. Nice draw from the Canadian skip to get

two in the first end. It could have been even worse when it's not for a

wonderful shot from the British skip. -- were it not for. They will

have to make sure they match the Canadians shot for shot. You can

probably hear Dave Murdoch saying, let's get our two act. One thing you

can say is that the Canadians, as we looked down at our computer

analysis, we can tell you that they are being marked for percentages,

and all four have 100%. I am not sure I have seen that. They can only

get worse, that is one way of looking at it.

The British team have to settle down and start playing their shots and

start being as accurate as the Canadians have been already. Looking

for an in turn draw here. That is OK. A fraction too far. He was going

to ask him to come in and freeze, but now that they can see all of it,

electing to peel less one away -- this one away. The first four

stones, the red line, the first four stones cannot be removed but they

can if they are in the house. Great Britain cannot remove until four

stones have been played by each team.

We need this one to come little bit closer. -- a little bit closer. Did

you see the umpire at the end of the first end walked up to the British

team? Michael Goodfellow has walked off because his shirt has nothing on

the back, his shirt does not have his name on and he has been asked to

change his shirt. He has left the arena. Something for the ladies!

That is a shirt violation. It is part of the rules to have your name

on the back. I am not sure if that is a mistake. We only have one

sweeper, Greg Drummond. Not a good start from Scott Andrews. I think in

a few matches Scott has started wait nervously -- quite nervously. Now

that that excitement is over... I am all hot and bothered! Canada have

the advantage swing in their direction a little. That is not so

bad. Scott Andrews, understandably, he has nerves, all of them will

have. All of his fans in Ayrshire will be wishing him the best.

Michael Goodfellow is back to help with this sweeping. Just catching

it, but only just. They have managed to sweep that enough, it is not far

away, just fractions. This is the problem. If you do not start on fire

against Canada you can suddenly find yourself with a massive mountain to

climb. Somehow we have to hang onto them, even if we are not playing

well. A little error from Ryan Fry will stop an opportunity -- gives us

an opportunity. Plenty for Dave Murdoch to work with.

Soren Gran, College of the GB men -- the coach. Tom Brewster the fifth

man at these championships. He set up this team with the front end and

took these boys to the World Championships and picked up two

silvers and then gave a Dave Murdoch came in about a year ago. Tell me

about Ryan Fry. He followed that all the way down. Is that bravado? No, I

think it is a little bit old-fashioned, a lot of curlers did

that, I do not think it is necessary. It is maybe a bit of

showmanship, I have no idea. This is shaping up a little bit better, a

nice shot from Greg Drummond. There was a lot of curl.

Brad Jacobs, this bombastic skip of the Canadian team.

He would have liked a little bit more of a roll there. Just takes one

mistake, and this end shaping up. Not big ones, but it is shaping up

to go our way. A nice straightforward end after the drama

of the first end would be perfect for Great Britain. Dave Murdoch with

these two stones will try to make sure that he sits comfortably, and

Jacobs will have to take his out, and then Dave Murdoch can come in

and get his two, hopefully. Not much option here for the

Canadian skip. He will be looking for a little roll

into the centre there. He tried it last time, and it didn't quite come

off. Let's see if he can play a better shot here from his point of

view. This is a slightly easier shot to play, because Dave Murdoch's

stone is sat a little closer to the centre line. And that gives Jacobs

something he can roll behind. That is a nice shot. I thought he

had laid it high there, but as the weight came off it, it drew closer

to the centre line. Dave can't use that read on to yellow, because that

will go in the wrong direction. -- that red stone onto the yellow

stone. When you come down, he will want to

try to tap that back. He has just got to be so careful with weight

here. He can only see in inch, if he is lucky. It just won't come at all.

He needs to catch enough of it so that he doesn't roll too far

himself, needs enough weight to push it back, so this is a very difficult

shot. He had to rescue his team in the first end to limit the damage to

two. He needs enough weight to try to tap

this Canadian stone back. As Jackie says, if he doesn't roll out... No.

It is going to be close. It is one, but not the two he wanted. A good

effort from David Murdoch. Another half an inch of curl, and he would

have got it. So after two ends, it is advantage Canada. They have the

hammer in the next, and it will be important for Britain to limit the

if they can. It wasn't a bad end. Just maybe the first shot from

Murdoch would have been nice if it had just sat slightly the other

side, and then it wouldn't have been so easy for Jacobs to hit and

rolling behind those guards. But goodness, he had a go at it. We said

if the angle wasn't right, he would roll out, and he just rolled a few

inches further than the Canadian stone. Close, but that's what this

game is all about. A tough start, Jackie. Yes. I am

really glad we got one there. I was beginning to see the ladies bronze

medal game there, when we were 3-0 down, in the semifinals, sorry. But

that was well recovered, sorry. Not the end that we would possibly have

wanted, they were definitely playing for the two, and they were just

unlucky. But if we can keep Canada to the one here, and take two in the

next end. The boys will be thinking that, always think two or three

shots ahead. Hardline, guys! Take it. These

Canadians pride themselves on their sweeping ability. All of them list

among their hobbies weightlifting, being in the gym. It is so much part

of their game. That went just a little far there, perhaps, Ryan

Harnden. The youngest of the two brothers, he is 27. We have spoken

about this all week. These lead players play a crucial role in the

game of curling. Their stone placement is key to how the game

will be played. And that first stone of Canada there has just gone behind

the T. That is just going to slip past, as

well. These shots, that we are trying to describe to you, it is so

important that they are almost perfect, because at this level, you

will be punished. Close is good, but it's not good

enough. And again, if you are wondering, the

sweepers are relying on themselves and the players to limit the stone,

and the skip asking them to hold the line, which they can do by

sweeping, and to also let the stone travel little further if necessary.

Scott Andrews just needs to settle them. A couple of good shots from

him would be good. This looked like it is struggling for line and wait.

Just get it passed. -- line and weight.

That would have curled into that guard, just what they wanted. The

sweepers just got it by. They just want to come down and sit

right on the bottom there. It is all about setting the end up. We saw

lots of this this morning in the bronze medal match. At some point,

there were many stones moved, one big hit and they all scatter. This

isn't what he wanted, either. They may actually have got away with

that. He tapped his own back there. He was looking to come in and freeze

on top of the yellow. Jackie was making the point that

this morning, they blanked the first end, and the second, third and

fourth end, we saw some great shots the skippers. -- the skips. Both

players were not frightened to have stones in the house, and the

Canadians, too, play a lot more of this style of game. The only thing

for them is they know Dave Murdoch can make the big shots. They feel as

though it just forces the issue. They play this game week ending,

weekend out. They have really good international ice. This is pulling a

lot. Will they catch the guard? That is a real shame. Scott Andrews

has had some really good games, and this is the Olympic final, and we

have to give them a little bit of leeway here. They will be nervous.

They have to settle them. Unfortunately for Scott, it is lying

on him at the moment. He is the one who has struggled here out of all of

these players. There have been mistakes elsewhere. He has struggled

to find a good stone. The sweepers have helped it in. He just asked to

continue to block that out. What about this one?

He is trying to convince himself it is pretty good, if he says it often

enough. They are just getting a little bit off, I wouldn't call it

luck, because you find your own luck in this, but a couple of their

shots which haven't been delivered perfectly have been OK. But if you

are coming into the house like that, you can just catch a nice little

tap. But if you err are coming in and you hit the guard, it is more of

the difficulty for your team. So we need to catch this one on the nose.

Greg has just pushed that one... My heart bleeds for these guys. I just

feel like they are nervous. They are forcing some of the stones, and they

desperately need to just relax. Come on, Greg. Let's not panic. We

panicked earlier, and... If you are getting beat by excellent

shots from the opposition, whatever sport you are in, you don't want to

give it to them on a plate by playing draw shots. I can see Dave

pacing up and down the back there. He is checking the angles. Limit the

damage. If he can keep them down to two, but there are still four

Canadian stones to go and three British stones, let's not forget.

But it has not been a good start, we have to say that. There is nothing

else you can really say. You cannot disguise the fact that we have

played some poor shots. All Jacobs has to be wary of here is

just giving Dave Murdoch too much of a target, setting the stones up with

the right angles. That might be tempting.

Dave has the call here. He is looking at those Canadian stones. He

is fancying that one on the outside, just asking Greg Drummond

how much he can see of it. He says three quarters. So, expect to see

some of those red stones scattering here. See how this comes out. He is

looking to hit that stone just beside Dave's broom. Don't want to

hit the first one. And they did. It is not too bad. It

is a better situation than they were facing, but even then, they just

caught the front Canadian stone on the way in. That is why he's

frustrated. Watch this. Just caught it. Yes, but we have got a great

result out of that. It was looking like a dangerous end, but we have

moved three red stones out of the house there.

We are hanging on here. We could do with a couple of shots

from the Canadians that just give Dave Murdoch the chance to limit

them to two, but even that would be a 4-1 lead. He will be hoping to

take this right back just behind the tea level, level with the other

stones tea level, level with the other

roll. To move closer to the eight foot.

roll. To move closer to the eight with his last stone. He needed

roll. To move closer to the eight going to be straightforward for

roll. To move closer to the eight his shot ear -- here. Looking pretty

straight on. Yes. Can we play this? Pointing out that if he goes for the

double there is a good chance that the Canadian stone will jam against

the yellow. I am worried we go for this and we lock it. I think you are

close to locking that. He certainly has been up against it in the last

three ends. He has to move two Canadian stones, DN and make sure

that the first stone he heads does not jam against the yellow. The

other option is to come in on the other one. He has decided the double

is too difficult as he thinks it will jam on the back yellow so he

has decided to go for an in-turn hit. It means Canada may have a draw

for two because he is not going to get the shot out of this. They have

to work that hard. He has a shot for three. Despite the sweeping, they

could not get past their won own stone. This could not be going any

worse for Great Britain. They have not been able to apply any pressure

to Canada and have given them straightforward shots to make.

We have been hanging on and asking Dave Murdoch to make the big shots

and we said he could not keep doing that and even after three ends he

has been trying to rescue his team, but they find themselves in a dire

situation. Something dramatic needs to happen if we are to have any

chance. All you can do is take the hammer to the next and hope you get

your two, but it means that Canada will be in control. Somehow Britain

have to create some sort of pressure. The first thing we have to

do is to settle down. Dave Murdoch has been doing his best but he needs

backed up I his team and they have to find two shots in the next end.

They have to settle down. Take the pressure off your backs and play the

shot you are asked. I have been in the situation many times when you

are desperately trying hard to play the best shot you can but nothing

works for you. Pick up a simple two, that is what we said, take your

time, take a two and I am sure they will get a lot from the fifth end

break from their coach and from Tom Brewster. We have seen it many times

you can come out the second half and be completely different. I hate to

say it, the Canadians look strong, they have not made many errors. They

look more confident than they have done all week. If Canada lose this

from this point, they might as well not get on the aeroplane and go

warm, because in Canada they will be thinking this is over. They have to

find a way to turn this around and let us not forget the Round Robin,

was it Denmark? I think we were down 5-1 after three or four ends, but

they did come back and win that. Yes. What we cannot afford to do is

let these guys get their tails in the air, and that is what has

happened at the minute. I think we both decided that there is, if you

can get pressure on Brad Jacobs, it earlier in the competition when it

seemed that this he had underestimated -- it seemed as if he

had underestimated the Olympic Games and they lost more matches than they

had intended to, although it was only a couple in the end. Probably

fortunate to get a win against China. If you want to put any

pressure on them, they are well capable of completely controlling

this match. That is better. I might have been tempted to put up another

guard. They are just going to thrash absolutely everything at our yellow

stone 's. I am not the best one to judge on the men's tactics, but you

have to try to create the end. The Denmark game, we were five - one

down after five ends and came back to win 7-6. It can be done. Come on,

Scott. It is the Olympic final, you need to start playing your best

shots that you possibly can. That is a nice attempt. Slowly and

surely put the pressure on the Canadians, that is what we have to

do. Brad Jacobs asking his team to take off that guard the cause that

is the one that will be of danger to them. Shoot forward peel --

straightforward. Trying to replace that corner guard

once again. The guys having to work this hard, trying to pull it as much

as they can. That is a little better. Scott is struggling. You can

understand it, first Olympic final, it has been a roller-coaster ride to

get here, you know you already have a medal, and that is a huge

achievement in itself, and you are up against this Canadian team.

Brad Jacobs said to begin with when Ryan Fry came in the team... Almost

missed it... He said that he struggled with the chemistry, but he

said that Christmas 2012 they started to get to know each other

better. It has all been very good for them since then. At the worlds

last year they were beaten in the semifinal. They came through the

very difficult Canadian trials, Canadian Olympic trials, in

December. They came through those Olympic trials and defeated. That

was one of the questions we asked, if that would be an additional

pressure -- undefeated. They said no.

They will be hoping to hit and roll, just rolled a little bit too for.

Dave Murdoch will try to roll back to the other side. Just need to

assure ourselves we get it right. That is a good shot. Really

important we hit the right. You must keep your shooter in the house.

They have to try to talk positively. Greg Drummond asking, I am not sure,

are we calling it right? You have to look for the positives, get the two,

close the gap. Of course Canada have put themselves in a brilliant

position. Must get the two. Do not give him a chance to take both of

your stones out. Brad Jacobs was happy to take the hit and roll macro

there. Look at the difference in the statistics, 93 to 71. They are

probably thinking, take your two, we don't mind. If we have a couple of

ends where we do have a hammer and we only get one, that will still be

OK. But that might be the sort of attitude that will help us, if they

relax a little. We just need this one to sit in the house. We need it

to stop. ! Stop! I'm not sure what else can go wrong

here. I know you are trying to talk

positive, Jackie, and I'm with you. But you cannot do that. You cannot

do that. This is just not happening for the boys at the moment. It

really isn't. The wheels are just coming off the

wagon. They are just handing it on a plate at the moment. They had a

rocky road in the round robin, let's be frank about that. They won some

games that were really well played, and got given a couple of games to

them where the opposition played bad shots. They played out of their

skins in the semifinal... Hang on a minute. Hang on a minute. Hold on. I

just thought maybe it was going to crash on that guard. And that's

weeping, they are shattered. Is there enough for Dave Murdoch to be

able to see it and get his to? Now I know why their T-shirts are so

tight! I think they should have got a bigger size. But I think that is

what they are there for. As I said, they had a rocky road to get it, but

let's take nothing away from these boys. They have when the press has

been against them tried to play their very very best. We have seen

Greg Drummond play out of his skin most of this week.

Well, this has got to be right. He must get the two here. He is just

looking to get an edge on that. It is starting to turn. It has got to

really work here, turn quick enough to be able to catch that Canadian

stone. Stop there! Stop there! Has he even got one? I think it is a

read. -- red stone. It is so weight -dependent. Do you think they have

got a one-man? I think we have got the one. Perhaps I am being

optimistic. I am trying to be optimistic.

But even a one is only a partial success. You can see that gauge, you

will see the needle move, it is Canada! He has asked him to measure

it again. We have been all week only is. It is very difficult. It is

difficult from this camera angle to judge where it is. He has changed

the needle. The go-ahead. Move your head! We can't see. It is in the

way. One read. -- one red. That is just tightening Canada's

grip on this match. This is really sad for the boys, and it is really

painful to be up here commentating on it. Keep going. It really is an

uphill struggle now. What you have to do in these situations is just

get out there and play your two stones. Through them to the best of

your ability. Two shots from David Murdoch, and

they were hard. But that wasn't as good as we know he can do, he knows

he can do. He knows it. Well, it is Friday afternoon at

home. Just hang in there for a bit. You never know. Some mistakes along

the line, we could pick up a three. It has happened. That was very

light. He needed to be top for there. -- top four there. Again,

just a little error from the opposition. The problem is, Jackie,

they have made the odd small error, but ours have been huge. All we have

certainly been made to pay for them, and we haven't capitalised on

any that the Canadians have made. I hear the boys saying it is fast. I

haven't heard them shouting any times supply can find out what time

it is. -- so that I can find out what time it is.

The Canadians certainly aren't playing them heavy.

It is hard. You can see the demeanour of the team, shoulders or

slumped a bit. You can even hear it in the crowd, actually. You can't

hear anything in the crowd! Without getting too depressed about

this, stranger things have happened. And the great thing about curling is

that it is literally one bad shot can change things around completely.

It is a hope that you can hang onto. It is not particularly a nice thing

to do, to hope for your opposition to make a mistake, but it does

happen. If you were with us early on in the bronze medal match, China

were on top for most of the match with Sweden. And then on two

occasions in the ninth end and the extra end, there were violations. If

you don't let go of the stone before that red line, it is banned. We had

a couple there which I have not even seen all week.

The British support, and the Canadians as well. Including the

Canadian and British women's teams. They are here to support their

team-mates. All you can really do is hope for some horrendous mistake

that lets you win. -- lets you in. And the other option that wouldn't

be nice is if Canada jump out and get another three or four shots,

giving us an early end to this final. Let's hope that doesn't

happen. And of course because of the way

this is, Jackie, Canada don't have to do anything. No, they just have

to start throwing some heavy granite down here and ripping everything

off. They are running for home. They don't have to do anything difficult.

And they are not going to follow us into a drawing game, because they

are way too experienced for that kind of thing. You give these guys

two or three shots ahead of you, and it is difficult, never mind five.

I like the hack. Try to roll it right behind. That is behind the T.

We want to stay in the open. I think the Canadians need to avoid trying

to be too clever. Dave Murdoch just asking Greg

Drummond to come down and hit that stone and roll back across to wear

the yellow was a couple of moments ago.

All they can do is keep trying, keep putting the stones in the right

place, hopefully some error. It just gives them a glimmer of hope. It

least gets them on the scoreboard in a better scenario than they have at

the moment. That is not bad for Greg. And again, Greg Drummond has

been pretty solid. I can remember one not so good shot from him in

this final so far. Scott has struggled, and Dave Murdoch has had

some difficult shots to try to make. Have they got this past the guard?

Yes, they have. That is a good shot, some nice sweeping once more.

I'm not sure that they need to try to play this game, they take the

guard off, we keep replacing it. If they have some stones in the house,

it does give as a slight opportunity.

We will hang on to anything at the moment. If we can just get a little

bit of a roll here. Unlucky. And of course that means

they can use this and roll in behind the two stones.

An odd atmosphere now in the Ice Cube Center. A lot of Canadian

supporters, a lot of British, of course. They had been expecting a

humdinger of a final, but it has been one-way traffic until now.

Whichever team is going to win this gold, they want to win it however

they possibly can. The two semifinals for me has been

humdingers, as you say. We had some really fantastic shooting, lots of

great calling and great play. There have been too many errors in this

game. Not really from the Canadians, though.

I don't think you're losing. You can't lose both of them and sitting.

Dave wanting to come in and stop top button, but you heard him say it is

going to be very tight at the top yellow without it taking too much of

a pull. Yes, he needs to miss the yellow stone by the smallest of

margins and hope that it curls in. This is another difficult shot for

Dave Murdoch. He needs to slide by by the smallest of margins. It has

to sit as well. A little too far. So close. A very difficult shot. He is

doing his best. Right from the very beginning, he has been up against

it. They are checking what Murdoch would

have next. They are getting cocky. Make him play this again. It should

really make no difference to them running for home. I like the guard.

Surely you would regard this. They just have to play reasonably

conservatively. I do not think so. I thought they might block the hall we

have just come through. Dave was unlucky but he was not far away. He

desperately needs the two. They would be happy to give him the one,

they just do not want to give him the opportunity of getting a two.

There is no opportunity they were they are sitting at the moment --

the way they are sitting. If he gets an age -- edge off, but it is such a

difficult shot. I was not sure if we get onto the

nose, and also if we come far enough back we might get a shot out of it.

The best he is going to get is one. You heard him saying, you almost

have to keep it out there are high and wait for the break to come and

then sweep. This has taken a big break. They have done well. This

should be good enough for one. He will be happy to give up that one.

The first five ends of this match Britain would want to forget. It is

not over, but it could not really have been any worse. When we

resume, there is the chance of more damage as Canada have the hammer in

the sixth. What is your analysis? It is

difficult. Dave played a fantastic shot only to give up a two in the

first end full up they have had their backs against the wall and now

they have nothing to lose. Soren Gran is the coach. Does he have the

hairdryer treatment that Alex Ferguson had? How will he left them?

It is hard to know what he does to motivate the boys. They are not

going to be failing the best. -- feeling. Such a margin is hard to

take to the Canadians. Try to get a steal, try to force Canada and get

your two back. It is a lot to ask because they are a fantastic hitting

team, but it is not over, let's have seized. -- faith. The first end

darted difficult. It was. The gradients went right for it the

first end and leave -- Dave could have lost more there. He needs his

team just it up. They have struggled. There have been too many

half shots. They have been out on the ice almost two weeks. It is

almost like the Olympic final they have frozen under the pressure.

Yes. It was always going to be tough. For the guys it is their

first Olympics and for Dave it is his first play-off. It is not over.

They still have a chance. They are guaranteed the silver medal. That is

fantastic. They are going to give it everything but they have to step up

their performance. The third and they to three. -- third end they

took three. They under sweat that, when they could have played a head

and roll. They were never going to miss that. Let's have faith. Hot on

the heels was the steal in N four. We would have hoped we could have

got some back and we ended up losing one. They had a chance to split the

house. Greg was a little bit heavy and he will be devastated with

that. That is a big mess. You cannot afford to do that at this level. He

needs to tap on a couple of inches -- tap the stone. We can look at the

statistics. Pretty high numbers. Ryan Fry is

usually higher than that. His strength is hitting and that is what

they are going to be doing from now on. Scott Andrews, 63%, that is not

going to win you games at this level I am afraid. Fingers crossed for the

boys. We need something of Olympian

proportions, we need to find something extra special that most

people in this arena would consider impossible. Tough. We have come out

onto the sixth end and Canada have the hammer so if they get another

advantage, even one shot above us, it would be great if we can keep

them to the one. I am sure Soren Gran will have told the boys to

relax and enjoy the rest of the game and often when your shoulders are

not as tense you will start to play better. That is what I was looking

at listening to leave. -- Eve. 7-4 after seven ends, they have to be at

least at that point. If not, we will be in a scenario... I think most

beagle would expect that any day and stood close this out -- most people

would expect the Canadians to run this home. Sometimes you do not get

the run of the stones. I am not saying Canada have had luck, they

have played exactly how they would have wanted to and how we have

allowed them to, but when they have played a slightly poor shot it has

not affected them, whereas ours have. Keep the faith. Hang on to

your brush. You never know. It would be one of the great comebacks if

this were to happen. Scott Andrew is asking for an out-turn tap. We are

not past. I am going to gasp. We have to be making these shots. So

difficult to watch. Dave knows they have to be making their shots. Poor

Scott has had a turbulent time-out there -- turbulent time. They had to

work so hard to get one passed in the previous end. This Olympic final

is not one in which Britain as a team, and Scott in particular, have

managed to rise to the occasion, but there is time. This is my point.

They play shots that are not perfect and we are not able to take

advantage, or have not been able to so far. If you shave the top guard

on the in-turn, you might be right behind him. What weight? Scott was

looking to come down the in-turn, it does finish, but the line is not

there because it is a high guard, so they are forced to come down the

out-turn and there is no backing on the right-hand side. These guys are

going to blast everything they can see. They are. And by catching that

stone, makes their job a little easier. By taking the corner, that's

the one that's going to be a danger to him. Running out of options, you

can see. You can see it in his face. He's trying hard, but there's a hint

of resignation on his face. And there you go, two of them. Clearing

the centre. I was hoping a victory dance would

have been enough for both teams. This match is for gold and silver

and the silver medal, if things stay the way they are, is achievable.

Probably not going to remove that. Probably going to take the back one.

A little mistake somewhere... Doesn't look like one of them.

They just want to sit right down on the face of the red on the one foot.

That's left to Greg Drummond. An intern draw. Oo clear line and no

bump is what we are look looking for.

Trying to hold it in there. This might be OK. They have lost that

stone as well. Yes, they laid off it. They said as well, there's not

been any call. The guys have to be giving indications of where they

think it's going to go. And not far out though, it's got to curl and it

was always going to do that because the way it was coming off it, it was

always going to curl but needed to be kept on the line. Stale danger

sitting there, but they can utilise it and push it back.

I think Greg made that look OK and you have to be able to judge the

weight and the line. Just feels like everything is going against us at

the moment. Fry looking to disturb all of the

stones probably. Certainly the top two British ones.

Still Canada's shot now. Britain with the second. Canada with third.

He's going to try with the second. Canada with third.

He's going to try easy to remove both yellows. If

Got to keep playing the shots with conviction. That's what's worrying

me, there's conviction. That's what's worrying

shots. Has he got it? No, Dave has been left with

shots. Has he got it? No, Dave has shot is a hit and roll but the guys

shots. Has he got it? No, Dave has Poor Dave's really up against it.

up two here, and I don't just mean this

up two here, and I don't just mean There may be a scenario where you

could give up There may be a scenario where you

trying they could still try for the There may be a scenario where you

one here, try and take two out here, give up the one,

one here, try and take two out here, Listen to me. Arm chair fan. I'm

sure you Listen to me. Arm chair fan. I'm

it's all about the strategy, how you Listen to me. Arm chair fan. I'm

their bronze medal match today. Listen to me. Arm chair fan. I'm

Big call for Dave Murdoch. He has of theed for an out-turn hit on that

back reined behind. Is it the right call? -- behind. Could have been the

double. Just try and force the one, then take two.

Got to sit. And it doesn't. This is just an easy draw.

I think he's trying too hard. Sometimes you have to go back to

playing the basic, simple shot. Take the double there, he practices these

all the time. Forced the one. Take a two in the next end. But just

maybe... Well I think if you are making all of your shots, great,

take on the difficult shots, but there for me, it was give up one,

try to get the two, close the gap. Justice in some small way, but now

this, it comes in and if it's right, which it should be, I expect it to

be. Yes, even trying to hit the little one behind. They are going to

thrash that. That's another two and a big, big

gap now There is a huge mountain to climb.

A huge mountain to climb. Dive off the top of it, get to the bottom of

the ocean, grab a raft and drag it back to the surface! Not a lot of

chance of anything like that happening. 8-2 after six ends.

They'll keep playing, I'm sure they will. Just not sure that was the

right strategy there, but Dave Murdoch's the man down there, he's

the skip, he's in charge. He backed himself to make that shot. He knew

though if it didn't come off, again he's be giving them a

straightforward chance of a two. Could have limited the damage to

one. Of course, he may be thinking, I want to try and maybe steal. Not

always easy - well it's always easy to sit here and make decisions -

when you are down here and your head gets frazzled by everything that's

going on, it's not easy to think straight. No. These guys are playing

for a gold or silver. They are in the final. It's the Olympics. It's

just such a shame that they haven't brought a better game here today to

play. We do have the hammer. It's critical

that we score a two here or more if that's possible. I think we have

been saying that since the second end, unfortunately. Not wanting to

sound despondent and I can tell you that, as a life long fan of at times

a mediocre football team, I've sat in many a match thinking, we can

score four in the last few muches, but can't remember when it last

happened mind you, but you can still believe.

-- matches. I know everybody back home who's gathered up to watch this

in many of the ice rinks will be feeling the pain these young boys

are feeling at the moment. Lots of British team members have

come in to watch the curling team and Lord Coe, Sir Steve Redgrave,

everybody piling in and hoping that they could do it. There always has

to be a winner and a loser and it's never an easy game to lose.

Plenty of the Canadian team members as well also. They'll be enjoying

this. I don't know if anybody really enjoys having a match where it

becomes so easy of course you don't want to be stressing in the final

end on the last stone to win the gold, but I'm sure everybody would

have enjoyed a much better final. We might get one yet, but something

drastic needs to happen here. And Canada just do not have to do

anything. It's the first Olympics for Brad

Jacobs and his team and I think it did take them a few matches to get

the grips with this Olympic tournament. Understand this is

different and despite all the successes at home, and the silver

medal, it was going to be a learning process for themselves. They did

learn very, very quickly. They soon started producing their A games.

Tough matches in the round robin. They didn't steam roller everybody.

The semi-final match against China was a fairly comfortable affair in

the end. They probably cannot believe the situation that they've

got themselves into, but also that Britain have helped with some shots

which, let's just say, will be disappointed with.

Jennifer Jones, of course, already won the gold for Canada for the

women. That was a very popular win and I think everybody even in the

women's tournament accepting that Canada, or the Canadian women were

better. Jennifer Jones towards the end of her career, the men here may

well have another one or two Olympic campaigns in them, who knows. Of

course, you cannot by rights come back and defend your title. Canada,

of course, can, but it could well be a completely different team if they,

in four years' time, don't get through their trials.

They have to play a trials, they have a lot of strong teams,

everybody find -- vying for the place to represent their country at

the Olympics. What Canada will do is keep peeling

the guards away, they will keep the house nice and clear, they will not

allow David Murdoch any opportunities. They will not mind if

he picks up one or two, but at this stage, Canada should have the hammer

in the eighth end and, crucially, in the 10th end.

I do not know how much longer they will want to endure this. The

Canadians running for home. They are such a good hitting team, Eve

Muirhead said that. They like the hitting game. Peeling out shots is

easy for them. That is a nice attempt, it pulled up at the end.

Standing behind, Brad Jacobs, in the shadow of the Canadian skip, David

Murdoch, in his third attempt the games. He will reflect, I am sure,

on a well-deserved silver medal, but he will not have enjoyed this

experience. That is for sure. Coming back to the theme of future

Olympics, I suppose there is still an option for him to come back, his

team are certainly don't enough. It is just a question of whether he

still has the fire to return, four years from now. It may take six

months or a year for him to decide. It is a huge commitment, to make

your decisions early. Some time off, to reflect what is in front of you.

The commitment for another Olympics...

It is such a long, drawn-out affair, you have to be 100% committed to it.

Age is not a big issue in the world of sport, or in the world of

curling. But it is getting younger and younger all the time, people are

becoming full-time athletes, giving up their jobs, their careers. They

are chasing the dream of an Olympic gold-medal. And to be the best they

can be. I am not sure we have seen the best of Canada tonight, because

we have not really pushed them into that situation, they have been able

to play a fairly straightforward game, they knew it would always be a

problem, and even if they had been just two or three shots ahead, it

would have been incredibly difficult, even if Britain pick up

to here, they do not have to do anything difficult, just do not make

any mistakes, and they are clear through. They would have craved the

gold medal, and their country expects. It is the men for whom

silver and bronze would not have been acceptable.

They have held that well, I thought it would catch the line. I am

sitting right behind it. Talking about the medals, at the

Winter Olympics, we have a middle-class, and every evening,

down here, the medals from on the slopes and down here are presented.

All of the curling adults will be presented tomorrow night, the men

and women. We will have a ceremony of sorts, the flower ceremony, after

the culmination of this match, when all three teams are presented with a

lovely posy of flowers, and it gives the curling crowd a chance to cheer

the medallists. But they will get the actual medals... In the 24

hours, if this does end in the disappointment we are expecting for

Great Britain, they can reflect on what has still been, or will be, and

exceptional silver medal, they were not many people's tips to get into

the final, even. The women were tipped as gold medallists,

in for two points, he would do that 99 times out of 100 on any other

occasion. It slides out of the house, he only gets the one.

It may well be that there is no handshake at the moment, but with

Canada having the hammer, you may have heard David Murdoch say, one

more end. It is almost becoming embarrassing, and I do not mean that

in a derogatory sense. If the other team have been that good, you hand

it to them. But they have been making so many mistakes, and that

one from David is not characteristic at all, he is a great player, one of

the best in the world. That is the situation they find themselves in.

He will not want to put these young guys through any more than they have

to. Yes, it is difficult, David feels like he is laying his shots

well, but it is just not happening today. As painful as this is for all

of them down there, they have to play eight ends in the final of the

Olympic Games. Quite often, we can see games finishing early, and they

will come off if they feel that they cannot win the game, but they must

play eight ends. If this has ended up in a disappointment, as I'm sure

it has, imagine what the guys are going through. It has still been a

great journey, so many people have enjoyed the curling, and we will end

up with two medals for Great Britain, a massive achievement. It

is a sport which has so many twists and turns. We have had great

support, I believe, back home, and all over the nation, for this

wonderful sport of curling. Unfortunately, this is what sport is

all about, when it is going good, it is fantastic, you are riding the

crest of a wave, but there are always times when it just does not

happen for you. That is today. That is a nice shot from Michael

Goodfellow, he is shooting 92% today, he has played so well. I have

said it before, it is really important, the lead position, but he

does have three others following after him. If he sets the ends up

and it is not followed, it is very difficult to deal with. But it is a

team sport, that is why they play it. One for all and all for one. To

come back to the point of enjoyment that so many people have had from

the curling, so many youngsters might be thinking about having a go,

and Jackie Lockhart has talked about the opportunities that are out

there. Curling only gets this coverage every four years, so it

would be nice if a cue more people wanted to take it up, because this

could be you one day, representing Great Britain at the Olympic Games,

the World Championships every year, the European Championships, and it

is a sport which is facility dependent, to some extent, and there

are not so many facilities in England, plenty in Scotland, maybe

we will see more in the coming years of. Yes, let's hope we have some

more in England, Wales and Ireland. We have 22 in Scotland. With the

interest that we draw every four years, at the Olympics, we just have

to continue that through. Our curling website has been very well

looked at, people have been on the website. All of the dates are almost

fully booked, I would not be surprised if some of the ice rinks

are opening on other dates and times. Do not let this put you off,

this has just been a difficult game for our boys, but we have seen some

wonderful curling this whole week. Our friends dressed as Elvis have

come into the building, a bit late. They might agree, this British team

have been all Shook up. That is my last one! Your jokes are so bad! I

thought Jonathan's was bad, frozen under the pressure. Let's talk about

the Canadian team. We could be having a handshake at the end of

this end. They have been called trash, arrogant at times. -- brash.

But you could not argue about their progress on the ice. They might not

be as popular as the women, but they have proved exciting. They have not

been pushed here at all, but they came out with all guns firing.

Britain did not match them in the early ends, they allowed them to

dominate early, and therefore dictate matters. Brad Jacobs and his

team, do not forget the two brothers, his cousins, Ryan Fry, who

they have put in to create this team, it took awhile to get to grips

with the concept the Olympic Games. We might see some fist pumping at

the end, they will be full of jubilation, and so they should be,

there is a lot of expectation for them back home. A silver or a bronze

would have been seen as failure. That is a lot of pressure to live

with and to deliver the gold medal again. They did not go through

unbeaten, but they have got stronger as the competition has gone on. Greg

Drummond has been excellent right throughout this, he can hold his

head high. Even here in this final, but it has been so difficult for

Britain. Michael Goodfellow has been 92%, Greg Drummond, 87%. Whenever he

has been asked to deliver, most of the time he has done a fantastic job

for his skip. He will have learned an awful lot from this, whether or

not David Murdoch is back in future years, who knows, but Greg

Drummond, Scott Andrews, Michael Goodfellow will have picked up so

much experience. Good and bad. You can learn from defeats like this

just as much as you can learn from great victories. The boys don't have

the opportunity to go and head out to the World Championships this

year, unfortunately. That contest was played just last week there, at

home in Scotland. There'll be a lot to make decisions on. Whether the

young lads match back up with Tom Brewster. I think everything there

depend on selection for if they decide to go for another Olympic

Games. That's all going to be down to the national coach. He'll have to

make an offer for you to come and play I think for your country.

Talking about the coach. They've called for time out and the coach

will come down. Interesting to hear what he has to say. They are trying

to make this end work, trying to keep thicks -- things going. Trying

to get it to the last two ends. At some point they have to make a

move on it. The minute they make a move on it, these guys are just

going to blast them. Eus try and hear what Soren Gran has

to say. ALL SPEAK AT ONCE

I think that line is more important. Ment, exactly.

Anybody who's listened to this and doesn't really understand the game,

they've talked about the five and the two. All the stones are numbered

one to eight, so they are talking about which stone they are speaking

about, whether it will move. But they are wanting to corner freeze

that top yellow. Just move them ever so slightly. And the yellow that we

see, one foot could actually move to it freeze on top of the red.

I don't think he's that concerned. No. But we have to keep trying.

Sometimes little errors can creep in.

The guys have swept this really well. Just looking to come and sit

right on top of their own yellow. It's not going to be far away. A

little tap. Not a bad shot at all. Just these shots would have been

great to lead earlier on. They were missing, but not by much. Even if

they'd kept Canada to just a two or three shot lead, it would go back to

the third where they got that three at the half way point.

Just watch catching the guard on the way through, remember. Just these

little errors. Since then, there have been one or two serious ones.

Even that last end where Dave Murdoch failed to hit and just sit

for his two. Depending on how themmings fall

here, we may be coming to the last couple of stones -- things fall

here. Or if Britain were to somehow pick up a couple, who knows, might

just carry on. Look at that! What do you know! What

do you know? ! When you're good, you're very good, when you're hot,

you're very hot. When it's not your day, you can only hang your head and

accept your fate. He wasn't far away from moving all of these yellows.

But that's all he wanted to do was move them. He does after all have

the hammer here. Got 'em all. I think we are blowing

on the embers of a fire that's sadly died out here for David Murdoch and

his team. It's been a great campaign during these Olympic Games and,

while they fought hard in this final to try and resurrect something to

get something going, it's been an uphill struggle.

Quite happy to have a huge gap in the scoreline there. They are happy

just to take the one. Often you will see teams not happy to take ones but

they are so far ahead now, so close to finishing this game, they are

just going to take it. Sir Brad Jacobs sending down what could be

the last stone here. If he takes this one, interesting to see what

David Murdoch does. They'll be 9-3 ahead. He needs to sit here, and he

does. Canada lead 9-3. There's a discussion going on with the British

team. And that's it. They are going to go and finish this. This is game

over. Hard lines. Enough is enough. Brad Jacobs and his team are the

gold medallists. A disappointing final in all respects and the

Canadians have delivered. It's been a sad final for Dave Murdoch and his

team, but they'll reflect, I'm sure, in the coming hours on a silver

medal which was thoroughly deserved. They didn't bring their best game to

the final, unfortunately. It was a step too far. Against a Canada team

that was never going to let them back into the match once they got

off to a good start. They really had to come and take the

game early on. Too many mistakes today. Too many errors. Too many big

shots for the skip to have to make to try to rescue the team. He tried

really hard early on to do that. As full of admiration we are for the

Canadian team, the bronze for the women and the silver for the men,

particularly the silver, given all the controversy over selection over

the last 12 months, Tom Brewster, of course, the alternate, he brought

together and Dave Murdoch was brought in, and getting through to

the medal matches, two big wins over Norway, a big win over Sweden, a

silver medal. Still a massive achievement. Yes. Let's not forget,

this isn't the game that we wanted or the finish we were looking for,

but a silver medal, if they'd been offered that on a plate before this

competition started, they would have taken it. It's a fantastic medal.

Disappointing at the minute. It will give them some comfort at some

point. They really were up against it today. This was the Canadian team

that were not going to be giving in. I am delighted that we have got a

silver and a bronze and we have raised the profile of our sport.

It's just wonderful. On wards and upwards is what I say. Canada were

always the favourites to win the gold and congratulations to them.

They played very well in the second half of the round Robin and in the

medal matches particularly today. A silver for Great Britain, the final

score, 9-3. Canada are the Olympic champions.

Three titles in a row for them. They were the favourites. That

performance by Dave Murdoch, still representative of what they have

done in the tournament? Yes, you you know what, they put a good run in

towards the final there and it will be a tough one to take. They were

just the second best team there today unfortunately, the Canadians

came out strong and really were fighting from the first game, as we

said earlier. You know what, it's still silver. They are going to feel

it losing that last game but it's still fantastic, a silver medal.

This is the irony, you won a bronze yesterday. Makes me feel a lot

better. I guess tomorrow, the medals will be handed out, but you will get

your medals at the same time and I'm sure by then they'll reflect on

what's been an amazing tournament? Definitely. I think tomorrow night,

it will finally sink in when we get that medal round the necks. For the

guys as well, I know it will be a tough next few hours for them, they

are going to have to go through a lot of the media, probably doping

control, but, you know what, hopefully they can realise what they

have done. They have done themselves proud to get to the position they

are in. First Olympic Games for three of them. Dave, he'll be

disappointed just from the last hurdle, as he's won a lot of major

Championships in the past, but they are going to have to pick themselves

up. Still fantastic. Tough wording in commentary, it was said that it

was getting embarrassing. Do you think Dave and the guys will feel

embarrassed in the way they performed today? I guess maybe a

small bit. During the week, they had a roller coaster. They have had a

few wins that could have gone the other way. You know, I wouldn't say

such an embarrassment. I think they've still done everyone at home

very proud. The Canadians looked like they wanted it more. Even half

way through the game, these guys were pumped for that game. We know

how strong they are. Similar with the ladies' game. Jones unbeaten

through the whole tournament. These guys are strong and practice hard. I

just wish some would retire soon! We talked act the Canadians wanting it

more. In contrast to you, Dave came here I think to win an Olympic

medal. He'd achieved that. It was like his final was against the

Swedes and they just didn't have the intensity when it came to today.

Yes. When you go into major tournaments, you always think, all I

want is that Olympic medal. But believe you me, you will know as

well, when you get to the final stages and you are in the final, you

don't want anything but the gold, do you? I know I've had that feeling

before, you get to the final and at the start of the weak you think,

silver would be fine, but when you are in that position, when you have

a chance to win the gold, you don't want anything but the gold, so it

will take probably a few days to sink in, but at the end of the day,

they are going to get a silver Olympic medal around their necks. A

really successful Team GB this year and hopefully tonight we can

continue that in the speed skating. If Christie was to win a medal, that

would be a fine performance by the British team. Dave Murdoch is a

veteran of three Olympics. The likes of Scott Andrews, he struggled

earlier on. Perhaps it will take long tore get over this experience?

Yes. That's it. These guys are still young. I wouldn't want to say

inexperienced because they have a couple of world silvers under their

belts and they train day in day out. But this won't do them any harm at

all. They'll come back. We didn't come away with a medal at Vancouver,

but I learned so much from that. The guys will bag up the experience and

they'll be giving 2018 a shot. All you can do when it comes to that is

bag up the experience from here and take that on to to future

Championships. In terms of your career and the girls that you are

curling with, how much longer, I mean you are very young, the

youngest Olympic medallist, I mean, do you look beyond 2022? What is

your plan going forward? Zbla you know what, for a young team we are

not finished yet. We have a long future ahead of us I think. I want

to say this, this Olympics is a stepping stone in our career and

hopefully the first of many great things to come. When we got together

a few years ago, we'd won European Championships, the World

Championships and now an Olympic medal. As I say, we are not finished

yet. We have a long future ahead of us, I would like to think. We are

going to go in for the next Olympics I would hope. But who know, I'll be

getting a bit old after that. How old would you be, 27? Yes. That

sounds young to me! What do you think you have learned through the

tournament, individually and as a team? You come in with the

expectations of gold, having to reseat your sights when you lost the

semi-final match. What would you take out of this, apart from the

bronze? I've learned a tonne from this Championships and probably the

most I've learned is bouncing back from the semi-final loss. I didn'the

know what I was going to do, to be honest. After the game, you could

see all of us were devastated. We came here as world champions, so we

knew we had a chance for the gold and put ourselves in a position to

get it. When your dreams are shattered with the one game, it's

tough. We need to thank our coaches, Dave was fantastic with us, he

managed to lift us the next morning and for us to come back and win that

bronze medal game, showed a lot of guts and determination, I would like

to think. That's where we learnt the most. Athletes have to learn to lose

before they win and I'm so proud of the girls as well. What a fantastic

Olympic Games for them. It's been their first games, they showed a lot

of great will power. You have given us some amazing

moments. Let's look back at what has been an amazing curling tournament

for the British men and the British women.

David Murdoch and this British team MUSIC

A gold model for the Canadians, but a silver for David Murdoch.

I know this was not your day, but congratulations on the silver, tell

me about that game. We never got off to a good start, we have to focus on

the start, they came at us hard. We did not get the jewels in the right

place. We had a chance of a too, we got caught out, and we were

struggling on free. When you are 5-1 down, you are not going to come

back. How proud are you of the silver medal? It is something I will

think about in a minute. We are just thinking about not getting the gold

at the moment, but a silver medal is scarily cool! A lot of hard work,

congratulations. Obviously, disappointed, but at

least he is smiling. Thank you for your company, enjoyed your medal

ceremony tomorrow. Let's go into the flower ceremony, Steve Cram and

Jackie Lockhart standing by. You will not get medals, but you deserve

something for your sterling work over the last two weeks!

We have enjoyed every minute. It has been great that we have ended with

two medals for Great Britain. We have done 27 matches in total, most

of them, I am pleased to say, have been involving British interest,

about 24 of them. Although today was not the best, it was not the result

that was disappointing, it was always going to be tough to beat

Canada, the manner of the defeat will not be remembered, I hope, and

what they will take away is the fact that they are Olympics all the

medallists, and they played very well during the competition, and

they have something very tangible to show for it, of which I am sure they

will be proud in the future. I have thoroughly enjoyed commentating on

this Olympic Games here. We have had some thrilling events to watch, some

fantastic shots. Unfortunately, it was not the game we were hoping to

be commentating on, we were hoping to be commentating on a winning

team, but I am so proud of what Team GB have done at this Olympic Games.

We have a silver and bronze medal. All the work and effort and

determination that has been put in has shone through. They have had us

on the edges of our seats, sometimes questioning what they are doing. I

would have to say, Steve Cram is learning more every time he comes

here. It has been a pleasure. I have worked it all out now! I just need

to get you on the ice now, see if you are any good on the game. Not

talking about it! Like most things in life, I am better at talking

about it than doing it! The Sweden team, I am so pleased for them, many

able will be, Niklas Edin, the bronze medal. Not what they wanted,

but they could have finished in fourth place a game, which happened

four years ago. Viktor Kjaell. He played lead. Sebastian Kraupp, the

vice skip. And their flamboyant at times leader, Niklas Edin. He led

the team well. It was a gut-wrenching defeat to Britain in

the semifinals, but they bounced back to win the bronze medal in an

extra end against China. They had a real battle this morning, they

fought all the way. They played some wonderful shots. There they go, the

GB boys. Let's applaud them, they deserve all of the adulation they

are going to get from the supporters here. They will enjoy their medal

ceremony tomorrow. Tom Brewster helped put the team together. He

gets a medal as well, he deserves a lot of credit for the role he has

played in helping these guys develop into Olympic silver medallists.

Michael Goodfellow, not from a curling background, you do not have

to have a family of colours. Scott Andrews comes from a curling

background, they will be delighted in Prestwick. From Forfar, Greg

Drummond, his parents are here, they will be so proud, he has been

excellent all the way through. Third time lucky, but it was not luck, it

was about endeavour, shotmaking and nerve when it counted most, the

match against Norway, the last shot, and against Sweden, the skip, David

Murdoch. So proud, I am sure, of his team. We did question whether the

Canadian team were going to be performing to the level they had

been at their Olympic trials, they started shakily, but they have

finished the competition on a high. They will be bluffing their gold

medal tomorrow, didn't get a good polish. They will be fated back home

in Canada, they take the gold medal in the men's curling. Caleb Flaxey,

the alternate, and the brothers, Ryan Harnden and EJ Harnden. Ryan

Fry joined the team about 18 months ago. Then, the skip, the cousin of

the brothers, Brad Jacobs. They talk a good game, but goodness me, they

played a good game as well. If you come with that sort of attitude and

intensity, not always to everybody's liking, but they stood

up strong. Canada, Great Britain and Sweden, the gold, silver and bronze

medallists in the men's curling. I have thoroughly enjoyed the last 11

days or so. It has been absorbing sport, and when you can see the

twists and turns in front of you, the emotion, the pressure is etched

on their faces, you have heard the discussions, the confidence

building, you have heard it seeping away sometimes, it has been an

enthralling ride, and I hope you have enjoyed our coverage of the

curling. From Jackie Lockhart and me, that is it, we look forward to

seeing these guys get the medal tomorrow night in the medal Plaza.

Yes, thank you very much, good night from me, and it is good night from

him. As somebody once said! They are great images, as they were

saying, the medal ceremony is tomorrow evening. The silver medal

is official, so Britain has for medals.

Our equal best ever performance, in 1924, that was the last time we got

for medals, and a fifth medal could come this evening through Elise

Christie. Let's look back to one of the

moments of the Winter Olympics, yesterday evening, I was lying on my

bed, I was watching this match, I thought, this is all over bar the

shouting, but how wrong I was. She scores! The Americans draw first

blood. A snapper from the captain, who leads by example. She goes top

shelf. A loose play from the Canadians and out of the American

attack to come in. She was digging deep, and Captain America opens up

the scoring in the gold-medal match. Look at that, high, into the goal.

It is a thing of beauty, as you see the American bench, they know how

much it means. Just wide. Carpenter scores! The red

light is on. Is this going to be the golden goal? This is the great

movement up to the boards, and right across. Some great handiwork.

Measured twice, cut once. Carpenter cuts the Canadian hopes into shreds

with this goal. Canada running out of time. They are also running out

of ideas. It is a goal! Out of absolutely nothing! The Canadians

score, and now we will have a Grand Slam finish. They are so closely

matched, and now there is just one goal between them. The Canadians

have a tiny bit of belief they can come back. Hard work makes this

goal, and a bit of luck goes a long way. She creates her own good

fortune. If this is touched, redirected, I am not sure, but it

came off Rhiannon Jenner. She had a burst of speed. She will get credit

for it. They have looked so unlikely all day. This could seal it. Off the

post! So close! Denied! Was that the chance, I

wonder? You suspect the Canadians were always going to have one. They

have scored! The Canadians have levelled it! 54 seconds to go! Are

you kidding me! The Americans cannot believe what has happened. Now, the

Maple Leafs believe. 2-0 down, they were dead and buried. In three and a

half minutes, they have come back. She has stuck her name into

folklore. This is something else. Hold onto your seats, because we

have a minute left. We are level. We may as well book for bed and

breakfast, over time all over again. 20 minutes, sudden death.

A goal! A golden goal! She wins the gold-medal! She took it to overtime,

and now she wins it! Canada finish on top again, and the Americans have

disabled the silver. An amazing game. Finished by an amazing player.

They did it in 2002, 2006 and 2010. The Canadians will finish on top of

the podium here. A deep sigh of relief. A stunning,

stunning comeback. The Americans will feel hard done

so. Of course, they will. But the tears of joy come from the that

ayedians -- Canadians. Marie Philippe-Pollin does it again. The

build-up is there. The one touch there that, was Rebecca Johnson that

led up to that. That is the reason. You see that coming from Marie

Philippe PPoulin and the eruption from the Canadian bench. It's a

rocky mountain high for Canada again as they are gold medallists at the

Olympic Games. Once again, they may not have been the best team in the

tournament, but they finish with the winning record. That record of 16

years since their last defeat will stretch to 20.

Wow. I'm so gutted that I turned the television off. What an amazing

match that was and what a comeback from the Canadians. That will hurt

the Americans for a long, long time to come. Today was the turn of the

men. A dramatic tournament so far, unless of course you are Russian.

This is where the fate of the Russian team will be decided.

Wonderful finish. Score! Back on level terms.

Absolutely incredible. Wonderful finish. Into the top corner.

Silences the crowd. Scores. Canada has advanced to the semi-final.

Sweden will move on to their semi-finalists, Canada will play

America. It's semi-final line-up today.

Sweden up against Finland, the conquerors of Russia, and then wow,

what a match that is going to be, the United States v Canada,

especially after what happened last night in the women's final. We saw

Sweden v Finland earlier. We can catch up with the rest of that match

with Steph and Brent now. A very, very tight game.

Battling hard on the boards. There is a break here. Good save.

The two net miners have started well here. Here is a great opportunity.

It's a hard working game between these two sides.

Opens all the way up. Maybe clipped the post as that one went by from

the man who opened up the Russia game. Back to the blue line.

That was a great chance. Aaltonen. Happens that quick, we'll watch it

again. I watched the Canadians practise this morning. Goodness me,

did they ever look good! And Lundqvist is there. The referee

reckons the whistle went before it crossed the line and technology is

needed. Watch this play develop. And this is one that's got to count.

Let's listen. For me, that is 100% conclusive. It has to be a goal.

Let's see. Finland take the lead and Finland are on the board first.

Jokerit gets the chequered flag. And he gets the sham wane treat.

Sweden with a real chance. Side of the net. What a goal! That is a

thing of beauty. Fired in at the side of the net by

Eriksson. His second of the Games. Just a third over and the Swedes

pick it up. Eriksson, Jerry down to Loui. Level at one.

Opens up. Scores! A bolt from the blue from Eriksson. And just when

you think Karlsson's gone quiet, he strikes and Sweden have the lead.let

Finds his way again. Blows that past the block blocker.

Raised high up towards the roof. Lost for a moment. Eriksson of

Sweden. They are going to the final again! They maintain their perfect

record in Olympic semis. Finland beaten, Sweden stingy, Sweden

strong, Sweden go through. So, Sweden through to the final.

We'll find out who they play when the USA play Canada tonight at 5 pm.

Steam Cram caught up with Dave Murdoch and the boys post that

defeat in the match. First of all, reaction to the match.

You will be disappointed. You are silver medallists but reflect on the

game first? It's hugely disappointing, it was the

opportunity of a lifetime and unfortunately, we didn't grasp it,

we got off to a bad start and against a team like that, you can't

afford to do that. There were a few mistakes that gave them the front

foot. It was always going to be an uphill struggle. Yes, we just have

to take that. That's what can happen.

Can you put your finger on anything Greg out there that didn't happen

for you? It's hard to say, to be honest. The conditions were slightly

different than what we probably expected, but we can't use that as

an excuse. We are professional athletes and have to be able to deal

with things like that. But Ke just didn't put enough shots together.

The Canadian guys always have the lead.

Dave's just said it, they are a good team and I suppose they reached a

point and you reached a point where you were hoping they would make a

mistake? Yes, but we didn't make enough shots and we weren't the

better team, so all credit to the guys, they all came out and shot

really well. Not to be today. Let's forget that then, Mike, we'll start

on the positives, you came here obviously not necessarily as

everyone's tip to win a medal. You guys probably thought you could, but

just reflect on the competition and the fact that you are an Olympic

silver medallist? Yes. It feels pretty incredible. We have had an up

and down week, some really good games and struggled sometimes as

well, but we've fought hard and played really well when it mattered

and came which way with a silver which we are all really chuffed

with. For you three, this was your first Olympic experience and to come

away with a silver must give you a bit of a taste for what might come

in the future? For sure. Obviously Dave's been at two games before and

we pitch up and get to the final the first time. We have been together

for a few years now and we've got a lot of experience now. A couple of

world final medals and stuff like that. So yes, great for the future.

It's bright for our team. Greg, you look complete completely sured out

there. You all did and must have perhaps dreamt of an Olympic medal.

When the competition started, did you think you would do it? We came

here thinking we could do it. We did put some world class games

together and, else splishl towards the end of the week we had some high

pressure games that we came out on the right side of. Unfortunately

today, it wasn't to be. Dave, reflect on what this means for

these three? It's been an incredible team effort. A lot of hard work and

training. It was the most incredible thing.

It's been a kick in the teeth but I'm proud of these guys.

What about you? Obviously this is your third Olympic Games, you have

finally got that medal, it's probably Early to start thinking

about the future, I can see how much it means to you, but this is a

special time for you? Yes, it is. And for your families as well, they

have been out here supporting you? Yes, the support's been great for

the friends and family and the guys back home, the whole nation's been

talking about curling so we should take this opportunity to the thank

the nation for getting behind us. Medal ceremony tomorrow night. Easy

know you are going to enjoy that. Well done guys, silver medallists.

Congratulations. They've won a silver and feel

depressed, but I'm sure confirm tomorrow they'll feel much better

for what's been a brilliant tournament for them. Today though,

that's not the end of the medal possibilities for Team GB. Later on,

Christie goes in her favourite event, the 1,000 metres. It would be

an incredible story if she won a medal after what's been a traumatic

Winter Olympics. We are all waiting to see whether

she can become the First Lady skater in the history of this event to make

it into the medal contest. There's a faller. They have gone

down already. This is history in the making.

That's good enough. Christie is into the final.

Christie crossed the line second in the 500 metres final. She was one of

three to crash on the first lap. The Chinese Li Jan took gold as Christie

got back into the race. On review, that's what they were looking at.

She was found be at fault for the crash, she cut the corner and

Christie was disqualified. I got hit unfortunately, that meant I hit

everyone else. It's a 50/50 call and the referee made his decision. ? My

opinion, it would have been different but everyone has got to

have an opinion. That's the way short track is, unfortunately.

Lovely move by Elise Christie. Moves into third place. Goes down the

inside again and nips into second place. This is majestic stuff by the

Scot. Christie has been left devastated by

a second disqualmification. Straight after the race, she was

baffled and frustrated. Do you have any idea why that

happened... Can't believe it. Not a penalty

she's been given. She's been awarded a "did not finish". She crosses the

line marginally inside the track. Today I have no idea what is going

on. I'm finding it hard. I've had quite a lot of abuse over the

Internet and stuff I've had to deal with. It's been tough. I'm finding

it quite hard. Stuff on the Internet. What do you mean? I've had

a few people threatening me and stuff like that, just silly cyber

bullying basically. It's kind of what's happened and I've got no

control over it unfortunately. Elise Christie is on the track

tonight in the quarter finals, semifinals and hopefully the final

in her favourite event the 1,000 m. While Canada was winning a Gold

Medal here in the Ice Cube, at the biathlon centre another medal was

decided. We join it in the closing stages.

Down it goes to slam the door shut on the chasers for now. The

Canadians have put in an unbelievable race.

The Russians go five outive foo. Norway are -- five out of five.

Norway are five out of five. What a shame, she will have to do the same

on the track as she did on the first two kilometre loop. That makes it a

risky occasion for the final shoot. They've closed the gap. The lead is

now 17 seconds. Russia in second place. Berger third for Norway.

There are anxious moments for the Ukrainians in the stadium. Canada

holding onto fourth for now. The Czech Republic are having a bit a

wobble after a brilliant start. Two misses already. And the Americans in

a position with Cook to go into the top five. No. She throws that last

one wide. The Czechs clear to hold onto a slim lead over the Americans.

The Italians trying to force a comeback after a brilliant start

earlier on in the day. Look how close the top three positions are.

The number of times that Berger has closed 40 seconds on The Last Leg of

the relay, let -- on the last leg of the relay, let alone 22.

She's now Belarus's most decorated winter or summer Olympian and made

that look easy. Interestingly, the Norwegian cross-country skiers were

saying they hope she doesn't take up cross-country skiing, because she is

skiing so fast, she could win some of the cross-country races here. She

may have eyes on that in the future. For now, it's all biathlon. With

three golds, I think she'll stick with this for a while.

Foulkard with two golds and a silver, missing out by just

centimetres. Pidhrushna's lead is being eroded. She required that

extra round which delayed her exit on the range. The Russians are

coming. Pidhrushna's leads for Ukraine. Look how quickly Vilukhina

is closing her down. Berger is not far behind either. There were 17

seconds at the last checkpoint. Now it's just ten. This is going to get

ever so tense in the closing stages. All three of the lead teams could

still win this. All three will be on the mat together shooting for the

standing starring etc. I expect Berger may be able to do more

damage. She is the best shot from last year's statistics. She's the

only one who hit over 90% in a standing position. She's generally

four or five seconds quicker than anyone else in the standing

position. But this season it hasn't been quite going to plan. It remains

to be seen what she can do. She's been in this situation so many

times. It's Canada's race, the best race they've produced for many

years. And a medal would be an astonishing result for can da. It's

not out -- Canada. It's not out of the question. The pressure on the

lead three is unbelievable. I'm sure one of them is going to have a

meltdown. Pidhrushna's will turn the corner very shortly. She will hear

the roar of the crowd. She will take some heart from the Ukrainians

who've travelled here to support. But the Russians will make a huge

amount of noise when they see how much ground Olga Vilukhina has

closed down. Moving in front of a packed gallery, the hopes of a

nation rest on Pidhrushna's's shoulders. Can she hold her nerve,

on the most testing of circumstances? Without doubt, the

most important five shots she has undertake be in her -- undertaken in

her career. Vilukhina in second place. Berger in third. Who will

make a mistake? And who will put their country in prime position for

a Gold Medal? Vilukhina has exceed faster than anyone else -- skied

faster than anyone else in the leading three. That is a risky

tactic. I think she wanted to put the Ukraine under pressure. She'll

certainly have done that. Pidhrushna's had a 17-second lead,

it is now down to around seven seconds. Berger just easing up

before this final shoot. She also has the quickest final lap of the

leading three. So Norway are not out of it, despite the fact they're in

third. The Ukraine need five out of five to be sure and Russia with

Vilukhina still in a very strong position. This is brilliant

shooting. Now the nerves, she's are the hardest two. One. The job is

half done. And again, superb shooting. Ukraine could be on their

way to gold. Russia with one miss are in a little bit of trouble. But

they can take 15 seconds out of the Ukraine on the last two kilometres

and Berger has to produce an unbelievable ski to challenge. The

Ukraine with Pidhrushna's are onto the last 2,000 metres. The margin

will be significant, 11 seconds over Russia. It will be around 20 seconds

over the Norwegians. Little stumble from Berger as she exits the range.

She has some ground to make up. Vilukhina is in second place, 11

seconds behind Pidhrushna's. Berger is third. Can she close down 25

seconds? The Canadians have had a nightmare there. What a shame. A

penalty loop at the end of what, until now, has been a superb

performance. That's 300 extra metres. It could be an extra 450

metres and the USA are likely to go ahead of Canada if they can hold

their nerve. The Italians could get into fourth place. Good shooting.

That's very solid at this stage of the race. You have to feel for

Cocker. She has two loops, 300 metres, that's 52 seconds, to

complete that. The Americans so far are safe. Three rounds to hit two

targets. The Italians are coming strongly. Great finish from the

Italians after a brilliant start early on. They're now back in the

running for a top four. Good finish from USA with Cook. Very good finish

from her. She'll have a good race with the Italians over that last 2 K

loop. It is alling about the -- all about the leading three. Shortly the

pictures will head back out onto the course. Pidhrushna's held her nerve

beautifully there, 11 seconds the advantage. Berger has to make up 25

if she's going to make it two relay golds for Norway. This is absolutely

huge for Elena Pidhrushna's. She is being roared on by the Ukrainian

coach. She won't need reminding of the significance of what would be

their first medal of any colour. She has another 250 metres before she

reaches the summit of the hill. Once there, it's very difficult to close

down more than four or five seconds. The Russians if they want to win

this one, they have to get it down to around two or three seconds by

the summit of the climb. She's gasping. She's working hard. She

knows how important this win could be. Vilukhina, is she looking tired?

I think she might be. She skied the second loop faster than anyone else.

She paid the price by losing five or six seconds and now she's paying a

double price because she hasn't got anything left to give on this last

lap. Instead of challenging for gold, she will have to defend silver

because Torah Berger is notching up the work rate and closing the gap on

the Silver Medal. Pidhrushna's is doing a brilliant job. Vilukhina was

only 11 seconds behind when they exited the range. Now it's over 20.

She just needs to stay on her feet here. All the hard work is done.

She's closing in on a moment of huge significance. The Norwegian coaches

are trying to roar Tora Berger on to close the gap on Vilukhina. There

she comes. Vilukhina has just gone through shot. Tora Berger is now 50

metres from the summit where she will descend to the stadium.

Vilukhina is still 70 metres clear. The order of the top three should

not change, unless someone takes a fall. Olena Pidhrushna's now, just

moments away from an epic victory, all four of the you've cranian women

have held their nerve brilliantly under the most testing of

circumstances. She had to produce it on her last effort in the range and

she did so in fine style. The crowd will respond, one more corner. She's

getting closer. She's away and clear. And now she can ease up and

she can start to think about this great moment. Gradge diat home in --

tragedy at home in Kiev, triumph here in the Sochi snow. This has

been a quartet, unbeaten by the opposition, unbeaten by the politics

and united by passion. In so doing, they have created sporting history.

What a timely reminder of the power of sport and what a poignant example

of the great principles of -- on which the modern Olympic movement

were founded. It is gold for Ukraine! A moment that they can

hardly believe would happen. Huge pressure on all four of them and

they've delivered in some style. Silver for Russia. The crowd

responding once again, they're on the podium. It's an amazing record

that keeps on going. Vilukhina absolutely exhausted, but she will

get a moment on the podium. As too will Tora Berger, bronze for the

Norwegians in the women's relay to go with their mixed relay gold. It

has been a good end to this campaign for Berger. She takes a gold, silver

and a bronze from these Games. Norwegians -- Norway's golden gold

anchoring them home to a place on the podium. What an amazing evening

for Ukraine and so richly, richly deserved.

Nobody would begrudge Ukraine that Gold Medal.

Nobody would begrudge Ukraine that Gold We're done at the curling, a

disappointing end perhaps, but that doesn't attract from what's been an

amazing couple of weeks for the British curlerlies. Goodbye.

-- curlers. Goodbye.