:00:00. > :00:00.going absolutely insane. This is how he did it. Experience, composure and
:00:00. > :00:09.skill. Brilliant from Mario Matt. He is the Olympic slalom champion.
:00:10. > :00:16.CLARE BALDING: If you want to watch Final Score, it is available on the
:00:17. > :00:19.red button, we are staying with Winter Olympics and because very
:00:20. > :00:26.soon we will see our British curlers receive their medals but their
:00:27. > :00:29.chance to reflect on a slalom Olympic race the like of which we
:00:30. > :00:39.have never seen. That was some course. I think Kostelic who set the
:00:40. > :00:44.course perhaps had too many vodkas when he created it! It was a shame
:00:45. > :00:47.for many of the races, so many crashed. The right guys came out on
:00:48. > :00:51.top and it is great to see Mario Matt on top but it is such a shame
:00:52. > :00:53.to see slalom racing at its best like that. We get the confirmation
:00:54. > :01:01.of the standings. It was amazing how many good skiers
:01:02. > :01:07.did not finish. Mario Matt coming down last, and Marcel Hirscher who
:01:08. > :01:09.wins his first Olympic medal. Have been so frustrated and when he
:01:10. > :01:14.finished at other levels in the giant slalom, he said his best
:01:15. > :01:17.chance of a medal was gone and he was so upset, he finished fourth and
:01:18. > :01:20.fifth in Vancouver so this is a big metal moment for him and his
:01:21. > :01:26.compatriots who is the oldest ever gold medallist in the slalom takes
:01:27. > :01:30.the gold ahead of him. I know he was incredibly frustrated after his
:01:31. > :01:33.first run, coming in is the strongest and the favourite but
:01:34. > :01:37.actually the second run really suited his type of skiing because he
:01:38. > :01:42.senses beat so far out in the course was so tricky with big offset gates
:01:43. > :01:48.so it suited the way he skis. Dave Matt finished 15th so he did very
:01:49. > :01:54.well, a bad mistake -- they've Ryding. He made a big mistake, the
:01:55. > :01:59.almost stood still after that but then he was sensational and he can
:02:00. > :02:02.be proud about run. Big crowds in the medals plaza and they are
:02:03. > :02:08.gathering now for the medal ceremony for the men's curling. And Canada,
:02:09. > :02:12.for the first time, have done the gold medal doubles with the women
:02:13. > :02:16.skipped by Jennifer Jones and they won the men's as well but Great
:02:17. > :02:19.Britain will appear on the podium for both of these medal ceremonies.
:02:20. > :02:24.Lots of Canadian funds into cheer their boys, the buff boys as they
:02:25. > :02:30.are called. And Jennifer Jones and her side. But it is a wonderful
:02:31. > :02:35.site, Jackie Lockhart is with me, you have killed at three Olympic
:02:36. > :02:39.Games for Great Britain and this is the first time that in both men's
:02:40. > :02:47.and women's, British teams will come out to receive medals. , -- you have
:02:48. > :02:52.curled at three Olympic Games. Lots of preparation and it is great to
:02:53. > :02:56.see the medals coming through at the end. We have been successful at
:02:57. > :03:00.worlds and Europeans but to do it at the Olympics is marvellous. They are
:03:01. > :03:06.led out onto the stage and the presentation of the medals will be
:03:07. > :03:10.made by a man Steve Cram knows very well, a formally big sprint
:03:11. > :03:14.champion, I should never say former, and other big sprint
:03:15. > :03:20.champion in 1972 for the I have never met him, I know lots about
:03:21. > :03:27.him, one of the all-time greats, won the double in 1972 and you will not
:03:28. > :03:30.remember this, Clare Balding, but American sprinters were so good at
:03:31. > :03:38.the time, two of them missed their quarterfinals. I think they slept in
:03:39. > :03:44.and they could not do the 200 metres, I think they won the relay
:03:45. > :03:49.in the end and the soviet union hero, he is actually Ukrainian. I
:03:50. > :03:53.think you have something to do with the Ukrainian national Olympic
:03:54. > :03:58.committee as well. Here come the presentation party and you saw the
:03:59. > :04:04.British team coming out and waving and smiling and having been deflated
:04:05. > :04:08.and disappointed after losing their final heavily, now they can really
:04:09. > :04:11.celebrate the glories of winning a medal in this competition, David
:04:12. > :04:13.Murdoch in particular. And an achievement that he has been trying
:04:14. > :04:26.and striving after for many years. Craig Reedie up there as well, he
:04:27. > :04:31.has a new role with WADA which is very important. I know this will be
:04:32. > :04:39.a very proud moment for him. And of course, a Great Britain team and for
:04:40. > :04:46.Scotland in particular, Jackie, you have been talking about how much you
:04:47. > :04:50.have been getting reports back home and in Aberdeen, they are expecting
:04:51. > :04:55.300 people to turn up and have a go. I have had lots of communication
:04:56. > :05:00.back home and curling has exploded back home, it is so good to see.
:05:01. > :05:05.What platform this has been an good players out there have just
:05:06. > :05:14.highlighted and risen our sport much more than we ever anticipated. It is
:05:15. > :05:20.wonderful to see. It is a rather large medals presentation party than
:05:21. > :05:25.normally happens. But they will each carry out different medals to
:05:26. > :05:27.present and I am reliably informed that Valerie bought supple make the
:05:28. > :05:36.silver medal presentation. Meanwhile, the athletes are waiting
:05:37. > :05:52.behind their spec two podiums for their moment.
:05:53. > :06:00.You can see Tom Brewster and David Murdoch grinning away, the
:06:01. > :06:06.ultimate... Claire, this has been a great addition, the whole medals
:06:07. > :06:10.plaza idea. And the Olympics being separated, everybody in the
:06:11. > :06:15.mountains in the snow of events and then the ice events down here. It is
:06:16. > :06:22.a great thing to do to give them the chance to get the medal in front of
:06:23. > :06:27.big crowds. To have a special ceremony like this is fantastic for
:06:28. > :06:31.them. . Stepping forward to receive their medals, the bronze medal
:06:32. > :06:36.winning team of Sweden. They beat China in their bronze medal match,
:06:37. > :06:40.their skip Niklas Edin was so distraught after losing the
:06:41. > :06:45.semifinal to Great Britain. They can now enjoy a fine moment with his
:06:46. > :06:49.team. They have been in many ways the form curlers over the past
:06:50. > :06:54.couple of years in World Championships and World Cup
:06:55. > :07:00.competitions. Is, the announcer said Sebastien Coe, but it was Sebastian
:07:01. > :07:03.Kraupp. The Swedes, the world champions will have come here with
:07:04. > :07:07.high hopes and Canada were the favourites. But Jackie Lockhart
:07:08. > :07:10.would agree, so please do see them on the rostrum. It was a tough
:07:11. > :07:14.bronze medal match, probably one of their best throughout the tournament
:07:15. > :07:18.against China winning it in the extra end. A couple of mistakes from
:07:19. > :07:23.China but I think most people will be pleased to see Sweeting getting
:07:24. > :07:26.the rostrum. Yes, these guys have travelled all over the world and
:07:27. > :07:31.they have trained for a long time and current world champions and they
:07:32. > :07:37.were desperate to get the medal and they have to fight hard for it. And
:07:38. > :07:41.I think it is very well-deserved. They are really appreciated by all
:07:42. > :07:46.their friends out there and the other curling teams. Great rivalry
:07:47. > :07:50.but also great friendships out there. Just to confirm that the
:07:51. > :07:55.ultimate, even if they have not played in any matches, they do
:07:56. > :08:00.receive a medal, they are part of the team and help in the
:08:01. > :08:01.preparation. -- to confirm the alternate and that is what you see
:08:02. > :08:07.five men, not four. Silver medallists, representing
:08:08. > :08:26.Great Britain, And now, a male British curling team
:08:27. > :08:31.steps up to receive a medal at the Winter Olympics for the first time
:08:32. > :08:38.since 1924. And they've Medoc, 35 years old, from Lockerbie, alongside
:08:39. > :08:43.the youngsters, Greg Drummond, , Michael Goodfellow from Stirling and
:08:44. > :08:49.the alternate Tom Brewster from Aberdeen, this is their moment and
:08:50. > :08:51.Sir Craig Reedie handing the silver medals to them and putting them
:08:52. > :08:57.around their necks. And look at David Murdoch, he keeps looking at
:08:58. > :09:02.it, he cannot believe it's that after all this time, it has
:09:03. > :09:10.happened. He has had to Olympics before this. And there is Tom
:09:11. > :09:17.Brewster who helped get these three guys to where they got to. And for
:09:18. > :09:21.David Murdoch, you said earlier, the emotion he had in the interview
:09:22. > :09:26.afterwards, it is tough to come back and Jackie knows what it is like to
:09:27. > :09:29.come forth in the Olympics and it is four years, that is a long time to
:09:30. > :09:32.motivate yourself and make the commitment and to say he will give
:09:33. > :09:39.it another go so well done to him and all the guys. A lovely moment as
:09:40. > :09:42.Tom Brewster got his medal, David Murdoch led the pros and the whole
:09:43. > :09:47.team applauded him for the party has played. -- led the applause. And
:09:48. > :09:51.looking at Dave's face, particularly for him, if this can be topped, you
:09:52. > :10:00.wonder. We will wait for the decision that he will take. Whatever
:10:01. > :10:06.happens, this is just magnificent for him and the team. This is really
:10:07. > :10:09.a special moment for the guys, a special moment for everybody back
:10:10. > :10:14.home who has supported them and all the fans and I spoke today this
:10:15. > :10:22.morning and he couldn't actually... He wanted to see Lizzy Yarnold's
:10:23. > :10:27.medal. You will have one later on today, I said to them. It is
:10:28. > :10:31.wonderful. And now the team that beat Great Britain in that
:10:32. > :10:36.gold-medal match, they won 9-3 and the match was conceded after eight
:10:37. > :10:41.ends, they have been so strong throughout the tournament. Their
:10:42. > :10:51.skip Brad Jacobs, Ryan Harnden and the ultimate scale and lazy -- and
:10:52. > :10:55.known as the buff boys because they are in extreme physical shape and
:10:56. > :10:59.curling is massive on Canadian television, only ice hockey rates
:11:00. > :11:03.higher in so these guys are also liberty back in Canada and this for
:11:04. > :11:11.them, they will have felt they deserved it and probably because
:11:12. > :11:15.they may have expected it. Yes, they did. Their country did and it took
:11:16. > :11:20.them two or three matches to realise they were going to have to treat
:11:21. > :11:24.this as everybody else did, with the spec it deserves. The other pigs are
:11:25. > :11:29.different and they are undoubtedly perhaps the best team in the world
:11:30. > :11:33.-- the Olympics are different. They were good, they are not everybody's
:11:34. > :11:36.cup party in terms of their style, they are in your face, they have a
:11:37. > :11:41.level of intensity which hopes their game. It does not come across well
:11:42. > :11:45.to others necessarily but that is the way they play and that is the
:11:46. > :11:49.way they win. Talking to our guys last but, they said the Canadian
:11:50. > :11:53.team were much more subdued here than they have been in other
:11:54. > :11:56.tournaments and certainly if they were in front of a home crowd, they
:11:57. > :12:01.would have beat their chests a lot more. I think what Steve said there,
:12:02. > :12:06.the whole mannerism, they are very cocky but when they got here, they
:12:07. > :12:11.realised this competition is different from everything else. It
:12:12. > :12:15.is the Olympic Games and the pressure got to these guys and
:12:16. > :12:19.initially, I think it took them a few days before they started holding
:12:20. > :12:24.their shoulders back and acted like they normally do. They have won
:12:25. > :12:25.eight and won it impressively and we will now hear the national anthem of
:12:26. > :12:44.Canada, Oh, Canada. Britain, the curling teams. At the
:12:45. > :19:43.MUSIC: Canadian They will enjoy every single moment.
:19:44. > :19:49.It is something you can go back to. Did you think this would happen for
:19:50. > :19:54.them? I had hoped it would happen. That was the plan, give her the
:19:55. > :20:00.experience. She has grown so much, this whole team have grown. They
:20:01. > :20:05.have put in all the commitment and effort and look at this, they will
:20:06. > :20:19.be standing up on the podium, collecting a medal. That is the
:20:20. > :20:38.President of the International Paralympic committee. -- Committee.
:20:39. > :20:43.Again, they have a larger than usual presentation committee. Eve Muirhead
:20:44. > :20:48.coming in as skipper when she was only 19 at Vancouver, the experience
:20:49. > :20:52.of that, coming here as a 23-year-old, she has been through it
:20:53. > :21:02.and having the support she had from Anna Sloan and Vicki Adams, they are
:21:03. > :21:23.a very tight and good group of friends. Look how big the medals
:21:24. > :21:31.have got. For Valeri Borzov, back in 1972, I guess it was a surprise for
:21:32. > :21:35.many. He had a great year the year before, but it is great to see old
:21:36. > :21:54.champions being part of the ceremony. As they go through the
:21:55. > :22:00.translations, onto the Russian version, Great Britain will be the
:22:01. > :22:13.first to receive their medals. They are wearing those fine hearts and
:22:14. > :22:22.they were so delighted -- hats. They were able to celebrate because they
:22:23. > :22:39.won their march -- match. Representing Great Britain, what a
:22:40. > :22:47.proud moment for Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Adams, Claire Hamilton
:22:48. > :22:54.and Lauren Gray. You must be so proud. This is fantastic, I am sure
:22:55. > :23:01.there will be tears back home. You saw the smile on their faces, they
:23:02. > :23:07.are so delighted. Very difficult to come here as world champions, people
:23:08. > :23:13.raise their game, they fought hard to get that bronze medal. I am sure
:23:14. > :23:24.they will not be able to believe it. The medals are getting bigger and
:23:25. > :23:32.heavier. I am so impressed. It is lovely that he is making this
:23:33. > :23:40.presentation. He has been a very influential figure in Great Britain
:23:41. > :23:44.and now all around the world. This will not be the last time we see
:23:45. > :23:55.these girls on a podium. They have many more medals to collect. They
:23:56. > :24:02.were beaten by Canada, who have won the gold medal. The way the
:24:03. > :24:07.competition works, they ended up in the bronze medal match because they
:24:08. > :24:16.drew Canada in the semifinal. If Canada where the best team, I think
:24:17. > :24:20.we were second best. The girls would I accept that Canada deserved the
:24:21. > :24:25.gold medal. We will see them in a second. They can be so proud of
:24:26. > :24:33.their achievement. They will be back. Four years may seem like a
:24:34. > :24:43.long time, but it is amazing how quickly it will come around.
:24:44. > :24:51.Stepping forward, the side that has taken the silver medal. Sweden. It
:24:52. > :25:03.was gold in the last two Olympic Games for the Swedish curling team.
:25:04. > :25:07.They have a new skip. Margaretha Sigfridsson led her team to an
:25:08. > :25:11.exceptional silver medal. They did not always play at their best. They
:25:12. > :25:18.managed to dig out a victory when they needed it most. Even in that
:25:19. > :25:28.final, they played well, even until the last couple of Games. Maria
:25:29. > :25:38.Prytz played a shot which gave two away. It was down to the ninth end
:25:39. > :25:44.when they lost the two. Other than that, they were very quiet and
:25:45. > :25:59.confident and played well. Without question, you would have had to have
:26:00. > :26:07.taken this away from Canada. Jennifer Jones was not the skip in
:26:08. > :26:16.Vancouver. They did not win the gold medal in Vancouver. There are so
:26:17. > :26:25.many good teams that could represent Canada. For Jennifer Jones, it has
:26:26. > :26:31.been the culmination of a long campaign. Sweden are no longer the
:26:32. > :26:36.Olympic champions. That title belongs to Canada and for Jennifer
:26:37. > :26:43.Jones, she did get through the trials in 2005, but not in 2009. She
:26:44. > :26:51.has had to wait a long time for this. She is 39 years old and
:26:52. > :27:01.recently became a mother. Her partner is here. This is their
:27:02. > :27:06.moment, they can jump for joy. Canada has been unbeaten and take
:27:07. > :27:14.the gold medal. Jennifer Jones there. They have worked together so
:27:15. > :27:23.well. They have played very well all season to get here they played well
:27:24. > :27:38.in the Olympic trials. Jennifer Jones has a tear in her eye. Jill
:27:39. > :27:44.Officer there. Those two, when they were teenagers, Jennifer Jones asked
:27:45. > :27:48.Jill Officer to play in her team. She said even then, Jennifer Jones
:27:49. > :27:56.was her hero, even when she was a teenager. Dawn McEwen, she was a
:27:57. > :28:02.brilliant lead for them. You grow up as caves, you dream of winning an
:28:03. > :28:13.Olympic gold medal and it comes to fruition -- children. And Great
:28:14. > :28:18.Britain should be proud to be on the podium and standing next to a side
:28:19. > :28:23.this good and, who knows, maybe one day Eve Muirhead and her team will
:28:24. > :28:28.be good enough to be in the central position. Jackie believes they could
:28:29. > :28:32.be back here with another big medal in four-year 's' time. For the
:28:33. > :29:48.second time, we will hear the Canadian national anthem.
:29:49. > :29:59.CHEERING. And you can hear the cheering from here. Congratulations
:30:00. > :30:04.to Canada. Final score follows immediately and we will be back at
:30:05. > :30:09.six o'clock with more live action from the Winter Olympics. We will be
:30:10. > :30:14.catching up with the four-man bob. Jackson and his crew have been going
:30:15. > :30:19.well in training. We will see if they can put that into practice now
:30:20. > :30:25.that it matters. This is a photograph that the British girls
:30:26. > :30:29.will treasure and a medal that they genuinely, genuinely deserve. Jackie
:30:30. > :30:36.Lockhart is smiling like a proud mother watching this. You look so
:30:37. > :30:41.delighted. I feel like the old mother hen. I used to curl with some
:30:42. > :30:46.of these girls and it is nice to see them doing so well, really
:30:47. > :30:50.wonderful. British fans have travelled here and the men and women
:30:51. > :30:57.have family members and friends and it is lovely they can share it. And
:30:58. > :31:19.when they go back to Stirling to train they will get more attention
:31:20. > :31:21.and congratulations. We go off the air with huge congratulations. Final
:31:22. > :31:23.score is coming up after this.