Day 15, Part 5 Winter Olympics

Welcome back to the south coast of Russia for the Winter Olympics and

we will not be able to say that too many more times because this time

tomorrow the closing ceremony will be in progress. There are some

medals still to be wrapped up and already this evening we have stood

in the medals Plaza and watched something that has never happened

before, to British teams stood up to win medals in curling. We will be

reflecting on that and everything else that has happened in the

highlights programme tonight. It will be the last one of those that I

is coming your way. It is a crisp and clear night and perfect for

sliding on ice. The four-man bobsleigh has been underway

tonight. There are two runs tomorrow when the medals will be decided and

the two runs today when medals can be lost. The best ranked team in the

world get the chance to go first. We will catch up on that now.

Here is Germany. Here we go. You get an idea straightaway as to the push

speed. That is a good push speed, only six tenths outside the record.

The fastest push we ever saw was by a Latvian crew. The important thing

for Maximilian Arndt is that he is close because his driving skills are

phenomenal. He just clipped the woodwork there and a slight side --

slide. That was only a light tap in 11 and

that is OK. One to go. That is a new track

record. This is Steven Holcomb. He is the pilot. When you start record

and there is nothing wrong with his calf muscle at all. Holding back in

training was the right thing to do, the Olympic champion trying to hold

just over 76 kilometres an hour. They are it is magnificent, they are

doing well. They started well and they are continuing to do well here.

They are only six hundredths town. A really high line into 11 and

slightly sideways out of 11 but they avoid the tap. Up the hill and that

is better, it is very straight, he is keeping a straight line. Coming

through now, 54.88 bit and just 0.01 away from the lead. This could be

incredibly competitive, right down to the wire across the four runs.

This is the number-1 snow from Russia. Are we going to see

something special here? It is not bad. It is not bad at all. It is

faster than there was only 100 of a second.

We will get a good idea in the next split if he is gaining on the

Germans. It is even and the speed now is not good at all for the

Russians. They are still 100 up and in a straight line, absolutely

pinpointed his position now. He is flying. Arrowhead, beautiful and

straight from 15 to 16. Not as quick as the Germans but he has got the

lead, a new track record. That was a run of mixed fortunes. He did well

and Steven Holcomb knows it. The first three slides have been

absolutely phenomenal. This is the Germans. Thomas Florschuetz.

It is not a brilliant start but they are well under five seconds. He will

be pretty pleased with that. It is quicker than Maximilian Arndt two

sits in second. That was the biggest worry. He does not have the power of

the speed of the massive men behind him but the four man Bob will

pushing close enough that they can mix it. That is a lovely changeover.

All three pushers are athletes on the track. They are going well. A

couple of touches but all things being equal it is not a bad run.

Coming through, 55.06. Germany had three crews all inside the top ten

in the world so it does not surprise me that the third bobsleigh for them

is a little bit slower. This is the second Russia one.

4.85, it is not quick. It is not the quickest we have seen that it keeps

them in the game. They are behind the other Russia sled.

He has paid the price for the slower start. One thing we have seen from

this team is that they are fighters. It was 11th after the first run in

the two-man and just missed out on the medals. This is the quickest

speed we have seen through that speed gun but it can be a bit

confusing that's been done there. It does show some strange times. They

were quite high going into that corner. It is not bad. 55.11, they

are in fifth place. Not bad at all. This is Latvia one. These guys

reckon they could start as quick as 4.75. They are the start record

holders. They are in very early. 4.77 is OK. It is not as quick as

they wanted but it is the fastest star we've seen so far and the

fastest -- the new start record. The crucial thing is, are they still

going to be up? Yes they are but only by 100th of a second. That was

not a good place to take a touch, gravity is not on your side there.

That was a solid line. They are the ringers from last year's test events

just 12 months ago. People joke about the curse of the test event.

Only one crew in history has won the test event and done the gold in the

game year. They are going well since that tap.

55.10, they are in fifth place. That is not out of place -- touch. Steven

Holcomb is in bronze medal position. There is only 2100th between those

crews. The Russian team are still in the lead. This is the second Germany

team. Francesco Friedrich. Here we go. Good sprinting.

4.78 is good. Phenomenal start there. Youngest ever world champion

at 22 for Francesco Friedrich in the two-man. He has got a great start,

the best of the German pilots in the terms of starting which gives him a

big chance. Does he really have the experience? We will find out in a

moment. It looks pretty good so far. Good speed. He has got clean runs so

far. No .11 of a second down. Sideways into 14 and the eyes got

kicked up, that has cost him. 55.15, that is seventh fastest so far.

There we go, 4.82, they are down in sixth place -- eighth place. Lyndon

Rush got bronze in Vancouver. He did not get on with this track last

year. S go on through corner five. How is this led running through

seven, that is not a bad line but they are 19 hundredths town. That is

a bit slower than we have seen. A little touch on the left-hand side.

Through 15 he is letting it run with a higher line and most. He is trying

to get speed up here but he may well have clipped to 16 on the woodwork.

He ends up over half a second down. Here we go. One of the fastest

sprinters in the UK, he is acting as the brakeman today. Here we go. The

start is key for the British. They took a silver medal in the World Cup

this season, a silver medal at the European Championships. Absolutely

spot on equal with the Russians. They had some bad runs also. Let us

see how this goes. Five hundredths back year. No mistakes so far. Great

Britain are going well. They are running superbly here. That was

arrow straight. 11 hundredths back. The USA is seven hundredths behind

the Russians. A little bit of a touch they are. Because of the icy

conditions worsening, if they can get into seven or eight position,

they will do well here. Three tenths back. It is in 10th place they are.

It is Team GB two. In they go. Not a great start, they

are in 15th place. Craig Pickering had to pull out, Andrew Matthews

came in. Andrew Matthews, a world-class sprinter. It is very

hard to replace Craig Pickering, it was good that Andrew Marr threes was

able to step in. -- and Andrew Matthews was able to step in. Laming

Deen has done well. They go behind the first GB team, let's check the

speed. 55.91, they go into 18th position.

Knowing the track as well as they do, a real advantage for the home

side, Russia are out in front, but there is still hope for Team GB,

because they were 13 at the last Championships, and they came up to

fourth place. They go in reverse order of the top 20, seven the

second run, BC the second GB team and we we join Colin and Paul. -- we

rejoin Colin and Paul. The driver is Lamin Deen, very go,

Simon is a sobering freight Commonwealth Games later on in the

summer. -- Lamin Deen is hoping for a Commonwealth Games. It is a shame

that Craig Pickering could not make it. They are doing well here, Great

Britain, let us see if they can pull away. They're holding three

hundredths of a second. Three hundredths of a second doesn't seem

like much. One would expect them to get faster now. Their first line

with city 5.9, three tenths of a second quicker. -- 65.9. That is a

magnificent time. Very, very good indeed.

A little bit of a bomb before six. The pressure took them right up to

the woodwork, something they can work on.

So, not a bad effort, let us join the second run live with Colin and

Paul. So, Canada two, you have just seen

Canada one going down. They are in third place at the moment. The

leaders 151.09. Canada to have an excellent chance of taking the lead

here. 0.25 other second in the lead that is good. They lost 100th of a

second out of the start. Each team going down here has a slight time

advantage, which is the aggregate of all four runs. A bit of a sideways

slide. Somehow, they are still pulling away from the USA. One of

the faster speeds we have seen, 0.34 of the second, so they hit the

left-hand side. They take the lead, Canada two. Coming through, 150.78.

That is 0.31 in the lead. That is a significant lead. Canada two are

still active ahead of Canada one. Lyndon Rush ahead of Chris Spring,

my goodness, that is good. Lyndon Rush, the Olympic bronze medallist,

Vancouver on the front, avoiding a really heavy hit. He was coming late

out of corner at 11 and he shot over to the left-hand wall. Some tricky

steering. There is the situation. Canada two are in the lead. The

United States, 0.31 of a second behind. This is Team GB one, what a

chance for John James Jackson, also first two at Benson, Stewart Tasker

and Joel Fearon. -- also for Stuart Benson. Keeping calm. These guys,

they need to have a massive start. Joel Fearon on the back, the fastest

man of bobsleigh at the moment. Still some movement as they come

into corner one. 50.8 kilometres per hour, that is a world-class start

for Team GB, and they are well in the lead. Hitting the right hand

side by one seventh of a second ahead. They are going well. Canada

two, they had nine hundredths of a second, but they extended early.

They need a massive run here. They would be pushing for the medals

tomorrow. 0.21 of a second ahead of Canada. A bit of a knock on the

left-hand side. They did not send them into a slide, that is the good

news. 2400th, almost a quarter of a second. One of the fastest speeds we

have seen. 55.27, their first run was 55.26. That is good. We saw the

first couple of crews that came through in the first run a lot

quicker, now, almost identical to the first run, but the good news

Great Britain is, the condition are worsening, that is why this is

happening. Conditions will get worse and worse. These big, heavy

bobsleigh is archiving chunks out of the corners. Look at the front

steering. They are making sure that the runners are absolutely straight

going into the corners. This is when you can go into a slide, it's taken

experienced pilots to do the steers. Switzerland in ninth place, 55.21.

That is a really fast start, it equals what the British did.

Exceptional on the frost handle, Ben Hefty. Probably the best of all of

them, and he is the pilot. Team GB, they had five hundredths, but Ben

Hefty is losing a bit of time here. They have gone behind 100 other

second behind. See if the Swiss can hold this together. Incredible

pressure on the athletes on that corner. A hundredth of a second in

it. A little touch, that will reduce the speed, 0.0 to a second ahead.

What are we going to get? Plus zero point to other second, Great Britain

and Northern Ireland are in the lead still. They managed to gather in

five hundredths of a difference. The next couple of crews, they do not

have that big time advantage on Team GB, Canada has nine hundredths of a

second, then Germany two has 11 hundredths of a second, then the

Russians in sixth place, there is about 15 hundredths of a second.

Team GB could be in the leaders box for a while, and things could just

go their way. Up at the top, out of corner one, down to two. This is

where Ben Hefty lasted. He overcooked it a little bit. It is

hard to explode at the top and then have a pilot get a Zen like

relaxation, just to get through the corners. You cannot be heavy-handed

on the piloting. This is Canada three. Justin Kripps as and go. --

Justin Kripps and company. They were one of the faster starters on the

first run. 4.76, they got identical times. A terrifying start for the

Canadians. Extreme powerhouse. Going through the first few corners, 15

hundredths up on Great Britain. Carrying an advantage of about one

tenth of the second. A bit hard through the first gate of six. A

good line through seven. One tenth of a second on Team GB as they enter

into the corner. Oh, my goodness! That is terrible, they have crashed,

they have got sucked into the corner and flipped. I take no delight in

their crash, but it is heavily damaging the track, and for those

that come afterwards, it means the track will not be in good condition

at all. Let us hope that these chaps are OK. That is not the most violent

of crashes when you flip like that, you rarely get hurt. They all

managed to talk in their heads. The Team GB boys take no delight on

that. Nobody wants to see a crash like that. News travelling fast. It

is absolute silence down at the finish. You go to low into a corner

and the pressure comes on and you try to steer around the bottom of

the corner and it flips you into the corner. The G-force, the centrifugal

force will send you to the top. Eventually, you just trip over. It

is like going around a corner too fast in your cart and you get sent

off the road. Big round of applause as all of the boys get out. That is

the good news. For what it is worth, the time was roundabout and 59

second marker thereabouts. They were still get a finish time, they were

still get to go in the run tomorrow. All of these guys that have crashed,

some of them 100 times, as you come up through the junior ranks, it is

not something you want to do on race day, are obvious reasons, and you're

just wearing some spandex. Things go wrong when you are kicked out, you

get ice burns and bruises. Hopefully everyone is OK. They have their arm

around the pilot saying, hey, it is OK. Massive pressure. They were

kicked up going in. There are a couple of small places where there

are bombs in the track and they go into 14. That kicks them up, the

centrifugal force has whipped them over. They have to get NOK from the

ice Meister, he has to look at the track to make sure everything is OK.

Also, they need to make sure that everything is finished out of the

sled, make sure that galoshes and shoes did not fall out, so they

actually get a guaranteed finishing time. A bit like a blast, a

plasterer goes in and he will have an ice bucket of sludge and they

will slap it on the walls and you have got Amber, 630 kilos by five

gees around the corner you're talking three tonnes of sled heading

into the ice. That will also put off the warm up of everybody yet to

come. GB are still in first place, no delight in other people's

misfortune but it is in a roundabout way good fortune for Britain. I can

only count three of them there but where is the fourth. Justin Kripps

is right in the front. He got out of the side old school. There were four

men up and walking. The coaches are just watching. It is heartbreaking

for these guys because, as we were saying before, the GB chances of

getting up towards the medals are still decent and their chances, they

were carrying quite an advantage on GB up in eighth position but now

they are five seconds behind so it is impossible for them in the next

few runs, it is impossible that they will be near the top 20 or even the

top 25. There is a Canadian supporter that

will be glad and there is one of the Canadian crew who is just concerned

about his team-mates. What these guys have on its band X. Somewhere

burn suits but a lot of them do not. -- spandex. But a lot of them

do not wear the Burton suits because they weigh more. That is Justin

Kripps and he is not wearing it. It means that on race day if your

shoulder hits the ice it will burn just like on concrete. You do not

want to be touching your shoulder on fast moving ice at that speed. They

all tucked in. They have little handles where they can pull

themselves right in. Their big biceps help to make them as small as

possible. That is one of the GB one crew there, Bruce Tasker, they are

just ahead of the Swiss. They know all about crashing. They crashed out

of the two-man in Vancouver when they were in the bronze medal

position. This man is just having a look at

the track. GB one are currently in the lead. Switzerland one are in

second place with Canada to in third. Great Britain have already

moved up a place. That is John Jackson, the pilot, the main man who

drives the sledge down. Nobody would want a situation where they start

leapfrogging athletes because of a crash. They are looking at the track

now and there is pressure to get it moving as quickly as possible but he

has to deal with a few big chunks. Is there any more news for us? I am

standing here with Amy and we are just going over the extraordinary

situation. That crash was a huge intake of air and shock from around

the zone here. It was not pleasant to watch it at all. I really hate

washing -- that watching bobsleigh crashes. It looks as though he came

onto the corner super early and he looked as though he entered find

that as the camera twisted into the entrance of corner 14th he just

caught the failure it and so basically the runners of the

bobsleigh did not manage to get onto the corner and basically slid off

and you can see they slid around on their side and you are just praying

that they all come out OK because the pressure they would have been

going with that speed at that part of the track, I was really quite

surprised how it happened. The whole track fell silent. We have been

clapping and walking up the finish line and you are thankful that they

are all OK. I suppose in a bobsleigh there is a degree of protection

because they have safety helmets and the side of the Bob goes up around

you but they are still going at 80 miles an hour. They are still going

very fast and those bobsleigh is a degree of protection because they

have safety helmets and the side of the Bob goes up around you but they

are still going at 80 miles an hour. They are still going very fast and

those bobsleighs get really bad friction ice burns. A lot of them

where a special material best that says their skin a little bit but you

can see that as they are slowing down it is actually the skin and the

shoulders of the guys, especially the brakeman at the end whose head

hit. They look all right. We counted them all up. I was a little worried

that the brakeman had not made it out. They sat down and the shock

gets you first bore everyone is holding their breath making sure

they are OK and the main thing is that they are OK. We have not had

many crashes on this track during training so it has been quite a

surprise for that to happen. It has a reputation of being a relatively

straightforward track. Yes, everybody has said it is reasonably

easy to get down it is just tricky to find the extra speed. Something

like that shows you that if you are literally a few inches too early

into a corner then that is what can happen. OK, it looks as though the

competition is back on and we go back to the commentators for Germany

to. -- Germany two. It certainly is. After that terrible crash Germany

two have to follow that. It is Great Britain won in the lead. They are in

second place at the moment. It is a really solid start for the

Germans. It is very easy to get put off when your start is delayed. They

are slower than their first run. A slight tap there. That is not great.

We will see if they lose time here down the bottom. The ice is a little

bit damaged here. It was out of 14. This is corner ten. Now 11. This is

a very steep part of the track and where the crash happened. How bad is

the track here? They are still in the lead. That was sloppy. I think

they will go behind. They are going to lose it. And they have. Great

Britain are in first place. That is good. Very good.

55.43. That is three tenths of a second slower than the first one. GB

pretty much matched their first run and those who went before GB a lot

of them went as much as half a second quicker. The ice has

definitely got worse now. Not necessarily because of the crash but

it will not help. You can see where it couched out a big chunk there.

That was sloppy piloting there. Took a tap on the right-hand side. GB

still lead. Each and every crew has time advantage from first run. John

Jackson, Bruce Tasker, Joel Fearon and Stuart Benson will be absolutely

delirious. The Russian Federation second team. They are a danger. They

are not .15 of the second ahead of GB one which is a big chunk of time,

believe me. It is a good time. It is slower than

Britain's team. Just six hundredths in it. Russia

are losing time to Great Britain. A bit of a tap out of five. A poor

place to take a touch. Any time you take it up the hill there is no

gravity to help. It is all even into nine. Let us keep an eye on this,

they are waving a lot. They are equal with Great Britain and the

moment. I would normally expect them to pull ahead here. It has gone

green again. Will the damage to track so the mark? There is 100th of

a second in it. Look at that. 0.01 of a second ahead but there are two

runs to come tomorrow. That could not be closer.

That keeps the Russian crowd on their feet and very warm. 0.01 of a

second. My goodness! What is that over what has been three kilometres

of ice so far, we are talking probably about a centimetre, nothing

at all. Game on with the Russians tomorrow. We only have five more

crews to come now so GB are guaranteed to be in seventh

position. There are two more runs to go. Look at the way the track has

been absolutely hammered by the Canadian sled that crashed. That

will be playing on the minds of these athletes, especially the

pilots. That is Steven Holcomb, considered by many to be the best

pilot in the world. He will be coming down in reverse order. He is

in third position. The Latvians go now.

They are one tenth ahead already. That is a colossal start which

equals the American's start record. A lot of people would love to see

this crew get a medal. Oskars Melbardis here never got to slide.

They got to Vancouver but they did not get to the track. Here they are

for years later. They are going very well at the moment. They are not .26

the second ahead with one corner to go. This is a magnificent effort by

Latvia. 0.29 in the lead. That is terrific. That was a really

impressive run. They were a little bit slower than their first run.

Oskars Melbardis has nailed one there. Oskars Melbardis won the test

event here last year and a lot of people were hoping that he would do

well but he has said he cannot do for good runs but his first one was

not that great but that one was splendid, bottle. -- spot on. This

is the German crew who are currently lying in second place. Next we have

the Germany three team. Kevin Kuske is on the right-hand side. He is a

man right in front of us. He has 14-macro Olympic gold medals in the

two man and the four-man. Not a bad start. Right at the back this is a

seriously powerful start group. The pilot is not that quick. He is a

former luge ace who has turned to bobsleigh by does not have the size

and the bulk of some of the others. That was a bit of a low line and now

they are behind by 11 hundredths on the Latvians. That will be hard to

reel back in. The speed is not as good as the Latvians. They are

getting further behind. They avoided touching 40. -- 14 they could well

go behind the Brits and the Russians here. They are in second place,

just. 0.25 of a second behind Latvia. That is for Latvia. Germany

will be absolutely disgusted with that. Look at that! 55.42 is much

lower. Look at his face, former Olympic champion, I bet he will be

disgusted with that. Let's have a look. The Germans, some of these

great men, just getting a little bit older, look at the handle sticking

out for a while, that is worth a few hundredths of a second. All of that

drag, it might not be high speeds, but it all adds up. We're down to

the last three, the last three that count. That is not to put any thing

on the Koreans or the Australians are the Romanians, but for the time

being, the US a went down the first time, they were beneath 55. Steven

Holcomb and company. Here the Olympic champion, 17

hundredths up, the man in charge. Not quite as good as the Latvians.

For hundredths of a second. A little bit of a touch out of five

out into six and the gap will be narrowing because of that. It has

evened. It has gone level. Latvia are level with the USA at the

moment. United States up the hill to 15. It is the high line to 15, but

not working. Good speed, but not good enough to put them back in.

0.13 behind. Latvia one still in the lead.

Steven Holcomb, he looks to the sky, he will not be pleased with that.

The Latvians, they are now guaranteed to go into the bronze

medal position overnight. Steven Holcomb I have his work cut out for

him tomorrow. -- will have. Not quite the top end speed he would

have wanted, is that because of the ice? It was because of a slightly

sloppy exit out of five up the hill. The last of the top 20, then we go

from 21 to 29. A real chance for Germany to come

back on the map as far as bobsleigh is concerned.

Will this be a good start? 11 hundredths up on the Latvians. They

had to into two hundredths, and they lost a bit already.

Cyril .06 behind. -- 0.6 behind, they have got to pull something out

of the bag. That was a big tap before 16. Guaranteed to be in a

medal position overnight with Zubkov still to come. The Russian crew are

still to go, and they just look magnificent.

Moved into 17 a little bit early, twisting the sled.

The crowd, inevitably cheering for Zubkov. It has been 50 years since

the Germans didn't win any medals and bobsleigh. It has been 50 years

since Britain won the gold medal, so a bit of destiny. You get the

feeling that something special is going to happen. Zubkov and his

team, these men are desperate to win a gold medal for Russia. A slightly

sloppy load from Zubkov, but he managed to get in. A good stride

from Alexander Zubkov so far. That so far means for one and a quarter

length of the track. That could cost, we can look at the next, only

19 hundredths up. Even the Russians are falteringly. Did have to go

through this bottom, damaged section of the track. Hitting the left-hand

side. What about the time? Going a bit sideways, 0.1 of a second. One

tenth of a second and at 136.2, they lose more time and are still in the

lead overnight will stop for hundredths up, and it is game on,

the Latvians, and they pull up into silver medal position behind the

Russians by only four hundredths of a second. We are shouting and

screaming about Russia, but it is the Latvians that are deserving of

the applause at the moment, and the Team GB crew, tends to seven, 34

hundredths behind the leaders, but let us think about it bronze medal

at the moment. They are 18 hundredths, no, 16 hundredths, that

is not a lot at all! I cannot do maths! That is great news for Great

Britain. Very good indeed. Russia still have the lead, but that lead

has been reduced to 0.04. For hundredths of a second. -- four

hundredths. This is where we will find out how Zubkov is tomorrow, he

would be in gold medal position tonight. Back to Macs aren't, he is

under massive pressure to try and get some kind of medal for Germany.

-- Max Arndt. There is Zubkov, just taking off his gloves. Over 40 years

old now. He has actually got dragged back in by Alexander Putin to

drive. That was in 2011, when he said, I have had enough, and

Vladimir Putin went to him and said, please, we need you. We have got an

Olympic Games, and he did it. Even I read the had yet with his team-mate.

-- he even buried the hatchet with his team-mates. Tomorrow, the

results will be the aggregate of all four runs added up together, and the

lowest time will be the winner, as we watch the Koreans about to go.

They have got a mountain to climb in terms of getting towards the medals.

A good, solid start, but they are only 1.6 seconds down.

Steering comfortably, a little bit high on that. You can just see as

they come around the bend. That was the corner of the Canadians

scratched. This is a really good slide by the Koreans. That was good,

my goodness. They have pulled themselves up into 20th position.

The icy conditions are getting worse as these racers tear it up. Let's

have a look at the start again. A little bit of a fumble, he could

have been slicker with that. He put his feet on the seat for a second,

then he pauses before he goes between the steering system. The

worst thing that you can do, is if you try to do it in one movement and

get it wrong, your feet get caught in the bungee cords that hold the

steering into position and you can get spun around and be stuck on your

race spikes and get into all kinds of trouble and flip out at turn

number one. Alexander Zubkov, the leader in the overnight positions.

The Australians get ready to go here. This is Heath Spence for

Australia. In they get. Not bad. The slower

start we have seen so far in this second run, they have just not done

as many starts as some of the other really big cruise. The Germans have

done it ten 's of thousands of times. Not an easy thing to do. It

is an art form. Imagine 417 stone men's printing down your first for

balcony and leading into your bathtub, it is not an easy thing to

do! -- men's printing. They are slipping further behind the

Russians. On the right-hand side, can they

hold it together? Some Australian fans enjoying that.

One of the best ever results for Australia. If -- a view more to

come. -- a few more to come. Colin Bryce explaining that none of

the remaining four man bobsleigh teams will make an impact on the

leaderboard. Russia narrowly in front, but the track was damaged by

the crash from Canada. GB one came down before that, they have moved up

into seventh place. GB two are in 18th. Afterwards, Matthew Pitts and

spoke to both crews starting with GB or one. How do you assess the runs

this evening? I didn't think the first run was too

bad, nothing major, the second run was a little bit better, but almost

identical in time. The problem is the track, it degrades quite clear,

so we were off 12th in the first run, so you could see the track

slowing down by them, but tomorrow, we will be of seven, so we will see.

Stewart, we saw you hanging out on the podium after a few runs,

obviously passed that crashed, that must have been a nice feeling? Never

a nice experience to see somebody crashed, but the longer you are on

the podium, we were kind of expecting it, so we're hoping that

we can increase the position we have got and take it in tomorrow and get

a better race. Joel, you are unbelievably quick across the

ground, how was the start for you guys? It was OK, it's dropped off a

bit, we have to work on more for tomorrow, but we were in the mix,

that is the plan, to give Jack all the best we can at the start, and

then he can do the best for us, and we're not too worried. Has this been

a long wait for you at the Olympics, sitting around waiting to get going?

Yes, unusual to have such a late night race, but we managed to keep

calm in a tense day, and get ready for today. John, just a word about

the crash, I will try and not ask a clumsy question about it, this is a

dangerous sport. Yes, there was the crashing thank you, I said, I know

how you are feeling, come back strong, that is what we did, we came

out, we pushed and we raced down on the second day and got into the top

20, and that is what those guys need to do, regroup tonight and just come

back. I really, really feel for them, but we are all good friends,

and nobody likes to see a crash, especially when it is your mates the

sled. Good luck for tomorrow, we will see you there. You said after

your first one in the two man Bob you would really try and give it

something in this one. There were a few slides and technicalities that

didn't help the top speed. The pushing side of life was a very good

point. This is a brand-new team and we are mixing it up with the top ten

in the world on the starts. That is in our -- accolade from your driver

to say the pushing was good. Andy has come into the crew and really

stepped it up at the mark and performed with the best in the

world. How was the experience? It was fantastic. It was essentially

like any other race but when you get down to the bottom here the

experience really comes over you. Just enjoying competing with a few

points to work on tomorrow but it is all very positive. We started well

and we are a new crew with only six pushes together so to be mixing with

the top in the world is fantastic. Andrew, you have obviously come into

this team, how does it feel? It is never nice to replace an injured

athlete. A shout out to Craig to get well soon but the fact I am here is

an amazing thing and I am here to push my best, you know's what is the

aim for tomorrow on the next run, presumably to get a place in the top

20? We want to get the start time down and clean the runs up. The

people around us are people... We started 18th as our rank in the

world so that is where we are fighting in and around. Hopefully we

can try and move up the board and that is the plan. Well done, we will

be here tomorrow to see it. We wish them well and we will bring coverage

of those runs from 9:30am tomorrow. The very last award tomorrow will be

for ice hockey and the final will be between Canada and Sweden. Today saw

the bronze medal match between Finland and the USA. This is what

happened. He scores! What a moment. A magical

moment for the most famous finish, the leading scorer in an Olympic ice

hockey history. He he gets it over to the flying Finn and the flying

Finn does it again and in doing so he becomes the oldest player in

Olympic history to score a goal and that will go a long way to him being

the oldest player in Olympic history to maybe win a medal. He has been

one of those guys who always delivers. Can they follow it up?

Yes, in the space of a few seconds this game has gone from 0-0 to 2-0.

This is something else. Juuso Hietanen scores and that should do

it. Years ago it was the Miracle On Ice but right now for the Americans

it is misery on ice. They come across the line and they support

each other and they pick up the loose change and then they bank it.

The American's work was so sharp for so long in this tournament and it is

amazing now to see them 3-0 down... 4-0 down. Teemu Selanne, his second,

that guarantees bronze. An Olympic legend has come to the table again

at 43. Watch the dynamic duo do it again! Shot will come, what a goal!

It is five. The Americans are being hammered here. They are being

embarrassed at the Bolshoi. A great finish. It is sensational. Finland

have won the bronze medal. Teemu Selanne leads them all of the way.

Jonathan quick was beaten five times. It is Teemu Selanne, the

43-year-old, the oldest player in the men's Olympic ice hockey

history. He scored twice. He led his team to another medal.

So the USA who were in the gold-medal match four years ago go

home with nothing in the worst place to finish, forth. Well done to

Finland to take the bronze. This is the line-up for tomorrow. GB are one

in seventh place and the first of four runs for the bobsleigh start at

9:30am. The ice hockey final starts at midday with Canada against Sweden

and the closing ceremony is from 4pm. Also tomorrow afternoon on BBC

Two play will be showing you the best of the skating gala. It is when

the medal winners from the skating or get out onto the ice and do their

bit with no inhibitions and it is just fun and here is a bit of a

taster. He is one of the top skaters.

MUSIC: "Holding Out For A Hero" by Bonnie Tyler.

Nick Buckland and Penny Coomes were in the commentary box alongside Sue

Barker and I think all they did was laugh all the way through that. It

is brilliant stuff. After 2:30pm tomorrow you will see the best of

that gala. In just a few moments we will have the very last edition of

today at the games so it is the last time you will see this trolley in

action. It has done a sterling job and created a lot of attention and I

think the programme may start a little differently today but also we

will be joining the British team members that you can see inside the

restaurant including medal winners and we will be talking to the man

who picked up their silver in curling today as well as the women

who picked up the bronze and we will reflect on the penultimate day of

these Winter Olympics here in Sochi. In just a couple of moments please

do rejoin us. By for just one second.