Day 16, Part 1 - 12.30pm to 2.30pm

:00:00. > :00:00.he has done it for the Stirling cup and here it could have helped Canada

:00:00. > :00:00.towards a gold medal at the Olympics. A great time to score your

:00:07. > :00:15.first of the tournament. It has been a bad time for the Chicago boys. We

:00:16. > :00:19.saw the Americans missed to penalty shots in one game from Patrick

:00:20. > :00:25.Keynes yesterday but now his team-mate Jonathan Toews has got a

:00:26. > :00:30.goal that could set Canada in motion towards that back-to-back medal

:00:31. > :00:34.attempt. Carter provides a service. He started very quietly and may be

:00:35. > :00:37.disappointingly in the first game against the Norwegians, with Sidney

:00:38. > :00:49.Crosby, and look at the service there. He has been one of the best

:00:50. > :01:04.forwards for Canada. The player alongside him was Berglund.

:01:05. > :01:10.That will have done so much for Canada. The first goal has proved to

:01:11. > :01:16.be so instrumental. I am pretty certain it is 70% or higher for the

:01:17. > :01:21.team who scores first, to go on and win the game. Canada, with that

:01:22. > :01:25.first goal, but have saddled themselves where they want to be.

:01:26. > :01:28.They haven't had a good scoring percentage, it is half that for

:01:29. > :01:42.Sweden. Finland opened the scoring against

:01:43. > :01:51.Sweden in the semifinals. Sweden came back from 1-0, to win by 2-1.

:01:52. > :01:54.Bergeron has had some great opportunities already. In a gold

:01:55. > :01:59.medal match, in that gold-medal match with the women, they came back

:02:00. > :02:06.late to win that one. It's not like it doesn't happen but it really

:02:07. > :02:13.favours the team which scores first. Canada have that crucial goal. It

:02:14. > :02:17.also may force Sweden to play a little differently as this game goes

:02:18. > :02:25.on. They may have two play with less control. That was well saved.

:02:26. > :02:29.Hagelin has got better as the tournament has gone on. He initially

:02:30. > :02:37.had to work his way through providing good defensive checking

:02:38. > :02:39.for the Sweden -- the Swedes. That was a good shot and a good save from

:02:40. > :02:49.Price. Very calm with how he plays. You saw

:02:50. > :02:53.the way he walked into the building of the other day with his headphones

:02:54. > :03:06.on. He is in another place at the moment.

:03:07. > :03:19.Toews really looks like he has got his feet moving well.

:03:20. > :03:27.Toews is very busy. In the Swedish mode is he controls the puck while.

:03:28. > :03:59.He works hard to get it. It came off the boards really funny.

:04:00. > :04:03.Penalty coming, I think it is against Jonathan Ericsson. A good

:04:04. > :04:10.shift by Duchene. The power play will go the way of team Canada.

:04:11. > :04:20.The strength on the puck, keeping their back to the defender, it is

:04:21. > :04:25.key to Canada's defence. There is Jonathan Erickson who is disputing

:04:26. > :04:31.the call. He takes his hand off the stick. As soon as he brings his left

:04:32. > :04:36.hand out, Duchene has already gone around the corner. The official saw

:04:37. > :04:38.it. Often, it is assumed he will use your big frame to wrap around the

:04:39. > :04:51.guy. The shot in from Duchene, they were

:04:52. > :04:57.given a directive to shoot the puck from all angles, from anywhere in

:04:58. > :05:04.the offensive zone. Another play. Tight angle coming in. That is

:05:05. > :05:16.St-Louis, he wears number 26. He was a huge fan of one NHL Swedish player

:05:17. > :05:21.who had a fantastic career. A horrible moment for Jonathan

:05:22. > :05:25.Ericsson, he had to watch his team-mates from the penalty box.

:05:26. > :05:31.Canada will have a one-man advantage for this time. It means there will

:05:32. > :05:37.be extra space on the ice. They will try to isolate Batman on this power

:05:38. > :06:07.play. -- isolate that man.

:06:08. > :06:46.Sweden are short-handed here. Doughty tried to make the move,

:06:47. > :06:59.getting it back up. Canada, recycling possession well.

:07:00. > :07:07.Sweden have a chance. They can finally take a breath. There was a

:07:08. > :07:08.play by Toews after Doughty had lost it. Outstanding support on that

:07:09. > :07:19.power play. 50 seconds to go.

:07:20. > :07:37.Less than that, five seconds to go. The power play comes to a close.

:07:38. > :07:44.What did you see there from Canada? Not a whole lot, they are looking to

:07:45. > :07:48.load up Sharp. It was Toews. Look how many Swedish players there were,

:07:49. > :08:00.there was no room in front to fire the puck. They didn't allow any

:08:01. > :08:04.room. Doughty made an extra move, thank goodness Toews was there to

:08:05. > :08:05.support him. Another three minutes in this first

:08:06. > :08:27.period. Landers Koch, just 21 years --

:08:28. > :09:17.Landeskog. Mike Babcock throwing different

:09:18. > :09:18.players together momentarily. The Canadians have more weapons as you

:09:19. > :09:27.can see right now. A long-range shot by Weber, he has

:09:28. > :09:53.that huge shot. That was sloppy by the Canadians.

:09:54. > :10:19.They allowed it to bounce around. Fascinating stuff, this. The way

:10:20. > :10:25.that the teams are just neutralising one another for long periods of

:10:26. > :10:30.time. Tactically, the two coaches have to be right on it.

:10:31. > :10:42.Canada will just try to kick this puck. Under 30 seconds to go.

:10:43. > :10:49.Penalty coming. Against the Canadians. Sweden will have a power

:10:50. > :10:55.play. Driving right at the middle, very direct. The whistle will blow.

:10:56. > :11:01.Kunitz will get it for high-sticking. The soup -- the

:11:02. > :11:10.referee is suggesting the stick got up. He was low, trying to prevent

:11:11. > :11:15.the deflection past him. Kunitz had his stick elevated, it tapped him

:11:16. > :11:19.across the head area. This is a crucial power play for Sweden. Who

:11:20. > :11:31.scored once every three times, or better.

:11:32. > :11:36.12 seconds. Until the period closes. Alfredsson swept it was the net.

:11:37. > :11:43.Canada will just about get themselves to the period end.

:11:44. > :11:52.As the period comes to a close. There is one goal in it, coming from

:11:53. > :11:59.Toews. As we get another chance to see a shot from Benn which went over

:12:00. > :12:03.the top. Canada in the box seats. What can Sweden do? They need to

:12:04. > :12:06.take advantage of the power play to start the second period. They have

:12:07. > :12:12.been good defensively but they need more pressure in the offensive zone

:12:13. > :12:16.and push this Canadian team back. Canada are looking for their ninth

:12:17. > :12:26.gold medal. They have the edge. It is a slight one.

:12:27. > :12:32.We will be back live for the second period. News of other medals so far

:12:33. > :12:36.today. In the cross country, a clean sweep

:12:37. > :12:41.for the Russians. They will be getting their medals tonight in the

:12:42. > :12:47.closing ceremony. And the four-man bob, John Jackson and his crew went

:12:48. > :12:51.into the final run, just 0.18 seconds from a broad spread. They

:12:52. > :12:56.put down a very, very solid final effort and they took the lead with

:12:57. > :13:00.that. Then they just had to wait and see what happened. They were pushed

:13:01. > :13:07.down progressively and by the time the penultimate bobsleigh piloted by

:13:08. > :13:11.Oskars Melbardis went down, eventually they were pushed out of

:13:12. > :13:17.the medal positions as Latvia went into the lead. With one last run to

:13:18. > :13:24.go, it was Zubkov of Russia going for a second gold. He had already

:13:25. > :13:29.won the two man bobsleigh. He delivered another gold medal to

:13:30. > :13:32.Russia on this final day. It certainly has been a remarkable

:13:33. > :13:37.close to the sport here in Sochi. The sort of thing that Vladimir

:13:38. > :13:48.Putin would have dreams of. In the end, two gold medals has proved to

:13:49. > :13:52.be quite an end to the Sochi Games. There is one more medal to be

:13:53. > :13:56.decided, the men's ice hockey. The Canadians will be hoping to follow

:13:57. > :13:59.in the footsteps of the women's team who secured a dramatic victory over

:14:00. > :14:22.the US. She scores! The Americans draw first

:14:23. > :14:29.blood! A snapper from the captain, who leads by example. She goes top

:14:30. > :14:36.shelf. Loose play from the Canadians allowed the American attack to come

:14:37. > :14:41.in. Duggan, digging deep, captaining America and opening up the scoring

:14:42. > :14:45.in this match. Look at that, high into the Canadian goal. It is a

:14:46. > :14:51.thing of beauty, as you see the American bench, they know how much

:14:52. > :14:54.that goal means. Cough into hanging onto that.

:14:55. > :15:08.Back towards the blue line. -- Carpenter. That was tipped just

:15:09. > :15:16.wide. Back door, and she scores! The red light is on! Is this going to be

:15:17. > :15:21.the golden goal, I wonder? This is great movement of the puck

:15:22. > :15:27.to the boards, and right across. Some great handiwork.

:15:28. > :15:35.The measure twice, cut once. Carpenter cuts the Canadian hopes

:15:36. > :15:39.into shreds of getting another medal. Canada are running out of

:15:40. > :15:46.time and they are also running out of ideas. Will it change with Jenna?

:15:47. > :15:53.That is a goal out of absolutely nothing. The Canadian school and now

:15:54. > :15:57.we will have a grand slam finish. These two, so is closely matched and

:15:58. > :16:01.now there is just one goal between them and the Canadians have a tiny

:16:02. > :16:06.bit of relief. They could come back in this one and hard work makes this

:16:07. > :16:15.goal and a bit of luck goes along way. Jenner comes along and creates

:16:16. > :16:20.her own fortune. This is Brianne Jenner and if this touch was

:16:21. > :16:24.redirected I am not sure but it came off Jenner and she had a burst of

:16:25. > :16:29.speed and it is going to go off on the defenceman and I think Jenner

:16:30. > :16:33.will get credit for it. They have looked so I'm likely all day. This

:16:34. > :16:41.one goes down the ice and it could seal it. Off the post! So close. The

:16:42. > :16:46.net is empty away to the right hand side.

:16:47. > :16:53.Hillary Wickenheiser is denied! Was that chance? You suspect the

:16:54. > :16:58.Canadians was going to have a chance. It comes out again and they

:16:59. > :17:10.have scored. The Canadians have levelled it. They have 54 seconds to

:17:11. > :17:15.go are you kidding me? The Americans cannot believe what is happening.

:17:16. > :17:19.The relief for the maple leaves. They were dead and buried at 2-0

:17:20. > :17:26.down and in three and a half minutes they have come back and Poulin, she

:17:27. > :17:32.is compared to Crosby and she has just stuck her name into folklore.

:17:33. > :17:39.This is something else. Hold onto your seats because we have one

:17:40. > :17:43.minute left to go and we are level. You may as well booked in for bed

:17:44. > :17:48.and breakfast because we have over time all over again. 20 minutes,

:17:49. > :17:58.sudden death. Hillary Wickenheiser again.

:17:59. > :18:12.That is a goal. A golden goal for Canada! Marie-Philip Poulin 1's

:18:13. > :18:21.goals. -- wins goal. Now she wins it. Canada! Canada finish on top

:18:22. > :18:35.again and the Americans have too settle for silver. An amazing game,

:18:36. > :18:42.finished by an amazing player. Like they did in 2002, 2006 and 2010, the

:18:43. > :18:50.Canadians will finish on top of the podium here.

:18:51. > :18:56.It was a comeback or most of Ben Ainslie and Oracle proportions. A

:18:57. > :19:01.remarkable few minutes. The inspirational character behind it is

:19:02. > :19:07.a five-time, or six time Olympian, because she competed in softball in

:19:08. > :19:14.depth Summer Olympics. Hayley Wickenheiser.

:19:15. > :19:18.Thank you for joining me, have you recovered from that final? That is a

:19:19. > :19:20.game that will sit with us for a long time.

:19:21. > :19:25.You almost feel as though you are in a dream that it happened. An amazing

:19:26. > :19:29.game and the finish that nobody expected. They did not. With five

:19:30. > :19:34.minutes to go you looked dead and buried. You are the captain, what

:19:35. > :19:38.were you saying? We were trying to keep people really calm between the

:19:39. > :19:55.third period and the overtime we talked about getting carbs in and

:19:56. > :19:59.getting fluid ready to go. We had put in so much training and so much

:20:00. > :20:01.time that we felt we had a physical and mental edge to go into the

:20:02. > :20:04.finals because we have played so many difficult games coming up to

:20:05. > :20:07.the Olympics. My team was calm and we have a lot of veteran players

:20:08. > :20:10.that kept everybody on task. You had three goals before this one and a

:20:11. > :20:12.silver and you played in all the ice hockey tournaments in the Winter

:20:13. > :20:15.Olympics, you have known how that little bit of luck can change things

:20:16. > :20:18.and you had a little bit of luck in the first goal. We did. There was a

:20:19. > :20:21.goal post that the puck hit and it could have gone in the net if it

:20:22. > :20:24.just been two inches the other way. You create your own luck and we

:20:25. > :20:28.stuck with and we got a few breaks, there was no question but we had a

:20:29. > :20:31.lot of chances to score earlier in the game, as did they and when you

:20:32. > :20:34.do not take advantage of it sometimes it comes back. It could

:20:35. > :21:16.have gone either way we are not lost on that but we are going to enjoy

:21:17. > :21:20.the victory. Both with your victory of the mentors Mac over the US, I

:21:21. > :21:22.think it has been very sweet for the Canadians. It has been a good

:21:23. > :21:25.Olympics for Canada in the hockey and with the men today playing for

:21:26. > :21:27.the gold medal, if they could pull that off it would be three Olympics

:21:28. > :21:30.consecutively with men and women getting gold medals which would be

:21:31. > :21:32.big for Canada. How do you see that match? We are a better team through

:21:33. > :21:35.the line-up defensively and we have a great defensive end and good size

:21:36. > :21:38.and speed. The Swedes know how to play on the big ice and Henrik

:21:39. > :21:41.Lundqvist is great goal-tender but we have more depth and if they play

:21:42. > :21:44.physical and with a lot of pace I think Sweden will have a hard isn't

:21:45. > :21:46.it. You are on the IOC athletes commission. What would you hope to

:21:47. > :21:49.achieve as part of that group isn't it. You are on the IOC athletes

:21:50. > :21:51.commission. What would you hope to achieve as part of that sport

:21:52. > :21:54.forward within the IOC and keep it in the interest of the athletes but

:21:55. > :21:57.this commission seems to really dedicated to doing that. There are a

:21:58. > :22:06.lot of athletes that know what they are doing and have been around for a

:22:07. > :22:17.long time for a long your career. I you going to -- tell us about your

:22:18. > :22:22.career. I you ready to retire? I want to keep playing. I have got a

:22:23. > :22:25.lot of things going on and -- tell us about your career. I you ready to

:22:26. > :22:32.retire? I want to keep playing. I have got a lot of things going on

:22:33. > :22:39.and with Teemu Selanne and who said I shouldn't quit because you can

:22:40. > :22:42.still win at 40 -- I applied to medical school because I have to

:22:43. > :22:45.think about life after hockey. I feel great as an athlete and I spent

:22:46. > :22:47.last night hanging around with Teemu Selanne and who said I shouldn't

:22:48. > :22:49.quit because you can still win at you might win a gold medal.

:22:50. > :22:54.Congratulations, thank to defend her title with the Canadian team. One of

:22:55. > :22:57.the you would not bet against Hayley being back in 2018 to defend her

:22:58. > :23:01.title with the Canadian team. One of the things I get a chance to chat to

:23:02. > :23:06.her about was the first time that she is a ice hockey player to play

:23:07. > :23:14.in a men's league. She played over you saw how rough and and you saw

:23:15. > :23:17.how rough and ready it is a top job with the IOC athletes commission who

:23:18. > :23:22.look at the athletes and their dual careers and that sort of thing. Good

:23:23. > :23:26.luck with that. Very shortly we will go back to the second period of the

:23:27. > :23:50.ice hockey final but here is the story of the first period.

:23:51. > :24:00.First hockey gods are smiling on Canada right the hockey gods are

:24:01. > :24:04.smiling on Canada right Patrice Bergeron snaps it off the post. He

:24:05. > :24:19.have the first goal in the can Canada retain and win three in a

:24:20. > :24:29.row in terms of can Canada retain and win three in a row in terms of

:24:30. > :24:33.Olympic ice hockey can Sweden come back do you think?

:24:34. > :24:36.Without doubt. They have so much offensive can Sweden come back do

:24:37. > :24:40.you think? Without doubt. They have so much offensive talent on that

:24:41. > :24:46.team at it who could very well chip into this. This building has had a

:24:47. > :24:49.habit of giving us exciting matches in both the men and the women's

:24:50. > :24:55.tournaments. It will be a big surprise if this one did not have

:24:56. > :25:00.some more twists and turns in the tail. This powerplay to start the

:25:01. > :25:04.second period for Sweden is a great opportunity for them to level the

:25:05. > :25:10.period right away. Erik Karlsson will shoot the puck

:25:11. > :25:13.Erik Karlsson who could very well chip into this. This building has

:25:14. > :25:15.had a habit of giving us exciting matches in both the men and women's

:25:16. > :25:18.tournaments. It will be a big surprise if this one did not have

:25:19. > :25:21.some more twists and turns in the tail. This powerplay to start the

:25:22. > :25:23.second period for Sweden is a great opportunity for them to level the

:25:24. > :25:25.period right away. Erik Karlsson will shoot the puck from the blue

:25:26. > :25:28.Henrik Ling Crist could shut the door there but great chances to take

:25:29. > :25:33.advantage in these key games. Many of them have two goals Karlsson has

:25:34. > :25:40.four goals to his name as well as for Erik Karlsson has four goals to

:25:41. > :25:43.his name as well as four the moment. The powerplay for Sweden with the

:25:44. > :25:48.way Erik Karlsson is playing is dangerous. You cannot take it

:25:49. > :25:51.lightly. The Canadians are playing great offence but the Swedes can

:25:52. > :25:57.Break your heart in a moment and they can do it in this exact

:25:58. > :26:05.situation here. They are so ruthless and clinical -- and kill this try

:26:06. > :26:07.and kill need to maintain their momentum and put their building

:26:08. > :26:14.blocks in place to throw up the wall of defence that they have been

:26:15. > :26:16.employing all and they need to maintain their momentum and put

:26:17. > :26:19.their building blocks in place to throw up the wall of defence that

:26:20. > :26:33.they have been employing all tournament. One problem for Sweden

:26:34. > :26:39.they have they have lot of players coming up to -- a lot of players

:26:40. > :26:50.coming up are they going to have enough depth

:26:51. > :28:20.to moving it well, Hagelin. Canada are

:28:21. > :28:22.happy to leave Sweden in possession out wide. In the end, they have made

:28:23. > :28:33.a mistake. That could be a chance but Carter

:28:34. > :28:40.was there. Just enough to slow the attack down.

:28:41. > :28:47.With a shot from a tight angle as the power play comes to a close.

:28:48. > :28:58.Alfredsson, breathing deeply. Kunitz, his heart have missed a beat

:28:59. > :29:05.-- must have missed a beat. Nash got a stick in, in time come and threw

:29:06. > :29:13.it across like a sword across that Steen stick.

:29:14. > :29:17.So, Canada dodge a bullet here. Now, they have a chance to be creative. I

:29:18. > :29:22.am wondering whether they as a problem with Bergeron -- there is a

:29:23. > :29:46.problem. St-Louis on the outside. Kronwall

:29:47. > :29:51.dealt with Crosby by chipping him onto the ice but Crosby is back in

:29:52. > :29:59.possession. He welcomes the contact. And still controls. He did

:30:00. > :30:03.well. He is the superstar in the sport of ice hockey, Sidney Crosby.

:30:04. > :30:09.He hasn't scored in this tournament yet, but he has more points than

:30:10. > :30:13.anyone else in the NHL. He is an outstanding two-way hockey player.

:30:14. > :30:17.Arguably the best player in the world, not just for his friends but

:30:18. > :30:21.what he does at both ends of the rink. He can still lead this team

:30:22. > :30:37.even if he is putting points up. Sweden are trying to find a way

:30:38. > :30:41.through. And Canada make it so tough once they have believed. It is the

:30:42. > :30:44.equivalent of Sweden skating through maple syrup every time they have

:30:45. > :30:55.possession, it is so hard to get momentum.

:30:56. > :31:04.The Canadians are very rugged defensively. Something they have

:31:05. > :31:18.developed in this tournament and which has been just a mental. --

:31:19. > :31:23.instrumental. Not necessarily an attribute the Canadian defence is

:31:24. > :31:31.known for. Their scoring has already -- always been able to carry the day

:31:32. > :31:36.for them. Perry has done a great job. What Mike Babcock has done is

:31:37. > :31:38.got his team of superstars playing together as a team. That one goal

:31:39. > :31:48.could just be the difference. That was well intercepted by Louis

:31:49. > :32:07.Eriksson. Nash tried to find St-Louis. The

:32:08. > :32:11.referee blew his whistle. That went through the legs of Lundqvist and

:32:12. > :32:20.was sitting on the goal line. Thick Tommaso Leoni, a perfect

:32:21. > :32:31.opportunity. The play was made from the back -- St-Louis. He did not get

:32:32. > :32:37.it, he ends up catching it on the toe of his blade. He had the near

:32:38. > :32:39.side wide open. Lundqvist isn't clean and around his

:32:40. > :33:17.gold today. Taking a big deflection. But taking

:33:18. > :33:26.things forward for Canada. Bergeron is back on the ice, good news for

:33:27. > :33:34.Canada. I am not sure Bergeron would have done any better in that

:33:35. > :33:47.position. Hjalmarsson has had a solid tournament. They are missing

:33:48. > :33:51.the legend that is Livstrom. He has been an institution. One of the

:33:52. > :34:06.greats of the game. Sweden are trying to break away.

:34:07. > :34:13.Jimmie Ericsson on the right-hand side, sending it all the way around.

:34:14. > :34:21.Jonathan Ericsson stopping it. Canada have been so good at little

:34:22. > :34:28.interceptions. Carter, but a good save on a tight angle from

:34:29. > :34:31.Lundqvist. Penalty. That has flipped over the boards, that will be a

:34:32. > :34:37.penalty. The Canadians call for it and they will get it. It was

:34:38. > :34:44.directly played out of the ice by Silfverberg.

:34:45. > :34:47.Desperate defence. That was a Jonathan Ericsson who got himself

:34:48. > :35:05.out opposition. 2006, Sweden beating Finland 3-2,

:35:06. > :35:17.goals coming from Zetterberg, Kronwall and Livstrom.

:35:18. > :35:21.Interestingly, they were 1-0 down. Sweden broke Finland's heart in that

:35:22. > :35:40.tournament because Finland by the better team in that tournament.

:35:41. > :35:49.Here we go, a power play for Canada. 2-0 would seem a very long way down

:35:50. > :36:03.in this game for Sweden. Canada, with the man advantage.

:36:04. > :36:16.A lovely pass. That's almost surprised him. I think it did. Well

:36:17. > :36:24.blocked. Getting it back! But it was fired over the top. We will get a

:36:25. > :36:30.whistle as it left the net, shaking. Perry, in point-blank range. You can

:36:31. > :36:37.see him cover his mouth as he exclaims his frustration.

:36:38. > :36:43.I don't know if it was touched that Perry had a chance to put Canada

:36:44. > :37:02.into a 2-goal lead. 55 seconds to go, with a one-man

:37:03. > :37:37.advantage. Can they make it count? The Swedes are comfortable in this

:37:38. > :37:39.position, being one goal out, they can hold defensively. They need to

:37:40. > :38:05.get through this. Ten more seconds. Now, Sweden breaking away at the

:38:06. > :38:14.other end. Sedin, nearly tipped home, so close to equalising.

:38:15. > :38:26.Canada cannot clear. Tipped just over the top.

:38:27. > :38:34.Perry bringing it forward. With Doughty behind him. He drives on the

:38:35. > :38:40.outside. Cycling around that zone on his own!

:38:41. > :38:48.St-Louis, from Tampa Bay where he plays his hockey. He didn't think he

:38:49. > :38:53.would be on this trip. He was called up right at the last second. Maybe

:38:54. > :38:57.he will have an influence in this final. He had a ski trip booked to

:38:58. > :39:08.Vermont, he and his wife. Then they had to call it off. St-Louis has

:39:09. > :39:13.been in and out of the Canadian line-up. He would have loved to have

:39:14. > :39:18.that shot he had missed if you minutes ago. This lead for Canada is

:39:19. > :39:23.very precarious. As you watch the Swedes coming forward. That could

:39:24. > :39:26.have levelled it. Coming right past the goal. Daddy just prevented him

:39:27. > :39:38.from seeing the puck. It is just one mistake away, this

:39:39. > :39:39.game. Only two shots on goal from the

:39:40. > :39:52.Canadians in this period. Carey Price, a little busier. He has

:39:53. > :39:58.had to save all 16 he has faced. He has had a really good tournament.

:39:59. > :40:03.The best overall goal-tender of the tournament as far as his numbers go.

:40:04. > :40:07.To beat the Americans 1-0 in the semifinal, that is a very impressive

:40:08. > :40:12.scoreline. You saw the Americans fall apart, unfortunately for them,

:40:13. > :40:20.in the bronze medal match. For there to last Games, they had been shut

:40:21. > :40:25.out. It is a difficult end to the tournament for the Americans. Carey

:40:26. > :40:31.Price, when you are 1-0 up, and you can hold your nerve, and you have to

:40:32. > :40:47.be perfect, it takes a special breed to perform under that pressure.

:40:48. > :40:55.Weber, their best player in the NHL. As the whistle goes.

:40:56. > :40:58.We get another break. Almost nine minutes gone in the second period

:40:59. > :41:05.and Canada are still hanging onto that lead. Carter creating it for

:41:06. > :41:11.Toews. He scored a hat-trick earlier in this competition. He got it off

:41:12. > :41:17.the post. You were saying, he was the best from six inches out. He

:41:18. > :41:19.didn't have to shoot it more than two and a half feet total. He was

:41:20. > :41:33.devastating that day. It is all about being in position.

:41:34. > :41:40.That guy, he has been on top of his game the entire tournament. The shot

:41:41. > :41:44.came in. Looking to open up and get a second crack at

:41:45. > :41:54.the last team to retain the Olympic ice hockey title was the soviet

:41:55. > :41:59.union, back in Calgary, in 1988. That gives you an idea of how hard

:42:00. > :42:07.it is to come back. And to win it again. Since the NHL players have

:42:08. > :42:14.been evolved since 1988 in Nagano... Crosby, right down the

:42:15. > :42:29.middle but stolen from him. The danger still remains for Sweden.

:42:30. > :42:39.A chance for Patrice Bergeron and away it goes.

:42:40. > :42:46.The Canadians did well there. Sidney Crosby had to come off the ice in

:42:47. > :42:49.the offensive cycle because he had lost his helmet. Here is the play

:42:50. > :42:54.where he cuts through the Swedish defenceman and they cut him down

:42:55. > :43:00.like a maple tree. Just the two assists but he had to get off the

:43:01. > :43:05.ice in that play. That is the rule, if you lose your helmet during play

:43:06. > :43:09.you have two either put it straight on if you can or you have to go off

:43:10. > :43:24.and sit on the bench and let someone else on. It is all about safety.

:43:25. > :43:34.Canada have got a two on one breaking. A good save from

:43:35. > :43:40.Lundqvist. He reacts well. Sweden were stretched almost to breaking

:43:41. > :44:02.point. Corey Perry is having his best game of the tournament so far.

:44:03. > :44:08.That went to Nash on his backhand side and he nearly beat his

:44:09. > :44:12.team-mate with that. It was a chance from nothing won a bouncing puck. It

:44:13. > :44:19.was a devastating play from Rick Nash and he almost did score. That

:44:20. > :44:23.took everyone by surprise and it comes in again. Jay Bouwmeester

:44:24. > :44:34.nearly scored there. Sweden are in trouble right now. Canada are

:44:35. > :44:38.cranking up the pressure here. Each line is making something happen.

:44:39. > :44:45.They are so close to the net. It goes back to the blue line.

:44:46. > :44:50.Henrik Lundqvist was down and the Canadians almost bumped his crown as

:44:51. > :45:05.he was down and out and they were unlucky not to score.

:45:06. > :45:14.Carter tips that one well but it was a good save from Lundqvist.

:45:15. > :45:19.A big scramble with a lot of pushing and shoving but what happened there?

:45:20. > :45:25.Lundqvist felt he was slashed in there. It is really a no-go area. It

:45:26. > :45:31.is and when you get players coming in waves like that, I am surprised

:45:32. > :45:36.the Swedish players did not end up taking a penalty because that was

:45:37. > :45:41.relentless. Lundqvist is chatting to the referee, it must be as though he

:45:42. > :45:46.is under siege as once again Perry comes in with to amend this save.

:45:47. > :45:51.You will see him scrambling in front and this play by Rick Nash to turn

:45:52. > :45:55.around on the backhand and just half whippet with the backhand slap shot

:45:56. > :45:59.almost hear that you will see in a second. That is unbelievable. It is

:46:00. > :47:01.a half volley on the warbling puck which is so difficult to do.

:47:02. > :47:13.In eight goes and it is held on here. The Swedes need to keep the

:47:14. > :47:17.energy to get the goal they need. Carl Hagelin could help them get

:47:18. > :47:20.that because he is the guy in and around the net that you have

:47:21. > :47:25.difficulty controlling. He is quick and alert and he is also aggressive

:47:26. > :47:31.and not afraid to go into those areas. Here is Erik Karlsson, can he

:47:32. > :47:35.create? He has not really made anything happen yet. He gives

:47:36. > :47:41.possession away and this could be real danger. Canada try and break.

:47:42. > :47:48.Shot came in high with Shea Weber leaping into play. I half expected

:47:49. > :47:55.to see Sidney Crosby being that player.

:47:56. > :48:02.Canada come again with Jamie Benn shooting on the angle. It is just

:48:03. > :48:11.about cleared away for the second of asking.

:48:12. > :48:29.Loui Eriksson has looked the most likely to create something here.

:48:30. > :48:36.The question is how long can Sweden play this way? They are bending but

:48:37. > :48:41.they are not breaking but sooner or later it is going to happen, the

:48:42. > :48:49.Canadians will score a second one. Jimmie Ericsson eases forward now.

:48:50. > :48:59.Over the blue line on his backhand side. He gets across for his

:49:00. > :49:03.trouble. He will stand his ground back there. Marc-Edouard Vlasic has

:49:04. > :49:07.been outstanding. He has had an option to step forward and it is the

:49:08. > :49:10.kind of play we are talking about, Sidney Crosby Bob. People talk about

:49:11. > :49:42.him arguably as the best player in the world.

:49:43. > :49:49.Jeff Carter has had a good tournament. A few raised eyebrows as

:49:50. > :49:59.it is turned over. It is Jeff Carter again. He and Jonathan Toews

:50:00. > :50:05.continue to bang bodies down there. I think they demanded more intensity

:50:06. > :50:17.from Jeff Carter after the Game one and he has started to show it.

:50:18. > :50:23.Sweden are battling hard but unable to put any pressure on, even on the

:50:24. > :50:29.power play, their powerplay has been lethal. The cut off opportunities

:50:30. > :50:30.were really limited and that is credit to the way that Canada have

:50:31. > :50:43.played defensively. British fans may recognise the name

:50:44. > :50:45.of Alex Pietrangelo because his uncle backstop at a British team to

:50:46. > :50:58.a super league title. That was so good. That puck the --

:50:59. > :51:01.took a completely different direction that somehow Carey Price

:51:02. > :51:06.managed to keep it out. He has to play like a cat. It was an awkward

:51:07. > :51:10.looking save, very unorthodox but he just had to attract the puck and

:51:11. > :51:16.stay with it and he has done his job. He is watching this puck and it

:51:17. > :51:21.just changes direction at the last second and he almost fights it like

:51:22. > :51:26.a cat twine to -- trying to swap out a moth and he ends up getting it

:51:27. > :51:30.under control and he does enough and he is lucky that he did not take

:51:31. > :51:34.that into his body and through his legs and in. It is so hard because

:51:35. > :51:39.you always expect a hard shot and when you get one that is rolling and

:51:40. > :51:44.slow and all over the place netminders can be made to look very

:51:45. > :51:49.silly indeed. The incredible part about Lundqvist and how he manages

:51:50. > :51:54.his shots, the shots are not that much different. Canada have 20 but

:51:55. > :52:02.Sweden have 19 but it just seems as though Lundqvist has had more

:52:03. > :52:06.activity in his goal. We just saw Carey Price talking to the man who

:52:07. > :52:11.came in for Canada in Vancouver and steadied the ship. Yes, in his home

:52:12. > :52:14.NHL town of Vancouver really rose to the occasion and did the job

:52:15. > :52:17.necessary for Canada to win that gold-medal.

:52:18. > :52:23.Shea Weber has been so strong for the Canadians along with Duncan

:52:24. > :52:43.Keith. Also a similar partnership on the

:52:44. > :52:52.Swedish side of Loui Eriksson. Sidney Crosby scores! Canada lead by

:52:53. > :52:59.2-0. He scores again in a gold-medal match. Sidney Crosby!

:53:00. > :53:10.A fine finish and Canada seize control. Sidney Crosby reaps the

:53:11. > :53:14.return of his own hard work. Any goes and he is a man who is leading

:53:15. > :53:29.his team to a gold-medal once again. A golden moment from a golden

:53:30. > :53:33.child. He has been known as Sid the kid since he was a teenager but he

:53:34. > :53:37.is very much a man these days but once again in a Olympic final he

:53:38. > :53:44.turns up and he scores a goal for the Canadians. He knows the

:53:45. > :53:49.occasion, he has been doing it at all levels. He was the youngest ever

:53:50. > :53:52.captain to do it. Even though he has not been scoring he has been doing

:53:53. > :53:55.little things and doing the fundamentals right and you get

:53:56. > :53:59.rewarded if you play the game properly and you do not cheat and he

:54:00. > :54:12.has not cheated. Jonathan Toews is behind the net.

:54:13. > :54:18.Lundqvist has been beaten twice. You see his body language there. He is

:54:19. > :54:22.shaking his head to sell. Jonathan Ericsson tries to make one move to

:54:23. > :54:27.many and that will burn you. Sidney Crosby is off to the races and you

:54:28. > :54:34.will not catch and he has gone and he has buried it. The damage is

:54:35. > :54:40.done. Sidney Crosby shows you how ruthless he can be. The way in which

:54:41. > :54:48.he made the move there, so patient. He is a superstar.

:54:49. > :54:53.Under the bright lights and in the big aims is when the superstars

:54:54. > :55:01.really come to town and Sidney Crosby has done that, without doubt.

:55:02. > :55:19.Canada have a 2-0 lead, will it be unassailable?

:55:20. > :55:26.It is approaching three minutes to go in the end of this second period.

:55:27. > :55:33.There are 320 minute stop clock periods in an ice hockey game. We

:55:34. > :55:39.get another icing call. There are still 23 minutes for Sweden to come

:55:40. > :55:43.back in this game. Every player on that ice right now understands how

:55:44. > :55:48.important that goal was. They know that that may have just locked the

:55:49. > :55:54.door and that Sweden may not have enough to blow that door down and

:55:55. > :55:57.blow it open. The medals will be presented here on the ice at the

:55:58. > :56:01.completion of this game as the shot goes wide of the target. Canada can

:56:02. > :56:10.almost feel it. They know they have still got so

:56:11. > :56:17.much hard work to do between now and then.

:56:18. > :56:31.The whistle blows because the referees want to take a check here.

:56:32. > :56:35.Kunitz looks as though he was caught by a puck but Canada had possession.

:56:36. > :56:39.It looks as though a penalty is being assessed. I am surprised they

:56:40. > :56:44.called it when Canada had the advantage in possession. He was hit

:56:45. > :56:52.from behind there. We have seen a similar hit that a number of years

:56:53. > :56:55.ago, maybe not as bad as this one when it happened in the National

:56:56. > :56:59.Hockey League and it paid the price for years. That was not quite as bad

:57:00. > :57:04.from Patrik Berglund but it will not help Sweden to get back in this

:57:05. > :57:09.hockey game. A bloody nose and possibly a broken nose as well

:57:10. > :57:15.because he hit it pretty hard. It will not be an entirely new

:57:16. > :57:19.experience for Chris Kunitz. He has been a great marker on this line. He

:57:20. > :57:24.has not scored by he has been holding it together and the goal

:57:25. > :57:29.that Sidney Crosby gets, part of it has all come from Chris Kunitz work

:57:30. > :57:33.ethic that has made Sidney Crosby work. They take the pressure off

:57:34. > :57:49.offensively and work at both ends of the break.

:57:50. > :57:56.We will get another whistle here. This represents an opportunity for

:57:57. > :58:01.the Canadians to kill this game off. Jonathan Toews has a good chance

:58:02. > :58:05.here. He expected more of himself. A little bit of room they're just

:58:06. > :58:09.above the blockers side of Lundqvist. He needed to be perfect

:58:10. > :58:15.but Lundqvist is not going to give him that one. Trying to find the

:58:16. > :58:23.postage stamp. It did not quite work for him on this occasion. 3-0 and

:58:24. > :58:31.you have got to think that Canada will take this game. Canada have

:58:32. > :58:36.managed the puck extremely well in this hockey game. In the powerplay

:58:37. > :58:40.we expect them to do it and they have not given it up cheaply so that

:58:41. > :58:44.the Swedes can get momentum themselves. Sidney Crosby, the goal

:58:45. > :58:48.will have given him a boost. It does not matter how good a player you are

:58:49. > :58:53.but when you have not scored in five games you start to get itchy.

:58:54. > :58:59.Yesterday we saw someone fall apart. When he went his team went as

:59:00. > :59:06.well and they all fell apart at the seams.

:59:07. > :59:13.Sweden are playing with one skater less. They have another 40 seconds

:59:14. > :59:17.on this powerplay. The scoreline is 2-0. That was nearly given away by

:59:18. > :59:28.Jonathan Toews. Corey Perry slows the game down. It

:59:29. > :59:33.was nearly given away by Shea Weber and nowhere has been given away by

:59:34. > :59:37.Shea Weber. Now the break, it is Jonathan Ericsson, one on three and

:59:38. > :59:46.he misses the net by some distance. Canada comeback with Jonathan Toews.

:59:47. > :59:51.Into the final few seconds and a shot from Drew Doughty. Canada

:59:52. > :00:11.maintained possession. They are digging hard and the

:00:12. > :00:17.referee will allow them to keep playing here. It has been building

:00:18. > :00:22.at the feet. It is smart by Canada. Play defence in the offensive zone

:00:23. > :00:30.and let this period play out. Those battles are punishing on the body.

:00:31. > :00:33.Jay Bouwmeester hurried his shot a bit as the period came to a close

:00:34. > :00:39.and Canada eye on pole position and they lead Sweden by 2-0 here and

:00:40. > :00:43.Sidney Crosby beat Henrik Lundqvist for that all-important second goal

:00:44. > :00:50.and this is why it is so important. Canada have conceded three goals in

:00:51. > :00:54.the 2014 and. Right now Sweden need three goals if they are going to win

:00:55. > :00:59.the gold medal. I do not think they have it in the locker. That second

:01:00. > :01:03.goal by Canada was unbelievable. It was a single player made by the star

:01:04. > :01:07.of the show who has not shown so far by he has done it in other ways and

:01:08. > :01:17.his moment came and he took it with both hands.

:01:18. > :01:24.Canada, in control, 20 minutes away from retaining their gold medal.

:01:25. > :01:31.We'll bring you the whole of the third period.

:01:32. > :01:39.It is worth pointing out that the US were 2-0 up in the women's final and

:01:40. > :01:45.came back to win. It doesn't look likely here. After this final

:01:46. > :01:49.period, we will be going into highlights road, for all the best

:01:50. > :02:02.moments. This is snowboard cross, a six way

:02:03. > :02:12.battle for gold. A stellar line-up going for gold, including Dominique

:02:13. > :02:16.Maltais. Lindsey Jacobellis is back from serious injury and looking to

:02:17. > :02:21.set the record straight. Anything can happen in boarder cross. That is

:02:22. > :02:27.why it is so much fun to watch as a spectator. You can only do what you

:02:28. > :02:33.control. Even before the racing, there were several fig crashes,

:02:34. > :02:37.including this young Norwegian who blew her knee on these rollers. The

:02:38. > :02:45.quarterfinals continued to prove that only the strong survive. The

:02:46. > :02:53.reigning Olympic champion nursing a broken hand was unceremoniously

:02:54. > :03:03.dumped as was Torah Bright. This was the standout. Although she was a

:03:04. > :03:07.second and a half behind in seeding, Lindsey Jacobellis made short work

:03:08. > :03:12.of her quarterfinal with a masterclass in snowboard cross

:03:13. > :03:17.racing. The most important thing to remember is anything can and

:03:18. > :03:22.probably will happen. Even to the big names. Enough of my chat, time

:03:23. > :03:24.for some proper commentary and some action. I promise we won't get too

:03:25. > :03:42.emotional. Timothy, shall we? Semifinal number one. Eva Samkova

:03:43. > :03:47.with the slower start. That goes to show how big a gap can be at the

:03:48. > :03:58.first actual drop, we have lost a rider already. They are all chasing

:03:59. > :04:06.Eva Samkova, no surprises there. It was the Austrian who went down. Eva

:04:07. > :04:16.Samkova stretching the lead. It isn't over yet. She is coming

:04:17. > :04:24.through the side of the course. Ryoichi Maeda, losing control and

:04:25. > :04:34.she is out of there. -- Simone Meyler. Eva Samkova, once again, a

:04:35. > :04:39.masterclass. She overshot that jump by miles and still soaked it up. I

:04:40. > :04:45.think something has gone on back there. They looked very close. They

:04:46. > :04:52.are all right. It is... Something went on that of Camara. She overshot

:04:53. > :05:00.that, the French girl... Nelly Loccoz Moenne has gone down. Chloe

:05:01. > :05:05.Trespeuch is in second place. Look... Gifted third place. I am not

:05:06. > :05:09.sure what the camera director was doing, we are not in control. It

:05:10. > :05:14.looked to me like the two French riders had set of director --

:05:15. > :05:29.directly. Then we lost sight of them. Faye Gulini, in third place.

:05:30. > :05:40.Semifinal number two. A good start by Zoe. It is the blue bit, the

:05:41. > :05:51.Australian. And in the yellow bib, Jack Sandile Ngcobo. -- Jakova.

:05:52. > :05:56.Looking Zoe Gillings is back in fifth, making sure she isn't out of

:05:57. > :06:00.this race before it begins. She has to let everyone do their job and you

:06:01. > :06:10.have to do yours. Lindsey Jacobellis is in front, chased by Jakova. This

:06:11. > :06:18.is going to get hairy. Oh! There she goes, onto the crash mat. Battling

:06:19. > :06:24.it out now in second and third, desperate to put a bit of distance

:06:25. > :06:32.between each other. Zoe Gillings is at the back. They will be biding

:06:33. > :06:35.their time, hoping this long stretch where it speeds up doesn't stretch

:06:36. > :06:48.the pack out too much. They are battling for second and third. And

:06:49. > :06:55.she is down! Round the outside... They come over the last jump, they

:06:56. > :07:03.are so close! They both fell on the finish line, what on earth was that

:07:04. > :07:10.about? A photo finish. What was Lindsey Jacobellis thinking? She

:07:11. > :07:14.just overshot it. Olympic heartbreak again for the American. And the

:07:15. > :07:23.Italian from nowhere, she thinks, I am getting over this. Why did she

:07:24. > :07:30.fall? Oh, nope. She has lost it on the line. It is like being shot out

:07:31. > :07:44.of a cannon. Now, it is back up to the top for

:07:45. > :07:56.the small final to decide positions seven to 12.

:07:57. > :08:08.Closest to us, Moll. As it she might be injured. She waved. The Swiss,

:08:09. > :08:20.flying out of the gate. Lindsey Jacobellis in the red further back.

:08:21. > :08:27.Lindsey Jacobellis, all over the place, flailing over that second

:08:28. > :08:36.kicker. Zoe Gillings in the yellow in fourth place.

:08:37. > :08:47.Around the outside. Nelly Loccoz Moenne on the outside. Here it

:08:48. > :08:57.comes. Beautiful work from Lindsey Jacobellis. Belle Brockhoff managed

:08:58. > :09:04.to sweep behind her. Lindsey Jacobellis is leading in the blue.

:09:05. > :09:05.Belle Brockhoff is closing the door on Nelly Loccoz Moenne. Zoe Gillings

:09:06. > :09:36.is in yellow in fourth. So, Lindsey Jacobellis, Barkov. Zoe

:09:37. > :09:42.Gillings will take ninth place. -- Brockhoff.

:09:43. > :09:47.The final of the women's Olympic snowboarder cross.

:09:48. > :09:57.It is down, and a really good start. Look in the yellow on the

:09:58. > :10:07.right-hand side. Eva Samkova, absorbing all of these obstacles.

:10:08. > :10:12.The stiffest condition has faced. They are crossing over! There was

:10:13. > :10:17.some contact there. Dominique Maltais, desperately trying to chase

:10:18. > :10:24.down Eva Samkova. But, convincingly, against these riders

:10:25. > :10:30.who are so, so quick, even in such esteemed company. Aspas macro in the

:10:31. > :10:37.red trousers. Contact. Jess Christopher Bartsch hits the

:10:38. > :10:43.knuckle. Dominique Maltais is reading this in. Reaching out for

:10:44. > :10:48.Eva Samkova. A bit too big on that jump, she wants to keep as close to

:10:49. > :10:54.the snow as she can. A tiny wobble by Eva Samkova.

:10:55. > :11:01.Dominique Maltais is looking very smooth, tracking into the jump. It

:11:02. > :11:05.is going to be Eva Samkova over the last jump into the finish line for

:11:06. > :11:12.the gold medal. Dominique Maltais takes silver. And in the White

:11:13. > :11:22.Paper, Chloe Trespeuch. How did she hold onto that? -- in the white bib.

:11:23. > :11:28.Eva Samkova, an absolute masterclass from start to finish, seeding until

:11:29. > :11:32.final, she has dominated the 2014 Olympic boarder cross race.

:11:33. > :11:36.Dominique Maltais, giving it everything she had. She has improved

:11:37. > :11:44.on her bronze medal. Look at what it means for Eva Samkova.

:11:45. > :11:51.We have seen some incredible action. It wouldn't be right to leave today

:11:52. > :11:55.without speaking to Zoe. How do you feel? Are you heartbroken or do you

:11:56. > :12:00.take it in your stride? You are used to this kind of racing? That is what

:12:01. > :12:05.boarder cross is about, you're never sure. I am happy with the way I

:12:06. > :12:12.wrote, that I stayed on my feet with a of crashes. I was stable enough to

:12:13. > :12:18.get down in one piece. Obviously, very disappointed not getting into

:12:19. > :12:22.the final and missing out by inches. Incredibly frustrating. I rode as

:12:23. > :12:29.good as I could and as fast as I could. One woman who was looking

:12:30. > :12:36.very nervous at the bottom, Jill, did you manage to watch? I did. For

:12:37. > :12:43.the first time... I did manage this time. How incredibly close she got.

:12:44. > :12:51.It is so nerve wracking, when you see people falling that way. People

:12:52. > :12:57.going down quite hard. Yes, when the screen goes blank. Yes, it makes you

:12:58. > :13:02.think, my daughter is about to come down here, it does get you. But she

:13:03. > :13:11.is safe and she is wonderful! You trust her. Absolutely. It is just

:13:12. > :13:16.another normal day in the life of Olympic boarder cross, I hope you

:13:17. > :13:21.have enjoyed it. I love the start of that feature, Ed

:13:22. > :13:26.saying I had to commentate with Tim, and not be emotional. After one

:13:27. > :13:30.line, the guys were off the scale. They captured the essence of those

:13:31. > :13:36.freestyle events. I am sure you found it inspirational, please go to

:13:37. > :13:40.our website to find out lots more about snowboarding, freestyle skiing

:13:41. > :13:44.and a range of Olympic Winter and summer sports. We head back to the

:13:45. > :13:49.ice hockey by way of the highlights of the second period.

:13:50. > :14:02.What can Sweden do to change things? St-Louis. The referee has blown his

:14:03. > :14:13.whistle. Here we go. A power play for Canada. Fired over the top.

:14:14. > :14:22.Cranking up the pressure. Coming in again. Sweden are in trouble right

:14:23. > :14:32.now. Danger. Crosby. He scores. Canada lead by 2-0.

:14:33. > :14:39.There is Sidney Crosby, the man whose gold -- goal made it two. That

:14:40. > :14:47.gives the Canadians and I discussion with 20 minutes to play. Sweden have

:14:48. > :14:50.had injuries but will they be able to find the offence required to

:14:51. > :14:55.break the Canadian hearts and come back into this game? We saw it with

:14:56. > :15:01.the Swiss in the women's bronze medal game and we saw it with the

:15:02. > :15:08.Canadians in the women's final. When these two played in 1994 it was

:15:09. > :15:12.Sweden who forced overtime and penalty shots when they went on to

:15:13. > :15:19.take gold but this Canadian team is of a different breed. They are

:15:20. > :15:24.very, very good defensively. They are miserly and mean. What can the

:15:25. > :15:28.Swedish players do? They have to work harder and get in that

:15:29. > :15:31.powerplay. If they can get a goal through pressure in front of Carey

:15:32. > :15:38.Price then it will change the game dramatically. Canada are 20 minutes

:15:39. > :15:53.away from glory in Sochi. We will get an early faceoff, just

:15:54. > :15:57.12 seconds into this one. Who will be key for Sweden if they are to

:15:58. > :16:07.come back in? They have to have energy. This line here will be

:16:08. > :16:15.counted on but they need Erik Karlsson to step forward here. This

:16:16. > :16:17.line, I would really like to see just every one of the lines for

:16:18. > :16:29.Sweden really pushing the pace. The faceoff was won by Sweden, Erik

:16:30. > :16:32.Karlsson loops around. An early goal from Sweden would make things quite

:16:33. > :16:36.interesting here. They are going to have to gamble in this game. They

:16:37. > :16:41.have gambled too hard and Jonathan Toews is coming in but Lundqvist is

:16:42. > :16:50.there and he hangs on under pressure. These breaks are happening

:16:51. > :16:54.more often for Canada. Out of the defensive battle they can create

:16:55. > :16:59.offence. Lundqvist makes a good save but Carter is in looking for the

:17:00. > :17:02.rebound. It is smart play by Jonathan Toews, he got the first

:17:03. > :17:08.goal today and there is no reason not to shoot and get an opportunity

:17:09. > :17:10.at least for the rebound. A clean win in the faceoff circle for Sidney

:17:11. > :17:33.Crosby. Carl Hagelin shot that one in a

:17:34. > :17:37.Carey Price had to grab it at the second attempt. A lot of whistles

:17:38. > :17:41.like this. It hurts Sweden more than Canada. We have had three whistles

:17:42. > :17:45.in the first minute and we are just 50 seconds in but that was good play

:17:46. > :17:49.by Carl Hagelin. He got the shot in from an angle and forces Carey Price

:17:50. > :17:50.to make a spec and effort to get the puck in his profession --

:17:51. > :18:07.possession. I wonder what the thought process

:18:08. > :18:10.here from the Swedish coats -- coaches because Oliver Ekman-Larsson

:18:11. > :18:20.is on the ice and he did not get assertion in earlier games.

:18:21. > :18:27.Sweden are forced back again. Jonathan Ericsson is the odd man out

:18:28. > :18:43.now. He is the one who turned it out to Sidney Crosby for that goal.

:18:44. > :18:52.Sweden will come away. They have got some space to work in. Erik Karlsson

:18:53. > :18:53.leaps into the play and it is the first time we have really seen him

:18:54. > :19:04.skating. This is perfidy waited by Jonathan

:19:05. > :19:18.Toews. -- perfectly weighted. Drew Doughty there, off the post.

:19:19. > :19:45.Sweden are sloppy in their own end. Haggling on the left wing corner for

:19:46. > :20:00.Sweden. He does well but he cannot find a shot. -- Carl Hagelin.

:20:01. > :20:06.That was not handled well by Marcus Kruger and now the zone is clear.

:20:07. > :20:11.Can get can get a change but Carl Hagelin tries to weave his way

:20:12. > :20:14.through. The Canadian defence is layered up so if you beat one there

:20:15. > :20:25.is another player who gets in front of you. Each time it has made its

:20:26. > :20:30.that bit more difficult. It is quite ominous to take on a team where if

:20:31. > :20:36.you get by a first guy, as you watch the shot by Drew Doughty, this is a

:20:37. > :20:42.great screen in front. That was Matt Duchene. Lundqvist did not know

:20:43. > :20:51.about that until it hit the post. You have to beat the best in the

:20:52. > :20:58.tournament in three different ways and that level of success is very

:20:59. > :21:01.challenging for any player. Jamie Benn with a tip into the zone. He is

:21:02. > :21:14.on it. Corey Perry is another player in

:21:15. > :21:29.this trio. Oliver Ekman Larsson cannot find a

:21:30. > :21:34.team-mate so this will be another icing call. We have had four minutes

:21:35. > :21:40.of this period. It is shaping out like a semifinal for Canada. If you

:21:41. > :21:44.look at Oliver Ekman-Larsson, he is now getting the nod instead of

:21:45. > :21:48.Jonathan Ericsson on the ice. In the semifinals Canada got the one goal

:21:49. > :21:52.for Jamie Benn and that they had to shut up shot. They are doing the

:21:53. > :22:01.same thing here although they are looking for more.

:22:02. > :22:06.Oliver Ekman-Larsson is all on his own for Sweden. He is looking for

:22:07. > :22:13.help but there is nothing coming. It has arrived. This is where players

:22:14. > :22:18.like Patrice Bergeron really coming into their own. Players sometimes

:22:19. > :22:23.try to get their way past and turn the buck over but he just turned it

:22:24. > :22:29.out safely into an area. That goes into the stands of the deflection.

:22:30. > :22:32.This suggests that Patrice Bergeron knows that the Swedish players will

:22:33. > :22:36.not be able to skate through the Canadians. If they can put the part

:22:37. > :22:40.in a good area becomes a territory game more than a possession game for

:22:41. > :22:45.Canada. Put the puck into areas where they will be successful but do

:22:46. > :22:48.not try to do anything by yourself that will lead to opening up the

:22:49. > :23:03.door for the Swedish team to get back in.

:23:04. > :23:08.Patrick Marleau did not finish that. Drew Doughty. It deflects oddly out

:23:09. > :23:26.in front. Jonathan Toews leads the man in his

:23:27. > :23:31.wake. Drew Doughty is that this one with a good slave and a rebound.

:23:32. > :23:39.Another chance for Canada on the wraparound. Somehow Sweden survive

:23:40. > :23:43.the depth and quality here from Canada is starting to show. They are

:23:44. > :23:49.in their sixth game, both of these deans, in a shortened tournament and

:23:50. > :23:59.camera have more weapons. -- Canada have more weapons.

:24:00. > :24:07.Jamie Benn sends this one all around. It goes into Corey Perry and

:24:08. > :24:08.they are grinding Sweden right now. Jonathan Ericsson couldn't handle so

:24:09. > :24:23.he gives a crosscheck. They just want to keep it below the

:24:24. > :24:24.goal-line but now they will swing up high. Perry with a chance. It is

:24:25. > :24:38.held onto. Jonathan Ericsson is trying to

:24:39. > :24:43.negotiate his way through that little discussion. Even has it came

:24:44. > :24:47.out his feats of still. He is standing there as the Canadians are

:24:48. > :24:52.getting to the puck first which is why he misses the ship. Carter is

:24:53. > :24:56.now off to the races and he can hold with three defenders on him but he

:24:57. > :24:59.gets the puck below the goal-line and Canada retain possession. Rather

:25:00. > :25:03.than trying to force something that are not aware Canada allow

:25:04. > :25:08.themselves to play the percentages. Do not try and shoot it wide and

:25:09. > :25:11.allow a Swedish break-out just, just hold onto it and maybe make the

:25:12. > :25:15.Swedes take a penalty and maybe they will make a mistake and there will

:25:16. > :25:19.be an opportunity to Canada who has gone and made an extra bit of effort

:25:20. > :25:26.in the singular play and they will get reward for it. This is them just

:25:27. > :25:35.download. This is Perry turning around with a shot and controlling

:25:36. > :25:39.the puck. How impressive has it been from Mike Babcock to get this number

:25:40. > :25:43.of players buying into exactly what he is asking them to do? It is

:25:44. > :25:49.incredible. Every single one of these players is a superstar in

:25:50. > :25:54.their own right and they play top and first line in their teams but

:25:55. > :25:58.here they are asked to play other places but that is about the pride

:25:59. > :26:00.in Canadian hockey. It is all about the pride of playing hockey at the

:26:01. > :26:22.highest level. Back it goes and Sidney Crosby tries

:26:23. > :26:30.to release it. It is sent into goal but it does not go through.

:26:31. > :26:38.The Swedish passing needs to improve. There is a line change by

:26:39. > :26:47.Canada and that is perfect. They are getting new troops.

:26:48. > :26:54.The whistle goes for another offside here. That is one of the things that

:26:55. > :26:58.people may not understand. The management of ice time, as far as

:26:59. > :27:02.energy expended, and you look at three goals and three assists for

:27:03. > :27:07.Shea Weber which is outstanding for a defenceman at a world-class

:27:08. > :27:11.tournament like this and he has been able to provide offence but he plays

:27:12. > :27:15.physical and he logs big minutes but Canada are managing everybody's ice

:27:16. > :27:27.time better than the Swedish team. It is in the zone.

:27:28. > :27:31.That was well held by Jonathan Toews and it just slowed it down and

:27:32. > :27:49.allows Canada the chance to clear it.

:27:50. > :28:01.They are so strong defensively. The Canadians continued to strangle

:28:02. > :28:06.Sweden. That is the closest we have been to a puck or tournament.

:28:07. > :28:11.Special parks for the gold-medal game, they are golden pucks for the

:28:12. > :28:22.gold-medal game. This is a good game. He is a gold-medal winner from

:28:23. > :28:29.Vancouver. Rick Nash. 11 of the players in Canada have won gold.

:28:30. > :28:31.Just four of the Swedish players. Rick Nash comes in to try and make

:28:32. > :28:46.things happen. Rick Nash can be from anywhere, that

:28:47. > :28:51.was long range and juggled hard. Lundqvist is fighting the puck right

:28:52. > :28:55.now. I think everybody knew that Rick Nash was going to shoot the

:28:56. > :29:01.puck but it exploded off his stick, did you see the whip there?

:29:02. > :29:04.Lundqvist knew it was coming but it had extra pepper on it and it

:29:05. > :29:09.catches him and he cannot control it on the first touch and then you see

:29:10. > :29:15.him leaping at control the rebound. If anybody knows how hard Rick Nash

:29:16. > :29:19.shoots a puck it will be Rick Nash -- it will be Lundqvist, he must

:29:20. > :29:25.have taken a few of those in New York. You know right now that

:29:26. > :29:35.Lundqvist recognises that the game could have got away from him.

:29:36. > :29:42.He had to be the best player on the ice for Sweden today for them to

:29:43. > :29:45.content for a gold medal. He has been good but to say he was the best

:29:46. > :29:53.player on the ice, I don't thing you can say that.

:29:54. > :29:58.Canada have been disciplined. They have not taken too many penalties

:29:59. > :30:12.well in this game. That is a way that Sweden could come back into it.

:30:13. > :30:25.Canada are 11 minutes away from a gold medal.

:30:26. > :30:45.Sweden need to find another dear. Kunitz, he scores! -- need to find

:30:46. > :30:51.another gear. Surely that is a gold medal for Canada. His first of the

:30:52. > :30:56.Olympic Games, and he snapped it high. Canada are coasting to glory

:30:57. > :31:04.here, as they retain the gold medal at this Olympic Games. They will

:31:05. > :31:06.shortly be the Sochi 2014 champions. Kunitz, he rips one of the bar and

:31:07. > :31:22.down. Lundqvist is beaten again. Another unassisted goal for the

:31:23. > :31:28.Canadians where they have created their own fans from a broken play,

:31:29. > :31:34.taking the puck away and seizing it quickly. The Swedes have called a

:31:35. > :31:43.time out. There is not much you can do to defend that one. That is an

:31:44. > :31:47.absolute ripped shot. Just him and three defenders. He still found the

:31:48. > :31:54.net, a great finish. That is what it means to him.

:31:55. > :32:09.First goal. Timely goal scoring for the Canadian fence. -- offence.

:32:10. > :32:22.Back to the blue line, they couldn't finish that one off. Weber again. I

:32:23. > :32:28.will remind you, Canada have only conceded three goals in the whole

:32:29. > :32:33.tournament. They could score more here. Getting that feeling inside

:32:34. > :32:40.the Bolshoy Ice Dome where Canada can put on a performance now.

:32:41. > :32:44.Sweden had ten minutes to try and create three great opportunities. It

:32:45. > :32:57.seems so unlikely. We just need to enjoy this Canadian

:32:58. > :33:01.team. Because they are that good. Those in Canada and America reckon

:33:02. > :33:07.this is the best team that has ever been put together anywhere at any

:33:08. > :33:12.point in history. The scoreline would suggest it. You know, you

:33:13. > :33:17.can't really blow teams out at this level. We have seen some lopsided

:33:18. > :33:24.scorelines, but to shut teams down so they can't get a goal against

:33:25. > :33:28.you. The way they are going at the moment, it is so impressive. The

:33:29. > :33:34.opposition cannot open the door on them.

:33:35. > :33:38.That is if they don't concede here. But they have conceded a penalty.

:33:39. > :33:47.That may be a way for Sweden to come back in. A tripping call. All the

:33:48. > :33:52.Canadian players seem to be reluctant to skate over to that

:33:53. > :33:57.penalty box. Perry will make his way. We have another TV time out as

:33:58. > :34:02.the ice Angels head out to clear the snow. How important it is the Canada

:34:03. > :34:09.to have all of their players playing well in this big game. This has been

:34:10. > :34:14.his best hockey game, Perry. We have had three scorers today for Canada,

:34:15. > :34:22.the first of the tournament. But there have been good performances

:34:23. > :34:27.across the board. Sharp. St-Louis. It's not just about the Starts, but

:34:28. > :34:31.their depth of quality. Every single player has been accountable and

:34:32. > :34:36.performed well. There hasn't been any single one that hasn't looked

:34:37. > :34:43.outstanding today. The last time Sweden won silver was

:34:44. > :34:51.in Innsbruck in 1964. They lost to the Soviets in the final, who were

:34:52. > :34:57.strong for such a long period. That is when they changed the ruling.

:34:58. > :35:01.This is still being appealed to this day because Canada missed out on a

:35:02. > :35:06.medal on how they pick two separate teams. The goal difference was the

:35:07. > :35:09.question. They still maintain to this day that Canada should have got

:35:10. > :35:16.the bronze medal that year. The appeals continue to be heard well

:35:17. > :35:28.into the 21st-century. It is Olympic history. It is. It is officiated to

:35:29. > :35:35.the highest level. There is no disputing this now, the bronze medal

:35:36. > :35:41.game yesterday, Finland and the USA was very decisive. For the fence,

:35:42. > :35:47.they got to walk away yesterday feeling really good about being in

:35:48. > :35:53.third place -- for the Finns. For Sweden, it will be difficult to

:35:54. > :36:03.collect the silver medal. The golden puck. Three times it has

:36:04. > :36:05.found the net. Sweden have a power play, they need a goal and to find

:36:06. > :36:27.some belief. They have made the defence work too

:36:28. > :36:28.hard, the Canadians. They have spent 30 seconds in their own zone trying

:36:29. > :36:48.to get it back. A poor outlet pass. What would Sweden give for another

:36:49. > :37:06.goal from Karlsson. He rips around the boards.

:37:07. > :37:14.Four Canadians are holding that blue line, standing strong.

:37:15. > :37:25.Canada will hold here. Given away, though.

:37:26. > :37:37.Almost 30 seconds remain on the Perry penalty.

:37:38. > :37:44.Benn has already scored twice in this tournament, he wanted another.

:37:45. > :37:57.Every shift Benn plays puts more value on his NHL contract. He has

:37:58. > :38:02.impressed me so much in this tournament. He is impressing

:38:03. > :38:12.Babcock, his eyes time has increased. Nash, with a chance!

:38:13. > :38:18.Lundqvist, angry with his defence. Sweden are not too far away from

:38:19. > :38:20.packing up the tent. Seven and a half to go. The Canadian fans are

:38:21. > :38:47.cheering. The penalty is over. Sweden, they don't seem to have been

:38:48. > :38:55.able to up their game when it has been needed. You have to credit

:38:56. > :38:59.Canada so that -- for that. This is a good Swedish side. They have been

:39:00. > :39:13.hit by injuries, but they are a good outfit.

:39:14. > :39:21.Sent away by Perry who is then hit off the play. No penalty on that, it

:39:22. > :39:24.could have been given for the challenge on Jimmie Ericsson. That

:39:25. > :39:28.entire sequence of how the Canadians worked their way out of the

:39:29. > :39:31.defensive zone is why they are in this position. They are running

:39:32. > :39:33.together to get the puck cleared out of their lines and relieve

:39:34. > :39:43.pressure. Out of the zone. Sweden are forced

:39:44. > :39:58.to reset. Backhand shot claimed. Price will

:39:59. > :40:04.hang on. Under six minutes to go. Canada are six minutes away. 22

:40:05. > :40:08.shots the Sweden, and I can count on one hand how many scoring chances

:40:09. > :40:14.they have had. If you skirmishes around Carey Price but, for the most

:40:15. > :40:18.part, it has been nonthreatening. There have been second-grade

:40:19. > :40:30.opportunities. This one from Benn, he forced a great save. That kicked

:40:31. > :40:36.out and into the corner. Benn is really emerging. Nash has had an

:40:37. > :40:42.outstanding tournament. That was the turnover. Lucky to get a stick

:40:43. > :40:48.played on it. That is Perry receiving the Sarge on his neck. He

:40:49. > :40:54.was hit here by this awkward play in the second. Right there. Jimmie

:40:55. > :40:58.Ericsson was going by. Driving right through him. That will give him a

:40:59. > :41:13.bit of whiplash. Perry will play on.

:41:14. > :41:19.The Bolshoy, a brilliant arena, it has done very well for this hockey

:41:20. > :41:25.tournament. Beautiful on the outside as well. In the not too distant

:41:26. > :41:30.future, it will be the flag of Canada very much centred on the

:41:31. > :41:47.roof. Price folding on that. He hangs on

:41:48. > :41:51.nicely. The interesting part about Canada is that there have been sick

:41:52. > :41:55.stages in this tournament for them. This is their sixth hockey game.

:41:56. > :41:59.They have played the best in this one. The Swedes, if we look back,

:42:00. > :42:03.they have been consistent and good from the start but they haven't been

:42:04. > :42:07.able to peak at that final position. You only have to be in the lead once

:42:08. > :42:13.and Canada have got their nose across the line in this one little

:42:14. > :42:15.bit quicker. The way they have improved is testament once again to

:42:16. > :42:22.the coach. And the coaches. It is a tremendous

:42:23. > :43:06.brains trust down there, full of experiences.

:43:07. > :43:25.Carter has done a great job of just getting in the way. He really has,

:43:26. > :43:32.he has got better as the tournament has gone on. Canada had put on a

:43:33. > :43:38.defensive clinic here. -- have put on.

:43:39. > :43:42.You talk about that attitude of the Canadians and their coaching staff.

:43:43. > :43:47.But it really must give credit to the players. They come with an open

:43:48. > :43:52.mind they must improve, and they realised that with each performance.

:43:53. > :43:57.They have looked at themselves and said, we must be better. They commit

:43:58. > :44:03.to what the team needs from them. Not everybody does that. From the

:44:04. > :44:09.blue line, with a shot but it goes high again. A staccato and to this

:44:10. > :44:13.game, sitting Canada down to the ground. Only four minutes to go.

:44:14. > :44:17.They don't mind if there is a bristle every 15 seconds because it

:44:18. > :44:30.means they are doing their job. -- is a whistle.

:44:31. > :44:39.Spinning away... Slipped really high. Edler nearly

:44:40. > :44:50.tripped over. Benn used his body strength really

:44:51. > :44:54.well. The Canadians protect the puck cell block on the boards. Sweden

:44:55. > :45:01.have a chance to come back the other way about offside on Hagelin. Those

:45:02. > :45:05.battle on the boards is where Canada has won today. They have been

:45:06. > :45:12.smarter, they have not given the opportunity for the Swedes to pick

:45:13. > :45:16.it up quickly. That looks like it is going to be his third shutout of the

:45:17. > :45:25.tournament, Carey Price, the way he is playing.

:45:26. > :45:51.It is tipped away by two Canadian sticks. Raised out of the zone

:45:52. > :46:00.eventually. We are approaching 2.5 to go and the

:46:01. > :46:10.Canadian fans are starting to sing here. They have enjoyed this

:46:11. > :46:15.performance. They are going to do the double, it seems, having taken

:46:16. > :46:28.the women's gold in dramatic fashion on Thursday night in overtime.

:46:29. > :46:39.Poulin Scored the two important goals. She has not had a great

:46:40. > :46:41.tournament, she had not had a bad tournament but it is the same for

:46:42. > :46:48.Sidney Crosby and the two players have been compared. With two minutes

:46:49. > :46:56.to go, Sidney Crosby in his own zone.

:46:57. > :47:01.Erik Karlsson will be remembered for his performance in this tournament

:47:02. > :47:06.for quite some time. Intercepted by Rick Nash who brings it the other

:47:07. > :47:20.way. A rebound comes out. He was denied.

:47:21. > :47:27.Ryan Getzlaf will go on his own and protect that puck on the boards.

:47:28. > :47:44.There are 70 seconds still to go. The famous chance that was initially

:47:45. > :47:49.developed in Montreal is the goodbye chance, just a little bit is

:47:50. > :47:53.whimpering in amongst this ice dome. Canada have been dominant in

:47:54. > :48:02.this game. It is incredible what they have done. Sweden, in my mind,

:48:03. > :48:05.were the best overall team coming into the semifinals but these last

:48:06. > :48:09.two games for Canada have been top drawer. They have been exceptional.

:48:10. > :48:31.Sweden will bring it away. Canada are keeping on working hard.

:48:32. > :48:36.That is clear away by the Canadians at the goes all the way down the

:48:37. > :48:43.ice. It will be an icing call with 23.1 seconds to go. The Canadian

:48:44. > :48:47.women's team on their feet. There is Daniel Alfredsson and it is likely

:48:48. > :48:51.to be his final Olympics. He is now 41. There could be a few more from

:48:52. > :48:57.Sidney Crosby. He already has two gold medals, well, one gold medal

:48:58. > :48:58.but surely this one will be a second. It will be confirmed in 23

:48:59. > :49:14.seconds time. Canada will just continue to do

:49:15. > :49:22.their thing. The arena rises here. Carl Hagelin comes out in front.

:49:23. > :49:31.Carter will slowly send this one down the ice. Canada are the Olympic

:49:32. > :49:38.champions! Back-to-back for the Canadians. Gold in Vancouver and

:49:39. > :49:49.gold now in Sochi! Defensively brilliant. Goals from Sidney Crosby,

:49:50. > :49:54.Jonathan Toews and Chris Kunitz and it leaves them top of the pile,

:49:55. > :49:58.unbeaten, a perfect six on their record and they compete their third

:49:59. > :50:08.shutout of the tournament as well. They have been simply outstanding.

:50:09. > :50:13.Very interesting to watch John Tavares who suffered and it -- a

:50:14. > :50:19.knee injury. He is fully dressed even though he was not part of the

:50:20. > :50:23.hockey game. They are all out to celebrate this. For some of these

:50:24. > :50:27.players it is twice in a lifetime after gold in Vancouver. A fine --

:50:28. > :50:30.Canada are the champions but disappointment for Sweden who could

:50:31. > :50:35.not find a way through and have been beaten by 3-0.

:50:36. > :50:42.The crowd behind me are filing into the stadium for the final act of

:50:43. > :50:45.these Olympic Games, the closing ceremony. The final gold medal went

:50:46. > :50:49.to Canada which means we can take a look at the medal table now. Russia

:50:50. > :50:54.are at the top with a brilliant performance from the host nation.

:50:55. > :50:59.Norway second and Canada moving up to third with that gold medal for

:51:00. > :51:04.the men. Down in 19th place, our best ever performance at a Winter

:51:05. > :51:12.Olympics game for Team GB. One gold, one silver and two bronzes. I caught

:51:13. > :51:33.up with our latest Olympic champion. Elizabeth yarn old! -- Elizabeth

:51:34. > :51:40.Yarnold! This is amazing! This is incredible. This will help. She is!

:51:41. > :51:46.This is amazing. Had it been strange since winning? Has it been a strange

:51:47. > :51:51.sensation? Yes, it has been totally abnormal and unnatural and I am an

:51:52. > :51:55.athlete and I am comfortable in my competitive zone but this has been

:51:56. > :51:59.my goal for not -- five years in skeleton and at least ten years,

:52:00. > :52:10.since I was a kid, and I wish I could remember every second.

:52:11. > :52:15.The first run was most nerve wracking. I stepped out to the start

:52:16. > :52:19.line and I took all of my clothes off in the same order as I always do

:52:20. > :52:23.and I remember thinking it was exactly like training. I built it up

:52:24. > :52:27.a lot in my mind but at that moment all the processes were the same and

:52:28. > :52:32.I was bending down to the sled am pushing off as normal and I was in

:52:33. > :52:37.that routine and that moment. She has done it by one quarter of the

:52:38. > :52:40.second. Another track record. The second run I was giving it

:52:41. > :52:48.everything. She is half a second up and coming to the line. As soon as I

:52:49. > :52:51.went home after the first day of competition it was like, chill out

:52:52. > :52:58.and have a stretcher and go to bed and I slept unbelievably well that

:52:59. > :53:02.night. Did you? Yes. You woke up a new sliding in the evening so you

:53:03. > :53:07.were getting out of bed at eight or nine? I went up to the top of the

:53:08. > :53:11.amount it and it was almost a moment where you see everything magnificent

:53:12. > :53:15.and you are so small by comparison. I went up with my physio and we have

:53:16. > :53:21.become such good friends in the last five years, these are people I love

:53:22. > :53:26.and they are all a part of it. I think we all just reminded each

:53:27. > :53:29.other of all of the hard work and we took breakfast up their related

:53:30. > :53:38.altogether and had a nice look around. I came into the third run

:53:39. > :53:42.and I had really focused on keeping totally chilled in my mind and

:53:43. > :53:46.keeping relaxed on the sled and keeping the connection really good.

:53:47. > :53:52.That is a track record and you cannot ask anything more. Back on

:53:53. > :53:56.the track for one last trip up the hill. What is the atmosphere like in

:53:57. > :54:03.that start installation with everyone pacing around and people

:54:04. > :54:08.gradually going? You are last ago so it is gradually emptying out. Yes,

:54:09. > :54:12.that is a funny thing about skeleton, the better ranked athletes

:54:13. > :54:17.are later. The last time I was in the -- the first time I was in this

:54:18. > :54:21.position was in 2010 in Austria and it was really petrifying that

:54:22. > :54:25.everyone was just leaving the room. I remember walking out to the start

:54:26. > :54:28.line and thinking that this was almost a lesson and even then I was

:54:29. > :54:33.thinking about Sochi and I was thinking that it is a process you

:54:34. > :54:38.have to go through to be the last one out there. A rehearsal. A

:54:39. > :54:42.rehearsal, yes. I have a few phrases that I always tell myself, you are

:54:43. > :54:47.in control of your own destiny, you can do this. Just really simple

:54:48. > :54:52.things like that. Who taught you that? I think I just let myself!

:54:53. > :55:00.Lizzie Yarnold goes for gold for Great Britain. That was a beautiful

:55:01. > :55:05.load by Lizzie Yarnold. Had you been told The Times? You knew the outline

:55:06. > :55:15.figures? I knew the information after the third Rann. I have never

:55:16. > :55:24.seen the time sheet. Look at it, come on! Can I have it? I would be

:55:25. > :55:29.honoured that you had my time sheet! I was first in all four runs! You

:55:30. > :55:39.did not know that? I have not seen it! The fastest speed on the last

:55:40. > :55:44.run. If I am being supercritical then it was not your best run. But

:55:45. > :55:48.it was better than everybody else's! That is right, put me in my place.

:55:49. > :55:53.In skeleton you never have a perfect run but the key is to be back on

:55:54. > :55:59.track. Sometimes I chose to hit the walls and take the hit and get back

:56:00. > :56:05.online again so that you do not oversteer. I did less steering which

:56:06. > :56:13.is why I had a skid at the top and hit a few walls, that was all done

:56:14. > :56:19.purposefully. Do you know what your coaches do when you disappear? I

:56:20. > :56:25.think they very nervously watch it on the TV stream. I have not seen

:56:26. > :56:32.that. When you disappeared on run for, this is them watching. This is

:56:33. > :56:33.each corner by corner. The split and the intervals. They are talking the

:56:34. > :56:55.whole time. Yes! Fracture yes! Oh, wow! Look at

:56:56. > :57:04.what Andy Dodds. Look at him. Oh, my gosh! That is beautiful. Isn't it?

:57:05. > :57:07.He does not about front of you, coaches never do. I cried into his

:57:08. > :57:17.shoulder as soon as I saw him at the bottom of the track but coaches do

:57:18. > :57:21.not normally do that. Wow! I was just desperate to get off the sled

:57:22. > :57:26.and hard everybody and celebrate altogether. I could see my mum and

:57:27. > :57:30.my best mates and my sisters and they were there with me the whole

:57:31. > :57:34.four runs, it was not just me, I did it for everyone and for all of us

:57:35. > :57:40.and we could live that together as a family for so many years to come.

:57:41. > :57:47.You jumped over and you saw James and he was struggling. Bless him, I

:57:48. > :57:51.gave him a big hug and he was so emotional. He has been so calm and

:57:52. > :57:56.understanding and he knows exactly what I have been through on what I

:57:57. > :58:00.go through a day to day. So many times in the gym I will cry through

:58:01. > :58:03.training sessions and many other athletes will understand this, you

:58:04. > :58:07.do not get better unless you push yourself. To get here I have to do

:58:08. > :58:12.it then and it is the mindset, it is no compromise, just get it done.

:58:13. > :58:16.Even if you are crying, you get in the leg press and you are training.

:58:17. > :58:22.I never really dared to believe in a gold medal so it has been a

:58:23. > :58:29.whirlwind but this is the dream, I am living the dream. She certainly

:58:30. > :58:33.is living the dream and I don't think people touch the ground in the

:58:34. > :58:38.next few weeks or even months. The sport is over and it has been 16

:58:39. > :58:42.pulsating days of action. What a final flourish for the Russians. It

:58:43. > :58:46.may not be what Vladimir Putin wanted because he wanted gold in the

:58:47. > :58:50.ice hockey but that went to Canada but the men got a clean sweep in the

:58:51. > :58:54.cross-country and also in the four-man bob which means that the

:58:55. > :58:58.Russians topped the medal table so it is a historic gains for the host

:58:59. > :59:02.nation and also a historic gains for Team GB. They came in with huge

:59:03. > :59:06.expectation and they delivered, equalling the best ever medal haul

:59:07. > :59:11.from back in 1924. The final sporting word was left to the

:59:12. > :59:14.Canadians in the ice hockey. Thank you for your company in the last 16

:59:15. > :59:22.days but from me it is goodbye.