Day 16, Part 1 - 9.30am to 12.30pm

:00:41. > :00:47.We have come to the final day of this 22nd Winter Olympics here in

:00:48. > :00:51.Sochi. 95 title is decided, just three more up for grabs and host

:00:52. > :00:56.nation Russia are looking good to top the medals table, plus the

:00:57. > :01:02.possibility that Britain may have its most successful Winter Games

:01:03. > :01:07.ever. Good morning. For the final time from the Olympic Park. Where

:01:08. > :01:10.did the time go bust and Mark behind me, the forgotten stadium because

:01:11. > :01:19.there has been no action since the opening ceremony. -- where did the

:01:20. > :01:23.time go? We have the ice hockey final, Sweden against Canada. We

:01:24. > :01:31.have cross country skiing, a gentle 50, to is on a Sunday morning -- 15

:01:32. > :01:41.kilometres on a Sunday morning. The men's four-man obsolete is

:01:42. > :01:42.beautifully poised -- four-man bobsleigh is beautifully poised. It

:01:43. > :02:08.is very tight. If we can make ourselves heard, the

:02:09. > :02:17.Russians are just zero point four -- 0.4 ahead of the Latvians. They

:02:18. > :02:30.really blasted a second run, which was close to being perfect. 55.13,

:02:31. > :02:33.they scored. There is Zubkov, the driver.

:02:34. > :02:35.was close to being perfect. 55.13, they scored. There is Away we go.

:02:36. > :02:42.What sort of a start are they going to get? It is not a bad start. It is

:02:43. > :02:50.a brilliant start considering the ice is pretty soft. It is only minus

:02:51. > :02:55.two degrees which means the ice will chop up very quickly. Up the hill, a

:02:56. > :03:08.very light touch from Zubkov. We are going in order of their

:03:09. > :03:14.places from the overnight slot. Two runs yesterday, two runs today. You

:03:15. > :03:21.can see some of the shades are up to try to keep the heat of the track.

:03:22. > :03:25.Two corners to go. He is driving particularly welcome he has hardly

:03:26. > :03:37.hit anything in terms of obstacles. Across the line in 55.02. It is

:03:38. > :03:45.absolutely magnificent. There is the finish house.

:03:46. > :03:57.Conditions are not as fast as they were yesterday. But that is a

:03:58. > :04:06.magnificent run. Zubkov, on course to get his second gold medal, to do

:04:07. > :04:10.the double. In -- it would be magnificent for Russia if they did.

:04:11. > :04:14.I hear that Mr Putin and Mr Medvedev are coming, to add to the pressure a

:04:15. > :04:22.bit for the Russians. A lot of teams under pressure. The Germans have got

:04:23. > :04:29.a medal in every Games since 1968. 50 years since they fail to get a

:04:30. > :04:33.medal. This is the Latvians, the young guys who blasted off a

:04:34. > :04:43.brilliant start yesterday. They equalled the best start of anyone.

:04:44. > :04:56.Here we go, this was a team that was really on form yesterday. They are

:04:57. > :05:03.already behind yesterday. I think they will be disappointed. They were

:05:04. > :05:06.talking about bashing off a 4.73 start but instead they are slower

:05:07. > :05:08.than the Russians. That really is the big thing they have in their

:05:09. > :05:17.armoury so they are slipping away. Did not take a touch out of five and

:05:18. > :05:27.the Russians did. Will this track cut up? There are -- they are a

:05:28. > :05:28.tense down. They are much faster than the Russians were. Edge a 10th

:05:29. > :05:44.down. They are in second place, 0.17

:05:45. > :05:48.behind. Really nervous looks on the faces of the Latvians. They know

:05:49. > :06:04.that will be a tough margin to pull back in on the final run. The next

:06:05. > :06:11.few pilots will be interesting. Arndt is a brilliant pilot. Out of

:06:12. > :06:20.11, you can see the sun coming on the track there. This bobsleigh, 630

:06:21. > :06:24.kilos with all of the men in it. It is three times being put through a

:06:25. > :06:32.tiny patch of metal which will slice it up pretty quickly. Just below us

:06:33. > :06:48.is the finish area and that has not come uncovered yet. This is Arndt.

:06:49. > :06:57.The Germans are so desperate to get on the medal table, it could be up

:06:58. > :07:00.to Arndt. That is better than I thought they would do but it is

:07:01. > :07:04.still a long way from the Russians and the Latvians. They are giving

:07:05. > :07:10.away almost a 10th of a second straightaway to the Russians. Let's

:07:11. > :07:15.look at how far they will be behind. Over a third of a second. The loss

:07:16. > :07:19.of momentum makes them struggle through the first section. As they

:07:20. > :07:28.came through there they were hitting on the side but this is cleaner.

:07:29. > :07:37.Just coming through this time. And absolutely clean. A big slap out of

:07:38. > :07:45.11, up the hill to 15. Two corners to go. Over half a second down. It

:07:46. > :07:56.is pretty poor for a top crew. 55.47. Zubkov is very blessed this

:07:57. > :08:00.morning. He is feeling pumped. To go out first in these conditions is a

:08:01. > :08:05.massive advantage but he has earned that. He is number one from the

:08:06. > :08:12.overnight position. I hope this track is not cutting up too much.

:08:13. > :08:17.Let's have another look. The exit of nine, a little late, you can see the

:08:18. > :08:22.articulation allows you to twist off the end of the corner. If it wasn't

:08:23. > :08:33.articulated you would absolutely crash off a corner like that. These

:08:34. > :08:42.bobsleighs twist. This is the crew I think could do damage to Zubkov. If

:08:43. > :08:48.the nails it here, Holcomb, the Olympic champions can still pull

:08:49. > :08:55.something special out. They had one of the stars that was equal to

:08:56. > :09:01.Zubkov yesterday. -- they had a start that was equal. I think that

:09:02. > :09:09.shocked everyone. Let's see if they can get close to 4.75. It is quite

:09:10. > :09:16.close... It is as good as the Russians managed. He should not lose

:09:17. > :09:21.any of the time-out of the start. Let's see how the knife train does.

:09:22. > :09:38.He has lost a little bit. Just waiting for the split. 0.24

:09:39. > :09:44.down, it is too much. A remarkably low-lying through seven. Into 11, he

:09:45. > :09:54.wants to avoid the tap. It is only a tiny touch, can he really nothing

:09:55. > :10:05.back? No, he is losing time. -- real anything back. He is in third place.

:10:06. > :10:12.0.5 ahead. Arndt is in fourth place, my goodness. Holcomb is back in the

:10:13. > :10:17.medal position already. Not too much wrong with that slide. This track is

:10:18. > :10:24.definitely slowing up with every sled. We have to wait and we have

:10:25. > :10:31.Germany three, Russia two and then Great Britain. The first sled down

:10:32. > :10:38.will be the British. Looking at the positions right now, Zubkov is in a

:10:39. > :10:42.commanding lead. Holcomb is the best part of half a second behind Zubkov.

:10:43. > :10:47.There is a glimmer of hope for the British to push towards the bronze

:10:48. > :11:12.medal. Yes, there is. And this is a German sled. Here we go. Their best

:11:13. > :11:21.start yesterday was 4.80. That is 4.82, it is pretty good. It is

:11:22. > :11:32.better than Arndt's start and that is what they have, Kuske's crew. He

:11:33. > :11:37.has taken a touch and already down. Keep an eye on the difference here.

:11:38. > :11:43.They were going sideways after the big bang on the right-hand side.

:11:44. > :11:51.They have slipped out of the bronze medal position. You can't really

:11:52. > :11:59.trust the speed gun. A little tap into 14, up the hill to 15. They are

:12:00. > :12:11.losing time all the time. It is quite quick. 55.50.

:12:12. > :12:31.Steve Holcombe looks really happy. He is up in third. On the next two.

:12:32. > :12:38.-- the crews that have a chance are the next two. Great Britain can out

:12:39. > :12:50.start this crew, the Germans. They are relying on a fantastic slide and

:12:51. > :12:58.he did not quite nail it. The Brits are jet propelled, they have a

:12:59. > :13:07.commend a start. They sure do. -- they have a tremendous start. This

:13:08. > :13:20.is Russia, there is a shot-putter in their, a hurdler. And another

:13:21. > :13:27.ex-athlete. In they get. It is the fifth fastest we have seen. It is a

:13:28. > :13:31.better start than they managed yesterday. This is the one crew I

:13:32. > :13:36.worry about for Britain more than any other. They really put their act

:13:37. > :13:54.together in the two man. He can keep his cool, Kasjanov. If he holds

:13:55. > :14:02.this, through town and into 11, just 52 hundredths back. It is pretty

:14:03. > :14:06.fast. Nothing to alter the speed. Out of 15, he is not going to go

:14:07. > :14:16.into the bronze medal position, you might go into fourth. That is good,

:14:17. > :14:23.he is in fourth place. 100th of a second ahead of the Germans. He is

:14:24. > :14:34.going to be in the mix for sure. In the final run. Latvia might still be

:14:35. > :14:40.in second position, it wasn't a particularly good run. They will be

:14:41. > :14:47.nervous of hanging onto a run of -- a medal of any description. I can

:14:48. > :14:51.see Holcomb moving up to the silver. Great Britain, let's hope they nail

:14:52. > :15:03.this start. They have got to do something below 480. There is Great

:15:04. > :15:10.Britain. John Jackson, Stuart Benson. We have not mentioned him

:15:11. > :15:15.too much. He is six foot five. In the Royal Air Force as well. Bruce

:15:16. > :15:19.Tasker and Joel Fearon. It is the perfect crew. A very experienced

:15:20. > :15:25.pilot, two massive horses powering it away. Joel Fearon on the back, a

:15:26. > :15:31.10.01 sprinter. Exceptional leg cadence. He takes the few extra

:15:32. > :15:43.strides and loads it. Come on, Great Britain. It has got to be a good

:15:44. > :15:51.start. That was good! That is a really good start! Excellent first

:15:52. > :16:05.part of the course. Not touching the sides at all. He avoids that tap.

:16:06. > :16:10.That was good piloting from Jackson. Just behind the bronze medal

:16:11. > :16:18.position. That is pretty good, as well. He has to try to keep this

:16:19. > :16:23.within six tenths to stand a very good chance for the final run. Seven

:16:24. > :16:32.looks unlikely. And he is pulling it back! Wait for the next checkmark...

:16:33. > :16:49.They have moved up. They are in sixth place at the moment. That is

:16:50. > :16:55.not bad. He is 18 hundredths behind the bronze medal position. That can

:16:56. > :17:04.be caught, absolutely. We are going in the first order. They will get

:17:05. > :17:09.the better ice, this time. They could pull this back. Lovely

:17:10. > :17:19.steering from Jackson. Well done, Great Britain. They could not have

:17:20. > :17:24.done much better. Certainly, Great Britain or on a mission. That will

:17:25. > :17:29.come with the next run, to get amongst the medals. This is Beat

:17:30. > :17:42.Hefti. Alex Baumann, Juerg Egger and Thomas Lamparter. Beat Hefti is the

:17:43. > :17:50.medallist. Thomas Lamparter is back after being injured. That was ugly.

:17:51. > :17:58.Still, a superb start. And he manages to wrestle this back under

:17:59. > :18:04.control. Not the best start for Beat Hefti. They are going well but they

:18:05. > :18:13.are touching. That will slow things down. Just that light touch up the

:18:14. > :18:23.hill. And that was ugly of the wall from number seven. Big mistake. I am

:18:24. > :18:30.not sure how that time compares. John Jackson, 63 hundredths behind

:18:31. > :18:42.for Great Britain. They will drop into eighth place. 55.6. Eighth

:18:43. > :18:53.place. My goodness! And their medal chances might have gone.

:18:54. > :19:01.Beat Hefti, looking around, he cannot quite understand what went

:19:02. > :19:08.wrong. There were some touches, there, which did reduce the speed.

:19:09. > :19:14.Let us look at the loading. Beat Hefti, he gets in first. The back

:19:15. > :19:26.man sat down early. Actually, they just panicked a little bit. That is

:19:27. > :19:37.very unusual for the Swiss. They pull that off too early and the

:19:38. > :19:47.pressure sucked them back. Germany. Francesco Friedrich, he is a very

:19:48. > :19:54.good driver. They will be really unhappy with that. That puts a very

:19:55. > :20:00.big deficit on the Russians. The British and the Latvians and the

:20:01. > :20:11.Americans, those big starting teams. They have got around all right. 65

:20:12. > :20:16.hundredths back. That is a very solid speed. After that week start.

:20:17. > :20:25.No, he is starting to lose more time. They will go just ahead of

:20:26. > :20:37.Beat Hefti. They are going sideways. That was bad. 55.8. They are in

:20:38. > :20:45.ninth position. Not looking good for the Germans. Down in fifth place,

:20:46. > :20:50.seventh place and now, that's my position could be called by some of

:20:51. > :20:58.the crew is coming next. -- that ninth position. They won four medals

:20:59. > :21:04.on the bounce from 1994, gold medals. They have always been

:21:05. > :21:11.dominant over the last however many decades. That was quite similar to

:21:12. > :21:18.Canada. They got kicked away. And they came in very lately. That was

:21:19. > :21:43.close. He looks nervous. He should not be. The pressure is on because

:21:44. > :21:53.the president is here. Canada 2. He drilled very well on the second push

:21:54. > :22:00.yesterday evening. -- drool. -- drove. Leaving Canada down on the

:22:01. > :22:07.rest of the world a little bit. In Vancouver, they were right up there.

:22:08. > :22:11.One of the fastest in the world. Lyndon Rush is an Olympic bronze

:22:12. > :22:18.medallist. But if you don't have that big engine or that massive

:22:19. > :22:24.start, you just have gravity. It is not easy to come back from that sort

:22:25. > :22:35.of deficit. This is disappearing fast. Nearly one second. We will see

:22:36. > :22:43.this split. They will go into ninth place or 10th place. 55.6. Ninth

:22:44. > :22:58.place, at the moment. Just ahead of the Germans. It is

:22:59. > :23:03.extremely unlikely that any of the teams coming down can go ahead of

:23:04. > :23:09.John Jackson and Great Britain. We pretty much know that the battle for

:23:10. > :23:13.Great Britain is to make up less than two tenths of a second to get

:23:14. > :23:24.onto the medals. All these teams have got time deficits.

:23:25. > :23:36.Polishing his runners. Russia leading. Then Latvia, USA. And Great

:23:37. > :23:45.Britain and Northern Ireland are there. In sixth place. Polishing,

:23:46. > :23:51.there. Getting annoyed with the cameraman for getting too close.

:23:52. > :24:08.They treat their slaves like someone very important. -- sleds. USA. Nick

:24:09. > :24:20.Cunningham, London Odirlei Pessoni and Justin Olsen. Stuart Benson. If

:24:21. > :24:25.you follow social media, he smashed the toilet in the Olympic Village

:24:26. > :24:40.because he got locked in! Heavy-handed but powerful. Not

:24:41. > :24:48.absolutely world-class. But in this night train, this new prototype, he

:24:49. > :25:00.has the gold Olympic medal. But it is four years old. Still good top

:25:01. > :25:12.end speed. Coming down. That is a very good drive. Quite a distance.

:25:13. > :25:28.There we are. 55.97. In 11th place. They just kept ongoing down. --

:25:29. > :25:40.ongoing. The ice is only minus two degrees. It is going to get cut up.

:25:41. > :25:51.The first man down got the best of the ice. With each, you give away

:25:52. > :25:55.some time. Great Britain 2. Hopefully it does not get much

:25:56. > :26:02.worse. Because there are gold will be to get into the top 20 did it

:26:03. > :26:11.inside that final run. -- to get inside.

:26:12. > :26:28.And away we go. They got a lot of abuse in Holland in Vancouver, Edwin

:26:29. > :26:34.van Calker said he would not take responsibility for these men behind

:26:35. > :26:38.me, it was too dangerous. He got heckled by a large chunks of the

:26:39. > :26:43.Bobsleigh fraternity because it is a pretty macho crowd. He was being

:26:44. > :26:47.called a coward and all sorts of things and it was not until the

:26:48. > :26:52.Prince Regent said, actually, I think he did the responsible thing.

:26:53. > :26:58.Suddenly, things turned around and he got more sponsorship after being

:26:59. > :27:17.the laughing stock. Good to see him sliding again. This is nice. Still

:27:18. > :27:29.1.6 nine on the leader. -- down. They have gone ahead of USA 2. That

:27:30. > :27:47.is a significant amount of time and that could be sufficient. Uphill

:27:48. > :27:51.section. He nailed that. That sucks you right up to the woodwork. You

:27:52. > :27:56.can slam into that and lose a lot of time. He is a very good pilot.

:27:57. > :28:02.Probably in better shape for years ago. He would have done better in

:28:03. > :28:39.Vancouver, because his starts were better. Latvia 2. Latvia 1, still in

:28:40. > :28:45.second place. Here we go. They can really shift. That was a little bit

:28:46. > :28:52.off the pace. We are seeing low speeds of 51. And that was ugly.

:28:53. > :28:57.They will go backwards from that. 1.2 seconds behind. That is in

:28:58. > :29:07.comparison to the Russians, who are leading this. That is pretty

:29:08. > :29:22.straight. Since the touch last time. He has straightened it up. Into 11.

:29:23. > :29:41.It makes a deafening noise. It comes down this track. Pretty cool. 55.97.

:29:42. > :29:52.That is last place, at the moment. Just looking forward to Great

:29:53. > :29:57.Britain going. 18th position. They are close enough, they could move up

:29:58. > :30:02.to 16th place. And there are gold will be to try to attack the top 15

:30:03. > :30:07.because we have got two runs and it is the aggregate. The lowest time

:30:08. > :30:30.wins. Simple as that. You have to be consistent. He can make big mistakes

:30:31. > :30:47.at times. There are times added up to exactly the same as Latvia 2. The

:30:48. > :30:51.Olympics printer for Canada in the back, Bryan Barnett. Things are not

:30:52. > :30:57.going well for Canada. Especially with crash yesterday. They will be

:30:58. > :31:18.going last. That was horrible. He comes from Darwin and he is going

:31:19. > :31:21.pretty well at the moment. 1.59 seconds behind the leaders. He has

:31:22. > :31:29.got to do better than 1.56. It is 1.87. He has gone ahead of

:31:30. > :31:56.Latvia two. He stays exactly where he is, in

:31:57. > :32:03.13th place. Let's have a look at the load. A good load. The bagman has

:32:04. > :32:07.two pop in those handles. Great to have a 200 meter man on the back of

:32:08. > :32:14.a sled, someone who has got exceptional top end speed. The men

:32:15. > :32:20.on the side need gears to dig it out. The guys in the side load

:32:21. > :32:25.after. The man on the back has got to have exceptional speed. In the

:32:26. > :32:37.past we have the likes of Marcus Adam, John readers -- John Regis. I

:32:38. > :32:46.think he owns the 200 metres record for Britain. Zach Roth, more serve,

:32:47. > :32:57.this is Russia three. They will be anxious to make a move. Nobody has

:32:58. > :33:07.made a move in this particular bobsleigh. We are up to 15th place

:33:08. > :33:12.now. There is only one noticeable jump. That is Team GB moving up to

:33:13. > :33:28.six and Holcomb moving up to third from fourth. That is a disappointing

:33:29. > :33:34.start for a Russian crew. It looks like they may overtake Kiva --

:33:35. > :33:58.keeper Mannus. 1.94 behind. They are just ahead of

:33:59. > :34:03.Latvia two, by 0.2 of a second. Canada and Russia, leapfrogging

:34:04. > :34:12.Latvia two. It takes me back to my point, the Latvians are known for

:34:13. > :34:20.blowing hot and cold. Let's have a little look out of 11. The camera

:34:21. > :34:25.picks up how much ice is dragged off the wall. All of that is slowing

:34:26. > :34:35.them up. Not such a bad place to take a hit, the track is very steep.

:34:36. > :34:58.There is the Latvian, Melbardis. This is the Czech Republic one. They

:34:59. > :35:10.had just gone ahead of Great Britain two who like to places behind. They

:35:11. > :35:14.had an exceptional run yesterday and they moved up a number of places.

:35:15. > :35:24.They will be riding on a high, confidence is with the Czechs.

:35:25. > :35:31.That is certainly a start that Great Britain two will be hoping to beat.

:35:32. > :35:40.They are a bit slower than they were yesterday. And here we go. This

:35:41. > :35:51.gives us a very good idea of what sort of load speed they have. It is

:35:52. > :35:57.not a bad line at all. I don't think this is quite as picture perfect as

:35:58. > :36:05.Vrba had in his second run. He is high through 11th. He takes a big

:36:06. > :36:16.slab out of 11. Coming through that bit berry well indeed. 55 .95, they

:36:17. > :36:21.keep slapping out these sub 56 second runs -- very well indeed.

:36:22. > :36:26.They are in 16th place at the moment. They have gone behind

:36:27. > :36:31.Latvia. They have pulled back nothing on anyone there. They are

:36:32. > :36:37.within shouting distance of Latvia now. Vrba and his crew, 16th

:36:38. > :36:44.position, one run to go. The obvious target is 15th. Look how many

:36:45. > :36:52.strides the back man took in the end. That is too many. He needed to

:36:53. > :36:58.be in two or three strides earlier. You saw the slab out of 11. You saw

:36:59. > :37:01.the camera shake as it hit the woodwork. Not quite as good as his

:37:02. > :37:24.second run, Vrba. Cluster there is a shot-putter in there. I

:37:25. > :37:32.think he is in the faster it -- on the far side. That is quite slow.

:37:33. > :37:38.The British will be trying to beat that time. To beat the French crew

:37:39. > :37:44.will be a good scalp. France are traditionally a solid bobsleighing

:37:45. > :37:53.nation. The last four man medal was in 1998, the British shared it with

:37:54. > :38:00.the French. There is or is a good battle between the French and the

:38:01. > :38:04.Brits. -- always a good battle. Going through there, just waiting

:38:05. > :38:12.for that to come up and they have hit it perfectly. It has slowed them

:38:13. > :38:13.right down. 2.12 seconds behind. It looks like they will go behind the

:38:14. > :38:29.Czechs. 2.2 seconds behind. Great Britain go next, Lamin Deen,

:38:30. > :38:38.John Baines, Andrew Matthews and consignments. It is very catchable,

:38:39. > :38:53.it was not a tremendous light. -- and then Simon 's -- Ben Simons.

:38:54. > :39:04.Here is up the hill from 14 to 15. Costerg is a good pilot. Hopefully

:39:05. > :39:06.the Brits can put it together and overtake the French and maybe even

:39:07. > :39:36.the checks. -- Czechs. Here we go. John Baines is right

:39:37. > :39:40.behind the pilot, going in at three. Watch the time. Good news for Great

:39:41. > :39:54.Britain. Lamin Deen has been driving this

:39:55. > :39:59.sledge for many years. He is driving it better than ever, I think. Just a

:40:00. > :40:06.slight touch there, that has knocked off time. It will do. 2.20 is what

:40:07. > :40:12.the French are behind the Russians. They have to try to keep as close to

:40:13. > :40:18.that mark as possible. Around through ten and into 11. A little

:40:19. > :40:28.bit of a run out of 11, down to 14. -- a rub out of 11. Exactly the same

:40:29. > :40:38.as the Brits. Come on, a couple of extra tenths now. That is quite a

:40:39. > :40:42.slow time in the end. Let's just hope it is good enough to stay ahead

:40:43. > :40:49.of the Italians. Italy one goes next, another big heavyweight of

:40:50. > :40:54.bobsleigh, not doing so well at this Olympics. The Koreans are in 20th.

:40:55. > :41:02.Then you have the likes of the Austrians, remaining ends --

:41:03. > :41:17.Romanians, they will be desperate to get inside the top 20.

:41:18. > :41:26.The chances of the Koreans making the top 20 are pretty slim.

:41:27. > :41:39.The Italians now, Bertazzo, Fontana, Romanini and cost. -- Costa. An

:41:40. > :41:52.important run. Equal 18th, with Great Britain. 4.95, it is a bit

:41:53. > :42:02.slower. We have seen load speeds of nearly 51, to is an hour from the

:42:03. > :42:04.very best. -- 51 kilometres an hour. Everyone is being compared to the

:42:05. > :42:11.Russians, they lead after three runs. Bertazzo is a great pilot, he

:42:12. > :42:17.has this Ferrari built sled. Can he get it to a top end speed? He has

:42:18. > :42:25.but early on he was doing a lot of steering. That slowed things down.

:42:26. > :42:29.And in the left hand side there. Through 15, quite a lot line. --

:42:30. > :42:45.low-lying. 56.06. Identical. Absolutely equal

:42:46. > :42:53.with Great Britain. There is a good battle. The French, just ahead. That

:42:54. > :42:58.is GB two. Great Britain one are up in sixth position, very much close

:42:59. > :43:03.to the medals, very much in contention for battling for probably

:43:04. > :43:10.bronze. The Russians and the Latvians are a bit too far ahead.

:43:11. > :43:17.They are just inside the top 20. That they need for qualification for

:43:18. > :43:23.the final run. Yes, GB two. GB one way ahead, close to the medals. We

:43:24. > :43:30.have the Koreans to go next and then the Austrians. It is going to be

:43:31. > :43:35.hard for anyone outside the top 22 really troubled the Brits now, look

:43:36. > :43:43.pretty solid for going in the fourth and final run -- outside the top 20

:43:44. > :43:48.two really trouble the Brits. That is GB two that I am talking about.

:43:49. > :43:58.GB one will be going for a medal. Korea are well down, 1.9 seconds

:43:59. > :44:13.already. Here we go. In John one is the pilot. -- Yunjong Won is the

:44:14. > :44:23.pilot. Here we go. 4.92. That was the time to beat. The Koreans

:44:24. > :44:30.starting 4.92. We are starting to slip away from a world-class start.

:44:31. > :44:32.Just took a knock on the right-hand side. That would have slowed them as

:44:33. > :45:02.well. Nine, into ten. Five jeez almost going sideways there, that is

:45:03. > :45:11.better. It is 56.25, they are in 20th place.

:45:12. > :45:22.I was just wondering whether Great Britain were equal with Italy? They

:45:23. > :45:34.were in 19th place? Yes, they are equal. Great Britain 2. The Koreans

:45:35. > :45:42.slot into number 20. Well, they are a very long way back. Great Britain

:45:43. > :45:49.2 have certainly cemented 18th place. They could push up to the top

:45:50. > :46:01.15. As we look at the results after heat number three. Russia in the

:46:02. > :46:07.lead, then Latvia. The USA in third. Austria will have to pull something

:46:08. > :46:14.out of the bag. If they are to qualify for the final run. Benjamin

:46:15. > :46:25.Maier, Stefan Withalm, Markus Sammer and Vairis Leiboms. Here we go.

:46:26. > :46:35.Somebody has got a cowbell in the audience. That is a very slow start.

:46:36. > :46:43.Not great. Benjamin Maier on the front handle, only 19 years old. A

:46:44. > :46:50.couple of very good sprinters. 200 metres, one of them is 400 metres.

:46:51. > :47:04.And as I said, 200 metres sprinters or a very good thing to have. I was

:47:05. > :47:09.talking about John Reid. -- are a. They are picking up speed. They keep

:47:10. > :47:25.referring to the leaders. Importantly, they are down on

:47:26. > :47:28.career. -- career. -- Korea. That was very similar. And 20 First

:47:29. > :47:59.Place. -- 21st place. Well, down on Korea. 16, into 17.

:48:00. > :48:03.That is the final speed gun. You are moving at your fastest and we saw

:48:04. > :48:10.the quickest hitting 140 kilometres per hour. That is exactly 87 as per

:48:11. > :48:16.hour. Not the fastest track in the world but not far away. You will hit

:48:17. > :48:29.100 mile 's Brouwer in St Moritz, likewise in Vancouver. -- mph.

:48:30. > :48:57.Romania. Supported by three stalwarts. Here we go. 2.66. That is

:48:58. > :49:03.not bad. I was impressed with the way that they have got their act

:49:04. > :49:06.together in time for the Olympics. They are looking like a very slick

:49:07. > :49:12.operation, here. And they are improving. If they have the funding,

:49:13. > :49:24.they have the determination. 3.2 behind the Austrians. We will not

:49:25. > :49:40.see them again. Coming through the final bend. 56.62. 22nd.

:49:41. > :49:52.Well, 56.62 was in fact their slowest time. They could have done

:49:53. > :50:16.better but nevertheless, like so many others. Going through that

:50:17. > :50:20.corner, it goes sharp and hard turning around the corner and that

:50:21. > :50:26.drives you up with that centrifugal force. And you have to steer through

:50:27. > :50:38.that. If you do not steer, you will flip. The pressure will suck you up

:50:39. > :50:48.and turn you out at the end. Australia. 4.97. That is fastest so

:50:49. > :50:59.far. Heath Spence is already up on his previous times. This is looking

:51:00. > :51:07.at their best ever finish at the Olympic Games. Through seven and he

:51:08. > :51:15.hits the woodwork. He has to get this back together. He seems to have

:51:16. > :51:21.done that already. That is good. Coming down here, just that little

:51:22. > :51:27.touch but nothing much. The dangerous corner, 14, we saw the

:51:28. > :51:40.Canadians crashing here yesterday. They will be going last. Over the

:51:41. > :51:50.finish line. 56.23. 20 Second Place. -- 22nd place. They have gone ahead

:51:51. > :51:54.of the Romanians. Man for man, they are better athletes. They just do

:51:55. > :51:59.not have the slicker operation and the amount of time that the

:52:00. > :52:04.Romanians have had. Slapping of that woodwork. That is what you see, you

:52:05. > :52:13.want to take that steering on the last second, just before hitting the

:52:14. > :52:18.woodwork. And he did not. That bobsleigh is something they have to

:52:19. > :52:25.rent. It does not belong to them. We will say goodbye to Austria. --

:52:26. > :52:44.Australia. Believing your dreams. That is lovely! France 2. And this

:52:45. > :52:52.is a very long way behind 20th place. Believe me. They will have to

:52:53. > :53:01.have the run of their life. To even contemplate the top 20. That is a

:53:02. > :53:04.very weak start by the French. They just do not have the athletes coming

:53:05. > :53:12.into the programme they used to have, they used to have rugby

:53:13. > :53:17.players. It is more available sport. Those around the Olympic track. It

:53:18. > :53:27.just does not attract national stars, like the British, the Germans

:53:28. > :53:33.and the Russians. That is not bad. He went around that one cleanly.

:53:34. > :53:48.Just hitting that on the right and left. That is losing time. Towards

:53:49. > :54:03.the finish. 56.35. 23rd. That is the last we will save the French. It

:54:04. > :54:07.would be a miracle to get into the top 20. That is extremely unlikely.

:54:08. > :54:13.It is just trying to get down safely. And place as highly as

:54:14. > :54:19.possible at the Olympic Games. As we have seen, this track can bite back.

:54:20. > :54:29.It has done this a few times in training. We have seen some crashes.

:54:30. > :54:36.So, the Japanese bobsleigh on the track. Hiroshi Suzuki. Toshiki

:54:37. > :54:43.Kuroiwa, Shintaro Sato and Hisashi Miyazaki. We saw the Japanese flag

:54:44. > :54:52.as well. It was littered with autographs.

:54:53. > :55:02.The Japanese always at the Olympics, not necessarily every World Cup.

:55:03. > :55:18.Since neither know in 1988, when they held the other pics. -- Nagano.

:55:19. > :55:22.They want to be under five seconds. Just not going off the top of the

:55:23. > :55:36.hill like some of the Egger teams. Well, they started off with five

:55:37. > :56:01.seconds. That was quite decent. They took a hefty dog, there. -- dump.

:56:02. > :56:14.Brilliant sunshine, here. Going sideways, knocking off time. 56.63.

:56:15. > :56:22.All of these accolades will be running around 56.5 seconds. --

:56:23. > :56:28.athletes. They are in last place, for the time being. Just five left

:56:29. > :56:36.to go in this third, penultimate, run. Then 30 minutes of a break.

:56:37. > :56:43.Alexander Zubkov will have to wait until the last sled to try to get

:56:44. > :56:51.that historic double gold medal for Russia. I am looking forward to

:56:52. > :57:01.seeing the Canadian crew that crashed yesterday. They have a new

:57:02. > :57:17.crew. We wish them well. They should be going for a good time. Meanwhile,

:57:18. > :57:23.this is Slovakia. Milan Jagnesak. They have not broken five seconds,

:57:24. > :57:34.yet. And they still have not. Over 40 years old, on the handle.

:57:35. > :57:39.Alexander Zubkov is almost 40. Milan Jagnesak is not in the same shape as

:57:40. > :57:49.Alexander Zubkov, but he still world-class on the handle. They took

:57:50. > :58:02.a hefty knock higher up the course. That is better. This looks much

:58:03. > :58:08.better. Tapping with the back of the sled. Another problem. Sideways,

:58:09. > :58:16.into 16. Almost four seconds back. Pretty pedestrian. But they were

:58:17. > :58:24.down safely. And that is their campaign over. 56.51. That was

:58:25. > :58:30.faster than their first, yesterday. Which I think was pretty good. Yes,

:58:31. > :58:50.pedestrian but in comparison to Alexander Zubkov. 87 as Brouwer in

:58:51. > :58:55.comparison to 130 mph. -- 87 mph. They don't have a budget and oddly

:58:56. > :59:00.close to the Russians and this is like Formula One on ice. You need

:59:01. > :59:18.the fancy kit. And the ice is just cracking up. It'll be hard to put

:59:19. > :59:35.down a very big run. Poland. He we go. Beth Tweddle here we go. -- here

:59:36. > :59:42.we go. They were right up there one decade ago. In Holland and David

:59:43. > :59:47.Bissett has been going too long. They were one of the first cruise to

:59:48. > :59:51.have all three men behind him below 3.10 seconds. They are exceptionally

:59:52. > :59:57.quick but they don't handle it any more, not even close. But stunning

:59:58. > :00:11.speed is crucial. They want to get down that hill quickly. Oh! Just

:00:12. > :00:25.hitting the left-hand side. 4.13 seconds behind. Shifting a little

:00:26. > :00:35.bit quicker than Slovakia. 22nd. And the next one is Brazil. But a winter

:00:36. > :00:41.power. But they can push. If they can just load slicker, they could

:00:42. > :00:47.get down to a world-class push. 4.9, their fastest so far and that is not

:00:48. > :00:58.bad. This is very much a story like cool running. -- Cool Runnings. They

:00:59. > :01:18.have been learning their trade. They will be going next. Unfortunately,

:01:19. > :01:30.the gap is 0.6. Respect from the other athletes. Clapping their

:01:31. > :01:34.hands, cheering them. They are always riding close to the edge.

:01:35. > :01:41.Forcing it. Exceptionally high speed. Oh, my goodness! The pilot

:01:42. > :01:53.has struggled to get in. There we go. I do not even see that start

:01:54. > :02:03.time. It was actually really good. 4.88. They have to keep cool. I was

:02:04. > :02:08.a very nice line. I like his style. He has pulled that back. Stay away

:02:09. > :02:14.from the walls! That is the important thing. And he has done so

:02:15. > :02:24.far. I am surprised that is not faster. A Just because of the

:02:25. > :02:28.resulting big slide. Lucky to get through corner once safely. A

:02:29. > :02:34.Rudiger drive down the bottom and I am sure they will get a massive

:02:35. > :02:49.cheer from the Russian crowd. It is not a bad time. They are in 20

:02:50. > :02:56.Eighth Place, but who cares? -- 20 Eighth Place.

:02:57. > :03:04.It is not an easy skill. These guys are all big men. Maybe not as chunky

:03:05. > :03:08.as some of them because they are more track stars than shot-putter 's

:03:09. > :03:15.and weightlifters. You can see how difficult it is. He is knowing about

:03:16. > :03:20.27 mph, over speed compared to our 100 metre runner because you are

:03:21. > :03:23.going down a hill. You have spikes on the end of your toe and if you

:03:24. > :03:30.slip and make a mistake, it is easy to get it wrong. My heart has been

:03:31. > :03:37.in my mouth for the last five minutes watching that. Yes,

:03:38. > :03:48.everybody is waiting for the Koreans to come next. Canada three, who

:03:49. > :03:51.crashed just today -- yesterday, two of the break meant damaged

:03:52. > :03:55.collarbones and bones so they are having to sit out. -- the break

:03:56. > :04:22.meant -- break men brake men. Off we go. Let's make sure we get

:04:23. > :04:23.everybody in. What they do have is a start house in Korea. They really

:04:24. > :04:33.slick they might not have the power. They

:04:34. > :04:37.have to run up to the maximum weight... Well, you don't have to

:04:38. > :04:42.but you would be mad not to. You need the weight and the Mass for the

:04:43. > :04:47.momentum. A big slap on an uphill section to keep the pace and it

:04:48. > :04:54.makes it more difficult for the smaller guys to push of a sled. It

:04:55. > :04:59.is way heavier. The Russian crew, one gram five kilos per man on

:05:00. > :05:08.average. Goodness, that was some stunt driving out of 11. It was,

:05:09. > :05:15.they were almost up on two rails. A little bit hi there. And coming off

:05:16. > :05:32.in 56.89. Just one crew to go now, the

:05:33. > :05:37.Canadians. The pilot, Kripps, took a big hit to the head yesterday. He

:05:38. > :05:43.claims he was not concussed but people were worried. Hopefully

:05:44. > :05:54.everything is together. Coming around through into 11, there. Took

:05:55. > :05:58.a slap of 11, that is lent -- that sent him low and got sucked up by

:05:59. > :06:04.the centrifugal force. It was a hairy moment for the Koreans. Canada

:06:05. > :06:08.are to the forefront now. They are in last place for the time being.

:06:09. > :06:15.They could make up the time if they have the speed. It was the second

:06:16. > :06:19.run yesterday that made all the difference. They managed to finish,

:06:20. > :06:26.that is why they are here today with Justin Kripps. Two new men in the

:06:27. > :06:32.crew. Down to a world-class start for the final sled. They are down in

:06:33. > :06:39.30th because of the crash yesterday. It was into corner 14. Everyone will

:06:40. > :06:45.be holding their breath as they come down towards that. There is another

:06:46. > :06:54.few hundred metres of eyes before we get to the crash corner. That is

:06:55. > :06:59.superb. -- metres of ice. He has avoided the corners every time he

:07:00. > :07:04.has been down there. The exit of 11, going down the chicane, gets three

:07:05. > :07:10.safely, kicks up some ice but no crash this time. -- gets through

:07:11. > :07:13.safely. They are not going to be in the top 20, we will not see them

:07:14. > :07:25.again but they have finished the MPEG. That is very good. -- finished

:07:26. > :07:43.the Olympics. That is a very good effort indeed.

:07:44. > :07:51.As Colin said, they won't be in the top 20. That is a shame, but

:07:52. > :07:55.nevertheless, they have done well. These men were in eighth position

:07:56. > :07:58.when they crashed. Just like the Brits they were pushing towards the

:07:59. > :08:08.medals. It could have been so different for the Canadian crew. A

:08:09. > :08:16.little bit of a rub out of 11. 55.72, we haven't seen anything that

:08:17. > :08:22.good since the other Canadian, who sits in ninth position. That shows

:08:23. > :08:26.you their quality. When you crash, you still crossed the finish line

:08:27. > :08:34.and get a downtime. It is the aggregate of all four runs.

:08:35. > :08:43.Preparation goes on for the fourth and final run. Between Zubkov,

:08:44. > :08:58.Melbardis, Holcomb and the rest. Great Britain are in sixth position,

:08:59. > :09:13.they are close enough to a medal. You won't want to miss the final

:09:14. > :09:14.run. It starts at 11am, it will go in reverse order, the Russians will

:09:15. > :09:29.be last. It was all a bit of a mad dash at

:09:30. > :09:33.the top of the programme to get to the bobsleigh. Let's take a pause

:09:34. > :09:42.and look at what is coming up for the rest of the afternoon. The first

:09:43. > :09:48.medal we will see decided today is in the cross country skiing, it is

:09:49. > :09:53.the men's 50 kilometres. The bobsleigh will be at 11am, in

:09:54. > :09:59.reverse order. Then it is the gold medal match in the eye socket,

:10:00. > :10:26.Canada against Sweden. -- in the ice hockey.

:10:27. > :11:04.the men's ice hockey final is coming up in just over an hour. There is no

:11:05. > :11:08.rush and for that, we have to thank the Finns who beat them in the

:11:09. > :11:11.quarterfinals. The Finns lost to Sweden in the semifinals which meant

:11:12. > :11:21.they were in the bronze medal match, against the USA.

:11:22. > :11:38.He scores, what a moment! A magical moment for the most famous Finn. It

:11:39. > :11:43.is over to the flying Finn and the flying Finn does it again. In doing

:11:44. > :11:48.so, becomes the oldest player in Olympic history to score a goal.

:11:49. > :11:54.That will go a long way to him being the oldest player in Olympic history

:11:55. > :12:01.to maybe winning a medal. He has been one of those guys who has

:12:02. > :12:12.always delivered. Now they double it up! In the space of just a few

:12:13. > :12:24.seconds, this game has gone to 2-0. This is something else.

:12:25. > :12:34.Heitanen scores! That should do it! 34 years ago it was the miracle on

:12:35. > :12:40.ice. Right now for the Americans, it is misery on ice. They come across

:12:41. > :12:51.the line, they support each other, they pick up the loose change and

:12:52. > :12:54.they bank it. The Americans 's work was so sharp for so long in this

:12:55. > :13:06.tournament, it is amazing to see them 3-0 down. 4-dearer down! -- 4-0

:13:07. > :13:17.down! And Olympic legend has come to the table again. At 43. Watch the

:13:18. > :13:25.dynamic duo do it again. What a goal! It is five! The Americans are

:13:26. > :13:32.being hammered here. They are being embarrassed at the Bolshoy. A great

:13:33. > :13:39.finish. It is insatiable. -- sensational. Finland have won the

:13:40. > :13:47.bronze medal. Salminen leads them all the way.

:13:48. > :14:01.It is Salminen, -- it is Selanne, the oldest player in men's Olympic

:14:02. > :14:07.history, he scores twice to lead his team. To another medal.

:14:08. > :14:13.I have been joined by our hockey expert. We will took about the final

:14:14. > :14:19.in a second, but for America, it has been a horror tournament -- we will

:14:20. > :14:21.talk about. They could not have predicted it. They were the best

:14:22. > :14:25.team in the women's tournament coming up to the gold-medal game.

:14:26. > :14:29.They were 2-0 up with three minutes to go and to lose in the middle they

:14:30. > :14:35.-- the manner they did was devastating for the women's

:14:36. > :14:39.programme. They won the first one in Nagano and then it has been Canada

:14:40. > :14:42.all the way. When I was watching it in the hotel, I turned off with

:14:43. > :14:49.seven minutes to go because the Canadians were dead and buried. They

:14:50. > :14:52.were they were dead and buried and they came back. They broken play

:14:53. > :14:57.goes off and American defender and then they have life. There is a

:14:58. > :15:01.clearance down the ice that goes off the post. And then the Canadians

:15:02. > :15:05.find a way to score and take extra time. There was a genetic breakaway

:15:06. > :15:09.that was called for a penalty and in the power play, they made it count.

:15:10. > :15:25.The way they celebrated suggested they were just relieved to have the

:15:26. > :15:27.game over. They were beaten by the Canadians in the semifinals and

:15:28. > :15:32.could not recover well enough to bring the emotion they needed for

:15:33. > :15:37.the bronze medal. This men's final, Canada and Sweden. You have cut

:15:38. > :15:45.jewel citizenship, British and Canadian, and they have such

:15:46. > :15:49.history. Title number 13? They have won the most gold medals of any

:15:50. > :15:56.nation. I am surprised in the manner they have got here, with defence.

:15:57. > :16:01.The Swedes are deep and they have great quality and they deserve to be

:16:02. > :16:04.here right from the beginning. There are some talk about the difference

:16:05. > :16:09.in the size of the ice rink compared to the NHL, which might suit Sweden

:16:10. > :16:15.better. They might sit back and try to contain Canada? They are very

:16:16. > :16:18.smart and do not make stakes, they draw you out and tempt you to play

:16:19. > :16:27.them strongly towards the board and they make nice plays. They are great

:16:28. > :16:32.with power play. Russia, we hope to see them here. They did not fire?

:16:33. > :16:37.They have the superstars but that does not make the team. It it is

:16:38. > :16:43.appointing they had such a very dramatic finish. In the

:16:44. > :16:54.quarterfinals. Just getting thumped. -- disappointing. They will need to

:16:55. > :16:59.look at their style of play. From the doghouse to the penthouse, and

:17:00. > :17:04.they are all in the doghouse! We have not heard from the President!

:17:05. > :17:10.Lots more later but we shall head back to the cross country skiing for

:17:11. > :17:14.the final men's event. This is a battle like the top of the medal

:17:15. > :17:20.table, Russian -- Russia against Norway.

:17:21. > :17:29.Welcome to the mountains above Sochi. This is it, after 15 fabulous

:17:30. > :17:34.days and 22 gold medal races, there was just one event left. Huge

:17:35. > :17:40.edition and pride associated with this. It has been here since the

:17:41. > :17:54.very beginning in 1924. Sweden and Norway are tied on seven titles

:17:55. > :17:59.each. Five or six standout names. There was a lot of criticism and

:18:00. > :18:09.resistance to introducing the mass start. But after the race in

:18:10. > :18:14.Vancouver and Karina, the fans are realising it was top-class

:18:15. > :18:24.entertainment. This is a very large field. 65 men. Some late news this

:18:25. > :18:44.morning. The Austrian has been withdrawn. There is no place for him

:18:45. > :18:50.and he is very good. The longest, hardest race at these Winter Games.

:18:51. > :19:00.The very last event in what has been a very atmospheric centre. The

:19:01. > :19:12.defending champion. He has been out of sorts. Can one of the talented

:19:13. > :19:22.Russians, Alexander Legkov, finish in style? That is what they did last

:19:23. > :19:30.night. The packed crowd went into ecstasy last night. But that was

:19:31. > :19:35.last night and this is today. 50 kilometres separating one of these

:19:36. > :19:39.men from a very rich slice of Winter Olympic history. It has been

:19:40. > :19:50.contested since 1924. And some of the great names in cross-country

:19:51. > :20:03.have come here to conquer this. Through the tunnel, the assault has

:20:04. > :20:06.been laid down. They have excelled and produced some really good

:20:07. > :20:11.results. The Americans have been below par. It has not been good for

:20:12. > :20:19.them here. That is why they are not topping the medal table. The

:20:20. > :20:23.Russians are happy to take things steady initially. If you start at

:20:24. > :20:29.the back, just bide your time and wait for the downhill opportunities

:20:30. > :20:34.and the wider track. This is a beautiful track but there are some

:20:35. > :20:39.narrow areas when ladies send behind the back of the stadium. That is

:20:40. > :20:44.only four metres across. And one of the fastest parts. Just that quick

:20:45. > :20:51.shot of Andrew Musgrave, one of three competitors who has entered

:20:52. > :20:57.this, who wanted to enter, but you could not keep him out if you tried.

:20:58. > :20:57.this, who wanted to enter, but you I hope he runs a very sensible race.

:20:58. > :21:03.I hope that he gets top 25 and improves the best ever British

:21:04. > :21:11.performance. It is possible if he gets it right and is feeling good,

:21:12. > :21:18.top 20 is on. That would be superb for Andrew and there will be great

:21:19. > :21:22.excitement. They have done so much great work to secure the next

:21:23. > :21:39.generation, they will be watching avidly and hoping their man can

:21:40. > :22:00.produce top 25. Very early stages. Literally, 42 kilometres. Still

:22:01. > :22:06.blogs together. Watson of Australia, of the pace of the next slowest.

:22:07. > :22:25.Actually, not skiing badly. The track is much harder. Who is that?

:22:26. > :22:55.In red? Swiss collars. Curdin Perl. -- collars. -- colours. Noah Hoffman

:22:56. > :23:02.still going well. Look at Andrew Musgrave. I just saw him coming

:23:03. > :23:07.across the checkpoint. Not totally detached from this leading group.

:23:08. > :23:16.Just biding his time. There is still a very long way to go. Is this a

:23:17. > :23:21.definitive move? Is a very long way to go. But the Russians are

:23:22. > :23:27.responding. And he is definitely dangerous. And that was definite

:23:28. > :23:35.acceleration. Very clever. 20 metres before the top. You cannot go early

:23:36. > :23:40.on that. He just picked up his pace. For about 15 metres. And he has

:23:41. > :23:45.stolen the lead. He is indicating he is coming in for new skis. That is

:23:46. > :23:50.why he made that break because he does not want to lose much ground.

:23:51. > :23:55.That was not a bid for glory, it was a sensible move to make sure he gets

:23:56. > :24:00.a clean entry into the exchange. He will have to go to his right and

:24:01. > :24:04.along that long line of skis, he will be going into lien number

:24:05. > :24:09.three. And off he goes. That is tactically reddened. Just giving

:24:10. > :24:19.himself an opportunity to minimise the amount of time he will lose when

:24:20. > :24:27.he comes in for that headstock. This is where it gets interesting. Most

:24:28. > :24:34.of the bigger names are going in. Bernhard Tritscher, from Austria.

:24:35. > :24:43.And Alexander Legkov. See how much time he has lost. Not bad at all. He

:24:44. > :24:50.will be in the top 11. He could gain that on the first long downhill.

:24:51. > :24:56.They look after this five kilometre. Alexander Legkov time that urgently.

:24:57. > :25:10.Damage limitation and he is on fresh skis. -- times that brilliantly.

:25:11. > :25:14.What a race, we have seen domination by Norway with the woman yesterday

:25:15. > :25:22.but when you look at the top ten or 15, we have got fenland, in a race,

:25:23. > :25:30.Spain, Kazakhstan, Norway, France, the USA, Italy, Switzerland. --

:25:31. > :25:43.Finland. This is a very healthy situation for the sport. Into the

:25:44. > :25:51.last six and a quarter miles. There was a slight dejected look in the

:25:52. > :26:02.shoulders of Matti Heikkinen. He has been caught. What will unfold? Who

:26:03. > :26:16.will come away with the last gold-medal?

:26:17. > :26:24.There are a lot of classy men at their and or only six miles to make

:26:25. > :26:31.an impact. That lead was cut from 22.7. That could be his chance gone.

:26:32. > :26:35.You only get one opportunity to break away. Too much energy

:26:36. > :26:40.consumed. Surely he will find the pace over the last five coulomb at

:26:41. > :26:49.is too much. There is a problem here? He has broken his skis. He is

:26:50. > :26:55.out. What a tragedy. He was looking very good. He was poised to strike.

:26:56. > :27:00.And this is destined not to be his title. Remember, he fell in

:27:01. > :27:06.Vancouver when he looked like he was poised to strike for a years ago. He

:27:07. > :27:10.will go home with two gold medals but he was looking brilliant and he

:27:11. > :27:16.was putting himself in a position to mount a challenge. All credit to him

:27:17. > :27:20.for carrying on. Hopefully he will get to the finish line. So there is

:27:21. > :27:31.no Swiss representation in the leading group. Alexander Legkov is

:27:32. > :27:37.leading. And when news reaches the stadium that Alexander Legkov is in

:27:38. > :27:46.the hunt for a medal, they will do what the Norwegians did. It is

:27:47. > :27:55.possible but they will have to eat... Martin Johnsrud Sundby.

:27:56. > :27:59.Martin Johnsrud Sundby, from Norway, he is the only non-Russian in the

:28:00. > :28:03.top four at the moment. And the World Cup leader is trying to come

:28:04. > :28:08.through on the inside. Martin Johnsrud Sundby wanted to go later.

:28:09. > :28:13.He had to make his move. Looking very light. But Alexander Legkov has

:28:14. > :28:19.the power, you must accelerate past the rings. And you could be in with

:28:20. > :28:25.a chance of the gold medal. If it were together, it will come down to

:28:26. > :28:30.tactics on the final corner. Alexander Legkov has produced what

:28:31. > :28:37.could be the most important 100 metres of his career. He has the

:28:38. > :28:42.advantage. There is one remaining corner. He just needs to keep

:28:43. > :28:48.composed. We have seen so many people run into problems. Is it

:28:49. > :28:52.destined to be Alexander Legkov? That gap has opened up to third

:28:53. > :29:03.place and Martin Johnsrud Sundby. Still under pressure. Martin

:29:04. > :29:09.Johnsrud Sundby is there. The perfect finish for the Russians! But

:29:10. > :29:20.which one will come out on top? Alexander Legkov, driving, pushing.

:29:21. > :29:25.Alexander Legkov is letting the stadium. And it goes to the host.

:29:26. > :29:31.Alexander Legkov was absolutely supreme. He collapses to the snow.

:29:32. > :29:44.His legendary status has been secured. Look at the reaction from

:29:45. > :29:49.the crowd. Can you believe it? In the very last event, appear in the

:29:50. > :29:55.mountains, it is going to be one, two, three for the Russians. An

:29:56. > :30:01.extraordinary finish and Alexander Legkov had the power. Come the

:30:02. > :30:06.moment, nobody had the answer. The Russians could not have written the

:30:07. > :30:12.script better. Gold, silver and bronze. All being awarded in the

:30:13. > :30:18.stadium tonight and that'll be a moment to savour and to remember

:30:19. > :30:20.forever. These young men have produced the perfect climax to an

:30:21. > :30:46.absorbing 16 days. Here we have the Russian quartet,

:30:47. > :30:55.0.4 ahead of the Latvians. Across the line in 55.02. That is

:30:56. > :31:02.magnificent. Slower than the Russians, they are slipping away

:31:03. > :31:06.here. 55.15, in second place. The Germans are desperate to get on the

:31:07. > :31:11.medal table. Things are looking bad for the Germans. This track is

:31:12. > :31:21.slowing up with every sled. This crew can do damage. Come on, Great

:31:22. > :31:26.Britain. Can we do it? Seven tenths is looking unlikely. He is pulling

:31:27. > :31:28.it back in. 18 hundredths behind the bronze medal position, that is

:31:29. > :31:41.catchable. Team GB's final moment of these

:31:42. > :31:51.Games are upon us, it might yield history. Are you feeling lucky? We

:31:52. > :31:58.do hope so. In the background over their, that is GB two, about to do

:31:59. > :32:03.their final run. Before we go there, you have had lots of questions so I

:32:04. > :32:12.am going to test you on your knowledge. Is this the same track

:32:13. > :32:21.that we have seen? Skeleton, bobsleigh and luge slide on the same

:32:22. > :32:25.track. Variant start positions. Often the pilot comes out and he has

:32:26. > :32:30.a woolly bag on top of his crash helmet, what is that? All of the

:32:31. > :32:34.crew have their helmets already on. The driver wants to keep it warm on

:32:35. > :32:43.the inside. As soon as the breath comes on, it can fold it up. -- fog

:32:44. > :32:48.it up. It is preserving the heat within it, they do the having and

:32:49. > :32:55.puffing, it is making sure it does not steam up. -- huffing and

:32:56. > :33:01.puffing. They seem to wear shorter bottoms... A lot of the Bob boys

:33:02. > :33:05.make them shorter. I think they find it more comfortable and like to

:33:06. > :33:14.flash their calf muscles! Each to their own. In the skeleton, the

:33:15. > :33:22.aerodynamics are different. Spikes on the shoes, they are not normal

:33:23. > :33:27.athletics bikes. -- athletic spikes. Back in the day it was literally

:33:28. > :33:34.athletics bikes but it used to match up the ice -- mash up. We now have

:33:35. > :33:40.brush spikes which gives you better grip. It make sure they do not clog

:33:41. > :33:48.up and they can sprint with the extra grip. GB two, just about to

:33:49. > :33:53.go, in 19th, are we expecting them to move up? I am opening they can

:33:54. > :33:59.move at least one spot. They have just at the ice freshly ripped, a

:34:00. > :34:06.thin layer of water on the top. -- freshly gripped. The slowest teams

:34:07. > :34:14.actually have the best ice. Lamin Deen will be looking to maintain

:34:15. > :34:21.18th, if not move up one. And GB one, less than two tenths behind the

:34:22. > :34:26.medal position. John Jackson, his team are in sixth. Less than two

:34:27. > :34:31.tenths to a bronze medal. Robbie impossible to get to the top --

:34:32. > :34:36.probably impossible. But a really good push on the last one, let's see

:34:37. > :34:42.what they can do. We will be looking for them to keep the sixth spot. If

:34:43. > :34:46.not, it is so close. Here we go, GB two.

:34:47. > :34:58.COMMENTATORS: There is a lot of tension up there. Lamin Deen, John

:34:59. > :34:59.Baines, Ben Simons and Andrew Matthews have got to have the drive

:35:00. > :35:08.of their life. Their best start time at the moment

:35:09. > :35:15.came right at the beginning of yesterday. That is better. It is

:35:16. > :35:20.100th of a second better than they managed in their first push. They

:35:21. > :35:23.have really gelled as a group. Pickering would have been in this

:35:24. > :35:28.sled, they have not pushed as much together as they would have liked

:35:29. > :35:34.to. There is no surprise they have improved throughout the four runs. A

:35:35. > :35:40.bit of a tap there. They are ahead of the Koreans. They are 18th equal

:35:41. > :35:44.with the Italians. Carrying an advantage of around eight tenths of

:35:45. > :35:53.a second. They are extending it. Down to 14... This is good. Just

:35:54. > :36:04.what we hoped would happen for Lamin Deen and the rest. .75 of a second

:36:05. > :36:11.ahead, they are a bit off the pace. 0.7 of a second in the lead. That is

:36:12. > :36:22.exactly what the Italians will be aiming for. It was a good run. I

:36:23. > :36:28.fear for this track. It is so warm. That was not a bad slide. It was a

:36:29. > :36:37.really good start. Right up at world-class level. Only a handful of

:36:38. > :36:42.crews have hit 4.8 or below. You can see the handles are kicking around,

:36:43. > :36:48.that sent them late into ten. He dealt with it well, Lamin Deen. Now

:36:49. > :36:51.they have to sit and wait and see if the Italians, who were equal with

:36:52. > :36:59.them, they don't have as good conditions, if they will go behind.

:37:00. > :37:08.Bertazzo and the rest, can they get a fast start? 4.91 is their record

:37:09. > :37:11.and they are well outside it. Another thrown together crew at the

:37:12. > :37:15.last minute. One of their team members was pulled for doping last

:37:16. > :37:21.week and they had to drop the new man in. Romanini at three, a

:37:22. > :37:26.multiple Olympian, a good guy to have as your extra man but still,

:37:27. > :37:31.not a great thing to happen, a terrible thing to happen, I am sure

:37:32. > :37:37.it is Anna Baris meant for Italy. Down into nine -- I am sure it is an

:37:38. > :37:44.embarrassing and -- and embarrassment.

:37:45. > :37:52.They are .15 of a second down but they are increasing speed. They are

:37:53. > :38:04.exactly on target. Will they go ahead? They will.

:38:05. > :38:11.Just held it together a bit better through the final couple of corners.

:38:12. > :38:17.In one way it is good to see that the track held up, not getting cut

:38:18. > :38:20.up too quickly. What we saw yesterday in slightly colder

:38:21. > :38:27.conditions was that after about seven or eight sleds, it started to

:38:28. > :38:32.degrade. That is similar to what happened to the Canadians yesterday.

:38:33. > :38:44.They did not crash like the Canadians, they did not go quite as

:38:45. > :39:01.late. Bertazzo handled it well. France number one. Lowick

:39:02. > :39:08.the French are full of tension. Desperate to do well.

:39:09. > :39:25.Here we go. The best start time, 4.94. Exactly the same there, that

:39:26. > :39:28.is good. They are carrying an advantage over the Italians and the

:39:29. > :39:36.British of 16 hundredths of a second. The start is similar to what

:39:37. > :39:42.the Italians manage. A big slap out of five up the hill, it is not good

:39:43. > :39:48.for the French. There was a bit of over driving. They are maintaining

:39:49. > :39:56.their lead. A little late out of nine, he controls it well, Costerg.

:39:57. > :40:06.A horrible rub out of 11 but somehow he is still in the lead. A bit of a

:40:07. > :40:18.sideways slide, a loss of speed. 1:30 6.7 and it is 5577.

:40:19. > :40:28.Is it worse to take a steer and go into a slide or take the tap, they

:40:29. > :40:36.very much took the tap. It did not slow them down too much. This was a

:40:37. > :40:44.team, Great Britain one and France one, who tied for a medal in 1998. A

:40:45. > :40:50.good bit of piloting, a tap out of 15, down to 16. They didn't lose any

:40:51. > :40:54.top end speed. Once you start slowing those runners sideways to

:40:55. > :41:04.the ice, that is when you slow down. You are digging up loss of ice --

:41:05. > :41:12.lots of ice. Vrba, Sochi, Devorah and

:41:13. > :41:27.very consistent times, the team from the Czech Republic. That was well

:41:28. > :41:36.orchestrated. The best start time at the moment, 4.87. These guys can

:41:37. > :41:45.start well. They are a slick outfit. A couple of power strides at the end

:41:46. > :41:53.from the man on the back. Vass -- Vacek. Great Britain are going

:41:54. > :42:04.the Czechs are ahead of the French. They just hit on the right hand

:42:05. > :42:11.side. Looking for the next checkmark. They are going well. 11

:42:12. > :42:22.hundredths up through corner ten, into 11. They just lost a hundredth

:42:23. > :42:32.of a second. Straight as a die down the middle. 0.2 of a second behind.

:42:33. > :42:35.My goodness, 55.8. And the Czech Republic have gone into the lead

:42:36. > :42:45.ahead of France, and that means Great Britain and Lamin Deen stay

:42:46. > :42:54.fourth place. It means that Lamin Deen will not improve his position.

:42:55. > :42:57.The only chance is if someone has a shocking run, potentially a crash

:42:58. > :43:02.but no one would wish that on anybody, and then they would drop

:43:03. > :43:07.down to 20th, that is as low as anyone can drop now. We are going

:43:08. > :43:15.from 20 down to one, in reverse order. That means the very best are

:43:16. > :43:19.waiting to go last. Zubkov has the lead after three runs, he will be

:43:20. > :43:25.going down last. We have just seen Prime Minister Medvedev arrived with

:43:26. > :43:31.a huge entourage in a helicopter. He will be hoping for another big

:43:32. > :43:40.Russian gold. Who knows? Maybe GB one can still put a damper on things

:43:41. > :43:52.and get up into the medals. Kibermanis goes now. As is the

:43:53. > :43:57.smaller of the Oskars. Here's not the biggest -- he is not the biggest

:43:58. > :44:03.of pilots. It is a world-class start.

:44:04. > :44:10.A little bit of a sideways slide but a fancy bit of steering got them

:44:11. > :44:21.back on track. They are well ahead of the Czech team. Coming through

:44:22. > :44:28.here, just in the lead. Just taking a slight tap there. On the left-hand

:44:29. > :44:32.side. They had two tenths on the Czechs going into this run and they

:44:33. > :44:36.are not going to lose that the lead in the final hundred metres. This is

:44:37. > :44:55.quick. .19 of a second ahead. That guarantees Latvia two 15th

:44:56. > :45:09.position at worst. Just 14 crews to go.

:45:10. > :45:25.That was a great piece of steering. Just a little correction. We could

:45:26. > :45:38.see those runners at the beginning of that, just rocking backwards and

:45:39. > :45:47.forwards. The first of three Russian sleds. And they are good at

:45:48. > :45:54.starting. The fastest so far. For quite 22. A little bit slower but

:45:55. > :46:01.not bad. A little bit disappointing. You want to keep your starting up

:46:02. > :46:06.their very best. It is not surprising that the athletes are

:46:07. > :46:11.getting tired and dehydrated. They have had intense competition. They

:46:12. > :46:24.have gone behind, they have lost that to Latvia. If they can drive

:46:25. > :46:32.this perfectly, they could get back. Very slight tap through 13, back

:46:33. > :46:41.down the hill. That gap is shrinking. It will be close. Very

:46:42. > :46:54.close indeed. Just in second place. Latvia 2 have done well. Lots of

:46:55. > :47:06.really young athletes with Russia and Latvia. In four years time, they

:47:07. > :47:10.will be much more experienced. Oskars Kibermanis has only been

:47:11. > :47:19.driving for three years. Just a little bit sideways. Taking the tap.

:47:20. > :47:37.You can see the very best avoiding that. Not many can do that. Canada.

:47:38. > :47:46.Chris Spring in the driving seat. Very strong and quick. Also not big.

:47:47. > :47:50.He has the body weight all right. But not as strong as some of the

:47:51. > :48:03.Brickman. You have your biggest on the side. -- brakemen He has two

:48:04. > :48:10.pool that handle and sit down first. And then you fit in, like sardines

:48:11. > :48:21.crushed into a tin can. It is about as large as a regular bathtub. Low

:48:22. > :48:35.speed, behind the Latvians. What is this time? They are in the lead. And

:48:36. > :48:43.going well. 12 hundredths up, the Canadians are pulling away. That was

:48:44. > :48:53.great piloting. Yes, they are very good. They have missed out on all

:48:54. > :49:00.the holes. 55.76. They have gone into the lead. Latvia 2 looking

:49:01. > :49:10.disappointed, but they stay in second place. Canada 1 have taken

:49:11. > :49:15.the lead. 12 teams left. They are guaranteed 14th position. Starting

:49:16. > :49:20.to get close to the top ten. Who is in the run? From John Jackson

:49:21. > :49:30.onwards. The top six looking most likely. It is pretty tight down to

:49:31. > :49:33.the bronze medal. And the top two are out on their own. Oskars

:49:34. > :49:51.Kibermanis and Alexander Zubkov. But there is big pressure. Well done.

:49:52. > :49:57.The former Australian, he made the move to Canada, Chris Spring. Very

:49:58. > :50:08.much one of the boys. They have done well. USA 2. Nick Cunningham, 100

:50:09. > :50:21.and Paul Muntean, 100 and Andreas Neagu and Dallas Robinson. Nick

:50:22. > :50:27.Cunningham has been considering a career in Rodeo after the games.

:50:28. > :50:37.Nothing will be as dangerous as this. 4.87, the third fastest we

:50:38. > :50:42.have had so far. That is not bad. They are carrying an advantage over

:50:43. > :50:48.the Canadians. That start was similar to Canada. Slightly better.

:50:49. > :50:58.Still that small margin. No room for error. Well, they are going sideways

:50:59. > :51:04.on the previous men and losing that advantage at the top of the track.

:51:05. > :51:16.The Olympic gold-medal winning sled. Still in the lead, here. That

:51:17. > :51:29.was ugly. Only one tenth up, they will lose time. In fact, they have

:51:30. > :51:33.gained time. Ahead of Canada. USA 2 or in the lead. That was good

:51:34. > :51:55.driving from Nick Cunningham. We're coming up to Number 10. And

:51:56. > :52:07.Great Britain goal in 15th position. -- go. That was one of the absolute

:52:08. > :52:17.top speeds. 137.3. Quicker than Canada. So, the Dutch are next. And

:52:18. > :52:27.their advantage over the Americans is 12 hundredths of a second.

:52:28. > :52:42.Starting is so important. 4.81. That was their best. And that was just

:52:43. > :52:55.outside. He overcooked that. They are still in the lead. They had 12

:52:56. > :53:09.hundredths of a second. Still pretty quick. Still in the lead. Yes, they

:53:10. > :53:15.have got the lead. But that is reducing. Into corner number 11.

:53:16. > :53:27.Nice, flat line. It is hard to see from that camera angle, see what the

:53:28. > :53:37.split is. 100. They are ahead. Look at that! The Netherlands or in the

:53:38. > :53:48.lead. The USA have lost it. That is magnificent. 55.75. Very close to

:53:49. > :53:56.the top slide so far. The Dutch are 1.7 seconds behind Alexander Zubkov,

:53:57. > :54:03.who will be coming down last. Each time as a time advantage, it is the

:54:04. > :54:10.aggregate, the lowest wins. John Jackson is behind for the bronze,

:54:11. > :54:16.there was just over 15 hundredths between the bronze and where Jackson

:54:17. > :54:43.is sitting. We're getting close to the money. Into the top ten. Yes.

:54:44. > :54:53.And on to Germany 2. In the lead. The younger is Trevor world

:54:54. > :54:59.champion. He has tremendous. Francesco Friedrich. This will be

:55:00. > :55:04.disappointing for him. This is a massive margin ahead of the Dutch.

:55:05. > :55:12.He has to have a huge run, has to take the lead. He should do that,

:55:13. > :55:23.unless he crashes. He is certainly going well at the moment. Just that

:55:24. > :55:30.slight hit, there. Coming uphill. My goodness! That is good. Very, very

:55:31. > :55:40.good. 55.41. They have gone into the lead. And Germany 2 set the

:55:41. > :55:45.standard. That is the fastest we have seen down this track in this

:55:46. > :55:53.final run. That is good news for everyone still to come. You can see

:55:54. > :55:59.those marks made by these heavy bobsleighs. Sometimes you can see

:56:00. > :56:05.the ice cracking. That does not make for good running. Germany in the

:56:06. > :56:12.lead and we have got two more German crews in the top ten. They have won

:56:13. > :56:17.a medal in every Olympic Games right back to 1964, that was very poor for

:56:18. > :56:24.them. No medal at all, then. Since then, they have been the most

:56:25. > :56:28.dominant nation. I just called a glimpse of Thomas Florschuetz, who

:56:29. > :56:38.will be warming up. Or, finishing his warm up. Heading to his

:56:39. > :56:46.position. Canada. Lyndon Rush, Lascelles Brown, David Bissett and

:56:47. > :56:57.Neville Wright. Lascelles Brown is prominent. Yes, the former Jamaican.

:56:58. > :57:08.He is on the back. Exceptionally muscular. Big weightlifters, these

:57:09. > :57:14.guys. All even with Germany. They just lost that lead at the start.

:57:15. > :57:25.That was very close to catching up on the right-hand side. Still behind

:57:26. > :57:38.Germany 2 at the moment, but they had a very good run. Still 100th of

:57:39. > :57:45.a second. Really high-pressure! Well, they have gone into the lead.

:57:46. > :57:57.Germany 2 must be sweating. They are going well. Pulling away. Things

:57:58. > :58:10.looking good for Canada. Oh! They are ahead of Germany 2. That was

:58:11. > :58:24.very, very good. 55.38. Well, there are a couple of aid leaps forward in

:58:25. > :58:28.times. -- egg. -- big. The next coming down, Switzerland. And then

:58:29. > :58:34.the Germans and it jumps forward again. The Germans are in seventh

:58:35. > :58:42.place again and then sixth place, Great Britain. And then it is very

:58:43. > :58:48.tight all the way up to third place. I wish you would stop saying that!

:58:49. > :58:56.But that was a very good run by Canada 2. Lyndon Rush, the man in

:58:57. > :58:59.charge. Beat Hefti. Alex Baumann, Juerg Egger and Thomas Lamparter

:59:00. > :59:15.getting their chance. Do not think that he is cool and

:59:16. > :59:19.collected. He is not! He is absolute dynamite on the front handle. He can

:59:20. > :59:29.be ham-fisted driving, though. This is a very different beast. With the

:59:30. > :59:37.four-man bobsleigh, he just does not have those skills. Having a very

:59:38. > :59:49.good look. That was a brilliant start. 4.81. That was untidy. That

:59:50. > :59:55.was terrible. He has lost a tiny bit of that lead but not much. Corner

:59:56. > :00:02.Number 10. It has not brilliant so far, they are losing more time. Up

:00:03. > :00:12.the hill and down again. Another split... Five hundredths. That is

:00:13. > :00:17.all. Coming through, look at that. 55.6. And they have lost the lead.

:00:18. > :00:38.Sorry, they have gone into the lead. Just two runs before Great Britain

:00:39. > :00:46.one. We watched the Swiss come out of five. Hefti took a slap and a bit

:00:47. > :00:59.of a sideways slide. But he is still in the lead by 100th of a second

:01:00. > :01:03.ahead of next rush. -- Rush. Germany will be anxious for the fastest

:01:04. > :01:13.possible start and run. They are one ahead of Great Britain.

:01:14. > :01:27.They much prefer starting on that front handle. Instead of running

:01:28. > :01:42.onto it. That is the equal, that is not bad.

:01:43. > :01:52.-- that is the equal. Not a bad start at all. They came into this

:01:53. > :01:59.with 17 hundredths, they have slightly extended the lead on Hefti

:02:00. > :02:03.and his crew. They are going well here. Next is Great Britain. And

:02:04. > :02:09.that is the sort of target they will be setting. Almost a quarter of a

:02:10. > :02:14.second up, holding firm at that lead. Just a few hundred metres of

:02:15. > :02:21.ice to go, it looks good for Germany three to take the lead. It looks

:02:22. > :02:29.very good indeed. Coming through the finish in 55.53.

:02:30. > :02:40.That was a good run, and that is Germany three. We have got Germany

:02:41. > :02:48.one, yet to come. Germany two have already slid.

:02:49. > :02:58.Let's have a little look out of 11. There was a tap, it didn't kick up

:02:59. > :03:02.too much ice, didn't bother steering with the front runners. In the end

:03:03. > :03:09.the back end kicked up a little bit. Florscheutz leads head of the Swiss.

:03:10. > :03:14.Up next will be Great Britain. Great Britain one, in a great position at

:03:15. > :03:17.the moment. They are going to need the run of their lives if they are

:03:18. > :03:24.going to push forward to the medals from six position. John James

:03:25. > :03:25.Jackson is the pilot. Stuart Benson and Bruce Tasker will be on the

:03:26. > :03:40.flanks. Joel Fearon, the brakeman. There is the British support. What

:03:41. > :03:45.can we do? They have got to nail the start.

:03:46. > :03:56.They have to hoof off. Everything is good, they still have 20 seconds.

:03:57. > :04:04.Come on, Great Britain. A big start is what you need... This looks good

:04:05. > :04:08.for Great Britain. It has equalled their fastest start, it is the

:04:09. > :04:13.fastest we have seen so far. It is brilliant. Magnificent start from

:04:14. > :04:19.Great Britain, truly world-class. You need the big engine to hoof it

:04:20. > :04:24.off the hill if you are going to have a chance of winning medals.

:04:25. > :04:33.That was a big tap but at least they didn't go into a slide.

:04:34. > :04:39.Nearly two tenths of a second, we will get a good idea on the next

:04:40. > :04:45.blitz. Nearly a quarter of a second up, it is a brilliant slide. This

:04:46. > :04:54.could be remarkable. Absolutely direct. Watch the speed! Just about

:04:55. > :05:04.the best we have seen so far. They are 0.41 in the lead! That is

:05:05. > :05:08.remarkable. Absolutely early on. We have Germany one next, in fifth

:05:09. > :05:12.position. They are carrying just two hundredths of an advantage over the

:05:13. > :05:17.Brits. I can't remember the last time Britain beat Germany in a four

:05:18. > :05:21.man contest in the Olympics. It has to go back to the 40s or 50s. The

:05:22. > :05:30.best we have ever done is a silver medal in 1924. We got a bronze in

:05:31. > :05:36.36. And a bronze in 98. We have just put ourselves in a good position

:05:37. > :05:39.there. A good chance of a medal now. But it will take a couple of

:05:40. > :05:44.mistakes, probably, from those in third and fourth. There is the man

:05:45. > :05:51.in third, Steve Holcomb, the Olympic champion. There is Arndt, as well.

:05:52. > :05:56.Top of the World Championship table this year.

:05:57. > :06:09.Can Great Britain beat this good quartet? They have to hundredths of

:06:10. > :06:14.a second on Great Britain into this final run, they are already eight

:06:15. > :06:19.hundredths behind. The Germans are massively out powered by the

:06:20. > :06:29.British. A great start by Britain, a very direct drive. What is the

:06:30. > :06:33.checkmark? They are behind by 0.18. The load speed was poor, they are

:06:34. > :06:42.going to be behind. They didn't take a slap out of five, Jackson did. Can

:06:43. > :06:48.the Germans real in the Brits? Great Britain and Northern Ireland, they

:06:49. > :06:51.must have been going quickly. Things are looking bad for the Germans. I

:06:52. > :06:59.think Britain will hang onto first-tier. Three tenths behind!

:07:00. > :07:07.Britain will be in the lead! -- hang onto first year. While! That is

:07:08. > :07:17.fantastic. They have moved up a place. Can they move up two more. In

:07:18. > :07:21.the last three or four decades, if you'd have said, would you like a

:07:22. > :07:25.medal all eat the Germans, beating the Germans would have basically

:07:26. > :07:36.meant you have got the gold -- would you like a medal or beat the

:07:37. > :07:41.Germans? We have four crews to go. Germany are not going to win a

:07:42. > :07:42.medal. Not unless there are big mistakes. Things can happen. They

:07:43. > :07:54.are in second and third. Melbardis prowling around in the

:07:55. > :08:04.background, the Latvian in the silver medal position. This is

:08:05. > :08:10.Russia two. Kasjanov, he is definitely one of the danger men and

:08:11. > :08:20.one of the men in form. Can Kasjanov get in amongst the medals?

:08:21. > :08:27.Prime Minister Medvedev is watching on, hoping the Russians will be

:08:28. > :08:30.pushing forwards to the medals. They are 100th behind the Brits, the

:08:31. > :08:35.Russians have been out started by the Brits, as well. That is

:08:36. > :08:40.phenomenal. Great Britain are still in the lead. But Russia are coming

:08:41. > :08:48.on strong now. In fact, they are not. They are plus 0.04 seconds

:08:49. > :08:53.behind. The next split will tell us an awful lot. They have overcome the

:08:54. > :08:58.start deficit. They are ahead of the Brits. It will need them to take a

:08:59. > :09:07.big tap for the Brits to go back in front.

:09:08. > :09:13.It is looking really good for the Russians. I think they will go ahead

:09:14. > :09:18.of the Brits. And our chances of a medal are slipping away. .08 the

:09:19. > :09:28.second into the lead head of Great Britain. That is fantastic.

:09:29. > :09:41.It is their fastest light to date. Kasjanov is a super race. --

:09:42. > :09:47.we have three teams to go. The Olympic champions are next. They are

:09:48. > :09:49.going to have to hunt down this Russian crew who have just laid down

:09:50. > :10:01.a massive run. This Russian kit, while, is it good?

:10:02. > :10:04.Britain has been backed by McLaren and helped greatly by them, and

:10:05. > :10:13.thank you for all of that help from the British team, but the Russians,

:10:14. > :10:20.they also have a big budget, probably dwarfing the rest of the

:10:21. > :10:32.bobsleigh world. What can Steve Holcomb do now? They are 0.45 away

:10:33. > :10:42.from a gold medal. A little bit less for the silver. This could be an

:10:43. > :10:45.even bigger performance. It is a brilliant performance there, the

:10:46. > :10:55.second fastest time they have achieved. They had 15 hundredths on

:10:56. > :11:01.the Russia two crew. They are into corner five. They are on fire here.

:11:02. > :11:07.The Olympic champions, trying to hang on. He doesn't just want

:11:08. > :11:13.bronze, he wants gold. He will be hoping the Latvians and the Russians

:11:14. > :11:19.falter. He took a bit of a sideways slide earlier but it is faultless so

:11:20. > :11:25.far. Time is slipping away. It is ebbing away. The next split, this is

:11:26. > :11:38.going to be right down to the wire... Has he done enough? He has!

:11:39. > :11:44.He is livid... He is throwing his helmet down, he knows the next two

:11:45. > :11:48.crews have massive leads. Kasjanov and his crew will finish fourth

:11:49. > :12:02.again, the same as in the two man. A horrible place to finish. Two crews

:12:03. > :12:05.to go. Kasjanov may yet get a medal. The screaming and shouting and

:12:06. > :12:14.anguish may turn to delight in a minute. USA are guaranteed a bronze

:12:15. > :12:19.medal, that is for sure. It is looking likely now. That John James

:12:20. > :12:25.Jackson and his crew will slip to fifth. They are still in the bronze

:12:26. > :12:31.medal position, two crews to go. The Latvians are up first. Steve Holcomb

:12:32. > :12:37.has guaranteed his crew a bronze. Latvia were one of the shocks of

:12:38. > :12:46.this tournament. They are 0.17 behind Zubkov who is in first place.

:12:47. > :12:56.Melbardis and his crew, can they do it? These men are dynamite at

:12:57. > :13:04.pushing. Melbardis is in early. It is a tremendous start. Up on USA

:13:05. > :13:11.one, it is a big margin to throw away. It will need some sloppy

:13:12. > :13:20.driving to lose that. The nominal load speed. They all entered so

:13:21. > :13:28.gracefully. -- for nominal -- phenomenal load speed.

:13:29. > :13:37.We are going to have a new first place, of that I am sure. This is

:13:38. > :13:45.the crash corner, that was fine! A bit late in but no problems. They

:13:46. > :13:52.are going to go into the lead. They have got the lead.

:13:53. > :14:02.Now all they can do is wait to see if Zubkov can drive to a second gold

:14:03. > :14:10.medal. That was a brilliant performance by Latvia. John James

:14:11. > :14:16.Jackson and his crew, down to fourth position. One crew to go. They are

:14:17. > :14:20.outside the medals. They will be bitterly disappointed that they have

:14:21. > :14:26.missed a medal. I put up such a good fight from a horrible start. -- they

:14:27. > :14:30.put up such a good fight. That is just off the back of their World Cup

:14:31. > :14:34.draw, that is where they finished in the World Cup despite some flashes

:14:35. > :14:39.of brilliance. John James Jackson has come back from a ruptured

:14:40. > :14:44.Achilles to be here, it is a night on miracle. They are going to

:14:45. > :14:53.guarantee fifth place. Here is the crew about to push for gold.

:14:54. > :15:09.This team will go down in Russian history, that is for sure. Zubkov

:15:10. > :15:19.and Voevoda have already won the two man. Not their fastest start. But

:15:20. > :15:27.this is enough. Lovely correction. The front runners twitching. 14

:15:28. > :15:38.hundredths up. Alexander Zubkov, does he avoid the tab? Just about.

:15:39. > :15:45.This will be an important checkmark. This could be the gold medal winning

:15:46. > :15:53.performance. They are extending the lead. No problems, there. This could

:15:54. > :16:01.cost them. It looks like Russia is on for it. Here they go. And it is

:16:02. > :16:07.Russia who have won the gold medal in the four-man bobsleigh. Latvia

:16:08. > :16:17.are second and America, the defending champions, were third.

:16:18. > :16:24.With Steven Holcomb. But Alexander Zubkov is absolutely fantastic. He

:16:25. > :16:29.nearly retired in 2011, so, I do not want anything to do with the

:16:30. > :16:34.Federation any more. He described as being like slaves. He wanted his

:16:35. > :16:40.share of the money and glory and I believe that Vladimir Putin said,

:16:41. > :16:45.stay on. He carried the flag and he has got them to gold medals. That

:16:46. > :16:51.should put Russia back to the top of the medal table. It might give them

:16:52. > :17:01.the overall lead at the end. Well, the oldest man ever to win the

:17:02. > :17:07.four-man bobsleigh. And well done, John Jackson, Bruce Tasker, Joel

:17:08. > :17:16.Fearon and Stewart Henson, ending up in fifth position in the end. Not

:17:17. > :17:24.far away at all. One tenth of a second, that was all it was, over

:17:25. > :17:36.six kilometres of ice. So well done to Great Britain. Well, scenes of

:17:37. > :17:48.jubilation. Alexander Zubkov. And the Germans without any medal. First

:17:49. > :17:52.time since 1964. The former Olympic champion, the German head. He looked

:17:53. > :17:56.absolutely distraught with that performance. The Germans are

:17:57. > :18:01.normally so brilliant at Olympic Games, they have been so dominant.

:18:02. > :18:10.Today, the Russians get the double gold medal. And Alexey Voevoda is

:18:11. > :18:15.also a double winner. Alexey Negodaylo and Dmitry Trunenkov, they

:18:16. > :18:22.held their nerve. The Prime Minister is flying in on his helicopter, that

:18:23. > :18:42.must have added to the pressure. They will present the medals here.

:18:43. > :18:49.What sort of time? 0.11 The second. That is how close we were. They

:18:50. > :18:54.don't like each other, but Alexey Voevoda has to come together with

:18:55. > :18:59.this man, Alexander Zubkov, to push the back of the sled. Just in

:19:00. > :19:11.monster of a pressure. This is the result. -- a monster of a pusher.

:19:12. > :19:22.That is a brilliant performance by Britain. But Russia undoubtedly be

:19:23. > :19:29.champions. -- the champions. Great Britain finish in 19th place, Great

:19:30. > :19:38.Britain 2. That was a very good performance by them, well done.

:19:39. > :19:42.Russia might not have made the final of the ice hockey but what a final

:19:43. > :19:55.day without qui -- clean sweep and then the bobsleigh. John Jackson

:19:56. > :20:00.just missing out. Matt Pinsent is with Great Britain 2.

:20:01. > :20:07.Every time we see you, you are smiling more. It has been going

:20:08. > :20:11.well? If you were to tell me that four years ago I would be at the

:20:12. > :20:17.Winter Olympics, finishing in the top 20, in the four-man bobsleigh

:20:18. > :20:24.and the two-man bobsleigh, I would not have believed you. That has been

:20:25. > :20:29.a great result. Talk about what it has been like between you? We have

:20:30. > :20:35.come together and it has been fantastic. We are good friends, and

:20:36. > :20:39.it is never ideal losing your team-mate in the holding camp but we

:20:40. > :20:47.have got the depth in the squad to get another athlete and start. You

:20:48. > :20:54.said after the third event, the four-man bobsleigh? That is true? We

:20:55. > :20:58.really showed that today, we are a force to be reckoned with. And

:20:59. > :21:04.finally, the atmosphere before you went off, what was going through

:21:05. > :21:09.your mind? Just to get it right this time! We had a few issues with the

:21:10. > :21:14.first round and then we saw to that I'd and we're with the top boys in

:21:15. > :21:19.the world, so really happy. What is the plan going forward? We will see

:21:20. > :21:24.what happens in the summer, we have more training and we will see if

:21:25. > :21:28.there is a funding situation and hopefully we can go onto the next

:21:29. > :21:36.Olympic Games. It has been great seeing you out here. Great result

:21:37. > :21:39.for all of you. Thank you. And it was an agonising fraction of a

:21:40. > :21:46.second away from a medal. They gave their reaction.

:21:47. > :21:53.We can see smiling. Try to put into words what that last run was like.

:21:54. > :21:57.Overall, it has been great. 11 hundredths of the medals. Sometimes,

:21:58. > :22:05.just being involved in such a very close race, it makes it worthwhile

:22:06. > :22:09.and enjoyable. You had four of those fantastic starts and fantastic

:22:10. > :22:15.driving? It has been a combination of three years of hard work and the

:22:16. > :22:21.training camp. We gave everything. That is all I can ask for. That is

:22:22. > :22:25.an awesome result, fifth place, and when you have all of these guys

:22:26. > :22:32.behind us, and they are very happy. You started in 12 place on the first

:22:33. > :22:37.run and the Russians are winning, that is a massive advantage on their

:22:38. > :22:42.home track? Definitely, they have had a much more practice than we

:22:43. > :22:47.have. Starting in 12 but is in a worse place. After day one, we're

:22:48. > :22:57.just very happy to have brought that time. Every run, moving up the

:22:58. > :23:01.order. Yes, just chipping away. What was that feeling like, looking at

:23:02. > :23:06.those times? We did look a little bit, and not supposed to! We have to

:23:07. > :23:10.say thank you to everyone who believed in us, before we even

:23:11. > :23:16.believe in ourselves and people were there. Two years ago, we could not

:23:17. > :23:22.dream of this. What about the qualities of this team? What is it

:23:23. > :23:29.like? We are just so in love, we do this for everybody. Without them, I

:23:30. > :23:37.would not be here. It is amazing for me. What about the future? I would

:23:38. > :23:44.like to stay for another couple of years, depending on what the Royal

:23:45. > :23:47.Navy and the Royal Marines have me doing but I am happy to keep working

:23:48. > :23:52.and I think we are still developing as a team and hopefully Bruce will

:23:53. > :23:58.take over for the next Olympics. But we will see what happens. It has

:23:59. > :24:03.been brilliant. Lots of people have been saying it was great watching

:24:04. > :24:10.you. Well done. Thank you for all of the support back in the UK. So, that

:24:11. > :24:15.includes all of the sliding events. We will head back to Matthew and Amy

:24:16. > :24:28.Williams to review what has been the golden venue 14 gigabytes. -- for

:24:29. > :24:37.Great Britain. Are we feeling elated or disappointment? No, I am just so

:24:38. > :24:45.proud of the boys. I am buzzing, but at the same time, they were so

:24:46. > :24:48.close. 11 hundredths. That is our sport, you can be so close and you

:24:49. > :24:53.watch that little clock going from green to red and they know they are

:24:54. > :24:59.so close. Top six. Unbelievable from them. They have got so much ahead of

:25:00. > :25:05.them in the future. We can be nothing but pride of them today. I

:25:06. > :25:10.mentioned it to them but it was such a disadvantage going from 12

:25:11. > :25:15.position. You go off the world ranking, we were 12 in the world.

:25:16. > :25:21.And it is in middle of the day and the quality of the ice dollars

:25:22. > :25:26.decrease. Those first few, they have the best ice. No doubt about that,

:25:27. > :25:31.potentially if they were in that top three going, you would have had a

:25:32. > :25:38.score -- you would have had a quicker run. You must keep fighting.

:25:39. > :25:44.And starting was one of their strengths? Joel Fearon, he is an

:25:45. > :25:49.amazing crew man? They have worked so hard, they have got together and

:25:50. > :25:56.have been pushing and training very hard. They are a very tight unit.

:25:57. > :26:01.And you can see, for men jumping in perfect harmony and timing. That

:26:02. > :26:07.takes a lot of practice and it shows their strength. On that first track

:26:08. > :26:15.at university, the time they have put in Hazel. And John's driving was

:26:16. > :26:21.impeccable? Back-to-back, consistent. That is what wins races.

:26:22. > :26:26.When you have got four of those runs and every single one counts. He did

:26:27. > :26:30.not quite slide as well on the first and that could be nerves but

:26:31. > :26:35.otherwise, he has been consistent with every single one. Better than

:26:36. > :26:39.anyone else out there. In that sense, we have a lot more left to

:26:40. > :26:45.come from these boys in the future and we wish them well to keep

:26:46. > :26:49.performing and keep the funding they are and that is the biggest thing

:26:50. > :26:53.with winter sport, keep that funding to be able to perform and use those

:26:54. > :27:01.resources and continuously improve and move up those world rankings to

:27:02. > :27:07.be fighting for a medal next time. We have spent a lot of time here

:27:08. > :27:12.watching the bobsleigh team. The skeleton did us proud?

:27:13. > :27:19.Unbelievable, that race seems like months ago. It was only days ago. We

:27:20. > :27:23.have had some highs and lows, emotional, butterflies in my

:27:24. > :27:29.stomach, waking up with the nerves. It is the environment, the love for

:27:30. > :27:34.these sports. And Lizzy Yarnold bringing home that medal. What more

:27:35. > :27:42.could be asked for? It proves that the setup back at home with that

:27:43. > :27:47.performance pathway, those strong, rigid plans that the athletes have,

:27:48. > :27:54.that works. Having everyone together, that adduces medals. Lizzy

:27:55. > :27:59.Yarnold was dominant. She did not give her opposition any looking? No,

:28:00. > :28:06.she was out there from the start to begin with. Like she has done for

:28:07. > :28:09.this entire season. Not just the Olympics, she stood on the podium on

:28:10. > :28:13.nearly every one of her World Cup races. She kept consistent, she did

:28:14. > :28:19.not change anything for the Olympics, the team worked really

:28:20. > :28:23.well and they knew what to do, they just had to do the same thing and

:28:24. > :28:30.perform and she stood on that start line and did us proud. She stayed so

:28:31. > :28:34.confident and I was really amazed at her ability to control herself

:28:35. > :28:40.Andrew Motion and she enjoyed that race. And she brought home a medal

:28:41. > :28:44.for Great Britain. We didn't do a very good jump of controlling

:28:45. > :28:51.ourselves! I could not with my tears. It has been quite strange not

:28:52. > :28:55.competing. Seeing everyone and I have really loved that. Just the

:28:56. > :29:00.spirit of the Olympics and that is why we are here. That is why these

:29:01. > :29:07.guys and girls free in every single day. It is all for this moment. You

:29:08. > :29:12.can see the joy that it brings and everyone here is a friend, we are a

:29:13. > :29:17.community together and we want everyone to do well but we want also

:29:18. > :29:24.to be standing on the podium. That has been at. Some brilliant sessions

:29:25. > :29:31.appear. Back to Jonathan. Thank you. When an organising

:29:32. > :29:34.committee sits down to get this sorted out, they want everything

:29:35. > :29:39.looking fantastic and the volunteers and the infrastructure, but the big

:29:40. > :29:44.unknown is just how well does the host nation perform? Here in Sochi,

:29:45. > :29:50.the Russians have done it. Look at that medal table. Four years ago,

:29:51. > :29:58.11th place. Here, home territory, the top. The team gold medals. 33 in

:29:59. > :30:05.total. The last time they topped the table was in 1984. -- 33 of the

:30:06. > :30:19.group 13 gold medals. And there is just one more left to be decided.

:30:20. > :30:52.How do you like that? Sensational. And he scores! Canada win. He cannot

:30:53. > :31:00.stop scoring. America take victory! They look so amazing, scoring again.

:31:01. > :31:04.This is a very day on the Black Sea. The defending champions will defend

:31:05. > :31:12.their title against Sweden. Wonderful stuff.

:31:13. > :31:18.The men's ice hockey final, the final event and the atmosphere will

:31:19. > :31:24.be amazing. Before it got busy, Jason and Brent got inside to talk

:31:25. > :31:28.about this final. Not the finally Russians were hoping

:31:29. > :31:31.for, the home side not died in the quarterfinals but we have an

:31:32. > :31:32.intriguing game ahead. Brent Pope will be commentating. Great to see

:31:33. > :31:47.you. What do you expect? The Canadians have been more

:31:48. > :31:56.defensive, the Swedes had been defensive from the start. We will

:31:57. > :32:00.see a tactical battle. You have to play defence first and take your

:32:01. > :32:06.torturers when they come. I spoke to Mike Babcock, what has struck me is

:32:07. > :32:09.they have this air of confidence. Is that something you have noticed with

:32:10. > :32:15.the Canadians? Some of the comments I think this is

:32:16. > :32:20.probably the best Canadian side ever assembled at an Olympic Games.

:32:21. > :32:26.Strong words. You can see their confidence. Babcock knows how to

:32:27. > :32:33.win. He has his team prepared. They may be peaking at the right time.

:32:34. > :32:38.When you watch the Canadians, there is a remarkable team spirit, how

:32:39. > :32:45.important is that? With the Canadian women after they won a gold medal,

:32:46. > :32:53.the men's team came over to congratulate them.

:32:54. > :32:58.Will they be worried that Crosby hasn't scored yet? He didn't have a

:32:59. > :33:03.great tournament in Vancouver either. He has played better as the

:33:04. > :33:08.tournament has gone on. He may be the start today. What will it take

:33:09. > :33:14.for Sweden to win? They need to score first, be effective in the

:33:15. > :33:19.power play. The other intriguing thing is this crowd, predominantly

:33:20. > :33:30.Russian, who will they be cheering for? I bet it is Sweden! It will be

:33:31. > :33:34.rocking at the Bolshoy Ice Dome, no Russia here, can Sweden take the

:33:35. > :33:41.Olympic crown? A great final in prospect. No

:33:42. > :33:54.holiday for Jason in Sochi, here is his preview.

:33:55. > :34:07.This has been an ice hockey competition to remember.

:34:08. > :34:10.East West rivalry as dramatic as it promised to be.

:34:11. > :34:14.COMMENTATOR: What a finish, the American lead, the Russians are back

:34:15. > :34:19.on level terms. America take victory. A shock exit for the home

:34:20. > :34:23.team. It is Finland on their way to the

:34:24. > :34:29.semifinals. Russia crash out.

:34:30. > :34:33.A showdown between neighbouring countries and a fierce rivalry done

:34:34. > :34:38.and dusted. Canada are through to the final!

:34:39. > :34:41.Sweden are going through to the final again.

:34:42. > :34:45.Now it comes down to one last faceoff, Sweden versus Canada.

:34:46. > :34:51.They will be fighting it out for the final gold medal of this Winter

:34:52. > :34:56.Olympics. COMMENTATOR: It is gold for Canada.

:34:57. > :34:59.Canadians will think back to Vancouver and will be eager to bring

:35:00. > :35:04.home the gold medal again. It is about winning, about Canada,

:35:05. > :35:10.hockey supremacy. We like to brag it is our game.

:35:11. > :35:15.We always have a lot of pressure on ourselves. Any time Canada puts on

:35:16. > :35:20.the skates, gold is the only middle we want.

:35:21. > :35:25.Pressure means we have a chance. I will take pressure all day long. We

:35:26. > :35:30.have an opportunity to do something real special. It should be fun.

:35:31. > :35:34.Sweden didn't start as one of the favourites but this is their third

:35:35. > :35:42.final in the past six Winter Games. On two previous occasions they have

:35:43. > :35:48.won it. COMMENTATOR: It is Sweden, they celebrate their gold-medal!

:35:49. > :35:54.Lundqvist was crucial eight years ago and he has been just as

:35:55. > :36:01.invaluable this time around. In the first Games, we didn't play

:36:02. > :36:06.as we wanted -- the first matches. Growing up, my first dreams were to

:36:07. > :36:12.play for my country, in an Olympics. Just to be here is a great feeling,

:36:13. > :36:15.a proud feeling. Canada is favourite. They have a lot

:36:16. > :36:20.of skilled players in their line-up. It will be a great challenge.

:36:21. > :36:29.The semifinals showed that Sweden can make a comeback after going down

:36:30. > :36:35.1-0. COMMENTATOR: A bullet! They are not giving up easy chances

:36:36. > :36:40.to the other team. We can achieve great things.

:36:41. > :36:46.They have a lot of highly skilled guys but we need to play our game.

:36:47. > :36:52.We have to put everything we have onto the ice.

:36:53. > :37:03.Every Canadian player is on the NHL roster. Crosby, Benn, Price.

:37:04. > :37:08.They have done a lot of winning in their careers, it should be a lot of

:37:09. > :37:15.fun. You came here to compete as hard as you can. Sweden played

:37:16. > :37:20.methodical hockey. We will try to speed it up.

:37:21. > :37:26.They play with no ego, it is all about team, they will be hard.

:37:27. > :37:30.So, the putts stops here with both sides ready to do battle at the

:37:31. > :38:18.Bolshoy, it will be a final to remember.

:38:19. > :38:29.So, here we go, the last medal of the Sochi Games. No quarter asked,

:38:30. > :38:34.no quarter given, live from the magnificent Bolshoy Ice Dome. The

:38:35. > :38:36.men's ice hockey gold medal, let us go over to our commentators, Seth

:38:37. > :38:45.Bennett and Brent Pope. Welcome to the Bolshoy, Canada

:38:46. > :38:50.against Sweden, there will be support for both sides. Which way

:38:51. > :38:55.will the neutrals go, that is the question. We have seen a few Russian

:38:56. > :39:00.shirts. If few interesting hats. The officials make their way onto the

:39:01. > :39:08.ice, they will have a big roll to play, and have plenty of experience.

:39:09. > :39:13.And all North American line-up officiating this match. It has been

:39:14. > :39:18.interesting for the officials. This is their gold-medal selection, to do

:39:19. > :39:23.this game. This is an honour, the best they can achieve. To be in

:39:24. > :39:28.charge of this game, they will have nerves as well. They have got better

:39:29. > :39:39.as the tournament has gone on. As we turned, it will be a good night,

:39:40. > :39:44.this place is picking up. Price leaves the way for the

:39:45. > :39:51.Canadians. The defending champions against the current world champions.

:39:52. > :39:54.The 2010 gold-medal winners against the 2006 gold-medal winners. These

:39:55. > :40:00.are two of the best teams in world ice hockey over the past decade.

:40:01. > :40:05.They come into this tournament, both undefeated in their five Games until

:40:06. > :40:09.this point. They have played some terrific hockey. Not spellbinding by

:40:10. > :40:14.any stretch of the imagination but, defensively, they have been mean.

:40:15. > :40:19.Just nine goals conceded between the two sides. It is outstanding

:40:20. > :40:33.defence. Lundqvist leading. Price. Here is

:40:34. > :40:39.the starting line-up. In a game like this, where a shot can come from

:40:40. > :40:43.anywhere on the goal line, we have seen Lundqvist let in a couple of

:40:44. > :40:51.goals from positions he would prefer to have been able to save. Price has

:40:52. > :41:00.been stellar and strong. As we have moved through the Games, Price was

:41:01. > :41:08.the right guy to put in position for Canada. The fence has come from

:41:09. > :41:14.their defence in this tournament which is unusual.

:41:15. > :41:21.The captain, Sidney Crosby, he was here four years ago. He picked over

:41:22. > :41:26.time as his moment to announce himself as Canada took gold,

:41:27. > :41:32.courtesy of that young man. Kronwall has been here before, gold-medal

:41:33. > :41:39.winner back in 2006. They exchange pendants. The coach, Par Marts, he

:41:40. > :41:44.was very calm. Never going to get excited about anything, I don't

:41:45. > :41:48.think! Mike Babcock, again, somebody who is absolutely on it. He knows

:41:49. > :41:54.what he wants from this team, very much in control.

:41:55. > :41:57.The other day, I said Mike Babcock was like an eagle on the bench, he

:41:58. > :42:01.doesn't let anything go under the carpet. He will tell you positive or

:42:02. > :42:11.negative, and is always feeding back to his players.

:42:12. > :42:20.Let us wait and see what happens. Here we go, the final event of Sochi

:42:21. > :42:28.2014 is under way, the men's ice hockey final, the gold-medal game.

:42:29. > :42:31.Terrific teams packed full of NHL Starts, Canada are in red. Sweden

:42:32. > :42:46.will try immediately. Sweden coming forward. A big

:42:47. > :42:52.deflection. Carey Price hanging onto that one. Still plenty of fans

:42:53. > :42:57.filing into this stadium. We may see some empty seats. Heightened

:42:58. > :43:03.security. Probably only in the second period when we will see seats

:43:04. > :43:15.being filled. When the ceremonies are on, this place is on lockdown.

:43:16. > :43:27.Sweden won the faceoff but Crosby brought it away. Sent into the zone.

:43:28. > :43:37.Carlson has had a superb tournament.

:43:38. > :43:48.Crosby, feeding one in... That was an opportunity. Bergeron was not

:43:49. > :43:52.able to convert it. And that the other way with Sweden. The first

:43:53. > :44:11.chance of the game went Canada's way.

:44:12. > :44:19.Sweden, unable to get it out, this is what this line does so well.

:44:20. > :44:23.Trying to stab it home. Held on to stab it home. Held onto by

:44:24. > :44:30.Lundqvist. An outstanding start by Canada, as Crosby created an angle

:44:31. > :44:38.for himself. He passed to Bergeron which was outstanding.

:44:39. > :44:49.Bergeron almost went back. Jabbing away at Lundqvist, a good start by

:44:50. > :44:54.the Canadians. A tiny gap between the post and Lundqvist's foot.

:44:55. > :45:02.Let us see whether Canada can squeeze the puck in there. Sweden,

:45:03. > :45:19.how can they contain that big, strong line?

:45:20. > :45:38.A good answer from Sweden, good transition. Into the body! All the

:45:39. > :45:42.time in the world but he had no support, the shot was his only

:45:43. > :45:46.option. The Canadians were getting tired working against the Swedish

:45:47. > :45:55.fence. They took the opportunity of a line change.

:45:56. > :46:04.Carey Price was so far away from his net.

:46:05. > :46:25.That was great defensive play from Jimmie Ericsson.

:46:26. > :47:04.Sweden have the chance. A half chance really for Bergeron but he

:47:05. > :47:10.got himself tangled up. It is happening so quickly. Bergeron

:47:11. > :47:20.again. Sidney Crosby is on it right now. Sweden had better look out.

:47:21. > :47:28.Sidney Crosby has not scored in five games which means he is due. Yes, it

:47:29. > :47:37.means the pressure is on for him in Canada.

:47:38. > :47:49.This could be a chance at goal. Or not! Did that come straight back off

:47:50. > :47:55.the post? The referee on the spot. We will get the replay here. You

:47:56. > :48:00.will see it as it comes around. Can you believe that has come across and

:48:01. > :48:07.another great omen for Canadian hopes today. Something similar came

:48:08. > :48:14.-- something similar to this happen to the women. This is harder for it

:48:15. > :48:18.to stay out Barnett is for it to go in. Normally would have bounced off

:48:19. > :48:23.the lake and gone into the open goal but it stays out. Wow! The hoppy --

:48:24. > :48:28.the hockey gods are smiling on Canada right now.

:48:29. > :48:36.A great chance but it remains goalless. Canada will be thanking

:48:37. > :48:41.their small mercies there. We will see a lot of these playing out here

:48:42. > :48:53.today. If anybody thought this was going to

:48:54. > :48:57.be a Canadian walkover, these first five minutes have shown that will

:48:58. > :49:00.not be the case. It will not be against the Swedish players, they

:49:01. > :49:02.are too good and too careful about how they manage the park and they

:49:03. > :49:26.skate well and they are critical. A hard hit on a sharp and here is a

:49:27. > :49:30.chance for Erik Karlsson. He knew that it was coming and he may be

:49:31. > :49:31.rushed the play about. Erik Karlsson is the leading scorer in this

:49:32. > :49:42.tournament. The Canadians are hemmed in here for

:49:43. > :50:00.now. Erik Karlsson has had four goals and

:50:01. > :50:04.four assists. For a defence man to be leading the scoring at this level

:50:05. > :50:08.is just incredible. He has been lights out from the blue line and

:50:09. > :50:14.the powerplay if the Swedes get an opportunity, they are scoring in

:50:15. > :50:35.almost a third. They will make the Canadians play -- pay.

:50:36. > :50:43.Alexander Steen was born in Canada. A Winnipeg boy but he always chose

:50:44. > :50:53.to play for Sweden at international level. He has dual citizenship. A

:50:54. > :50:57.similar story for one of the American team. The Canadians have a

:50:58. > :50:59.whole extra roster in North America that could also be playing in this

:51:00. > :51:09.tournament. Drew Doughty has been magnificent

:51:10. > :51:26.for the Canadians offensively. Alexander Edler goes right up the

:51:27. > :51:31.middle. They all go chasing after it. We get a whistle here. It has

:51:32. > :51:36.been a breathless first seven minutes. Drew Doughty has been a

:51:37. > :51:40.leading scorer for the Canadians in this tournament. He has been doing

:51:41. > :51:45.his job for the blue line as well. He has four goals and four assists.

:51:46. > :51:52.These two are sharing the limelight as the young man's -- Young guns,

:51:53. > :51:56.from the defenceman position. Erik Karlsson has shot in the powerplay

:51:57. > :52:03.and once every three times they score. The interesting things is

:52:04. > :52:11.that the Swedish players take more penalties than any other team. The

:52:12. > :52:14.Canadians, if they can work into the powerplay they have a chance but if

:52:15. > :52:20.they open the door to the Swedes that will go a long way to measuring

:52:21. > :52:24.the outcome of the 60 minutes. Erik Karlsson is outstanding. We are in

:52:25. > :52:31.the middle of a TV time out here which allows them to repair the ice.

:52:32. > :52:38.That is Daniel Alfredsson, one of the veterans on this team. He is now

:52:39. > :52:45.in his 40s. Back in 1994 he was playing his first year of pro hockey

:52:46. > :52:48.back in Sweden. He said he was watching on the television and he

:52:49. > :53:18.loved the way that Sweden won on penalty shots at Lily hammer.

:53:19. > :53:42.Jay Bouwmeester Moines man -- wines one up. He has a beautiful shot. He

:53:43. > :53:48.is such a big man that when he leans on one it zips off the stake. He has

:53:49. > :53:53.got better as the tournament goes on and Mike Babcock has gone the door

:53:54. > :53:57.to him. He played for that all decisive goal against the Americans

:53:58. > :54:02.in the final -- semifinal. He skates well and shoots well and made a

:54:03. > :54:10.great play. Everybody expected a shot. Here is Patrice Bergeron. He

:54:11. > :54:20.gets help from Chris Kunitz. Patrice Bergeron sends it to the

:54:21. > :54:23.corner and is now Sidney Crosby will come alive with help from Shea

:54:24. > :54:32.Weber. Sweden dealt with that pretty well

:54:33. > :54:37.and got themselves some time and space to choose how to outlet. It is

:54:38. > :54:41.a great play to go behind your own gold. It is about having your puck

:54:42. > :54:42.on your stick longer than the opposition which allows you to

:54:43. > :54:56.control the game. Canada find themselves pushed back

:54:57. > :55:07.here. Marcus Kruger is getting no help. He will send this one around.

:55:08. > :55:13.Offside has been called. In ice hockey side is a simple one. The

:55:14. > :55:20.podcast to be the first thing across the blue line, followed by any

:55:21. > :55:24.attacking players. You look at the Canadian roots to get here and one

:55:25. > :55:28.of the interesting stats is that any team that has gone undefeated in the

:55:29. > :55:35.group stages has not won the gold medal. Canada were pushed by the

:55:36. > :55:46.Finns to win one in extra time. The Swedish team have been flawless.

:55:47. > :56:06.Sweden are doing enough to neutralise that.

:56:07. > :56:11.Sweden come in and that was tipped in front by Carlson and the two

:56:12. > :56:16.defensemen are leaving the rush -- leading the rush. A good save by

:56:17. > :56:58.Carey Price. Jakob Silfverberg turned himself

:56:59. > :57:06.into trouble there and he gets a second chance.

:57:07. > :57:13.They have been impressive in the offensive zone. The Swedish

:57:14. > :57:17.players, haven't they? They have really forced Canada around. They

:57:18. > :57:21.are all about control, the Swedes. They are great in the offensive zone

:57:22. > :57:25.because they do not allow the defenceman to get the puck cheaply.

:57:26. > :57:29.If you want you are going to have to work. You see some good interchange

:57:30. > :57:33.between them here with a shot coming in and the great touch and there is

:57:34. > :57:37.Erik Karlsson coming off the blue line and right in front of goal

:57:38. > :57:46.against Carey Price it almost opens up the scoring. They do that better

:57:47. > :57:49.than anybody even the Canadians, the Swedes are available to protect the

:57:50. > :57:52.puck. They are patient and they do not try to make a play before it is

:57:53. > :57:54.ready. It is a well timed and well-drained -- well drilled team up

:57:55. > :57:58.front. They know what temperature they want to cook it and how long it

:57:59. > :58:03.should stay in the oven before they serve it. That is like a Who's Who

:58:04. > :58:11.of Canadian coaching. That is Mike Babcock. He spends his time in the

:58:12. > :58:20.north-east. His mum told him to get a proper job and forget ice hockey.

:58:21. > :58:25.A different story for the Swedish coach. He has done pretty much

:58:26. > :58:28.everything with the Swedish national team. Some might say the time for

:58:29. > :58:36.Mike Babcock in the north-east was the making of him! Some! He might

:58:37. > :58:43.agree. He does speak very fondly of his time in the UK. Possibly not

:58:44. > :58:53.about the ice hockey. At that time it was a very different era.

:58:54. > :59:01.Patrice Bergeron snaps at the post but it runs and it is going to be

:59:02. > :59:03.cleared. Posts for both sides then. Patrice Bergeron is sharp today.

:59:04. > :59:30.They are playing great on that line. That one looked up and into the

:59:31. > :59:35.meshing of the plexiglass. This line working hard for Canada. Patrice

:59:36. > :59:46.Bergeron can do a little bit of everything. That provide -- that

:59:47. > :59:47.surprised Henrik Lundqvist. He was beat. It was just not inside the

:59:48. > :59:58.goal. Canada are looking for their ninth

:59:59. > :00:06.Olympic gold. It would be a third for Sweden. This is not a game where

:00:07. > :00:10.we expect to see an awful lot of goals. But you will see some

:00:11. > :00:12.chances. Once you get the chance you have too been some very good

:00:13. > :00:26.netminders. Here is Corey Perry. This is really good work from

:00:27. > :00:38.Canada. The Canadians win it back and Drew Doughty will walk it in.

:00:39. > :00:47.They are swinging nicely and a shot comes in but it takes a big defence

:00:48. > :00:49.-- deflection. Shea Weber has the ability to shoot at over 100 miles

:00:50. > :01:02.an hour. Possession time in the offensive

:01:03. > :01:06.zone for Sweden might given away. Here is Patrick Marleau but it's

:01:07. > :01:07.snaps into the side netting. A few Canadian fans thought that had gone

:01:08. > :01:20.in. Carter sends it all the way through

:01:21. > :01:26.and its scores, maybe a touch from someone else but Canada have the

:01:27. > :01:31.first goal in the Olympic final. Henrik Lundqvist was beat. It's huge

:01:32. > :01:37.goal! It is the champions who strike first. Jonathan Toews has been doing

:01:38. > :01:42.this all of his career. He was right in front of the net and he went for

:01:43. > :01:46.the goal and this could be the golden goal. He opens up scoring for

:01:47. > :01:50.Canada. He is a triple gold member and he has done it at the world and

:01:51. > :01:54.he has done it for the Stirling cup and here it could have helped Canada

:01:55. > :01:58.towards a gold medal at the Olympics. A great time to score your

:01:59. > :02:07.first of the tournament. It has been a bad time for the Chicago boys. We

:02:08. > :02:08.saw the Americans missed to penalty shots