Day 2, Part 1 - 9.00am to 11.00am

:00:00. > :00:00.men's team has Russia tomorrow morning. Plenty to look forward to.

:00:00. > :00:00.The curling event will keep going through the length of the games. We

:00:07. > :00:13.are also looking forward and building up to the big final. Would

:00:14. > :00:16.you believe it? Jamie Nicholls and Billy Morgan, we saw a lot of them

:00:17. > :00:23.yesterday in the men's slopestyle final. They cannot stay away. They

:00:24. > :00:30.are there to support Jenny Jones. Matthew Pinsent caught up with them.

:00:31. > :00:36.Congratulations on reaching the final. What was it like? It was a

:00:37. > :00:41.great experience and to be in the finals with Billy, two of us making

:00:42. > :00:49.it into the final. It was unreal. We threw down our best tricks. It was

:00:50. > :00:55.an amazing experience, to be part of snowboard history. You had a massive

:00:56. > :00:59.performance in qualification. I qualified straight into finals which

:01:00. > :01:03.meant I did not have to do semifinals. Billy hat to ride to the

:01:04. > :01:11.semifinals and finals, which is a lot in one day. That was much

:01:12. > :01:21.harder? Yes, I had to be up at 6:30am and ride the semifinals in

:01:22. > :01:27.the dark! I do not think I have been up at 6:30am before. Maybe for a

:01:28. > :01:38.flight. I qualified in first and got the run solid. I was stoked to go

:01:39. > :01:47.through. Qualified through first and had extra energy. What was the plan

:01:48. > :01:52.for the final runs? I was going to go all out and put all my cards on

:01:53. > :02:00.the table and went for it. If I had landed on my feet, I would have done

:02:01. > :02:04.good. That is slopestyle. In the slopestyle finals, especially at the

:02:05. > :02:09.Olympics, you cannot play safe. Everybody is out there to win and

:02:10. > :02:15.you throw out your best run. Two people getting in touch, how do you

:02:16. > :02:20.describe the experience? It has been insane, these support. Everybody

:02:21. > :02:26.backing us. It has been incredible and pushed us and helped us a lot,

:02:27. > :02:34.the shore. You will be back? I hope so. I feel like a shipwreck. The

:02:35. > :02:41.landings were pretty big. Compared to some, you came off lightly.

:02:42. > :02:46.People have taken hits in training. It has been tough. That normally

:02:47. > :02:55.happens. It is a risky game. If it was not risky, we would not love it.

:02:56. > :02:59.It is part of it. They will be watching Jenny Jones of

:03:00. > :03:06.Great Britain, but also Torah Bright, of Australia. She is in with

:03:07. > :03:10.a chance of making a chunk of history. She is a halfpipe

:03:11. > :03:16.specialist. She won the gold medal last time. She is riding in three

:03:17. > :03:17.events and could be the first female snowboarder to win multiple Olympic

:03:18. > :03:27.titles. The last two months before the

:03:28. > :03:34.Vancouver games, I spent more time of the snow than on. I had two

:03:35. > :03:39.concussions. In hindsight, knowing what we do now about concussion, I

:03:40. > :03:45.should not have been cleared. I probably should not have been at the

:03:46. > :03:50.games. Having left the Olympics disappointed she committed herself

:03:51. > :03:55.to making 2010 her year. She pushed herself and learned new tricks to

:03:56. > :04:01.develop a world beating run. One of those was a switch backside 720.

:04:02. > :04:06.Incredibly difficult. Very few men can pull that off. It was while

:04:07. > :04:11.training for this that accident occurred. I was going to make this

:04:12. > :04:20.happen. The concussion brought me down a few levels. Into this switch

:04:21. > :04:28.back side 720. She lands it. She knows it's good. Looking back now

:04:29. > :04:33.what I know about concussion, there were signs I should have taken a

:04:34. > :04:39.break. I should have rested. And then I did. After the games, I took

:04:40. > :04:46.time off competing and took a low impact gym. You had to make a

:04:47. > :04:51.decision to get back in competition. I remember hearing you

:04:52. > :04:54.had got back on your board and not realising you have not been on it

:04:55. > :05:03.and at the time, thinking, this is really close. I did not go in the

:05:04. > :05:12.pipe for a little while. I was always riding. But not in the

:05:13. > :05:19.contest scene. To be honest, it was so great, to have a little break

:05:20. > :05:28.from that. I compete well. But I do not love competing. I do not need to

:05:29. > :05:33.compete to be fulfilled, or, to validate I am a great snowboarder. I

:05:34. > :05:37.always think back to win the gold medal, you have to have this

:05:38. > :05:44.single-minded desire to win. At all costs. Look what it did to me. I did

:05:45. > :05:51.have that and it was against my whole being. It did not work for me.

:05:52. > :06:00.Taking from my experience into the last Olympic Games and now, I am

:06:01. > :06:04.doing what I love. Now, I have taken on three events, trying to represent

:06:05. > :06:12.my country in three events at the Olympics. You have just told me you

:06:13. > :06:22.are not a natural competitor. You are taking on three events. Yes,

:06:23. > :06:28.crazy. Why not? Slopestyle and hostile come from freestyle, you do

:06:29. > :06:33.similar motions in the air. But the boardercross, you are into alpine

:06:34. > :06:38.territory and it is racing. To get into a World Cup, to have enough

:06:39. > :06:45.points, the journey, it was interesting. Did you go back to

:06:46. > :06:53.amateur level? Yes, I was lining up with young kids. I remember in the

:06:54. > :07:01.start gate a girl said I cannot believe I am riding with Torah

:07:02. > :07:05.Bright. I am like, let's race. It was a quick learning curve. I

:07:06. > :07:13.qualified in the top 16 into the rounds. People work going, if you

:07:14. > :07:22.are qualifying in the top 16, you are racing. I did not expect it to

:07:23. > :07:26.go that quick. Boardercross is just snowboarding, just like halfpipe and

:07:27. > :07:32.slopestyle, it is a combination, plus free riding.

:07:33. > :07:49.She does not like competing? I do not know. If you use social media,

:07:50. > :07:53.we like to hear from you. #bbcsochi. One person asks if they are ever

:07:54. > :08:02.going to sleep in. No chance. Not if you are with us. We do not want you

:08:03. > :08:06.to. Sage Kotsenburg was the winner in the men's event yesterday, who

:08:07. > :08:12.was mentioned more times than any athlete in these Olympic Games so

:08:13. > :08:18.far. 44,000 times. This sport has got them talking.

:08:19. > :08:30.Original sporting drama on the BBC. Brand-new, this Winter Olympics.

:08:31. > :08:37.Have you heard about slopestyle? I know nothing about it. An event that

:08:38. > :08:58.will blow your mind. How will it do that? On snowboard, on skis. Gnarly

:08:59. > :09:05.Rails. Massive jumps. It is amazing. The rule is, there are no rules.

:09:06. > :09:10.Really? There cannot be no rules. That does not make sense. It is

:09:11. > :09:21.slopestyle. Athlete, mountain, anything goes. I cannot wait to see

:09:22. > :09:30.this. It will be an awesome ride. I am going to watch some.

:09:31. > :09:35.The sport sells itself. It is time to strike gold for the second time

:09:36. > :09:41.today. We saw Matthias Meyer taking gold for Austria. Now, the first

:09:42. > :09:46.final in the women's slopestyle about to be claimed. Aimee Fuller

:09:47. > :09:50.was in the semifinal and she will be cheering on Jenny Jones. She is

:09:51. > :09:58.going to join Tim and Ed in the commentary box.

:09:59. > :10:05.What a fantastic setting. The women preparing themselves. Aimee Fuller,

:10:06. > :10:12.you have been riding over the last four days, what is the condition of

:10:13. > :10:17.the course? It is probably in one of the best conditions. We started out

:10:18. > :10:28.and it was definitely a struggle. It is big. It is fast. It is going to

:10:29. > :10:37.be an exciting final. There are some heavy hitters. We keep going on

:10:38. > :10:44.about the form girl, Silje Norendal. She sneaked in. Spencer O'Brien,

:10:45. > :10:56.Torah Bright, Anna Gasser, coming from nowhere. The rails impress me

:10:57. > :11:03.but she looks like she has the kickers. I noticed Anna Gasser a

:11:04. > :11:07.couple of years ago and she was slaying the rails. She has

:11:08. > :11:14.fine-tuned her jumping. She is probably one of the strongest in the

:11:15. > :11:18.field. You know, watching these ladies in the park, when they do not

:11:19. > :11:25.compete, you know what tricks they have got. What secrets will be

:11:26. > :11:30.unveiled? Anna Gasser, everybody has been talking about her and I am

:11:31. > :11:35.excited to see her. She has the cab double and it would be phenomenal to

:11:36. > :11:38.see her put that down. I would love to see that. It is about pushing

:11:39. > :11:44.snowboarding and progression and that is what it is about the me.

:11:45. > :11:51.What tactic do you think will be undertaken? It looked, yesterday,

:11:52. > :11:57.like they took the restraints off, the men, and went mental in the

:11:58. > :12:02.final. It is fantastic to see. It is the Olympics. It is the biggest show

:12:03. > :12:10.in the world. The biggest contest in history. Why not, fasten the hatches

:12:11. > :12:15.and go for it, it is the Olympics. Tim and I have described to a lot of

:12:16. > :12:20.people, after the controversy about because being massive and unsafe, we

:12:21. > :12:26.have been saying it is going through the normal process, when athletes

:12:27. > :12:31.comment on the course, you give feedback and they make adjustments.

:12:32. > :12:37.Is that the case, or do you think it was dangerous? I would say it is a

:12:38. > :12:43.normal procedure. Things always start sketching. The fact it is a

:12:44. > :12:49.new experience, everybody was shaken up. They fine-tuned it. We are

:12:50. > :12:57.looking good to go. Silje Norendal, one of the favourites coming in. We

:12:58. > :13:03.talked about confidence earlier on and she put down her earlier run at

:13:04. > :13:13.just the right time, because confidence is key. It is 60% of the

:13:14. > :13:21.sport. Cab seven. We saw her put that down in practice.

:13:22. > :13:28.It is going to be a big 540 and she held that grab like her life

:13:29. > :13:33.depended on it. It is a shame about the mistake but a good run. How

:13:34. > :13:37.difficult is it landing a switch in these landings? They are big and

:13:38. > :13:44.long soak it is hard to hold a clean line. That was really smart. She

:13:45. > :13:49.messed up slightly on the first jump but the rails looked solid. She had

:13:50. > :14:02.a good rail section. The 180 of the canon. That is good how she went cab

:14:03. > :14:11.one two back -- to back one. The rails, cheap quick, don't they? --

:14:12. > :14:17.the rails come at you quick, don't they? Probably some of the tightest

:14:18. > :14:28.I have ever been. The last one, one of the hardest rotation since -- in

:14:29. > :14:32.snowboarding, when you can't see it. We said, off the back of that win in

:14:33. > :14:37.the X Games, she would be full of confidence, but it has been the

:14:38. > :14:40.opposite. Have you spoken to since the X Games? I think she is buzzing

:14:41. > :14:46.since then but I would like to see her put down a good run. I have been

:14:47. > :14:54.riding with her since she was 13. Jenny Jones, her first run the

:14:55. > :15:03.finals. 50-50 on the kink rail. She is solid on the rails. Offer little

:15:04. > :15:11.early. -- off a little early. Getting the grab in off the 180 on

:15:12. > :15:16.the canon. Cab five. Not as strong as she would have liked. Backside

:15:17. > :15:28.360 mute grab. Is this the front seven? Yes! Nice

:15:29. > :15:36.and solid from Jenny Jones. How much does that mean as a rider? Putting

:15:37. > :15:39.that first one then solid. She has got to be buzzing, a really solid

:15:40. > :15:44.first run. It is great to get a good score on the board. She can just go

:15:45. > :15:50.for it now, she is in the finals, that was her aim. She controlled

:15:51. > :15:57.that so well. She got a little bit squirrel league in the take-off to

:15:58. > :16:02.the second rail. But completely saved it. As solid as ever, come on,

:16:03. > :16:13.Jones the! You are allowed to be biased. We are trying not to be. One

:16:14. > :16:16.thing about Jonesy, she goes way bigger than anyone else and she is

:16:17. > :16:23.so solid, so look for those nice deep landings. So a 73, a really

:16:24. > :16:27.good platform to build on. She actually looked on the front seven

:16:28. > :16:31.like she landed at the top of the landing, so she has somewhere to go

:16:32. > :16:39.with that. But the back three, that was nice and deep. Candrian from

:16:40. > :16:46.Switzerland. A goofy rider. Second at the slopestyle World Cup in

:16:47. > :16:51.Canada. She will be feeling pretty confident with herself.

:16:52. > :16:58.How much do you change it when you are riding under the cloud cover

:16:59. > :17:02.like today? This morning was better weather, because you didn't have the

:17:03. > :17:07.early sunrise in your face and it kept the course a bit softer, rather

:17:08. > :17:12.than that freeze-for action we have had. I enjoyed it more.

:17:13. > :17:19.The rail section wasn't that technical. She made her points in

:17:20. > :17:30.the semifinals on the kickers. Big backside 360. Frontside seven. Good

:17:31. > :17:34.melon grab. And a safe and smooth landing. Correct me if I'm wrong,

:17:35. > :17:42.but that was the same kicker line as Jenny ? So the difference will be

:17:43. > :17:54.how they score the rails. Jenny has the switchboard forwards. I think

:17:55. > :17:59.that is going to be a tough draw. Candrian has the front board, which

:18:00. > :18:05.is a technical trick. She hasn't got the rail before that. A very similar

:18:06. > :18:11.run to Jenny. Kevin Jones was cleaner in the top section but

:18:12. > :18:16.Candrian's front seven was on point. And it was a bit bigger. This is a

:18:17. > :18:20.good education for us, we have been struggling with some of the judging

:18:21. > :18:29.and we have a nice marker between two similar runs to see how they

:18:30. > :18:31.score them. It seems the judges have been prioritising execution, had the

:18:32. > :18:38.jumps are performed and any mistakes seem to come from the whole run

:18:39. > :18:41.rather than a particular trick. Candrian has been into the last

:18:42. > :18:45.couple of months, a slight problem with her back, so she must be pumped

:18:46. > :18:52.right now to be in the Olympic final after not even being on snow. There

:18:53. > :18:57.you go, just being in the Olympic final. It is the first ever women's

:18:58. > :19:04.slopestyle event at the Olympics and, unbelievably... There we go. So

:19:05. > :19:12.the size was definitely working for Sina Candrian. That bottle jumps in

:19:13. > :19:17.to her over the line. The ladies need to go big, that is what they

:19:18. > :19:21.are looking for. That is something that Sarka Pancochova didn't

:19:22. > :19:26.struggle with in the semifinal! She was going massive, for a woman who

:19:27. > :19:29.is only five foot three tall. She sent it to the moon. Great things

:19:30. > :19:43.come in small packages. As you said, the boxes are smaller

:19:44. > :19:48.and flatter and they carry slightly lower difficulty rating than a thin

:19:49. > :19:54.rail, which is harder to balance on. She has opted for the switch

:19:55. > :19:58.backside 180. Puts her into the frontside five. Landing backwards,

:19:59. > :20:07.coming in switch to the first jump. She was so deep. Lovely tweak on

:20:08. > :20:22.that, switch five. Backside 720. That was a spectacular run. She is

:20:23. > :20:26.happy with it as well. Two 540s and 720. That will put up there, but I'm

:20:27. > :20:32.a bit bemused why she is hitting the jump on the third rail section. But

:20:33. > :20:35.she has some of the best style in the game. You can see from the

:20:36. > :20:42.kickers, she pulls, tweaks everything. She makes everything

:20:43. > :20:44.look so easy. She is using that feature as another jump line,

:20:45. > :20:54.showing off one other smaller rotations. Essentially saying, look

:20:55. > :20:59.at me, I rule on the jump. Yes, super competent in the air. Let's

:21:00. > :21:12.take a look at this, do we think it is into the 90s? I would say the

:21:13. > :21:22.high 18s. 86 issue. Yes! How did I get bad so spot-on? -- get that. The

:21:23. > :21:27.judges wipe the slate clean for each round, but we were seeing scores in

:21:28. > :21:34.the mid-90s in the qualifying rounds. So there is a long way to go

:21:35. > :21:44.yet. Norendal in fourth, Jones inferred, Candrian in second and

:21:45. > :21:48.Pancochova... Rukajarvi is such a consistent rider. She is so elegant.

:21:49. > :21:56.She is one of the taller women but she is so graceful in the air. It is

:21:57. > :22:00.worth remembering that these ladies haven't had the luxury of riding

:22:01. > :22:04.this morning, like the first four. So they might be a little bit rusty.

:22:05. > :22:13.But they did qualify straight for the final. Rukajarvi, from the town

:22:14. > :22:18.of Rukajarvi. Frontside three. Massive. Absolutely beautiful.

:22:19. > :22:28.Bottom jump. Cab five. Nice. Solid run. And we talk about the

:22:29. > :22:35.importance of putting down a run and getting a score on the board, how

:22:36. > :22:40.important is it for a rider to lock a scoring? Mentally, it puts you in

:22:41. > :22:43.such a good position and you can go up and you don't have to worry about

:22:44. > :22:47.landing, essentially, because you are so pumped that you got on the

:22:48. > :22:53.board. You can throw all of your cards on the table, you have nothing

:22:54. > :22:58.to lose. All in for the second run, with a full house. Is it? I don't

:22:59. > :23:04.know. Coming up the back of that injury on the European -- at the

:23:05. > :23:09.European open. Another rider just really pleased to be here. She

:23:10. > :23:17.looked very good in qualifying and then crashed out. But she is happy

:23:18. > :23:21.here. We were at the X Games two weeks ago now and she couldn't even

:23:22. > :23:27.compete, she was walking and rehabilitating her knee in the

:23:28. > :23:32.athletes' ten. It seems all of these girls who have been injured are back

:23:33. > :23:39.on firing form. She is an amazing rider, great to see her here. Batty

:23:40. > :23:50.zero points 75 ahead of Jenny Jones. -- that is numeric

:23:51. > :24:00.I go now? She is just hanging out, look, I am at the Olympics! Do I

:24:01. > :24:07.have to drop in a shallow just hang out? Tell us about Ty Walker, I

:24:08. > :24:13.heard she was wheeled into the opening ceremony in a wheelchair. Ty

:24:14. > :24:17.Walker is the people's champion. She was on crutches yesterday, she could

:24:18. > :24:23.barely walk. I guess they have given her a magic dose of a cortisone

:24:24. > :24:28.injection. And she was up there today, barely even practised, really

:24:29. > :24:35.cool. I think she is the youngest rider in the field at 16, so she

:24:36. > :24:38.absolutely smashed it. Her compatriot Karly Shorr dropping in.

:24:39. > :24:46.Second row element, going very nicely. Yes, you have to say there

:24:47. > :24:55.might be a little bit of a Kotsenburg effect going on in team

:24:56. > :25:02.USA. Lovely. Good bit of style on that, got solid ground. Came up a

:25:03. > :25:12.fraction short. That was a cool grab. She has come up short. Didn't

:25:13. > :25:19.get enough on the take. She got hung up on her heels a little bit, you

:25:20. > :25:24.are always fighting a losing battle. Look at the crowd going wild, they

:25:25. > :25:31.are not even bothered, they are just watching these girls go of the

:25:32. > :25:34.biggest kickers in history. -- go off. You don't get a good

:25:35. > :25:37.perspective from down here, you can see how long they are in the air but

:25:38. > :25:42.it is not until you see the helicopter shots in slow motion that

:25:43. > :25:47.you realise just how far they are travelling. They are beasts, this

:25:48. > :25:54.jump, especially the last one. You fire off the thing and you see the

:25:55. > :25:57.stadium behind you. It was the Napan. So if you grab the wrong side

:25:58. > :26:04.of your foot, you are technically grabbing on the nose, so whatever

:26:05. > :26:12.grab you are aiming for, you just add the letter enter the front. So

:26:13. > :26:16.Japan becomes Napan. -- the letter N onto the front. The people at home

:26:17. > :26:26.are confused, they should try commentating on it! She has the

:26:27. > :26:33.second run to improve on that. Spencer O'Brien coming out of

:26:34. > :26:38.Canada. He must -- she must feel vindicated that having campaigned

:26:39. > :26:44.for women to go off the same size jumps as the men, everyone in the

:26:45. > :26:50.semifinal is doing this. Spencer won the World Cup qualifier in January.

:26:51. > :27:01.It would have done the confidence the world of good. She charges. She

:27:02. > :27:06.is not afraid. That 180, she didn't grab that. The switch backside five

:27:07. > :27:14.is perfect. The 180 at the top, it is a style thing to not grab. A

:27:15. > :27:20.backside seven. Are just sat down, it has cost her the third is jump.

:27:21. > :27:25.Not holding back, really good to see her stepping it up. I have not seen

:27:26. > :27:29.her put a back seven in the run before, something to watch for in

:27:30. > :27:43.the second run. How much pressure does it give the riders when they

:27:44. > :27:47.fall on the first run? Its doubles. That automatic pressure. You cannot

:27:48. > :27:57.describe it. Something that you want so much, to have fallen, and to have

:27:58. > :28:00.to do it in one run, it is tough. Even trying to imagine doing that

:28:01. > :28:07.feels like somebody has sewn together my liver and pancreas. And

:28:08. > :28:14.pulling it apart using pegs. I am glad when I do that it does not feel

:28:15. > :28:21.quite like that. It definitely gets the adrenaline going. I spoke to

:28:22. > :28:28.Torah Bright in New Zealand about this and she tried to claim she was

:28:29. > :28:32.not a natural competitor. She is such a lovely human. She is the

:28:33. > :28:38.nicest and friendliest person. We were at the World Cup qualifier, we

:28:39. > :28:40.were dancing at the top. Singing the Spice Girls. She is super relaxed

:28:41. > :28:54.and she lives for the moment. She had a good running qualifiers.

:28:55. > :29:09.She had the run of her life, what is now known as a Jamie Nicholls. She

:29:10. > :29:15.overcooked it. It is interesting to see Aimee Fuller's reaction. She

:29:16. > :29:20.knew what danger awaited. If you go big, the landings drop away. Are

:29:21. > :29:29.these the biggest jumps you have written? I would definitely say so,

:29:30. > :29:34.definitely in a row -- ridden. There is no time to think. You are firing

:29:35. > :29:45.off like a rocket. You know what they say, if you want to dance, you

:29:46. > :29:55.have to pay the band. Elena Just made a down payment. She is still

:29:56. > :30:03.flying in the air. That was a mellow fall. If you get your feet down

:30:04. > :30:14.first, you can take the sting out of it. The board kicked up some snow.

:30:15. > :30:21.Just a mellow fall. At the moment we have four riders. Four out of the

:30:22. > :30:30.eight to have fallen, so similar odds to the men's results. Jenny

:30:31. > :30:34.Jones, fourth place currently. We talked about this earlier, fourth

:30:35. > :30:41.place is the worst place. I would rather have fifth. Going from

:30:42. > :30:46.records, never mind gold medals. Torah Bright has probably been

:30:47. > :30:55.dancing. The Spice Girls. She is a happy person. She has made it clear

:30:56. > :31:06.that she is riding for the American skier, Sarah, who passed away in

:31:07. > :31:10.February 2012. Instrumental in getting slopestyle into the

:31:11. > :31:15.Olympics, as well. The switch cannon, it is so technical. She has

:31:16. > :31:23.some of the best board control out of the ladies. She held it. That is

:31:24. > :31:30.huge. The first nine we have seen landed from the women. She clipped

:31:31. > :31:40.the knuckle. She made it over. That is it. Lovely. Torah Bright. She has

:31:41. > :31:45.torn up the rule book. She is not even a regular competitor. I love

:31:46. > :31:56.that about Torah Bright, she is just going for it. It will have to be

:31:57. > :32:01.cleaner, and we have seen that. The switch straight air was amazing. It

:32:02. > :32:09.is such a hard trick. Sitting down slightly. The hand just dragged. We

:32:10. > :32:19.have seen results, tricks like that punished. What a highlight. Torah

:32:20. > :32:25.Bright going for the cab 900 in the Olympic finals. Making history. She

:32:26. > :32:33.will know that will have damage to score, but the smile will be on her

:32:34. > :32:40.face. It could help hen's eggs hatch. She cannot help but smile. If

:32:41. > :32:47.you have landed the first switch 900 in a women's Olympics lip style

:32:48. > :32:53.final, you would be smiling. Team Australia going wild. The execution

:32:54. > :32:59.judge has punished her. We keep saying, one mistake does not just

:33:00. > :33:09.damage the trick, it damages the run. I would love to see that, cab

:33:10. > :33:23.nine. The pipe champion on the slopestyle coursed, doing a cab

:33:24. > :33:27.nine. Jamie Anderson. The Queen of slopestyle, who has won everything

:33:28. > :33:32.there is to win in snowboarding slopestyle over the last four years.

:33:33. > :33:38.We did our own predictions before we came on air. Aimee Fuller went to

:33:39. > :33:44.Jamie in the gold medal position, as did Tim. I have gone for Anna

:33:45. > :33:55.Gasser. I would like to see that, Anna Gasser, that would be cool. She

:33:56. > :33:58.has that precocious, I do not care, approach. Let's get into Jamie

:33:59. > :34:07.Anderson. Looking so relaxed already. That was nice. Look how

:34:08. > :34:13.solid she is. A lot of people were loose going into that and she looked

:34:14. > :34:19.relaxed. Cab seven nose grab. Lovely.

:34:20. > :34:32.That was absolutely massive. That is why she is constantly on the podium

:34:33. > :34:42.around the world, ladies and gentlemen. She has only gone and put

:34:43. > :34:51.down the run of her life. 540, 540, 540, in qualification, but here, we

:34:52. > :34:54.see cab seven. The third jump, the way we saw Torah Bright markdown,

:34:55. > :35:03.this will not be a big score. She will be marked down. The first jump

:35:04. > :35:08.was so perfectly executed. The switch back five. She went deeper

:35:09. > :35:16.than the men on that. It is a shame about the last jump. She sits down

:35:17. > :35:23.in the way we saw Torah Bright doing it. She is out of control down the

:35:24. > :35:30.bottom. I think we will see late 60s, early 70s, again. The key in

:35:31. > :35:37.this contest is going massive and landing cleanly. No hands. Just

:35:38. > :35:41.power through the landing. The day of men's competition and then

:35:42. > :35:46.semifinals this morning, that is what we have seen. Variety,

:35:47. > :35:54.execution and massive airs. I stand corrected. I am shocked at that

:35:55. > :35:59.score. She should have been rewarded for the top two. Scuff at the

:36:00. > :36:06.bottom, if she can clean that up, we will be on the money. I am with you.

:36:07. > :36:14.I do not see the difference. Between Torah Bright's scuff. And Torah

:36:15. > :36:21.Bright was risking more. Torah Bright probably checked a little

:36:22. > :36:27.harder, but the same trend. Isabel Derungs has been killing it

:36:28. > :36:33.recently. She has manlike tricks. She goes big, she sends it. That is

:36:34. > :36:44.what I like to see. She came off the first rail early but tidied it up.

:36:45. > :36:56.She had a little hands down. That would have happened quickly.

:36:57. > :37:02.Scuffing the hands again. But it was a nice back seven. This is my

:37:03. > :37:15.favourite trick. The back site rodeo. It was a little bit short. --

:37:16. > :37:21.backside. Everything landed, just to the finishing touches. She looked at

:37:22. > :37:34.the hands of coming in. Speed seemed to be an issue. The backside grind.

:37:35. > :37:44.The arms are going down. She has back-to-back sevens and the back

:37:45. > :37:51.rodeo. She is going upside down. If she can get that to the feet,

:37:52. > :37:55.cleanly, it could be a winning run. There is definite potential. She has

:37:56. > :38:02.to tidy it up. Coming back to the judges, they do not like it messy.

:38:03. > :38:07.What is cool right now, in the stadium, the slopestyle riders, the

:38:08. > :38:12.girls, they are here, cheering on their friends. That is unique about

:38:13. > :38:17.our sport. I think most of the men are here from yesterday, as well.

:38:18. > :38:23.The promise of an amazing run, but she has two tidy it up. It is about

:38:24. > :38:35.the execution. She will go through this kink. The first Lady. She is

:38:36. > :38:44.going back to the top. She either set off early, all the marshals got

:38:45. > :38:55.it wrong. Her coach almost goes down! This is definitely one of the

:38:56. > :39:04.highlights. This is the best big I have seen. Quick, get to the top! If

:39:05. > :39:17.you were in any doubt this course was IC, you have seen the evidence

:39:18. > :39:27.-- icy. That is the highlight, Anna Gasser, ice skating to the top or

:39:28. > :39:36.bottom. Seriously, in the morning, the course is bullet-proof. She is

:39:37. > :39:40.one of the best snowboarders in the world. She has just had an

:39:41. > :39:47.embarrassing experience in front of, maybe, a global audience of 1

:39:48. > :39:54.billion people. How hard is it to focus again on the run? I do not

:39:55. > :40:07.think they have been embarrassing that. It would not bother me too

:40:08. > :40:22.much. I would just laugh. She is Austrian, German speaking. # That's

:40:23. > :40:39.why I'm easy like Sonntag morgen. She looks amazing on a snowboard.

:40:40. > :40:48.She has flared, she writes well. She has been the break-out talent of

:40:49. > :40:57.2013. That was going so deep. There was no flailing between the runs. A

:40:58. > :41:04.frontside seven. She had so much style. That is one of the best

:41:05. > :41:14.frontside sevens in women's snowboarding. I am going to claim

:41:15. > :41:21.it. The arms in snowboarding are not the key -- are the key indicators.

:41:22. > :41:26.With a lot of these tricks, they are done on the transition. It is about

:41:27. > :41:36.preloading the board and exploding off the lip. Look at the trailing

:41:37. > :41:55.arm, it is so relaxed. That was good to see. She is charging at it. She

:41:56. > :42:04.is going for the doll. Have you seen a face on the Russian doll? Blonde

:42:05. > :42:08.hair, she is pretty cool looking. Anna Gasser, my tip for the gold

:42:09. > :42:17.medal. The pressure is on after the first run. I wonder if she will

:42:18. > :42:23.asked out the cab double. -- bust out.

:42:24. > :42:34.Let's have a look at these standings.

:42:35. > :42:45.We are ready for the second runs here at the women's slopestyle.

:42:46. > :42:49.HAZEL IRVINE: I know everybody is enjoying it, getting huge amount of

:42:50. > :42:55.feedback on your commentary. A lot of people in the dark about some of

:42:56. > :43:04.the new terms. For example, I am being asked what a little bit

:43:05. > :43:12.squirrely means. It just means kind of, you know, when you are just not

:43:13. > :43:17.in control. Not so much a technical term but our interpretation of not

:43:18. > :43:23.being in control. Like when you see a squirrel flying through the air

:43:24. > :43:28.out of control. I think of it in the sense of you are quite frantic.

:43:29. > :43:32.Right, I think we are all there. That was possibly one of the

:43:33. > :43:34.funniest moments I have seen in the Olympic Games, Paul Anna Gasser

:43:35. > :43:41.having to try and navigate her way back up that hill. -- pool. You said

:43:42. > :43:44.she was out of breath after that experience, do you think that had a

:43:45. > :43:49.part to play in her performance in that first run?

:43:50. > :43:53.Undoubtedly. She was unsettled when she dropped in and it reflected in

:43:54. > :43:57.that run. The me, watching her develop over the last six or seven

:43:58. > :44:02.months has been one of the real pleasures of slopestyle being in the

:44:03. > :44:05.Olympics. She is one of those girls who may not have won any of the big

:44:06. > :44:12.competitions but she has been peeking slowly and I think she came

:44:13. > :44:16.here knowing that she has the potential to win. She means business

:44:17. > :44:21.and I would like to see her lay down all of her cards. She has that cab

:44:22. > :44:27.double in the bag. Go for it, girl. I would love to see it.

:44:28. > :44:34.HAZEL IRVINE: Amy, I am interested to know your thoughts on the fact

:44:35. > :44:37.that it is the overall performance you are all being judged on. Is

:44:38. > :44:40.there a chance going forward that you might have to put down some of

:44:41. > :44:45.the tricks you are going to try and be judged on two counts, degree of

:44:46. > :44:52.difficulty and overall impression? Or do you think that would penalise

:44:53. > :44:56.spontaneity altogether? I think the great thing about our sport is you

:44:57. > :45:01.can get as creative as you want, but it really is all about being as

:45:02. > :45:10.clean as possible. As Billy Morgan was saying yesterday, just got to go

:45:11. > :45:15.food, put everything you have got down on the table, and if you can do

:45:16. > :45:19.that, you are in for a good results -- just got to go for it. It is just

:45:20. > :45:24.fine tuning those skills you have not quite got down and just try and

:45:25. > :45:27.get everything more consistent, go big and make it look good, that is

:45:28. > :45:32.the key. HAZEL IRVINE: And when you think

:45:33. > :45:39.about the size of some of the jump-start the women have been

:45:40. > :45:43.tackling, and you talked about earlier on about having to push

:45:44. > :45:48.yourself. This course has asked more questions than any other. Have you

:45:49. > :45:53.had it bring something else out of you women in terms of your

:45:54. > :45:56.performances because of the cause? I think at first, everyone was a

:45:57. > :46:02.little tentative and we thought maybe we would be seeing some of the

:46:03. > :46:08.girls hold back, including myself. But we have had a couple of days on

:46:09. > :46:12.the cause, we have got to grips with it and adapted to the size of it,

:46:13. > :46:16.which is great for progression more than anything, seeing the girls

:46:17. > :46:21.write this course. We are seeing the same runs that we are seeing at the

:46:22. > :46:24.likes of the X Games, if not better. Everyone is really stepping up to

:46:25. > :46:29.the plate and I think it is fantastic to see that progression.

:46:30. > :46:34.Just going down here on the Olympic stage, it is amazing to see.

:46:35. > :46:38.HAZEL IRVINE: It is great to see you tackle this and to hear you up

:46:39. > :46:43.there. And Tim and Ed, in terms of the overall contest, Jenny Jones,

:46:44. > :46:48.her chances of moving up, how do you rate them?

:46:49. > :46:52.Personally, I think they are very good. She has laid down a great

:46:53. > :46:59.marker in her first run and we know she has a frontside nine on

:47:00. > :47:06.potentially for that last jump, so if the front part goes well and she

:47:07. > :47:13.puts the frontside nine down, there is the chance of a medal. It has got

:47:14. > :47:17.to be, please! I would love to see Jones over the front nine, it is

:47:18. > :47:24.fantastic she is in the finals. Do you think she will be at the lid off

:47:25. > :47:27.and go for it? I think so, she is buzzing to be here and why not just

:47:28. > :47:32.go for it. HAZEL IRVINE: And go for it, new

:47:33. > :47:35.three, indeed. Run two, a gold medal about to be one.

:47:36. > :47:44.-- won. Silje Norendal, she snuck in at the

:47:45. > :47:49.back end of the semifinals. It is all on the line for her. If she

:47:50. > :47:52.wants to look at the medals, she has to turn it on. A slight clip on the

:47:53. > :48:07.rail, catching her age. The cab 720. Let the knuckle, this

:48:08. > :48:20.isn't going to improve on her first score. It is unfortunate the sea had

:48:21. > :48:26.down like that. -- to see her down. I was heartbroken for Cheryl Maas,

:48:27. > :48:29.another great rider that, not only do you not get into the medals but

:48:30. > :48:37.you cannot showcase the riding you know you can do. Yes, Silje is such

:48:38. > :48:42.a progressive rider and she can throw down, so it is unfortunate to

:48:43. > :48:46.see her not to land. But there are some riders who have amazing skills

:48:47. > :48:50.in the bag, so I am confident we will see some fantastic snowboarding

:48:51. > :48:56.still to come. The showcase is unreal so far. That is what

:48:57. > :49:02.intrigues me. You get different styles of rider, and you get riders

:49:03. > :49:05.like Jamie Anderson who has skill and consistency but Silje, if you go

:49:06. > :49:09.out filming with her and give her four or five tries at things when

:49:10. > :49:15.she doesn't have to perform at that moment, she can do some of the best

:49:16. > :49:20.tricks in the world. Yes, visual, and that is the thing about

:49:21. > :49:23.snowboarding, it is not all about the competition. We travel around

:49:24. > :49:27.the world and we film and it is about having a good time on the

:49:28. > :49:32.slopes and Silje will come away from here and there is a never contest.

:49:33. > :49:43.Next up, Jenny Jones, currently lying in fit. I can't look. Someone

:49:44. > :49:49.else commentate. I have got this. Jenny's experience will come to the

:49:50. > :49:57.fore here. Nice and solid on the first rail, 50-50, front one. Great

:49:58. > :50:07.rail. Beautiful on the down rail. Great execution from the Jones.

:50:08. > :50:13.Doing little tricks. Beautiful, Jones, solid to the feed. Great

:50:14. > :50:18.grab, looking very solid for Jenny Jones. The backside 360 grabbed

:50:19. > :50:27.well. Is she going for the front nine? She went for the Severn.

:50:28. > :50:34.Solid! That was the second run of semifinals but it was laid down very

:50:35. > :50:41.cleanly. Look at the smile on her face, I am so happy to see her put

:50:42. > :50:52.that down. Israel, she slid all the way till the end. Everything was

:50:53. > :50:59.really clean -- these rail. Solid, an absolute style machine. I can

:51:00. > :51:09.feel my polls in my lower intestines. That is not your pulse.

:51:10. > :51:14.She does let go a little early to crank around that 300 and. But look

:51:15. > :51:24.at the stomp, it was solid. Look at the smile. She don't even look up. I

:51:25. > :51:28.think this is a good score we should see. It was such a clean run, we

:51:29. > :51:35.have said all along that execution and going big... There is the

:51:36. > :51:46.British team, Katie Summerhayes, Colin, look at everyone. , , Jones.

:51:47. > :51:51.She doesn't even realise her mum and dad are in the crowd, they have

:51:52. > :51:57.flown out secretly. When is the score coming in? Put the UK out of

:51:58. > :52:04.their misery. I have the shakes. Ed is going to cry. The crowd are

:52:05. > :52:10.starting to throw things at the judges. Why are they taking so long?

:52:11. > :52:15.They are not, really. It is difficult, it is the same run. We

:52:16. > :52:24.took a 306 it, you compare that to Jamie Anderson, who has got 540s and

:52:25. > :52:30.720s. But the rails. The rails were brilliant. I think they are getting

:52:31. > :52:39.a phone call from the Queen in the judges' booth. I wonder if the Queen

:52:40. > :52:51.is watching this. Hello, man, if you are. -- ma'am. That is her dad

:52:52. > :53:03.there. She has just seen her dad on the big screen. This is insane. The

:53:04. > :53:10.judges have had some big decisions but nothing has waited this long.

:53:11. > :53:13.This is actually ridiculous. There is a big argument going on in the

:53:14. > :53:31.judges' tower about where this rancid. She is into first place!

:53:32. > :53:39.Jenny Jones! 87. 25! Jenny Jones, as the second runs, in gold-medal

:53:40. > :53:48.position. Look at the smile on her face. Jenny Jones doing it the Great

:53:49. > :53:52.Britain. Let me be the dad, I'm slowing everybody down, we have a

:53:53. > :53:58.lot of riders still to go, we are live on the BBC, let's keep our

:53:59. > :54:03.composure. None of us want to be fired. There are a lot of women here

:54:04. > :54:08.who are serious threats to the gold-medal position. Sina Candrian

:54:09. > :54:14.being one of them, the Swiss snowboarder, she has a 720 in her

:54:15. > :54:23.pocket. Calm down, Tim. I can't feel my left leg, is that normal?

:54:24. > :54:27.Looking at comparisons through the rail section with Jenny's run and

:54:28. > :54:35.this is quite standard at the moment. Jenny Jones's size and

:54:36. > :54:38.execution was key and the judges have rewarded consistently with the

:54:39. > :54:44.other tricks and runs we have seen scoring big. It has sent out a clear

:54:45. > :54:46.message to all of the other competitors in the start gate. Go

:54:47. > :54:58.big. My goodness! She didn't even realise

:54:59. > :55:05.she had done that! I need to chill out, this is mental. Jenny Jones may

:55:06. > :55:09.have only occupied the gold medal spot for one run. We said there are

:55:10. > :55:16.so many riders who are looking to land big runs and Sina Candrian,

:55:17. > :55:24.straight out of the gate, come out with an absolute banger. She has

:55:25. > :55:30.just made history, a frontside 1080. We have never seen that in

:55:31. > :55:37.women's slopestyle before. It is fantastic, it is all about

:55:38. > :55:43.progression and I am buzzing. She got the cheeky grabbing. She didn't

:55:44. > :55:50.grab that one either. She has missed two grabs. Are we being a bit

:55:51. > :55:59.biased? She lets go of that grab early. That is 1080. There is a hand

:56:00. > :56:03.down when she lands. Jenny's run was super-clean, really big. That is a

:56:04. > :56:08.hand down on a trick we have never seen before, and she didn't bring it

:56:09. > :56:17.all the way round. Again, we are going to see the judges come under

:56:18. > :56:25.intense scrutiny. They are going to earn their ?6 50 and free lunch now.

:56:26. > :56:34.This is ridiculous. If they make us wait as long again, Jenny will be

:56:35. > :56:38.gone. Whatever happens, she got a frontside 1080. And that is

:56:39. > :56:43.something we see day in, day out in events. I know we have seen it in

:56:44. > :56:48.the men's downhill, the guys and girls are all congratulating each

:56:49. > :56:58.other, but isn't it good to see. Third position, is that? Don't get

:56:59. > :57:02.too excited yet. It is an absolute cliche, but from yesterday's

:57:03. > :57:09.slopestyle with the men and today here with the women, the real winner

:57:10. > :57:17.is snowboarding. I think the real winner is so cheap. Every time I

:57:18. > :57:25.come, it is harder to leave. -- Sochi. Every time it is good. Here

:57:26. > :57:30.at Khutor, there is evidence of the heart and soul. 87, it is only good

:57:31. > :57:33.enough is over. Jenny Jones still has a gold-medal position. Don't

:57:34. > :57:42.worry, there are still 30 more riders. -- 13. We have to go through

:57:43. > :57:53.13 more? There are only 12 in the final.

:57:54. > :58:02.We are seeing a clear message from the judges, that execution is key.

:58:03. > :58:08.The hand drag and she missed the grabs. We talk about execution. We

:58:09. > :58:15.have been banking our heads against the wall. Go big, experience wins

:58:16. > :58:27.every time. The pressure is cranking because there is a screen at the

:58:28. > :58:33.back that they can watch. The boxes are judged as a little bit easier

:58:34. > :58:46.than the rails. They are easier to balance on. That is the worst way to

:58:47. > :59:02.go, a heel edge landing. That is a concussion. The medics will be out.

:59:03. > :59:08.I think she is OK. That was a good hit to the head. She is a tough

:59:09. > :59:15.cookie. I am sure she will be at the party tonight. She likes to party.

:59:16. > :59:20.That is catching your edge and there is no warning. There is nothing you

:59:21. > :59:24.can do. Yesterday and today, they have made it look easy, but this is

:59:25. > :59:29.what is waiting just below the surface, if you get any tricks

:59:30. > :59:36.slightly wrong. You catch your edge and it will catapult you into the

:59:37. > :59:46.snow. It comes out of nowhere. They grab you. We call them the snow

:59:47. > :59:58.snakes. I would like to respectfully clap, as well. That was awful. It

:59:59. > :00:03.gives you the absolute insight. We have not seen many big crashes over

:00:04. > :00:09.the course of the week. You do not any more because the standard is so

:00:10. > :00:13.high. But we are at the business end of the competition. These women are

:00:14. > :00:23.starting to throw it on the line and there is a gold medal at stake.

:00:24. > :00:27.Everybody is going for broke. Such is the super technical trick. Seeing

:00:28. > :00:34.her go down like that is not a pretty sight. I am glad that she

:00:35. > :00:38.looks like she is OK. It was beautiful style. She was on top of

:00:39. > :00:50.the spends. But the impact was so happy. -- spins. I would have burst

:00:51. > :01:01.apart like a Lego man if that was me. I am clapping again. I am

:01:02. > :01:07.standing up. It is a standing ovation as Sarka Pancochova goes

:01:08. > :01:18.down. It shows what can happen in this

:01:19. > :01:23.sport. It is dangerous. The riders have respect for each other and that

:01:24. > :01:32.is why we are so close. Still towering over the four who have

:01:33. > :01:45.descended. Look at the helmet. It is completely smashed. That is why you

:01:46. > :01:52.wear a helmet. Mums and dads, on Tees and uncles, kids, you should

:01:53. > :01:57.wear a helmet on the slopes. -- aunties.

:01:58. > :02:13.It shows why you should wear a helmet. The helmet did its job. Enni

:02:14. > :02:21.Rukajarvi. We have talked about the style and technicality of this

:02:22. > :02:32.rider. The riders from Finland, a superpower for consistency. They

:02:33. > :02:41.train on sheet ice. Frontside 720. That was very nice. There was a

:02:42. > :02:58.wobble on the way in. This is a very big run. 720. That was fantastic.

:02:59. > :03:15.Backside 540, to switch 720. Really good to see her lands that run. The

:03:16. > :03:21.Finnish, they are a dominant nation in our sport. They snowboard in the

:03:22. > :03:31.dark back home. The melon grab, one of the harder ways to spend. And the

:03:32. > :03:40.switch 720. Taking off backwards and landing backwards. That was

:03:41. > :03:44.beautiful, to rail it is like that and not get the rise, when you start

:03:45. > :03:51.to bounce on the heel edge, because that is when you go down. It shows

:03:52. > :03:59.what a good snowboarders she is. Incredible board control. Looking to

:04:00. > :04:09.better Jenny Jones of Great Britain. A score of 87.25. 92.5. She

:04:10. > :04:15.moves into the gold medal position. Jenny Jones is in these silver medal

:04:16. > :04:19.position. Sina Candrian in the bronze medal position. That is a

:04:20. > :04:26.well-placed score, and well-deserved. I think the reason it

:04:27. > :04:32.took so long for Jenny Jones' score to come through is the judges wanted

:04:33. > :04:37.to set the benchmark of a good run. What does it deserve, as clean and

:04:38. > :04:49.as big as you can go on Jenny's run. It has to be special to beat

:04:50. > :05:02.that. Now, America's Karly Shorr. She has the same birthday as me, so

:05:03. > :05:10.she is obviously very cool! Another American who, like you say, as

:05:11. > :05:18.youngsters, the next... The next generation. Just 19. When she gets

:05:19. > :05:23.into the next Olympics, this experience will do her good. How

:05:24. > :05:29.good is it to experience the Olympics as an event? It is

:05:30. > :05:36.spectacular to be here, and the opening ceremony was unreal, being

:05:37. > :05:46.part of a strong team. I liked that grab.

:05:47. > :05:57.She held onto that. That is cool to see. Definitely a rookie going into

:05:58. > :06:04.the event and that was a belter of a run. We spoke about how good it is

:06:05. > :06:09.for them to come to the Olympics and just put down a bum and make a good

:06:10. > :06:16.account of themselves. I am here, I am one of the best, and I am in the

:06:17. > :06:20.finals. The experience gets you use to mainstream media attention so

:06:21. > :06:24.that when you come the second time, you know what to expect and you are

:06:25. > :06:30.not out of your comfort zone by being featured everywhere and

:06:31. > :06:34.everybody wanting to speak to you. It is crazy. Back in Belfast, the

:06:35. > :06:40.support I have been getting is overwhelming. I cannot thank anyone

:06:41. > :06:43.enough. It is cool to have snowboarding in the spotlight and to

:06:44. > :06:50.show everybody what the sport is about. At the moment, snowboarding

:06:51. > :06:56.in Great Britain is in a new place. Jenny Jones is in the silver medal

:06:57. > :07:00.position. It would not only be snowboarding's first Olympic medal,

:07:01. > :07:16.it would be Great Britain's first Olympic medal on snow. Can she hold

:07:17. > :07:24.it down for the Queen? Spencer O'Brien from Canada. Spencer O'Brien

:07:25. > :07:37.is a technical rider. We can see anything happen here. The box was

:07:38. > :07:49.not quite perpendicular. 180 at the cannon rail. Switch backside 540,

:07:50. > :08:03.very clean. And a lovely grab. Good control. She sat down! That is it.

:08:04. > :08:09.Spencer's Olympic dreams are over. The riders at the bottom... They

:08:10. > :08:14.breathe a sigh of relief. You do not want to say it, but they are open

:08:15. > :08:18.tenterhooks, waiting for the results to come in. When you know you have

:08:19. > :08:26.put down a good run and you have to watch everyone else come down, you

:08:27. > :08:42.probably are hoping, yes, the nicest possible bail. The bail is when you

:08:43. > :08:50.let a trip go. A couple of reverts. Five riders still to go. What does

:08:51. > :08:58.the double black -- back flip feel like? Pretty wild. You send the

:08:59. > :09:05.first one, and you are constantly looking for the landing after the

:09:06. > :09:10.second rotation. I just went for it. Spencer O'Brien will be in 11th, a

:09:11. > :09:17.disappointment for one of the biggest talents in snowboarding.

:09:18. > :09:23.Jenny Jones in silver medal decision. Awaiting the descent of

:09:24. > :09:30.the last five riders in the first women's Olympic slopestyle contest.

:09:31. > :09:39.Elena Konz of Switzerland. And a good qualifying run. Struggled on

:09:40. > :09:51.the first run of these finals. Just 24.5. She is looking for eight to

:09:52. > :09:59.seven points flats... Game over. A gentle fist pump at the bottom.

:10:00. > :10:08.There is no fist pumping going on in here. They are pacing in the

:10:09. > :10:21.finishing area. That was a lovely front seven. She should get applause

:10:22. > :10:25.for that. Disappointing. We said the same thing about the competitor

:10:26. > :10:33.laying down a switch backside slide seven when she had let her run go. I

:10:34. > :10:43.think it is cool. If you fall over, show everyone what else you have in

:10:44. > :10:55.the tank. The biggest threat to the medal position, we still have Jamie

:10:56. > :11:00.Anderson, the Queen of slopestyle. Torah Bright, arguably the woman

:11:01. > :11:06.with the best board control. One of the best in the world doing three

:11:07. > :11:17.disciplines. And Anna Gasser. Anna Gasser, our champion, that is who we

:11:18. > :11:26.are claiming. And Isabel Derungs. It is all to play for. Anything can

:11:27. > :11:33.happen. We saw it in the men's. We did, exactly this. We saw Sage

:11:34. > :11:40.Kotsenburg hold the gold medal from Jenny's position, right here. Do not

:11:41. > :11:45.say that. Torah Bright, a lot of work to do. She has the experience.

:11:46. > :11:50.This is her third Olympics. She wrote the pipe in Italy and got gold

:11:51. > :11:56.in a halfpipe in Vancouver. She has opted to go the three medals in

:11:57. > :12:04.Sochi. She is so relaxed. That is Jamie Anderson from team USA. There

:12:05. > :12:08.are not many Olympic sports where you have that camaraderie between

:12:09. > :12:22.rivals. There is good banter among the fields. it was like Spiderman

:12:23. > :12:36.and Doctor Octopus hugging. Switch. That is unreal, it is so

:12:37. > :12:42.technical. Really, really nice. The trademark of her riding... And she

:12:43. > :12:50.sits down! Which is what she did in the first run. And hearts are racing

:12:51. > :12:57.in the finish area, as they make it through another run. She is probably

:12:58. > :13:05.praying that the judges looked away just as she landed and perhaps

:13:06. > :13:07.didn't see her sit down. May be they did -- may be. So the positions

:13:08. > :13:25.remain the same. In the gold-medal position, it is

:13:26. > :13:28.Rukajarvi. Jenny Jones is in there. We still have three riders to drop.

:13:29. > :13:41.Jamie Anderson, the woman who has run everything, , Anna Gasser, the

:13:42. > :13:59.snowboarding. 66. 25, it is not going to be a medal for Torah

:14:00. > :14:03.women's pipe and boarder cross, but she will always be a firm favourite

:14:04. > :14:09.in and she will always be a firm favourite

:14:10. > :14:17.ladies. And she will still be happy, regardless of that. OK, so nerves

:14:18. > :14:17.are running very, very high here. Great Britain are in line for a

:14:18. > :14:30.silver medal as it stands, Great Britain are in line for a

:14:31. > :14:33.cabinet at the moment is probably only an Olympic medal. She has won

:14:34. > :14:41.everything from the X Games to the US Open. She has the trophies, she

:14:42. > :14:47.has done it all before. Can she do it now? Trying to settle her

:14:48. > :14:53.nerves. A huge moment in Jamie Anderson's career. Jamie is one of

:14:54. > :14:54.those riders who can literally cruise down the slope and make it

:14:55. > :15:05.look so easy. You can hear the buzz of the

:15:06. > :15:13.helicopter camera following. Like a swarm of flies. It won't be

:15:14. > :15:26.distracting her. 180 onto the Canon, 180 off. Looking very timely. --

:15:27. > :15:35.tidy. Cab seven. That was beautiful. Backside five. Massive. This is

:15:36. > :15:41.great. It all comes down to this. Frontside seven. Little hand down.

:15:42. > :15:45.To be fair, it was a belter of a run, super technical combos. She

:15:46. > :15:52.went off switch, she landed switch, she went switch, landed regular and

:15:53. > :15:57.finished it with a pretty good-looking frontside seven. It was

:15:58. > :16:03.a battle with nerves and she wrestled them to the floor, pin them

:16:04. > :16:07.down for the three count and delivered a beautiful run. I was

:16:08. > :16:12.nervous for her, the pressure she has on her. As we said, she has won

:16:13. > :16:20.everything except theirs. Predictions? I think it has bumped

:16:21. > :16:29.Jenny down into third. I think it is silver, I don't think it will

:16:30. > :16:36.overtake Enni. Look how big she went on the switchback five. The style is

:16:37. > :16:41.pretty flawless. We saw Jenny do a switch frontside five, but the

:16:42. > :16:45.backside five is arguably harder. If you are a skier, it is like going

:16:46. > :16:55.backwards on your skis and throwing yourself the most awkward way

:16:56. > :17:03.possible. Switchback saved five -- backside five when you initiated is

:17:04. > :17:08.hard. Well, an emphatic score from the judges to take Jamie Anderson

:17:09. > :17:12.into the gold-medal position! Rukajarvi is bumped down to silver,

:17:13. > :17:24.but Jenny Jones is still in the medals with two riders to go. Jones

:17:25. > :17:30.holding the bronze-medal position. Two riders still to drop. Even just

:17:31. > :17:35.seeing that, it is surreal. We are at the Olympics, Jenny Jones is

:17:36. > :17:38.sitting in third place. I have pins and needles in the bottom of my

:17:39. > :17:47.hands. I have lost the ability to use my arms. I think I'm going to be

:17:48. > :17:51.sick. Isabel Derungs, we were speaking to the Swiss commentator,

:17:52. > :17:55.the owner of the first-ever snowboarding gold medal from 1998

:17:56. > :18:02.and he was saying this girl is good. She is the real deal. If you wanted

:18:03. > :18:03.a seal of approval, that is it. Commentator's curse. Sliding on the

:18:04. > :18:14.backside lip. She is down. That is a terrible

:18:15. > :18:24.fall. But hearts are in mouths, Brett is being held. -- breath. I

:18:25. > :18:30.don't think I have felt like this in my life. My hand is over my eyes.

:18:31. > :18:34.Said Isabel Derungs will not take a big score out of this run, which

:18:35. > :18:42.means there is only one rider between Jenny Jones and Britain's

:18:43. > :18:43.first Olympic medal on snow. Can Jenny Jones be the first Olympic

:18:44. > :18:49.British medallist of this competition? You have got to say,

:18:50. > :18:57.more importantly, there is one rider between Jenny Jones... And an

:18:58. > :19:01.Olympic bronze medal? And history, rewriting the history books. We

:19:02. > :19:06.touched on it earlier on, but Jenny's career is a Hollywood

:19:07. > :19:11.script. She started snowboarding on a dry slope in Bristol, went to do a

:19:12. > :19:18.season as a chalet girl, entered the British Championships at the end of

:19:19. > :19:24.the season, won the big air, started a gentle rise in the late 1990s and

:19:25. > :19:27.out of nowhere, she took an X Games gold medal, repeated that feat

:19:28. > :19:35.twice, and now, on the cusp of retirement in 2012, they announced

:19:36. > :19:39.that her discipline would enter the Olympics. She has prolonged her

:19:40. > :19:43.career, battled some very serious injuries to be here, fought her way

:19:44. > :19:49.through the qualifiers and then the semifinals. And right now, with one

:19:50. > :19:53.rider to go, Jenny Jones sits in the bronze-medal position behind Enni

:19:54. > :19:59.Rukajarvi in silver and Jamie Anderson in gold. Bows are settled

:20:00. > :20:06.at this point, they are going home with a medal around their necks.

:20:07. > :20:12.What colour it is, they don't know. Anna Gasser, the Austrian, the final

:20:13. > :20:16.rider, ready to drop. She has got this cab double. It is a hard one

:20:17. > :20:23.for her. Is she going to put it down and landed? A cab double cork means

:20:24. > :20:27.she is taking off backwards and she will spin in a corkscrew fashion,

:20:28. > :20:32.the head will go under the board twice while she spins a 900 degrees

:20:33. > :20:37.flat spin axis. It is an incredibly difficult trick, never landed in

:20:38. > :20:42.slopestyle before. Never in a competition, but I think she will

:20:43. > :20:44.play it safe. If she lands her save run, she has what it takes to get on

:20:45. > :20:57.the podium. -- save run. She is so fluid through the jumps.

:20:58. > :21:03.Into the first one. Cab under Flip. She is playing it safe. Very smooth,

:21:04. > :21:17.the Austrians looking for another medal... Arles, she has gone! Can I

:21:18. > :21:26.stand my chair now? Jenny Jones has just taken Britain's first ever

:21:27. > :21:34.Olympic medal on snow! This is the crowning glory to one of Britain's

:21:35. > :21:38.finest snow athletes' career. She prolonged her career to get to this

:21:39. > :21:41.point, she did it the hard way from qualifiers all the way to the

:21:42. > :21:46.semifinals and now in the final, she has delivered one of the best runs

:21:47. > :21:51.in women's slopestyle snowboarding history and she will take home a

:21:52. > :21:56.medal. A fantastic performance, not just the Jenny Jones, but the

:21:57. > :22:02.British snowboarding. Guys, get the history books out and right this

:22:03. > :22:11.moment. I turned up your microphone because you were screaming. --I

:22:12. > :22:19.turned off. That his history, Jenny Jones has done it, the first medal

:22:20. > :22:22.of the Winter Olympics for Team GB. Let's just recap here, we have seen

:22:23. > :22:26.some breathtaking snowboarding from all other women. Of course, the

:22:27. > :22:35.standout rider here has been correctly rewarded by the judges,

:22:36. > :22:41.the USA's Jamie Anderson, so they take a gold medal in the women's as

:22:42. > :22:45.well as the men's. Enni Rukajarvi from Finland takes silver, but look

:22:46. > :22:54.at bat, Jenny Jones, Great Britain, bronze medallist. -- look at that.

:22:55. > :23:04.What a phenomenal performance. I think I might cry. You can cry,

:23:05. > :23:10.Aimee. They are crying. Now I am crying! All professionalism is going

:23:11. > :23:20.out of the window. I think we are allowed to, Jones has done it. Jamie

:23:21. > :23:27.Nicholls is going berserk! It is not just about talent. There are very

:23:28. > :23:30.few people in the world that reach the heights that Jenny Jones has

:23:31. > :23:36.reached and retained a humble modesty she has, see is such a

:23:37. > :23:41.lovely girl and to do this at this stage of her career, no one enjoys

:23:42. > :23:43.it more. And her mother and father have come over here secretly, she

:23:44. > :23:50.didn't know they were coming and they are in the crowd. I was in the

:23:51. > :23:55.stadium the other day and somebody tapped me on the shoulder and said,

:23:56. > :23:58.well done, and I said, are you Jenny's dad and he said yes, and now

:23:59. > :24:06.he is sitting with my Nan and grandad. This is Jenny's bronze

:24:07. > :24:10.medal winning run, with the frontside 720, of thing of pure

:24:11. > :24:23.beauty to finish up. This is Rukajarvi. The backside 540, so much

:24:24. > :24:30.style. A fantastic performance from Rukajarvi, crowned with this

:24:31. > :24:37.beautiful last air. And then Jamie Anderson, a masterclass in style and

:24:38. > :24:44.control. That nose grab cab seven, fantastic. Glory, cheers and hugs in

:24:45. > :24:50.the finish area, tears in the commentary box. This has been one of

:24:51. > :24:54.the most emotional events I have ever commentated on and it has been

:24:55. > :25:01.an absolute privilege to see Britain win their first ever Olympic medal

:25:02. > :25:08.on snow. Britain just dominated the slopestyle.

:25:09. > :25:13.HAZEL IRVINE: What a morning it has been. If you were up early and have

:25:14. > :25:20.been watching since 7am, we have had so much to show you into of the

:25:21. > :25:23.men's downhill and look at this, it is a bronze medal for Jenny Jones

:25:24. > :25:29.and as the guys have been saying, an amazing story for the 30-year-old,

:25:30. > :25:32.she had prolonged her career and had been a trailblazer in this sport. We

:25:33. > :25:36.thought the Olympics might have just come a little bit too late but in

:25:37. > :25:42.the end, it looked as though it was her experience - after all, she is

:25:43. > :25:46.at three times X Games gold medallist - she knew exactly what

:25:47. > :25:51.she had to do, she knew what the judges were looking for, execution

:25:52. > :25:54.and clean execution and she went for it. We are going to stay here to

:25:55. > :26:01.watch the pictures from the flower ceremony. She will get her medal

:26:02. > :26:04.here in the Coastal Cluster around 3:30pm UK time and we will be

:26:05. > :26:11.watching that, but as the guys have been saying, it is history. We have

:26:12. > :26:16.had 90 years of trying on snow. For many others, Alain Baxter's third

:26:17. > :26:22.place in Salt Lake City will be our first but this is it, it has come on

:26:23. > :26:28.a snowboard. Ed, how much do you think that played a part in the

:26:29. > :26:34.second run for her today? Hazel, it was a huge, huge part of

:26:35. > :26:39.it. She had a cool, calm, collected head, and Jenny physically is one of

:26:40. > :26:44.the most talented athletes, but having all of that experience, as

:26:45. > :26:49.you say, three X Games gold medals, having ridden these contests knowing

:26:50. > :26:54.exactly what it is going to take. We talked about the fact that she had a

:26:55. > :26:58.frontside 900 in her bag of tricks. She looked at what the field had

:26:59. > :27:02.done up to that point and she made the decision, I am going to get

:27:03. > :27:05.scored higher if I lay down the perfect run that I know I can do,

:27:06. > :27:11.rather than taking a risk on the last jump. And here it is, she is

:27:12. > :27:14.walking out to the podium to collect a bronze medal because of that

:27:15. > :27:20.decision. HAZEL IRVINE: And what has done this

:27:21. > :27:26.for snowboarding? Can you imagine the number of six, seven or

:27:27. > :27:35.eight-year-old that will get down to the local snowboarding place? I am

:27:36. > :27:42.really choked up about this at the moment.

:27:43. > :27:49.It shows you can get to your local dry slope. That is where Jenny Jones

:27:50. > :27:53.learned. On bristles, on toothbrushes, and she is collecting

:27:54. > :27:56.a bronze medal. She is the third best in the world. I have got my

:27:57. > :28:14.composure back. Here she goes. Look at everyone going wild with the

:28:15. > :28:20.British flags. Our first snowboarding medal. I cannot believe

:28:21. > :28:27.this. It is an honour to have witnessed this. The greatest no

:28:28. > :28:33.border from Great Britain, Jenny Jones, has produced when it

:28:34. > :28:37.mattered. Enni Rukajarvi steps up to collect the silver medal. What a

:28:38. > :28:50.podium, that is good to see. You have to say it is deserved, for

:28:51. > :28:53.this young lady, who has dominated women's snowboarding and push the

:28:54. > :28:59.boundaries of snowboarding and what it is capable of. It shows you that

:29:00. > :29:04.anything could happen. She did not land the first run and had

:29:05. > :29:14.everything to play on the last. She put it down when it counted. The

:29:15. > :29:20.gold medal to Jamie Anderson. She came back from the defeat in the X

:29:21. > :29:30.Games. She stands atop of the Olympic podium for the first ever...

:29:31. > :29:40.Jamie is one of most humble and down to earth humans you could wish to

:29:41. > :29:43.meet. A popular podium. I think exactly the same will happen here

:29:44. > :29:51.for the women's slopestyle, a fantastic event. So much drama. We

:29:52. > :29:56.have witnessed history, not just because it is the first Olympic

:29:57. > :30:02.slopestyle, but, because Britain has taken the first Olympic medal on the

:30:03. > :30:08.snow. Jenny Jones, 33 years of age, from Bristol, has proved it is never

:30:09. > :30:12.too late. She has worked tirelessly in the last three years, overcoming

:30:13. > :30:21.a huge concussion early in the season, when she was on lockdown.

:30:22. > :30:24.She could not look at phones, computers, loud noises were

:30:25. > :30:32.off-limits. She could not train for three weeks. As soon as she could,

:30:33. > :30:39.she worked on physical conditioning. And she has come out here and

:30:40. > :30:43.absolutely bossed it. She has made the right decisions. Lesley McKenna,

:30:44. > :30:51.watching at home, she is due to give birth in March. She has probably

:30:52. > :30:56.given birth. A shout out to Lesley McKenna, she has been behind us all

:30:57. > :31:00.the way, particularly Jenny and myself. She works behind the scenes,

:31:01. > :31:08.she keeps everything ticking over. I think I am going to cry again. Do

:31:09. > :31:12.you know what I can see from here? I am not sure where we will get to

:31:13. > :31:24.it, but Matthew Pinsent is hiding Jenny's mother. Imagine, travelling

:31:25. > :31:30.all the way out here. Jenny has no idea they are here. I will

:31:31. > :31:40.definitely cry at that. It is so cool. Jenny Jones, Enni Rukajarvi,

:31:41. > :31:46.Jamie Anderson, the reality begins to sink in. This is not any normal

:31:47. > :31:53.snowboard contest. They have just become the world's first female

:31:54. > :31:55.slopestyle Olympians. It was a phenomenal performance from the

:31:56. > :32:01.women, worthy of their Olympic medals. Well deserved. All three

:32:02. > :32:20.goals, fantastic. -- girls. Slow motion from the Jones. The

:32:21. > :32:29.champion of Great Britain. We have our Lady, Jenny Jones. The reason

:32:30. > :32:35.why it has broken me up, look at the reaction to the score. Sarka

:32:36. > :32:40.Pancochova managing to split her helmet into macro. Jamie Anderson,

:32:41. > :32:45.showing a deal is of the style but earned her the gold medal. Her

:32:46. > :32:53.parents in the crowd. And the three medallists, celebrating. I cannot

:32:54. > :32:56.tell you what's this means to British snowboarding. We had

:32:57. > :33:03.fantastic performances from Billy Morgan and Jamie Nicholls. But the

:33:04. > :33:07.Jenny Jones to do this, two top ten performances for the men and a

:33:08. > :33:13.bronze medal for the women. These are the foundations of a serious

:33:14. > :33:19.change in the UK. We will be seeing serious investment in this sport.

:33:20. > :33:28.Olympians, in slopestyle, in the coming seasons, should become a

:33:29. > :33:33.regular occasion. STUDIO: we hope so. Jenny Jones has done it. If you

:33:34. > :33:39.had a late morning, and you missed the important second run, we can

:33:40. > :33:42.show you what Jenny Jones puts down. A run that made Winter Olympics

:33:43. > :33:48.history for her and her country, Great Britain.

:33:49. > :33:56.Next, Jenny Jones. Currently in fifth. I cannot look. I might end up

:33:57. > :34:02.standing on my seat. I reckon I have got this. Jenny's experience will

:34:03. > :34:11.come to the fore, she has been in high-pressure situations. Nice and

:34:12. > :34:17.solid on the first rail. The best board slide we have seen. Great

:34:18. > :34:27.execution from the Jones. Talk about confidence. Beautiful Jones, solid

:34:28. > :34:36.to the feet. Looking solid the Jenny Jones. She stomped it. Is she going

:34:37. > :34:45.for the front nine? She went further seven. -- for the seven. The second

:34:46. > :34:51.run of semifinals. Lay down very clearly. It was a good-looking run.

:34:52. > :35:00.Look at the smile on her face. I am so happy. This rail especially. All

:35:01. > :35:04.the way to the end. Everything was really clean. She is daring the

:35:05. > :35:14.judges to mark her down. And check out the grab. An absolute machine. I

:35:15. > :35:27.can feel my pulse in my lower in testing. -- intestine! She let go a

:35:28. > :35:41.little bit early. But the stomp on that, that was very solid. The smile

:35:42. > :35:50.on the face. She dare not look up. Jenny, the first Olympic medallist

:35:51. > :35:56.from Britain on snow. It feels amazing, absolutely amazing. I

:35:57. > :36:00.cannot believe it. The guys in the commentary box were crying and we

:36:01. > :36:05.were crying. Have you cried yet? Not yet, I cannot believe it. I was

:36:06. > :36:12.waiting because I knew I would drop down and I did not know how far. I

:36:13. > :36:17.am just so happy right now. How difficult was it waiting with the

:36:18. > :36:22.runners coming behind you? It was difficult. I thought, OK, you did

:36:23. > :36:26.your best run, you landed it as clean as a whistle. Whatever

:36:27. > :36:33.happens, it is out of my control. The second run about as good as it

:36:34. > :36:38.could have been? With the course the way it was, I did the best run I

:36:39. > :36:43.could have done. What would you say to your mum and dad? I have a

:36:44. > :36:46.feeling they are here. I know they are here somewhere. We found them

:36:47. > :37:17.for you. You did it. You have never, ever

:37:18. > :37:25.disappointed us. We are not allowed here, really. We have got to be

:37:26. > :37:31.quiet. Well done. Congratulations. You did it. The boys are going mad

:37:32. > :37:38.at home. I am sorry, I am talking too loud. You are on the telly. You

:37:39. > :37:52.are allowed to. The boys are going mad. Are we live? I will see you in

:37:53. > :38:03.a minute. I will come to see you. OK. Are you laughing at my mum and

:38:04. > :38:09.dad? My mum is very northern! It brings home how much this means. I

:38:10. > :38:14.had an inkling my parents were here, and I do not like to know they are

:38:15. > :38:22.here. We heard you do not like to compete in front of your mum and

:38:23. > :38:27.dad. Afterwards, it is OK. I know that everyone at home would want me

:38:28. > :38:32.to say congratulations. We are proud of you. Can I say thank you to

:38:33. > :38:37.everyone who has supported me, it has meant so much. Thank you so

:38:38. > :38:46.much, everyone back home. Thanks to your time.

:38:47. > :38:51.STUDIO: well done, the history maker, Jenny Jones, and the medal

:38:52. > :38:57.ceremony will be at 3:30pm, your time, and we will be watching here

:38:58. > :39:04.will stop it will be going on behind the studio, right in front of the

:39:05. > :39:09.Olympic cauldron. It is an historic moment. I think the tissues have

:39:10. > :39:15.been out for everyone back home. It was an emotional moment with her mum

:39:16. > :39:19.and dad. We have shared great moments in Winter Olympics history,

:39:20. > :39:25.Rhona Martin among them. Amy Williams. That has to be one of the

:39:26. > :39:28.greatest moments I have witnessed. A wonderful breakthrough, not just the

:39:29. > :39:36.Jenny Jones, but for her sport, as well. Time to calm down with some

:39:37. > :39:41.women's ice hockey. We have one of the matches on the second day of the

:39:42. > :39:51.competition. It is Sweden against Japan. This action taking place

:39:52. > :39:54.across the way. Brent and Seth Wills helpers to calm down -- will help

:39:55. > :40:06.us. It is Sweden against Japan. Sweden

:40:07. > :40:12.were one of the powerhouses in women's ice hockey. Japan could be

:40:13. > :40:16.one of the emerging nations. Teams going in different directions. This

:40:17. > :40:20.could see one of these two teams being possibly bronze medal

:40:21. > :40:27.contenders, or, even more. It is an interesting test. The Swedish will

:40:28. > :40:32.be expected to go well, their trend is downwards. Japan come in with a

:40:33. > :40:36.good attitude and positive momentum. Maybe they are the team, they have

:40:37. > :40:42.only scored two macro goals in Olympic Games previously, maybe this

:40:43. > :40:51.is the tournament they can break out. The three crowns of Sweden

:40:52. > :41:09.against the all Black of Japan. A penalty, surely. It was a trip of

:41:10. > :41:19.frustration in the end. It is body control. Maybe you are right,

:41:20. > :41:27.searching back, not able to pursue in time. The onrushing player who

:41:28. > :41:34.will sit down for two minutes the tripping. I think she knew what she

:41:35. > :41:35.was doing with her stick. The power and speed of the Swedish team

:41:36. > :41:42.getting and speed of the Swedish team

:41:43. > :41:58.Chance number two with the player advantage is Sweden. No chance

:41:59. > :42:08.there. She shakes her head. Ten seconds was all that

:42:09. > :42:41.1-0 down, but plenty of smiles 14 Japan. -- Team Japan.

:42:42. > :42:50.She will maybe feels she should have put that in a slightly better place.

:42:51. > :42:56.Probably the best opportunity of both teams. The turnover. Put it

:42:57. > :43:26.into the midsection. Behind the back of the net it goes,

:43:27. > :43:34.a real chance. It is under a pile of bodies, everyone is coming in. Just

:43:35. > :43:41.wide. What a scramble that was. I thought for a second it was going to

:43:42. > :43:49.loop with the deflection. Japan very nearly get on the board. Listen into

:43:50. > :43:57.the crowd. They work it from behind, and it is an absolute scrum, a rugby

:43:58. > :44:12.scrum and it finally goes high. Just sits to the left of the post.

:44:13. > :44:15.Spigot goodness me, gave it right away. I don't think Fujimoto knew

:44:16. > :44:42.much about it. My really heads up play by the

:44:43. > :44:51.defenceman, she had space to play the created the goal-scoring

:44:52. > :44:53.opportunity. It was tremendous. Fujimoto does get a piece of it, but

:44:54. > :45:08.it is a tremendous shot coming in. I think the crowd have picked their

:45:09. > :45:12.corner here. The land of the rising Sun get a chance. Fired into the

:45:13. > :45:18.bottom of the goal-tender. Two great opportunities and Japan

:45:19. > :45:29.should be on the board. Back-to-back opportunities and it

:45:30. > :45:44.was hard to believe she was still open for the second one.

:45:45. > :45:59.I think the puck is underneath the catching glove. Most of the action

:46:00. > :46:07.-- as close to the action as you dare be. Uncertain as to where it

:46:08. > :46:12.is, trying to collect it underneath herself, Fujimoto. She hasn't quite

:46:13. > :46:17.got it, then she thinks she has. The referee is right on it and as long

:46:18. > :46:18.as they can keep eyesight of the play, they will allow it to

:46:19. > :47:17.continue. Couldn't find the finishing touch.

:47:18. > :47:18.Coming back the other way. Maybe this will be the opportunity Sweden

:47:19. > :47:36.need. Kubo has had a fantastic opportunity

:47:37. > :47:43.to score. This could spell trouble. But this

:47:44. > :47:54.is a tired stride. Japan without empty net need to get

:47:55. > :48:07.it then the other end. One last twist for the Japanese

:48:08. > :48:11.side? The pass was cut out but it is still alive.

:48:12. > :48:21.Sweden are going to take victory in their first group game. Sighs of

:48:22. > :48:27.relief, smiles on the Swedish bench. They have beaten Japan 1-0, but that

:48:28. > :48:33.was a very tight game. HAZEL IRVINE: That is what has been

:48:34. > :48:37.happening here in Sochi on the second day of the Winter Olympic

:48:38. > :48:41.Games. If you have had a slow start, fair enough, it is Sunday, but we

:48:42. > :48:48.have had the fastest start imagining. -- imaginable. We have

:48:49. > :48:53.had the slopestyle at the Rosa Khutor but before that, it was the

:48:54. > :48:55.men's downhill. You should have been up in time. Do you want to see who

:48:56. > :49:07.won it? You have twisted my arm. Matthias Mayer pushes out from the

:49:08. > :49:11.start. Into position for a couple of seconds before he has to go to work

:49:12. > :49:23.on the first of the big left footed terms. Let -- turns. I would say he

:49:24. > :49:27.has probably got the best chance for Austria and I will go out on a limb

:49:28. > :49:32.and say that he could get onto the podium today.

:49:33. > :49:46.He flies the Russian Trampoline, he looked comfortable in the air and he

:49:47. > :49:54.is not too far away. Jansrud, Ganong and Janka holding the medals at the

:49:55. > :49:58.moment. It is the best we have seen anyone skee the compression

:49:59. > :50:00.left-hander at the Traverse. It is a bit of a hit in transition, that is

:50:01. > :50:08.when your skis are light. The green light is on for Mateus

:50:09. > :50:24.Meyer, heading in the right direction. -- Mateus

:50:25. > :50:32.three hundredths is the advantage that Mayer has, not much in it. He

:50:33. > :50:37.is looking solid. He needs to get his head and shoulders down a touch

:50:38. > :50:44.more. Over the final job, Thaksin for the line and takes it by the

:50:45. > :50:48.10th of a second. -- talks in for the line. Mayer skis into gold-medal

:50:49. > :50:55.position. HAZEL IRVINE: Mayer, 23-year-old,

:50:56. > :50:58.the Austrians didn't think they had much of a chance but would you

:50:59. > :51:02.believe it, the seventh Austrian to win the coveted downhill title. It

:51:03. > :51:07.was his first ever downhill victory, extraordinarily, like 20 years ago

:51:08. > :51:13.in the Olympic downhill in Lillehammer. Thumbs down and puts it

:51:14. > :51:18.down to the gold medal, Austria will be kicking off. But all of Great

:51:19. > :51:21.Britain will be kicking off in celebration of Jenny Jones and Ed

:51:22. > :51:28.Leigh, who has been commentating all morning, have you stopped crying

:51:29. > :51:33.now? We have managed to compose ourselves now. Me, the emotion that

:51:34. > :51:38.builds up when you watch a scene like that, Jenny is an athlete who

:51:39. > :51:42.has dominated her sport for a decade and then her discipline arrives in

:51:43. > :51:47.the Olympics just too late for her prime, so for her to be able to

:51:48. > :51:50.raise their game and overcome a couple of quite serious injuries in

:51:51. > :51:56.the build-up to the Games and win a medal, it came flooding out. It sure

:51:57. > :52:02.did, and what you think it has done for snowboarding and freestyle

:52:03. > :52:08.skiing per Great Britain, the teams were there cheering her on, it must

:52:09. > :52:13.embolden them greatly for their events? I imagine further freestyle

:52:14. > :52:19.skiers, it has put pressure on them, especially the Woods, who knows

:52:20. > :52:24.there is expectation for him to do well in freestyle skiing, but it

:52:25. > :52:29.gives people a fair amount of confidence that Britain isn't just a

:52:30. > :52:32.token nation who have an old Winter sports history for family alpine

:52:33. > :52:37.skiing, we are a force to be reckoned with when it comes to these

:52:38. > :52:40.disciplines. We have developed a lot of talent and that is one of the

:52:41. > :52:45.reasons Jenny's medal is so important. As you saw with skeleton,

:52:46. > :52:52.after the medal in 2002, there has been an increased in -- investment

:52:53. > :52:56.in that sport and I hope to see the same thing happening for the skiers

:52:57. > :52:59.and snowboarding. You get a medal, you invest heavily. Jamie Nicholls,

:53:00. > :53:05.for one, is still quite long, at least one more Olympics in him.

:53:06. > :53:09.Katie Ormerod, a fantastic talent, she almost made it to these Games,

:53:10. > :53:13.but she's not quite ready. We can look forward to seeing her, Jamie

:53:14. > :53:20.and hopefully some new talent in PyeongChang in 2018. And briefly, in

:53:21. > :53:24.terms of young snowboarders who want to follow in Jenny's Pask, it just

:53:25. > :53:32.shows you that artificial slopes, having a try at things, it can lead

:53:33. > :53:38.to the most amazing reactions and consequences in sport. It can, and

:53:39. > :53:41.the joy of these things, when you hear all of these snowboarders

:53:42. > :53:45.speak, is that they started out for fun. It isn't a sport where you get

:53:46. > :53:50.bees did and you have to train heavily. It starts with a little bit

:53:51. > :53:54.of enjoyment and you get to grow with that. If you are enjoying

:53:55. > :53:58.something, it doesn't feel like work. If you speak to any of these

:53:59. > :54:02.riders, they will tell you the same thing, from the beginning to the

:54:03. > :54:07.elite level. It is a fantastic sport and I hope Jenny has managed to

:54:08. > :54:10.inspire some people. I am sure she has and I'm sure your commentary

:54:11. > :54:15.has, it was great to listen to. Go and have a beer, why not? We are

:54:16. > :54:18.just coming to the end of the transmission today, let me briefly

:54:19. > :54:25.tell you what is coming up, because there is so much more to enjoy. That

:54:26. > :54:33.was only two of the eight golds to be decided. Add to 10pm, Jonathan

:54:34. > :54:37.Edwards has the figure skating, and we have the ski jumping with Clare

:54:38. > :54:42.Balding later on. But it is Jenny Jones who has done it for Great

:54:43. > :54:44.Britain. The first victory on snow, she has done it in style,

:54:45. > :54:47.slopestyle. Goodbye for now.