Day 2, Part 1 - 9.00am to 11.00am Winter Olympics

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

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

are also looking forward and building up to the big final. Would

you believe it? Jamie Nicholls and Billy Morgan, we saw a lot of them

yesterday in the men's slopestyle final. They cannot stay away. They

are there to support Jenny Jones. Matthew Pinsent caught up with them.

Congratulations on reaching the final. What was it like? It was a

great experience and to be in the finals with Billy, two of us making

it into the final. It was unreal. We threw down our best tricks. It was

an amazing experience, to be part of snowboard history. You had a massive

performance in qualification. I qualified straight into finals which

meant I did not have to do semifinals. Billy hat to ride to the

semifinals and finals, which is a lot in one day. That was much

harder? Yes, I had to be up at 6:30am and ride the semifinals in

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

flight. I qualified in first and got the run solid. I was stoked to go

through. Qualified through first and had extra energy. What was the plan

for the final runs? I was going to go all out and put all my cards on

the table and went for it. If I had landed on my feet, I would have done

good. That is slopestyle. In the slopestyle finals, especially at the

Olympics, you cannot play safe. Everybody is out there to win and

you throw out your best run. Two people getting in touch, how do you

describe the experience? It has been insane, these support. Everybody

backing us. It has been incredible and pushed us and helped us a lot,

the shore. You will be back? I hope so. I feel like a shipwreck. The

landings were pretty big. Compared to some, you came off lightly.

People have taken hits in training. It has been tough. That normally

happens. It is a risky game. If it was not risky, we would not love it.

It is part of it. They will be watching Jenny Jones of

Great Britain, but also Torah Bright, of Australia. She is in with

a chance of making a chunk of history. She is a halfpipe

specialist. She won the gold medal last time. She is riding in three

events and could be the first female snowboarder to win multiple Olympic

titles. The last two months before the

Vancouver games, I spent more time of the snow than on. I had two

concussions. In hindsight, knowing what we do now about concussion, I

should not have been cleared. I probably should not have been at the

games. Having left the Olympics disappointed she committed herself

to making 2010 her year. She pushed herself and learned new tricks to

develop a world beating run. One of those was a switch backside 720.

Incredibly difficult. Very few men can pull that off. It was while

training for this that accident occurred. I was going to make this

happen. The concussion brought me down a few levels. Into this switch

back side 720. She lands it. She knows it's good. Looking back now

what I know about concussion, there were signs I should have taken a

break. I should have rested. And then I did. After the games, I took

time off competing and took a low impact gym. You had to make a

decision to get back in competition. I remember hearing you

had got back on your board and not realising you have not been on it

and at the time, thinking, this is really close. I did not go in the

pipe for a little while. I was always riding. But not in the

contest scene. To be honest, it was so great, to have a little break

from that. I compete well. But I do not love competing. I do not need to

compete to be fulfilled, or, to validate I am a great snowboarder. I

always think back to win the gold medal, you have to have this

single-minded desire to win. At all costs. Look what it did to me. I did

have that and it was against my whole being. It did not work for me.

Taking from my experience into the last Olympic Games and now, I am

doing what I love. Now, I have taken on three events, trying to represent

my country in three events at the Olympics. You have just told me you

are not a natural competitor. You are taking on three events. Yes,

crazy. Why not? Slopestyle and hostile come from freestyle, you do

similar motions in the air. But the boardercross, you are into alpine

territory and it is racing. To get into a World Cup, to have enough

points, the journey, it was interesting. Did you go back to

amateur level? Yes, I was lining up with young kids. I remember in the

start gate a girl said I cannot believe I am riding with Torah

Bright. I am like, let's race. It was a quick learning curve. I

qualified in the top 16 into the rounds. People work going, if you

are qualifying in the top 16, you are racing. I did not expect it to

go that quick. Boardercross is just snowboarding, just like halfpipe and

slopestyle, it is a combination, plus free riding.

She does not like competing? I do not know. If you use social media,

we like to hear from you. #bbcsochi. One person asks if they are ever

going to sleep in. No chance. Not if you are with us. We do not want you

to. Sage Kotsenburg was the winner in the men's event yesterday, who

was mentioned more times than any athlete in these Olympic Games so

far. 44,000 times. This sport has got them talking.

Original sporting drama on the BBC. Brand-new, this Winter Olympics.

Have you heard about slopestyle? I know nothing about it. An event that

will blow your mind. How will it do that? On snowboard, on skis. Gnarly

Rails. Massive jumps. It is amazing. The rule is, there are no rules.

Really? There cannot be no rules. That does not make sense. It is

slopestyle. Athlete, mountain, anything goes. I cannot wait to see

this. It will be an awesome ride. I am going to watch some.

The sport sells itself. It is time to strike gold for the second time

today. We saw Matthias Meyer taking gold for Austria. Now, the first

final in the women's slopestyle about to be claimed. Aimee Fuller

was in the semifinal and she will be cheering on Jenny Jones. She is

going to join Tim and Ed in the commentary box.

What a fantastic setting. The women preparing themselves. Aimee Fuller,

you have been riding over the last four days, what is the condition of

the course? It is probably in one of the best conditions. We started out

and it was definitely a struggle. It is big. It is fast. It is going to

be an exciting final. There are some heavy hitters. We keep going on

about the form girl, Silje Norendal. She sneaked in. Spencer O'Brien,

Torah Bright, Anna Gasser, coming from nowhere. The rails impress me

but she looks like she has the kickers. I noticed Anna Gasser a

couple of years ago and she was slaying the rails. She has

fine-tuned her jumping. She is probably one of the strongest in the

field. You know, watching these ladies in the park, when they do not

compete, you know what tricks they have got. What secrets will be

unveiled? Anna Gasser, everybody has been talking about her and I am

excited to see her. She has the cab double and it would be phenomenal to

see her put that down. I would love to see that. It is about pushing

snowboarding and progression and that is what it is about the me.

What tactic do you think will be undertaken? It looked, yesterday,

like they took the restraints off, the men, and went mental in the

final. It is fantastic to see. It is the Olympics. It is the biggest show

in the world. The biggest contest in history. Why not, fasten the hatches

and go for it, it is the Olympics. Tim and I have described to a lot of

people, after the controversy about because being massive and unsafe, we

have been saying it is going through the normal process, when athletes

comment on the course, you give feedback and they make adjustments.

Is that the case, or do you think it was dangerous? I would say it is a

normal procedure. Things always start sketching. The fact it is a

new experience, everybody was shaken up. They fine-tuned it. We are

looking good to go. Silje Norendal, one of the favourites coming in. We

talked about confidence earlier on and she put down her earlier run at

just the right time, because confidence is key. It is 60% of the

sport. Cab seven. We saw her put that down in practice.

It is going to be a big 540 and she held that grab like her life

depended on it. It is a shame about the mistake but a good run. How

difficult is it landing a switch in these landings? They are big and

long soak it is hard to hold a clean line. That was really smart. She

messed up slightly on the first jump but the rails looked solid. She had

a good rail section. The 180 of the canon. That is good how she went cab

one two back -- to back one. The rails, cheap quick, don't they? --

the rails come at you quick, don't they? Probably some of the tightest

I have ever been. The last one, one of the hardest rotation since -- in

snowboarding, when you can't see it. We said, off the back of that win in

the X Games, she would be full of confidence, but it has been the

opposite. Have you spoken to since the X Games? I think she is buzzing

since then but I would like to see her put down a good run. I have been

riding with her since she was 13. Jenny Jones, her first run the

finals. 50-50 on the kink rail. She is solid on the rails. Offer little

early. -- off a little early. Getting the grab in off the 180 on

the canon. Cab five. Not as strong as she would have liked. Backside

360 mute grab. Is this the front seven? Yes! Nice

and solid from Jenny Jones. How much does that mean as a rider? Putting

that first one then solid. She has got to be buzzing, a really solid

first run. It is great to get a good score on the board. She can just go

for it now, she is in the finals, that was her aim. She controlled

that so well. She got a little bit squirrel league in the take-off to

the second rail. But completely saved it. As solid as ever, come on,

Jones the! You are allowed to be biased. We are trying not to be. One

thing about Jonesy, she goes way bigger than anyone else and she is

so solid, so look for those nice deep landings. So a 73, a really

good platform to build on. She actually looked on the front seven

like she landed at the top of the landing, so she has somewhere to go

with that. But the back three, that was nice and deep. Candrian from

Switzerland. A goofy rider. Second at the slopestyle World Cup in

Canada. She will be feeling pretty confident with herself.

How much do you change it when you are riding under the cloud cover

like today? This morning was better weather, because you didn't have the

early sunrise in your face and it kept the course a bit softer, rather

than that freeze-for action we have had. I enjoyed it more.

The rail section wasn't that technical. She made her points in

the semifinals on the kickers. Big backside 360. Frontside seven. Good

melon grab. And a safe and smooth landing. Correct me if I'm wrong,

but that was the same kicker line as Jenny ? So the difference will be

how they score the rails. Jenny has the switchboard forwards. I think

that is going to be a tough draw. Candrian has the front board, which

is a technical trick. She hasn't got the rail before that. A very similar

run to Jenny. Kevin Jones was cleaner in the top section but

Candrian's front seven was on point. And it was a bit bigger. This is a

good education for us, we have been struggling with some of the judging

and we have a nice marker between two similar runs to see how they

score them. It seems the judges have been prioritising execution, had the

jumps are performed and any mistakes seem to come from the whole run

rather than a particular trick. Candrian has been into the last

couple of months, a slight problem with her back, so she must be pumped

right now to be in the Olympic final after not even being on snow. There

you go, just being in the Olympic final. It is the first ever women's

slopestyle event at the Olympics and, unbelievably... There we go. So

the size was definitely working for Sina Candrian. That bottle jumps in

to her over the line. The ladies need to go big, that is what they

are looking for. That is something that Sarka Pancochova didn't

struggle with in the semifinal! She was going massive, for a woman who

is only five foot three tall. She sent it to the moon. Great things

come in small packages. As you said, the boxes are smaller

and flatter and they carry slightly lower difficulty rating than a thin

rail, which is harder to balance on. She has opted for the switch

backside 180. Puts her into the frontside five. Landing backwards,

coming in switch to the first jump. She was so deep. Lovely tweak on

that, switch five. Backside 720. That was a spectacular run. She is

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

a bit bemused why she is hitting the jump on the third rail section. But

she has some of the best style in the game. You can see from the

kickers, she pulls, tweaks everything. She makes everything

look so easy. She is using that feature as another jump line,

showing off one other smaller rotations. Essentially saying, look

at me, I rule on the jump. Yes, super competent in the air. Let's

take a look at this, do we think it is into the 90s? I would say the

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

judges wipe the slate clean for each round, but we were seeing scores in

the mid-90s in the qualifying rounds. So there is a long way to go

yet. Norendal in fourth, Jones inferred, Candrian in second and

Pancochova... Rukajarvi is such a consistent rider. She is so elegant.

She is one of the taller women but she is so graceful in the air. It is

worth remembering that these ladies haven't had the luxury of riding

this morning, like the first four. So they might be a little bit rusty.

But they did qualify straight for the final. Rukajarvi, from the town

of Rukajarvi. Frontside three. Massive. Absolutely beautiful.

Bottom jump. Cab five. Nice. Solid run. And we talk about the

importance of putting down a run and getting a score on the board, how

important is it for a rider to lock a scoring? Mentally, it puts you in

such a good position and you can go up and you don't have to worry about

landing, essentially, because you are so pumped that you got on the

board. You can throw all of your cards on the table, you have nothing

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

know. Coming up the back of that injury on the European -- at the

European open. Another rider just really pleased to be here. She

looked very good in qualifying and then crashed out. But she is happy

here. We were at the X Games two weeks ago now and she couldn't even

compete, she was walking and rehabilitating her knee in the

athletes' ten. It seems all of these girls who have been injured are back

on firing form. She is an amazing rider, great to see her here. Batty

zero points 75 ahead of Jenny Jones. -- that is numeric

I go now? She is just hanging out, look, I am at the Olympics! Do I

have to drop in a shallow just hang out? Tell us about Ty Walker, I

heard she was wheeled into the opening ceremony in a wheelchair. Ty

Walker is the people's champion. She was on crutches yesterday, she could

barely walk. I guess they have given her a magic dose of a cortisone

injection. And she was up there today, barely even practised, really

cool. I think she is the youngest rider in the field at 16, so she

absolutely smashed it. Her compatriot Karly Shorr dropping in.

Second row element, going very nicely. Yes, you have to say there

might be a little bit of a Kotsenburg effect going on in team

USA. Lovely. Good bit of style on that, got solid ground. Came up a

fraction short. That was a cool grab. She has come up short. Didn't

get enough on the take. She got hung up on her heels a little bit, you

are always fighting a losing battle. Look at the crowd going wild, they

are not even bothered, they are just watching these girls go of the

biggest kickers in history. -- go off. You don't get a good

perspective from down here, you can see how long they are in the air but

it is not until you see the helicopter shots in slow motion that

you realise just how far they are travelling. They are beasts, this

jump, especially the last one. You fire off the thing and you see the

stadium behind you. It was the Napan. So if you grab the wrong side

of your foot, you are technically grabbing on the nose, so whatever

grab you are aiming for, you just add the letter enter the front. So

Japan becomes Napan. -- the letter N onto the front. The people at home

are confused, they should try commentating on it! She has the

second run to improve on that. Spencer O'Brien coming out of

Canada. He must -- she must feel vindicated that having campaigned

for women to go off the same size jumps as the men, everyone in the

semifinal is doing this. Spencer won the World Cup qualifier in January.

It would have done the confidence the world of good. She charges. She

is not afraid. That 180, she didn't grab that. The switch backside five

is perfect. The 180 at the top, it is a style thing to not grab. A

backside seven. Are just sat down, it has cost her the third is jump.

Not holding back, really good to see her stepping it up. I have not seen

her put a back seven in the run before, something to watch for in

the second run. How much pressure does it give the riders when they

fall on the first run? Its doubles. That automatic pressure. You cannot

describe it. Something that you want so much, to have fallen, and to have

to do it in one run, it is tough. Even trying to imagine doing that

feels like somebody has sewn together my liver and pancreas. And

pulling it apart using pegs. I am glad when I do that it does not feel

quite like that. It definitely gets the adrenaline going. I spoke to

Torah Bright in New Zealand about this and she tried to claim she was

not a natural competitor. She is such a lovely human. She is the

nicest and friendliest person. We were at the World Cup qualifier, we

were dancing at the top. Singing the Spice Girls. She is super relaxed

and she lives for the moment. She had a good running qualifiers.

She had the run of her life, what is now known as a Jamie Nicholls. She

overcooked it. It is interesting to see Aimee Fuller's reaction. She

knew what danger awaited. If you go big, the landings drop away. Are

these the biggest jumps you have written? I would definitely say so,

definitely in a row -- ridden. There is no time to think. You are firing

off like a rocket. You know what they say, if you want to dance, you

have to pay the band. Elena Just made a down payment. She is still

flying in the air. That was a mellow fall. If you get your feet down

first, you can take the sting out of it. The board kicked up some snow.

Just a mellow fall. At the moment we have four riders. Four out of the

eight to have fallen, so similar odds to the men's results. Jenny

Jones, fourth place currently. We talked about this earlier, fourth

place is the worst place. I would rather have fifth. Going from

records, never mind gold medals. Torah Bright has probably been

dancing. The Spice Girls. She is a happy person. She has made it clear

that she is riding for the American skier, Sarah, who passed away in

February 2012. Instrumental in getting slopestyle into the

Olympics, as well. The switch cannon, it is so technical. She has

some of the best board control out of the ladies. She held it. That is

huge. The first nine we have seen landed from the women. She clipped

the knuckle. She made it over. That is it. Lovely. Torah Bright. She has

torn up the rule book. She is not even a regular competitor. I love

that about Torah Bright, she is just going for it. It will have to be

cleaner, and we have seen that. The switch straight air was amazing. It

is such a hard trick. Sitting down slightly. The hand just dragged. We

have seen results, tricks like that punished. What a highlight. Torah

Bright going for the cab 900 in the Olympic finals. Making history. She

will know that will have damage to score, but the smile will be on her

face. It could help hen's eggs hatch. She cannot help but smile. If

you have landed the first switch 900 in a women's Olympics lip style

final, you would be smiling. Team Australia going wild. The execution

judge has punished her. We keep saying, one mistake does not just

damage the trick, it damages the run. I would love to see that, cab

nine. The pipe champion on the slopestyle coursed, doing a cab

nine. Jamie Anderson. The Queen of slopestyle, who has won everything

there is to win in snowboarding slopestyle over the last four years.

We did our own predictions before we came on air. Aimee Fuller went to

Jamie in the gold medal position, as did Tim. I have gone for Anna

Gasser. I would like to see that, Anna Gasser, that would be cool. She

has that precocious, I do not care, approach. Let's get into Jamie

Anderson. Looking so relaxed already. That was nice. Look how

solid she is. A lot of people were loose going into that and she looked

relaxed. Cab seven nose grab. Lovely.

That was absolutely massive. That is why she is constantly on the podium

around the world, ladies and gentlemen. She has only gone and put

down the run of her life. 540, 540, 540, in qualification, but here, we

see cab seven. The third jump, the way we saw Torah Bright markdown,

this will not be a big score. She will be marked down. The first jump

was so perfectly executed. The switch back five. She went deeper

than the men on that. It is a shame about the last jump. She sits down

in the way we saw Torah Bright doing it. She is out of control down the

bottom. I think we will see late 60s, early 70s, again. The key in

this contest is going massive and landing cleanly. No hands. Just

power through the landing. The day of men's competition and then

semifinals this morning, that is what we have seen. Variety,

execution and massive airs. I stand corrected. I am shocked at that

score. She should have been rewarded for the top two. Scuff at the

bottom, if she can clean that up, we will be on the money. I am with you.

I do not see the difference. Between Torah Bright's scuff. And Torah

Bright was risking more. Torah Bright probably checked a little

harder, but the same trend. Isabel Derungs has been killing it

recently. She has manlike tricks. She goes big, she sends it. That is

what I like to see. She came off the first rail early but tidied it up.

She had a little hands down. That would have happened quickly.

Scuffing the hands again. But it was a nice back seven. This is my

favourite trick. The back site rodeo. It was a little bit short. --

backside. Everything landed, just to the finishing touches. She looked at

the hands of coming in. Speed seemed to be an issue. The backside grind.

The arms are going down. She has back-to-back sevens and the back

rodeo. She is going upside down. If she can get that to the feet,

cleanly, it could be a winning run. There is definite potential. She has

to tidy it up. Coming back to the judges, they do not like it messy.

What is cool right now, in the stadium, the slopestyle riders, the

girls, they are here, cheering on their friends. That is unique about

our sport. I think most of the men are here from yesterday, as well.

The promise of an amazing run, but she has two tidy it up. It is about

the execution. She will go through this kink. The first Lady. She is

going back to the top. She either set off early, all the marshals got

it wrong. Her coach almost goes down! This is definitely one of the

highlights. This is the best big I have seen. Quick, get to the top! If

you were in any doubt this course was IC, you have seen the evidence

-- icy. That is the highlight, Anna Gasser, ice skating to the top or

bottom. Seriously, in the morning, the course is bullet-proof. She is

one of the best snowboarders in the world. She has just had an

embarrassing experience in front of, maybe, a global audience of 1

billion people. How hard is it to focus again on the run? I do not

think they have been embarrassing that. It would not bother me too

much. I would just laugh. She is Austrian, German speaking. # That's

why I'm easy like Sonntag morgen. She looks amazing on a snowboard.

She has flared, she writes well. She has been the break-out talent of

2013. That was going so deep. There was no flailing between the runs. A

frontside seven. She had so much style. That is one of the best

frontside sevens in women's snowboarding. I am going to claim

it. The arms in snowboarding are not the key -- are the key indicators.

With a lot of these tricks, they are done on the transition. It is about

preloading the board and exploding off the lip. Look at the trailing

arm, it is so relaxed. That was good to see. She is charging at it. She

is going for the doll. Have you seen a face on the Russian doll? Blonde

hair, she is pretty cool looking. Anna Gasser, my tip for the gold

medal. The pressure is on after the first run. I wonder if she will

asked out the cab double. -- bust out.

Let's have a look at these standings.

We are ready for the second runs here at the women's slopestyle.

HAZEL IRVINE: I know everybody is enjoying it, getting huge amount of

feedback on your commentary. A lot of people in the dark about some of

the new terms. For example, I am being asked what a little bit

squirrely means. It just means kind of, you know, when you are just not

in control. Not so much a technical term but our interpretation of not

being in control. Like when you see a squirrel flying through the air

out of control. I think of it in the sense of you are quite frantic.

Right, I think we are all there. That was possibly one of the

funniest moments I have seen in the Olympic Games, Paul Anna Gasser

having to try and navigate her way back up that hill. -- pool. You said

she was out of breath after that experience, do you think that had a

part to play in her performance in that first run?

Undoubtedly. She was unsettled when she dropped in and it reflected in

that run. The me, watching her develop over the last six or seven

months has been one of the real pleasures of slopestyle being in the

Olympics. She is one of those girls who may not have won any of the big

competitions but she has been peeking slowly and I think she came

here knowing that she has the potential to win. She means business

and I would like to see her lay down all of her cards. She has that cab

double in the bag. Go for it, girl. I would love to see it.

HAZEL IRVINE: Amy, I am interested to know your thoughts on the fact

that it is the overall performance you are all being judged on. Is

there a chance going forward that you might have to put down some of

the tricks you are going to try and be judged on two counts, degree of

difficulty and overall impression? Or do you think that would penalise

spontaneity altogether? I think the great thing about our sport is you

can get as creative as you want, but it really is all about being as

clean as possible. As Billy Morgan was saying yesterday, just got to go

food, put everything you have got down on the table, and if you can do

that, you are in for a good results -- just got to go for it. It is just

fine tuning those skills you have not quite got down and just try and

get everything more consistent, go big and make it look good, that is

the key. HAZEL IRVINE: And when you think

about the size of some of the jump-start the women have been

tackling, and you talked about earlier on about having to push

yourself. This course has asked more questions than any other. Have you

had it bring something else out of you women in terms of your

performances because of the cause? I think at first, everyone was a

little tentative and we thought maybe we would be seeing some of the

girls hold back, including myself. But we have had a couple of days on

the cause, we have got to grips with it and adapted to the size of it,

which is great for progression more than anything, seeing the girls

write this course. We are seeing the same runs that we are seeing at the

likes of the X Games, if not better. Everyone is really stepping up to

the plate and I think it is fantastic to see that progression.

Just going down here on the Olympic stage, it is amazing to see.

HAZEL IRVINE: It is great to see you tackle this and to hear you up

there. And Tim and Ed, in terms of the overall contest, Jenny Jones,

her chances of moving up, how do you rate them?

Personally, I think they are very good. She has laid down a great

marker in her first run and we know she has a frontside nine on

potentially for that last jump, so if the front part goes well and she

puts the frontside nine down, there is the chance of a medal. It has got

to be, please! I would love to see Jones over the front nine, it is

fantastic she is in the finals. Do you think she will be at the lid off

and go for it? I think so, she is buzzing to be here and why not just

go for it. HAZEL IRVINE: And go for it, new

three, indeed. Run two, a gold medal about to be one.

-- won. Silje Norendal, she snuck in at the

back end of the semifinals. It is all on the line for her. If she

wants to look at the medals, she has to turn it on. A slight clip on the

rail, catching her age. The cab 720. Let the knuckle, this

isn't going to improve on her first score. It is unfortunate the sea had

down like that. -- to see her down. I was heartbroken for Cheryl Maas,

another great rider that, not only do you not get into the medals but

you cannot showcase the riding you know you can do. Yes, Silje is such

a progressive rider and she can throw down, so it is unfortunate to

see her not to land. But there are some riders who have amazing skills

in the bag, so I am confident we will see some fantastic snowboarding

still to come. The showcase is unreal so far. That is what

intrigues me. You get different styles of rider, and you get riders

like Jamie Anderson who has skill and consistency but Silje, if you go

out filming with her and give her four or five tries at things when

she doesn't have to perform at that moment, she can do some of the best

tricks in the world. Yes, visual, and that is the thing about

snowboarding, it is not all about the competition. We travel around

the world and we film and it is about having a good time on the

slopes and Silje will come away from here and there is a never contest.

Next up, Jenny Jones, currently lying in fit. I can't look. Someone

else commentate. I have got this. Jenny's experience will come to the

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

rail. Beautiful on the down rail. Great execution from the Jones.

Doing little tricks. Beautiful, Jones, solid to the feed. Great

grab, looking very solid for Jenny Jones. The backside 360 grabbed

well. Is she going for the front nine? She went for the Severn.

Solid! That was the second run of semifinals but it was laid down very

cleanly. Look at the smile on her face, I am so happy to see her put

that down. Israel, she slid all the way till the end. Everything was

really clean -- these rail. Solid, an absolute style machine. I can

feel my polls in my lower intestines. That is not your pulse.

She does let go a little early to crank around that 300 and. But look

at the stomp, it was solid. Look at the smile. She don't even look up. I

think this is a good score we should see. It was such a clean run, we

have said all along that execution and going big... There is the

British team, Katie Summerhayes, Colin, look at everyone. , , Jones.

She doesn't even realise her mum and dad are in the crowd, they have

flown out secretly. When is the score coming in? Put the UK out of

their misery. I have the shakes. Ed is going to cry. The crowd are

starting to throw things at the judges. Why are they taking so long?

They are not, really. It is difficult, it is the same run. We

took a 306 it, you compare that to Jamie Anderson, who has got 540s and

720s. But the rails. The rails were brilliant. I think they are getting

a phone call from the Queen in the judges' booth. I wonder if the Queen

is watching this. Hello, man, if you are. -- ma'am. That is her dad

there. She has just seen her dad on the big screen. This is insane. The

judges have had some big decisions but nothing has waited this long.

This is actually ridiculous. There is a big argument going on in the

judges' tower about where this rancid. She is into first place!

Jenny Jones! 87. 25! Jenny Jones, as the second runs, in gold-medal

position. Look at the smile on her face. Jenny Jones doing it the Great

Britain. Let me be the dad, I'm slowing everybody down, we have a

lot of riders still to go, we are live on the BBC, let's keep our

composure. None of us want to be fired. There are a lot of women here

who are serious threats to the gold-medal position. Sina Candrian

being one of them, the Swiss snowboarder, she has a 720 in her

pocket. Calm down, Tim. I can't feel my left leg, is that normal?

Looking at comparisons through the rail section with Jenny's run and

this is quite standard at the moment. Jenny Jones's size and

execution was key and the judges have rewarded consistently with the

other tricks and runs we have seen scoring big. It has sent out a clear

message to all of the other competitors in the start gate. Go

big. My goodness! She didn't even realise

she had done that! I need to chill out, this is mental. Jenny Jones may

have only occupied the gold medal spot for one run. We said there are

so many riders who are looking to land big runs and Sina Candrian,

straight out of the gate, come out with an absolute banger. She has

just made history, a frontside 1080. We have never seen that in

women's slopestyle before. It is fantastic, it is all about

progression and I am buzzing. She got the cheeky grabbing. She didn't

grab that one either. She has missed two grabs. Are we being a bit

biased? She lets go of that grab early. That is 1080. There is a hand

down when she lands. Jenny's run was super-clean, really big. That is a

hand down on a trick we have never seen before, and she didn't bring it

all the way round. Again, we are going to see the judges come under

intense scrutiny. They are going to earn their ?6 50 and free lunch now.

This is ridiculous. If they make us wait as long again, Jenny will be

gone. Whatever happens, she got a frontside 1080. And that is

something we see day in, day out in events. I know we have seen it in

the men's downhill, the guys and girls are all congratulating each

other, but isn't it good to see. Third position, is that? Don't get

too excited yet. It is an absolute cliche, but from yesterday's

slopestyle with the men and today here with the women, the real winner

is snowboarding. I think the real winner is so cheap. Every time I

come, it is harder to leave. -- Sochi. Every time it is good. Here

at Khutor, there is evidence of the heart and soul. 87, it is only good

enough is over. Jenny Jones still has a gold-medal position. Don't

worry, there are still 30 more riders. -- 13. We have to go through

13 more? There are only 12 in the final.

We are seeing a clear message from the judges, that execution is key.

The hand drag and she missed the grabs. We talk about execution. We

have been banking our heads against the wall. Go big, experience wins

every time. The pressure is cranking because there is a screen at the

back that they can watch. The boxes are judged as a little bit easier

than the rails. They are easier to balance on. That is the worst way to

go, a heel edge landing. That is a concussion. The medics will be out.

I think she is OK. That was a good hit to the head. She is a tough

cookie. I am sure she will be at the party tonight. She likes to party.

That is catching your edge and there is no warning. There is nothing you

can do. Yesterday and today, they have made it look easy, but this is

what is waiting just below the surface, if you get any tricks

slightly wrong. You catch your edge and it will catapult you into the

snow. It comes out of nowhere. They grab you. We call them the snow

snakes. I would like to respectfully clap, as well. That was awful. It

gives you the absolute insight. We have not seen many big crashes over

the course of the week. You do not any more because the standard is so

high. But we are at the business end of the competition. These women are

starting to throw it on the line and there is a gold medal at stake.

Everybody is going for broke. Such is the super technical trick. Seeing

her go down like that is not a pretty sight. I am glad that she

looks like she is OK. It was beautiful style. She was on top of

the spends. But the impact was so happy. -- spins. I would have burst

apart like a Lego man if that was me. I am clapping again. I am

standing up. It is a standing ovation as Sarka Pancochova goes

down. It shows what can happen in this

sport. It is dangerous. The riders have respect for each other and that

is why we are so close. Still towering over the four who have

descended. Look at the helmet. It is completely smashed. That is why you

wear a helmet. Mums and dads, on Tees and uncles, kids, you should

wear a helmet on the slopes. -- aunties.

It shows why you should wear a helmet. The helmet did its job. Enni

Rukajarvi. We have talked about the style and technicality of this

rider. The riders from Finland, a superpower for consistency. They

train on sheet ice. Frontside 720. That was very nice. There was a

wobble on the way in. This is a very big run. 720. That was fantastic.

Backside 540, to switch 720. Really good to see her lands that run. The

Finnish, they are a dominant nation in our sport. They snowboard in the

dark back home. The melon grab, one of the harder ways to spend. And the

switch 720. Taking off backwards and landing backwards. That was

beautiful, to rail it is like that and not get the rise, when you start

to bounce on the heel edge, because that is when you go down. It shows

what a good snowboarders she is. Incredible board control. Looking to

better Jenny Jones of Great Britain. A score of 87.25. 92.5. She

moves into the gold medal position. Jenny Jones is in these silver medal

position. Sina Candrian in the bronze medal position. That is a

well-placed score, and well-deserved. I think the reason it

took so long for Jenny Jones' score to come through is the judges wanted

to set the benchmark of a good run. What does it deserve, as clean and

as big as you can go on Jenny's run. It has to be special to beat

that. Now, America's Karly Shorr. She has the same birthday as me, so

she is obviously very cool! Another American who, like you say, as

youngsters, the next... The next generation. Just 19. When she gets

into the next Olympics, this experience will do her good. How

good is it to experience the Olympics as an event? It is

spectacular to be here, and the opening ceremony was unreal, being

part of a strong team. I liked that grab.

She held onto that. That is cool to see. Definitely a rookie going into

the event and that was a belter of a run. We spoke about how good it is

for them to come to the Olympics and just put down a bum and make a good

account of themselves. I am here, I am one of the best, and I am in the

finals. The experience gets you use to mainstream media attention so

that when you come the second time, you know what to expect and you are

not out of your comfort zone by being featured everywhere and

everybody wanting to speak to you. It is crazy. Back in Belfast, the

support I have been getting is overwhelming. I cannot thank anyone

enough. It is cool to have snowboarding in the spotlight and to

show everybody what the sport is about. At the moment, snowboarding

in Great Britain is in a new place. Jenny Jones is in the silver medal

position. It would not only be snowboarding's first Olympic medal,

it would be Great Britain's first Olympic medal on snow. Can she hold

it down for the Queen? Spencer O'Brien from Canada. Spencer O'Brien

is a technical rider. We can see anything happen here. The box was

not quite perpendicular. 180 at the cannon rail. Switch backside 540,

very clean. And a lovely grab. Good control. She sat down! That is it.

Spencer's Olympic dreams are over. The riders at the bottom... They

breathe a sigh of relief. You do not want to say it, but they are open

tenterhooks, waiting for the results to come in. When you know you have

put down a good run and you have to watch everyone else come down, you

probably are hoping, yes, the nicest possible bail. The bail is when you

let a trip go. A couple of reverts. Five riders still to go. What does

the double black -- back flip feel like? Pretty wild. You send the

first one, and you are constantly looking for the landing after the

second rotation. I just went for it. Spencer O'Brien will be in 11th, a

disappointment for one of the biggest talents in snowboarding.

Jenny Jones in silver medal decision. Awaiting the descent of

the last five riders in the first women's Olympic slopestyle contest.

Elena Konz of Switzerland. And a good qualifying run. Struggled on

the first run of these finals. Just 24.5. She is looking for eight to

seven points flats... Game over. A gentle fist pump at the bottom.

There is no fist pumping going on in here. They are pacing in the

finishing area. That was a lovely front seven. She should get applause

for that. Disappointing. We said the same thing about the competitor

laying down a switch backside slide seven when she had let her run go. I

think it is cool. If you fall over, show everyone what else you have in

the tank. The biggest threat to the medal position, we still have Jamie

Anderson, the Queen of slopestyle. Torah Bright, arguably the woman

with the best board control. One of the best in the world doing three

disciplines. And Anna Gasser. Anna Gasser, our champion, that is who we

are claiming. And Isabel Derungs. It is all to play for. Anything can

happen. We saw it in the men's. We did, exactly this. We saw Sage

Kotsenburg hold the gold medal from Jenny's position, right here. Do not

say that. Torah Bright, a lot of work to do. She has the experience.

This is her third Olympics. She wrote the pipe in Italy and got gold

in a halfpipe in Vancouver. She has opted to go the three medals in

Sochi. She is so relaxed. That is Jamie Anderson from team USA. There

are not many Olympic sports where you have that camaraderie between

rivals. There is good banter among the fields. it was like Spiderman

and Doctor Octopus hugging. Switch. That is unreal, it is so

technical. Really, really nice. The trademark of her riding... And she

sits down! Which is what she did in the first run. And hearts are racing

in the finish area, as they make it through another run. She is probably

praying that the judges looked away just as she landed and perhaps

didn't see her sit down. May be they did -- may be. So the positions

remain the same. In the gold-medal position, it is

Rukajarvi. Jenny Jones is in there. We still have three riders to drop.

Jamie Anderson, the woman who has run everything, , Anna Gasser, the

snowboarding. 66. 25, it is not going to be a medal for Torah

women's pipe and boarder cross, but she will always be a firm favourite

in and she will always be a firm favourite

ladies. And she will still be happy, regardless of that. OK, so nerves

are running very, very high here. Great Britain are in line for a

silver medal as it stands, Great Britain are in line for a

cabinet at the moment is probably only an Olympic medal. She has won

everything from the X Games to the US Open. She has the trophies, she

has done it all before. Can she do it now? Trying to settle her

nerves. A huge moment in Jamie Anderson's career. Jamie is one of

those riders who can literally cruise down the slope and make it

look so easy. You can hear the buzz of the

helicopter camera following. Like a swarm of flies. It won't be

distracting her. 180 onto the Canon, 180 off. Looking very timely. --

tidy. Cab seven. That was beautiful. Backside five. Massive. This is

great. It all comes down to this. Frontside seven. Little hand down.

To be fair, it was a belter of a run, super technical combos. She

went off switch, she landed switch, she went switch, landed regular and

finished it with a pretty good-looking frontside seven. It was

a battle with nerves and she wrestled them to the floor, pin them

down for the three count and delivered a beautiful run. I was

nervous for her, the pressure she has on her. As we said, she has won

everything except theirs. Predictions? I think it has bumped

Jenny down into third. I think it is silver, I don't think it will

overtake Enni. Look how big she went on the switchback five. The style is

pretty flawless. We saw Jenny do a switch frontside five, but the

backside five is arguably harder. If you are a skier, it is like going

backwards on your skis and throwing yourself the most awkward way

possible. Switchback saved five -- backside five when you initiated is

hard. Well, an emphatic score from the judges to take Jamie Anderson

into the gold-medal position! Rukajarvi is bumped down to silver,

but Jenny Jones is still in the medals with two riders to go. Jones

holding the bronze-medal position. Two riders still to drop. Even just

seeing that, it is surreal. We are at the Olympics, Jenny Jones is

sitting in third place. I have pins and needles in the bottom of my

hands. I have lost the ability to use my arms. I think I'm going to be

sick. Isabel Derungs, we were speaking to the Swiss commentator,

the owner of the first-ever snowboarding gold medal from 1998

and he was saying this girl is good. She is the real deal. If you wanted

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

backside lip. She is down. That is a terrible

fall. But hearts are in mouths, Brett is being held. -- breath. I

don't think I have felt like this in my life. My hand is over my eyes.

Said Isabel Derungs will not take a big score out of this run, which

means there is only one rider between Jenny Jones and Britain's

first Olympic medal on snow. Can Jenny Jones be the first Olympic

British medallist of this competition? You have got to say,

more importantly, there is one rider between Jenny Jones... And an

Olympic bronze medal? And history, rewriting the history books. We

touched on it earlier on, but Jenny's career is a Hollywood

script. She started snowboarding on a dry slope in Bristol, went to do a

season as a chalet girl, entered the British Championships at the end of

the season, won the big air, started a gentle rise in the late 1990s and

out of nowhere, she took an X Games gold medal, repeated that feat

twice, and now, on the cusp of retirement in 2012, they announced

that her discipline would enter the Olympics. She has prolonged her

career, battled some very serious injuries to be here, fought her way

through the qualifiers and then the semifinals. And right now, with one

rider to go, Jenny Jones sits in the bronze-medal position behind Enni

Rukajarvi in silver and Jamie Anderson in gold. Bows are settled

at this point, they are going home with a medal around their necks.

What colour it is, they don't know. Anna Gasser, the Austrian, the final

rider, ready to drop. She has got this cab double. It is a hard one

for her. Is she going to put it down and landed? A cab double cork means

she is taking off backwards and she will spin in a corkscrew fashion,

the head will go under the board twice while she spins a 900 degrees

flat spin axis. It is an incredibly difficult trick, never landed in

slopestyle before. Never in a competition, but I think she will

play it safe. If she lands her save run, she has what it takes to get on

the podium. -- save run. She is so fluid through the jumps.

Into the first one. Cab under Flip. She is playing it safe. Very smooth,

the Austrians looking for another medal... Arles, she has gone! Can I

stand my chair now? Jenny Jones has just taken Britain's first ever

Olympic medal on snow! This is the crowning glory to one of Britain's

finest snow athletes' career. She prolonged her career to get to this

point, she did it the hard way from qualifiers all the way to the

semifinals and now in the final, she has delivered one of the best runs

in women's slopestyle snowboarding history and she will take home a

medal. A fantastic performance, not just the Jenny Jones, but the

British snowboarding. Guys, get the history books out and right this

moment. I turned up your microphone because you were screaming. --I

turned off. That his history, Jenny Jones has done it, the first medal

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

some breathtaking snowboarding from all other women. Of course, the

standout rider here has been correctly rewarded by the judges,

the USA's Jamie Anderson, so they take a gold medal in the women's as

well as the men's. Enni Rukajarvi from Finland takes silver, but look

at bat, Jenny Jones, Great Britain, bronze medallist. -- look at that.

What a phenomenal performance. I think I might cry. You can cry,

Aimee. They are crying. Now I am crying! All professionalism is going

out of the window. I think we are allowed to, Jones has done it. Jamie

Nicholls is going berserk! It is not just about talent. There are very

few people in the world that reach the heights that Jenny Jones has

reached and retained a humble modesty she has, see is such a

lovely girl and to do this at this stage of her career, no one enjoys

it more. And her mother and father have come over here secretly, she

didn't know they were coming and they are in the crowd. I was in the

stadium the other day and somebody tapped me on the shoulder and said,

well done, and I said, are you Jenny's dad and he said yes, and now

he is sitting with my Nan and grandad. This is Jenny's bronze

medal winning run, with the frontside 720, of thing of pure

beauty to finish up. This is Rukajarvi. The backside 540, so much

style. A fantastic performance from Rukajarvi, crowned with this

beautiful last air. And then Jamie Anderson, a masterclass in style and

control. That nose grab cab seven, fantastic. Glory, cheers and hugs in

the finish area, tears in the commentary box. This has been one of

the most emotional events I have ever commentated on and it has been

an absolute privilege to see Britain win their first ever Olympic medal

on snow. Britain just dominated the slopestyle.

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

been watching since 7am, we have had so much to show you into of the

men's downhill and look at this, it is a bronze medal for Jenny Jones

and as the guys have been saying, an amazing story for the 30-year-old,

she had prolonged her career and had been a trailblazer in this sport. We

thought the Olympics might have just come a little bit too late but in

the end, it looked as though it was her experience - after all, she is

at three times X Games gold medallist - she knew exactly what

she had to do, she knew what the judges were looking for, execution

and clean execution and she went for it. We are going to stay here to

watch the pictures from the flower ceremony. She will get her medal

here in the Coastal Cluster around 3:30pm UK time and we will be

watching that, but as the guys have been saying, it is history. We have

had 90 years of trying on snow. For many others, Alain Baxter's third

place in Salt Lake City will be our first but this is it, it has come on

a snowboard. Ed, how much do you think that played a part in the

second run for her today? Hazel, it was a huge, huge part of

it. She had a cool, calm, collected head, and Jenny physically is one of

the most talented athletes, but having all of that experience, as

you say, three X Games gold medals, having ridden these contests knowing

exactly what it is going to take. We talked about the fact that she had a

frontside 900 in her bag of tricks. She looked at what the field had

done up to that point and she made the decision, I am going to get

scored higher if I lay down the perfect run that I know I can do,

rather than taking a risk on the last jump. And here it is, she is

walking out to the podium to collect a bronze medal because of that

decision. HAZEL IRVINE: And what has done this

for snowboarding? Can you imagine the number of six, seven or

eight-year-old that will get down to the local snowboarding place? I am

really choked up about this at the moment.

It shows you can get to your local dry slope. That is where Jenny Jones

learned. On bristles, on toothbrushes, and she is collecting

a bronze medal. She is the third best in the world. I have got my

composure back. Here she goes. Look at everyone going wild with the

British flags. Our first snowboarding medal. I cannot believe

this. It is an honour to have witnessed this. The greatest no

border from Great Britain, Jenny Jones, has produced when it

mattered. Enni Rukajarvi steps up to collect the silver medal. What a

podium, that is good to see. You have to say it is deserved, for

this young lady, who has dominated women's snowboarding and push the

boundaries of snowboarding and what it is capable of. It shows you that

anything could happen. She did not land the first run and had

everything to play on the last. She put it down when it counted. The

gold medal to Jamie Anderson. She came back from the defeat in the X

Games. She stands atop of the Olympic podium for the first ever...

Jamie is one of most humble and down to earth humans you could wish to

meet. A popular podium. I think exactly the same will happen here

for the women's slopestyle, a fantastic event. So much drama. We

have witnessed history, not just because it is the first Olympic

slopestyle, but, because Britain has taken the first Olympic medal on the

snow. Jenny Jones, 33 years of age, from Bristol, has proved it is never

too late. She has worked tirelessly in the last three years, overcoming

a huge concussion early in the season, when she was on lockdown.

She could not look at phones, computers, loud noises were

off-limits. She could not train for three weeks. As soon as she could,

she worked on physical conditioning. And she has come out here and

absolutely bossed it. She has made the right decisions. Lesley McKenna,

watching at home, she is due to give birth in March. She has probably

given birth. A shout out to Lesley McKenna, she has been behind us all

the way, particularly Jenny and myself. She works behind the scenes,

she keeps everything ticking over. I think I am going to cry again. Do

you know what I can see from here? I am not sure where we will get to

it, but Matthew Pinsent is hiding Jenny's mother. Imagine, travelling

all the way out here. Jenny has no idea they are here. I will

definitely cry at that. It is so cool. Jenny Jones, Enni Rukajarvi,

Jamie Anderson, the reality begins to sink in. This is not any normal

snowboard contest. They have just become the world's first female

slopestyle Olympians. It was a phenomenal performance from the

women, worthy of their Olympic medals. Well deserved. All three

goals, fantastic. -- girls. Slow motion from the Jones. The

champion of Great Britain. We have our Lady, Jenny Jones. The reason

why it has broken me up, look at the reaction to the score. Sarka

Pancochova managing to split her helmet into macro. Jamie Anderson,

showing a deal is of the style but earned her the gold medal. Her

parents in the crowd. And the three medallists, celebrating. I cannot

tell you what's this means to British snowboarding. We had

fantastic performances from Billy Morgan and Jamie Nicholls. But the

Jenny Jones to do this, two top ten performances for the men and a

bronze medal for the women. These are the foundations of a serious

change in the UK. We will be seeing serious investment in this sport.

Olympians, in slopestyle, in the coming seasons, should become a

regular occasion. STUDIO: we hope so. Jenny Jones has done it. If you

had a late morning, and you missed the important second run, we can

show you what Jenny Jones puts down. A run that made Winter Olympics

history for her and her country, Great Britain.

Next, Jenny Jones. Currently in fifth. I cannot look. I might end up

standing on my seat. I reckon I have got this. Jenny's experience will

come to the fore, she has been in high-pressure situations. Nice and

solid on the first rail. The best board slide we have seen. Great

execution from the Jones. Talk about confidence. Beautiful Jones, solid

to the feet. Looking solid the Jenny Jones. She stomped it. Is she going

for the front nine? She went further seven. -- for the seven. The second

run of semifinals. Lay down very clearly. It was a good-looking run.

Look at the smile on her face. I am so happy. This rail especially. All

the way to the end. Everything was really clean. She is daring the

judges to mark her down. And check out the grab. An absolute machine. I

can feel my pulse in my lower in testing. -- intestine! She let go a

little bit early. But the stomp on that, that was very solid. The smile

on the face. She dare not look up. Jenny, the first Olympic medallist

from Britain on snow. It feels amazing, absolutely amazing. I

cannot believe it. The guys in the commentary box were crying and we

were crying. Have you cried yet? Not yet, I cannot believe it. I was

waiting because I knew I would drop down and I did not know how far. I

am just so happy right now. How difficult was it waiting with the

runners coming behind you? It was difficult. I thought, OK, you did

your best run, you landed it as clean as a whistle. Whatever

happens, it is out of my control. The second run about as good as it

could have been? With the course the way it was, I did the best run I

could have done. What would you say to your mum and dad? I have a

feeling they are here. I know they are here somewhere. We found them

for you. You did it. You have never, ever

disappointed us. We are not allowed here, really. We have got to be

quiet. Well done. Congratulations. You did it. The boys are going mad

at home. I am sorry, I am talking too loud. You are on the telly. You

are allowed to. The boys are going mad. Are we live? I will see you in

a minute. I will come to see you. OK. Are you laughing at my mum and

dad? My mum is very northern! It brings home how much this means. I

had an inkling my parents were here, and I do not like to know they are

here. We heard you do not like to compete in front of your mum and

dad. Afterwards, it is OK. I know that everyone at home would want me

to say congratulations. We are proud of you. Can I say thank you to

everyone who has supported me, it has meant so much. Thank you so

much, everyone back home. Thanks to your time.

STUDIO: well done, the history maker, Jenny Jones, and the medal

ceremony will be at 3:30pm, your time, and we will be watching here

will stop it will be going on behind the studio, right in front of the

Olympic cauldron. It is an historic moment. I think the tissues have

been out for everyone back home. It was an emotional moment with her mum

and dad. We have shared great moments in Winter Olympics history,

Rhona Martin among them. Amy Williams. That has to be one of the

greatest moments I have witnessed. A wonderful breakthrough, not just the

Jenny Jones, but for her sport, as well. Time to calm down with some

women's ice hockey. We have one of the matches on the second day of the

competition. It is Sweden against Japan. This action taking place

across the way. Brent and Seth Wills helpers to calm down -- will help

us. It is Sweden against Japan. Sweden

were one of the powerhouses in women's ice hockey. Japan could be

one of the emerging nations. Teams going in different directions. This

could see one of these two teams being possibly bronze medal

contenders, or, even more. It is an interesting test. The Swedish will

be expected to go well, their trend is downwards. Japan come in with a

good attitude and positive momentum. Maybe they are the team, they have

only scored two macro goals in Olympic Games previously, maybe this

is the tournament they can break out. The three crowns of Sweden

against the all Black of Japan. A penalty, surely. It was a trip of

frustration in the end. It is body control. Maybe you are right,

searching back, not able to pursue in time. The onrushing player who

will sit down for two minutes the tripping. I think she knew what she

was doing with her stick. The power and speed of the Swedish team

getting and speed of the Swedish team

Chance number two with the player advantage is Sweden. No chance

there. She shakes her head. Ten seconds was all that

1-0 down, but plenty of smiles 14 Japan. -- Team Japan.

She will maybe feels she should have put that in a slightly better place.

Probably the best opportunity of both teams. The turnover. Put it

into the midsection. Behind the back of the net it goes,

a real chance. It is under a pile of bodies, everyone is coming in. Just

wide. What a scramble that was. I thought for a second it was going to

loop with the deflection. Japan very nearly get on the board. Listen into

the crowd. They work it from behind, and it is an absolute scrum, a rugby

scrum and it finally goes high. Just sits to the left of the post.

Spigot goodness me, gave it right away. I don't think Fujimoto knew

much about it. My really heads up play by the

defenceman, she had space to play the created the goal-scoring

opportunity. It was tremendous. Fujimoto does get a piece of it, but

it is a tremendous shot coming in. I think the crowd have picked their

corner here. The land of the rising Sun get a chance. Fired into the

bottom of the goal-tender. Two great opportunities and Japan

should be on the board. Back-to-back opportunities and it

was hard to believe she was still open for the second one.

I think the puck is underneath the catching glove. Most of the action

-- as close to the action as you dare be. Uncertain as to where it

is, trying to collect it underneath herself, Fujimoto. She hasn't quite

got it, then she thinks she has. The referee is right on it and as long

as they can keep eyesight of the play, they will allow it to

continue. Couldn't find the finishing touch.

Coming back the other way. Maybe this will be the opportunity Sweden

need. Kubo has had a fantastic opportunity

to score. This could spell trouble. But this

is a tired stride. Japan without empty net need to get

it then the other end. One last twist for the Japanese

side? The pass was cut out but it is still alive.

Sweden are going to take victory in their first group game. Sighs of

relief, smiles on the Swedish bench. They have beaten Japan 1-0, but that

was a very tight game. HAZEL IRVINE: That is what has been

happening here in Sochi on the second day of the Winter Olympic

Games. If you have had a slow start, fair enough, it is Sunday, but we

have had the fastest start imagining. -- imaginable. We have

had the slopestyle at the Rosa Khutor but before that, it was the

men's downhill. You should have been up in time. Do you want to see who

won it? You have twisted my arm. Matthias Mayer pushes out from the

start. Into position for a couple of seconds before he has to go to work

on the first of the big left footed terms. Let -- turns. I would say he

has probably got the best chance for Austria and I will go out on a limb

and say that he could get onto the podium today.

He flies the Russian Trampoline, he looked comfortable in the air and he

is not too far away. Jansrud, Ganong and Janka holding the medals at the

moment. It is the best we have seen anyone skee the compression

left-hander at the Traverse. It is a bit of a hit in transition, that is

when your skis are light. The green light is on for Mateus

Meyer, heading in the right direction. -- Mateus

three hundredths is the advantage that Mayer has, not much in it. He

is looking solid. He needs to get his head and shoulders down a touch

more. Over the final job, Thaksin for the line and takes it by the

10th of a second. -- talks in for the line. Mayer skis into gold-medal

position. HAZEL IRVINE: Mayer, 23-year-old,

the Austrians didn't think they had much of a chance but would you

believe it, the seventh Austrian to win the coveted downhill title. It

was his first ever downhill victory, extraordinarily, like 20 years ago

in the Olympic downhill in Lillehammer. Thumbs down and puts it

down to the gold medal, Austria will be kicking off. But all of Great

Britain will be kicking off in celebration of Jenny Jones and Ed

Leigh, who has been commentating all morning, have you stopped crying

now? We have managed to compose ourselves now. Me, the emotion that

builds up when you watch a scene like that, Jenny is an athlete who

has dominated her sport for a decade and then her discipline arrives in

the Olympics just too late for her prime, so for her to be able to

raise their game and overcome a couple of quite serious injuries in

the build-up to the Games and win a medal, it came flooding out. It sure

did, and what you think it has done for snowboarding and freestyle

skiing per Great Britain, the teams were there cheering her on, it must

embolden them greatly for their events? I imagine further freestyle

skiers, it has put pressure on them, especially the Woods, who knows

there is expectation for him to do well in freestyle skiing, but it

gives people a fair amount of confidence that Britain isn't just a

token nation who have an old Winter sports history for family alpine

skiing, we are a force to be reckoned with when it comes to these

disciplines. We have developed a lot of talent and that is one of the

reasons Jenny's medal is so important. As you saw with skeleton,

after the medal in 2002, there has been an increased in -- investment

in that sport and I hope to see the same thing happening for the skiers

and snowboarding. You get a medal, you invest heavily. Jamie Nicholls,

for one, is still quite long, at least one more Olympics in him.

Katie Ormerod, a fantastic talent, she almost made it to these Games,

but she's not quite ready. We can look forward to seeing her, Jamie

and hopefully some new talent in PyeongChang in 2018. And briefly, in

terms of young snowboarders who want to follow in Jenny's Pask, it just

shows you that artificial slopes, having a try at things, it can lead

to the most amazing reactions and consequences in sport. It can, and

the joy of these things, when you hear all of these snowboarders

speak, is that they started out for fun. It isn't a sport where you get

bees did and you have to train heavily. It starts with a little bit

of enjoyment and you get to grow with that. If you are enjoying

something, it doesn't feel like work. If you speak to any of these

riders, they will tell you the same thing, from the beginning to the

elite level. It is a fantastic sport and I hope Jenny has managed to

inspire some people. I am sure she has and I'm sure your commentary

has, it was great to listen to. Go and have a beer, why not? We are

just coming to the end of the transmission today, let me briefly

tell you what is coming up, because there is so much more to enjoy. That

was only two of the eight golds to be decided. Add to 10pm, Jonathan

Edwards has the figure skating, and we have the ski jumping with Clare

Balding later on. But it is Jenny Jones who has done it for Great

Britain. The first victory on snow, she has done it in style,

slopestyle. Goodbye for now.