Day 2, Part 3

:00:41. > :00:47.Hello and welcome. Darkness has fallen across southern Russia and BR

:00:48. > :00:50.into the evening session in day two of the Winter Olympics across the

:00:51. > :00:56.BBC. You will not miss a thing, I promise you and BBC radio and

:00:57. > :01:00.online, on television, everywhere has a brand-new language, everybody

:01:01. > :01:03.has gone slip style crazy, we will discuss that more in a moment or two

:01:04. > :01:07.but if you would rather watch ice skating right now, press the red

:01:08. > :01:11.button because the women's free programme is on the red button with

:01:12. > :01:16.commentary from Robin Cousins and Sue Barker but would. This programme

:01:17. > :01:20.with a look at a brand-new event in which Team GB had one competitor in

:01:21. > :01:25.the final, she is 33 years old, she has been dominant in X games for the

:01:26. > :01:29.past ten years but this was her first Olympic Games, she is called

:01:30. > :01:33.Jennie Jones. Let's see her take to the slopes, slopestyle.

:01:34. > :01:40.Next up, Jennie Jones. Jenny's experience will come to the fore

:01:41. > :01:46.here, she has been in these high-pressure situations before.

:01:47. > :01:51.Nice and solid on the first rail, 50-50 on the front one. Great

:01:52. > :01:56.switch, everything was really, really clean here.

:01:57. > :02:08.Great execution from Jones there. Coming into the switch with the

:02:09. > :02:16.first jump. yes, beautiful, Jones, solid to the feet. Great grab. Check

:02:17. > :02:20.out the grab on that, solid! Looking very solid here for Jennie Jones,

:02:21. > :02:29.the backside 360, grabbed well and she stops it. Our girl, holding it

:02:30. > :02:36.down, I feel slightly sick. Is she going for the front nine? She went

:02:37. > :02:42.for the seven. Solid! That was laid down very cleanly. Look at this dump

:02:43. > :02:51.on that, that was very solid. Jennie Jones has just taken written's first

:02:52. > :02:54.ever Olympic medal on snow will stop we have seen breathtaking

:02:55. > :03:01.snowboarding from the women. The standout rider here, USA's Jamie

:03:02. > :03:06.Anderson takes a gold medal. The finish competitor takes silver. But

:03:07. > :03:14.look at that, ladies and gentlemen. Jennie Jones, bronze medallist. You

:03:15. > :03:19.are Britain's first Olympic medallist on snow.

:03:20. > :03:27.Oh, my God! It feels amazing, absolutely amazing, I can't believe

:03:28. > :03:31.it. I can't believe it! Thank you to everybody who has supported me. It

:03:32. > :03:37.has meant so much to me and I'd like to thank everybody back home so

:03:38. > :03:39.much. This is the crowning glory to one Britain's crowning snow

:03:40. > :03:52.athlete's careers. Great Britain's first official medal

:03:53. > :03:56.on snow ever at the Winter Olympics as we know, Alain Baxter won a

:03:57. > :03:59.bronze in slalom but that was short lived. Aimee Fuller who is part of

:04:00. > :04:03.that snowboard slopestyle team, you heard Emily getting excited in the

:04:04. > :04:08.commentary and Graham Bell who knows Jenny really well, her medal

:04:09. > :04:14.ceremony is imminent. Give us a idea of how big Jenny has been in your

:04:15. > :04:18.sport. Jenny has been such a pioneer, she has been a big role

:04:19. > :04:22.model of mine and one of my best mates so to see what she has done

:04:23. > :04:25.today for British snowboarding is insane, I am overwhelmed by

:04:26. > :04:30.everything and I could not be more happy for her. Everybody was in

:04:31. > :04:37.tears watching her with her parents, and Edgeley, -- Ed, you were in

:04:38. > :04:43.tears as well. Like Amy, I have lived through 20 years of Jenny's

:04:44. > :04:50.career to be to top it with a medal, it is a fairy tale story, I fell to

:04:51. > :04:54.bits. You are allowed to do that and Graham, you have known her for ages.

:04:55. > :04:59.She is a great ambassador for snow sports in the UK and if she ever

:05:00. > :05:05.needs a job on Ski Sunday, she has got one! What will this do for your

:05:06. > :05:19.sport, ? I hope everybody has got a taste of

:05:20. > :05:24.what we do. It is the craziest sport, we travel around the world,

:05:25. > :05:29.we are like one giant family and it is just such a unique thing that we

:05:30. > :05:33.do, it is dangerous and fast and exciting and I think that is what

:05:34. > :05:36.makes it special, such a tight knit crew and it is an honour to have

:05:37. > :05:42.been part of this. And see what Jones has done today for British

:05:43. > :05:48.snowboarding, it is unreal. I love the fact to call her" Jones" ! As we

:05:49. > :05:52.saw with Billy Morgan, things can go really wrong so getting the bronze

:05:53. > :05:54.medal, she might have finished fourth or fifth but getting the

:05:55. > :06:00.bronze could make a massive difference in terms of funding. Yes,

:06:01. > :06:06.she had a chance. She spoke with her coach at length at the top and they

:06:07. > :06:09.made a decision to go big and save and repeat the run she had done

:06:10. > :06:12.first time round in the finals but to do it bigger and cleaner and that

:06:13. > :06:19.is one of the best runs I have seen her do. And adding the grab as well.

:06:20. > :06:23.It was more like a stroke, that is one of the best runs I have seen her

:06:24. > :06:29.do. Let's look at it again because you can talk us through.

:06:30. > :06:36.Aimee, as an athlete, what are you feeling at the top here? This is the

:06:37. > :06:40.biggest stage our sport has ever been on and this is history in the

:06:41. > :06:44.making right here, and Jenny is so solid in the rail section, that is

:06:45. > :06:48.something she has been working on. The last year, she has stepped up

:06:49. > :06:52.her game. That switch, that is backwards so that is literally like

:06:53. > :06:56.walking backwards and making it as awkward as possible as she makes it

:06:57. > :07:02.look so good and so smooth. Into the jumps there, that is where you must

:07:03. > :07:09.be brave. Seeks to off, switch and runs forward after 1.5 spins, this

:07:10. > :07:15.is like a setup jump, and then turning her back to the landing as

:07:16. > :07:19.she rotates and this is what we call a frontside 720 as she put it down

:07:20. > :07:23.so cleanly and that was the key, that is what the judges were looking

:07:24. > :07:26.for. A clean landing and we saw some bigger tricks straight after Jenny

:07:27. > :07:31.but they were not clean landings and that is what cost them. The great

:07:32. > :07:33.thing about the Winter Olympics is they get adulation straightaway at

:07:34. > :07:37.the end of the event, they get flowers but the medals are presented

:07:38. > :07:41.down here in this medal is Plaza and just have a look because there are

:07:42. > :07:46.people here from all of the different countries that are here

:07:47. > :07:50.supporting Winter sports, the men's downhill medal ceremony is about to

:07:51. > :07:53.happen. Graham, you are watching the men's downhill, Austria once again

:07:54. > :08:00.but not necessarily the skier they might have expected, certainly at

:08:01. > :08:05.the start of the year. The kids winner was coming into this but

:08:06. > :08:11.Matthias Mayer, I had him on the podium for a bronze. Better than I

:08:12. > :08:16.expected Miller did a bit worse than I expected and smashed through that

:08:17. > :08:26.gate and that was his race over. Let's look at the winning run, his

:08:27. > :08:31.father won in the Super-G in Calgary in 1988. This was his Olympic debut.

:08:32. > :08:37.COMMENTATOR: Number 11, Matthias Mayer. Bushes and skates at the

:08:38. > :08:40.start. Into his top position after he has to go to work on the first of

:08:41. > :08:50.the big left footed turns. A bit wide on the line there and had

:08:51. > :08:52.to set the edges hard. He has probably got the best chance for

:08:53. > :08:58.Austria, a very good technical skier. I would go out on a limb and

:08:59. > :09:05.say he could get on the podium here today. He is off to a promising

:09:06. > :09:06.start. He flies the Russian trampoline. Looked comfortable in

:09:07. > :09:26.the air. And he is not too far away. Proteus Meyer goes to work in the

:09:27. > :09:30.mid-part of the course. The compression left-hander after a

:09:31. > :09:34.traverse. A bit of a hit in transition and that is where your

:09:35. > :09:44.skis are light. He is picking up now. A green light on what Matthias

:09:45. > :09:48.Mayer as he flies a good, high line. Will he dive into the Olympic

:09:49. > :09:49.Court? Sunshine showing the way for the second Austrian to tackle this

:09:50. > :10:01.hill. The advantage that Matthias Mayer

:10:02. > :10:07.has is three hundredths of a second, he is looking solid. He needs to get

:10:08. > :10:12.his head and shoulders down and tuck in over the final jump, he tucks in

:10:13. > :10:16.for the line and takes eight x one 10th of a second. New leader in the

:10:17. > :10:18.lipid downhill, it is the Austrian, Matthias Mayer who skis into gold

:10:19. > :10:31.medal position. CLARE BALDING: And despite the big

:10:32. > :10:34.guns that came after him like Miller, he held onto the opposition,

:10:35. > :10:40.and the medal ceremony happening now, bronze medal to Norway, they

:10:41. > :10:46.have yet to win the men's downhill at the Olympics. Yes, he could only

:10:47. > :10:49.manage fourth, beaten by his younger team-mates, the two of them will be

:10:50. > :10:57.hot favourites for the Super-G next weekend. That is Jansrud taking the

:10:58. > :11:04.bronze, the Italian took the silver medal. He is a part-time underwear

:11:05. > :11:09.model. He had a reputation on the tour for being a bit of a playboy,

:11:10. > :11:13.used to say that he liked to race fast because the girls are so good

:11:14. > :11:17.looking in the finish area. He now has a girlfriend that he is a

:11:18. > :11:22.part-time underwear model and has a very good six-pack, judging by the

:11:23. > :11:27.photos. He was unhappy at the end of his run and he is here as well in

:11:28. > :11:33.the medals plaza as the silver medal goes to the Italian and he is

:11:34. > :11:47.relatively young. Yes, young guy, happy-go-lucky race. Very Italian,

:11:48. > :11:53.shall we say! I will sweep past that choice of words. And the new men's

:11:54. > :11:59.downhill champion, following a great tradition of this country, Austria

:12:00. > :12:18.and his own family, is this man, Matthias Mayer.

:12:19. > :12:35.Big Austrian support here, there was out on the mountain. And my word,

:12:36. > :12:40.didn't he ski with just incredible freedom? He certainly did because

:12:41. > :12:44.nobody expected it. He did well at training and said some of his

:12:45. > :12:47.friends were telling him he could win this and he thought he could win

:12:48. > :13:01.this and he went for it. He is from the same region of Austria as the

:13:02. > :13:17.great Franz Klammer. Off we will now hear the national anthem of Austria.

:13:18. > :14:26.There are moments that some of how much the Olympic Games means. The

:14:27. > :14:31.medals presentation is most certainly one of them and when you

:14:32. > :14:35.watch athletes on that and you see their flag go up and you see how

:14:36. > :14:39.much more this means to their country, not just about them and

:14:40. > :14:42.individuals as it did on the World Cup circuit, it is about them as

:14:43. > :14:46.representatives of their country but it is also, I think, it is about

:14:47. > :14:50.parents and family and all those people who supported you on the way

:14:51. > :14:53.through so while the medals presentation shows you one side, the

:14:54. > :14:57.reaction of parents chose you another, I know it from the Summer

:14:58. > :15:00.Olympics in London but it happened today with Jenny Jones' parents and

:15:01. > :15:05.I know this is a moment that had many of you at home wiping away

:15:06. > :15:11.tears. What would you say to your mum and

:15:12. > :15:13.dad? I know they are here somewhere so I am going to go and find them.

:15:14. > :15:50.We have found them for you. We are not allowed here, really, but

:15:51. > :15:58.well done! We do not do that well, you did it! The boys are going mad

:15:59. > :16:12.at home! I am talking to loud! You are on the telly, mum! Sorry! The

:16:13. > :16:21.boys are going mad. We are going! Well done. Wait for me, I will come

:16:22. > :16:28.and see you! Are you laughing at my parents? It is brilliant! My mum is

:16:29. > :16:32.very northern! It is so lovely, it really is!

:16:33. > :16:38.She was worried that her parents would say something on air, we are

:16:39. > :16:45.on telly! They do not often watch her complete. She had no idea her

:16:46. > :16:53.parents were here, I ran into her dad, he said, should we tell her? I

:16:54. > :16:59.asked her, she said, no! It is perfect fairy tale ending. The girl

:17:00. > :17:04.has done so well over the last ten years, she has had such a successful

:17:05. > :17:09.career, for them to be here and see her podium is unreal. You can be as

:17:10. > :17:14.proud as her parents are now, because next is the medal ceremony.

:17:15. > :17:21.It is for the women's snowboard slopestyle. Presenting it will be

:17:22. > 1:30:05the IOC member from Spain, a canoe slalom race in 1968. You will also

1:30:06 > 1:30:05see the representative of the Federation from the Czech Republic.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05This is a moment for Jenny, and for Jamie Anderson, the gold medallist,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05and for the sport. Yes, it showcases another discipline. It was

1:30:06 > 1:30:05fast-track into the Olympics, only announced in 2012, so a lot of these

1:30:06 > 1:30:05athletes have suddenly had a new aspect to focus on. We saw the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05defending halfpipe Olympic champion add another two codes to her

1:30:06 > 1:30:05repertoire, she competed today. The competition reflected that, it was

1:30:06 > 1:30:05so fierce. We have just to the -- just seen the medals for the men's

1:30:06 > 1:30:05downhill, a traditional sport, now, one of the newest, the women of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05slopestyle, and the first of them to get their medal is Jenny Jones, she

1:30:06 > 1:30:05has won a bronze medal for great written. Only the 29th medal that

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Great Britain has ever won at a Winter Olympics. Make that even

1:30:06 > 1:30:05less, the 23rd. The first on snow. As a great friend and team-mate of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Jenny, Amy, there she is, the third of those, what are you thinking? I

1:30:06 > 1:30:05am speechless, overwhelmed by this whole thing.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Seeing her representing the country, in this brand-new discipline, it is

1:30:06 > 1:30:05unbelievable. I am speechless. I do not have much more to say.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Fantastic, I am so proud of Jenny. This is the presentation party

1:30:06 > 1:30:05coming out. Ed Leigh, it is like a performance all over again. This

1:30:06 > 1:30:05will be alien to these athletes. Usually, a bottle of champagne and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05screaming kids. The slope and the peasant nation is normally followed

1:30:06 > 1:30:05by a party, but this is very formal. It will feel so much more special.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05He was a canoe slalom race in 1968. He is the IOC member. And the man

1:30:06 > 1:30:05from the Czech Republic. Jenny Jones had said that she does not look for

1:30:06 > 1:30:05fame, she did not get the acclaim she deserved, but now it will be

1:30:06 > 1:30:05thrust upon her. It is so big for British skiing and snowboarding, it

1:30:06 > 1:30:05is huge. On a personal level, this is mainstream, it is the approval of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05a mainstream audience. This is her moment, Jenny Jones of Great

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Britain. She steps forward to receive the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05bronze medal in women's snowboard slopestyle. She raises her hands,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05she looks up to the sky, she has been doing this sport for such a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05long time, and this is the biggest reward, beyond anything that she had

1:30:06 > 1:30:05ever hope for. Jenny Jones from Bristol, she learned to snowboard on

1:30:06 > 1:30:05a dry ski slope, she has taken a medal in the greatest competition of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05all on the greatest stage of all. It is written's first on snow.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05The silver medal goes to Finland. Amy is wiping tears away, and the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05guys have been giving high fives. A word on her and her performance.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05What a fantastic podium, such a representative of snowboarding, she

1:30:06 > 1:30:05is such a consistent, solid rider, she has been charging in the last

1:30:06 > 1:30:05few years, so it is fantastic to see her up there. Jamie Anderson as

1:30:06 > 1:30:05well, fantastic to see her on top. She is the pinnacle of her sport, it

1:30:06 > 1:30:05is great that she has put down a run and she is on top, where she should

1:30:06 > 1:30:05be. A great day for all. Finally, the new Olympic champion, in a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05brand-new sport. The USA do the double, they took the men's

1:30:06 > 1:30:05snowboard slopestyle, they follow up with the women's, courtesy of Jamie

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Anderson. She follows her compatriot's gold

1:30:06 > 1:30:05medal yesterday. She looks very much as if she is enjoying the occasion.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Ed Leigh, one of the things that has impressed me about this sport, how

1:30:06 > 1:30:05much respect and love there is for each other, how much the competitors

1:30:06 > 1:30:05want the next one to do well. They recognise that what they are doing

1:30:06 > 1:30:05is dangerous, so they have an innate respect for each other. We saw one

1:30:06 > 1:30:05competitor crack her helmet, she was unconscious for a period, you cannot

1:30:06 > 1:30:05do that and not appreciate the level of each other's riding. This sport

1:30:06 > 1:30:05has arrived, and we see a British competitor. But America celebrates

1:30:06 > 1:30:05victory, and we will now hear the national anthem of the USA.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Congratulations to all three of the medallists. We will try and catch up

1:30:06 > 1:30:05with Jenny Jones later on as they embrace on the top podium. Amy,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Jenny Jones is one of your best friends, you are going cycling

1:30:06 > 1:30:05across America, you should stay with Jamie! Yes, we should stay with her,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05she has got a nice house in California! That could be a good

1:30:06 > 1:30:05plan! Have you got very far in doing the itinerary's we have not planned

1:30:06 > 1:30:05to much yet. I am sure as soon as the next few days are over, and we

1:30:06 > 1:30:05get back to normality, we will get a plan. We need to make it to a hot

1:30:06 > 1:30:05destination after this, we have had nine solid weeks of winter. We will

1:30:06 > 1:30:05plan to head somewhere hot. How many hours a day training would Jenny

1:30:06 > 1:30:05have put in, Ed Leigh? Her preparations were scuppered in

1:30:06 > 1:30:05December when she suffered a severe concussion, but on an average day,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05it depends on conditions, but if you are not on the mountain, you are in

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the gym. I tried to do her core strength warm up routine, she gave

1:30:06 > 1:30:05me 15 minutes, I was in bits. And that is her warm up! She is so

1:30:06 > 1:30:05strong, it is ridiculous. To anybody who watches and thinks it is a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05circus act, it is not a real sport, Graham Bell, tell them how hard this

1:30:06 > 1:30:05is. I was talking to her parents, her mother works in the medical

1:30:06 > 1:30:05profession, she had a real problem coming into this Olympics, so she

1:30:06 > 1:30:05had this coming -- recurring concussion problem, she could hardly

1:30:06 > 1:30:05walk, and the fact that she managed to get that sorted out, she did a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05lot of work with the jockeys, who have a similar issue, recurring

1:30:06 > 1:30:05concussions, and she has sorted it out, she has got herself here, it is

1:30:06 > 1:30:05incredible. It is a testament to Team GB and all of the coaches and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05guys that have worked behind the scenes to get her here. The outfit

1:30:06 > 1:30:05comes ever more professional and popular as a sport. As the girls

1:30:06 > 1:30:05keep smiling, and they can smile for days and weeks and months, I am

1:30:06 > 1:30:05joined by Ollie Williams, who has been keeping across social media.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05What has the reaction been like? People screaming at their TVs up and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05down the country and up and down the Olympic Park. This comes from one of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Team GB's physios, the British curling team, in their moment of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05celebration, as Jenny Jones is winning the bronze medal. You have

1:30:06 > 1:30:05got Eve Muirhead on the left-hand side, a beautiful photo, but if you

1:30:06 > 1:30:05want photos, you need look no further than Aimee Fuller, because

1:30:06 > 1:30:05having completed, she gets into the commentary box, and she starts a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05battle with the commentators for who can come up with the craziest photo.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05That is with Will Perry. No sooner had she done that, she is with the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05way by Ed Leigh and Tim. Whisked off her feet. Beautiful stuff. So

1:30:06 > 1:30:05passionate about the sport, really brought it to life. Yesterday, Andy

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Murray was watching the slopestyle, he was back today, and so was

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Jessica Ennis-Hill, she knows about winning a big Olympic medal. She was

1:30:06 > 1:30:05there, lending her support to Jenny Jones as well. After that, you had

1:30:06 > 1:30:05everybody else piling in, a spectacular reaction from everybody

1:30:06 > 1:30:05on Twitter. Not least Lizzie Yarnold, one of the leading skeleton

1:30:06 > 1:30:05sliders. Setting the fastest times in training, very exciting. Yes,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05while watching Jenny Jones win a bronze medal. By winning that medal

1:30:06 > 1:30:05so early on, it gives a huge lift to the curlers and somebody like Lizzie

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Yarnold. It has to take the pressure off a little bit. Everybody is

1:30:06 > 1:30:05boosted by that, but for the others though -- that are coming in, they

1:30:06 > 1:30:05can enjoy it. We have got a great field of skiers,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Elise Christie will put in a good performance tomorrow. Jack was

1:30:06 > 1:30:05skating well, very confident. It is great to see you. Talking about

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Kelly's Christie, I watched her in training just before the Olympic 's

1:30:06 > 1:30:05began, she does her final section with the men, and she stays with

1:30:06 > 1:30:05them. They had an Australian woman and another team member who is quite

1:30:06 > 1:30:05young, it is really hard for them to keep up at that pace, and Elise

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Christie is there. It is really exciting for the games to come. What

1:30:06 > 1:30:05is your view on the ripple effect this has, and early medal? Lets hope

1:30:06 > 1:30:05that Jenny Jones has had the ball rolling, taking the pressure off the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05others, who will be competing, and Katie Summerhayes. That is just the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05skiers, but we have the skeleton athletes, the Short struck -- Short

1:30:06 > 1:30:05track speed skaters, the curlers, it takes the pressure off everyone. We

1:30:06 > 1:30:05need to get a fuel more people on the podium. We have a target of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05three, we are one down. I can't remember at a Winter

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Olympics this early having a look at the medals table and we were ahead

1:30:06 > 1:30:05of Russia for a long time because we won a medal but for those deliberate

1:30:06 > 1:30:05of the host country did. No way out in France and the Dutch going strong

1:30:06 > 1:30:05and the United States who have won both the slopestyle old medals,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Canada who have the one, two in the moguls and the nations that you

1:30:06 > 1:30:05would expect that there 13th place, Great Britain with one runs medal --

1:30:06 > 1:30:05bronze medal and Britain's 23rd Winter Olympic medal going back to

1:30:06 > 1:30:059024. This is not a common occurrence, I think we are OK, it is

1:30:06 > 1:30:05permitted to be excited. We have permission to be excited. We have

1:30:06 > 1:30:05lots of permission to be very excited and rubbing our hands and I

1:30:06 > 1:30:05can't wait to see the skiers hit the slopestyle because we have got just

1:30:06 > 1:30:05as much chance with two skis than with a board. We have managed to do

1:30:06 > 1:30:05it with a snowboard, and there is no reason we can't copy that with skis.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05It is lovely to see your eyes alight and Ed still has a few tears, and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05breaded, true job and from Tim Waugh would. I am emotionally drained. I

1:30:06 > 1:30:05got some so much stick for it. Let's switch sports and concentrate on

1:30:06 > 1:30:05this. She is a superstar now. Like a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05ballerina on the ice. Everything a person is here for Russia. Just

1:30:06 > 1:30:05amazing stuff and we are down to the final five in this new competition,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05it is the team event in ice-skating and it will be part of what we have

1:30:06 > 1:30:05got coming up for you this evening. The women are first up for their

1:30:06 > 1:30:05free programme and then the ice dancers are the last to skate to

1:30:06 > 1:30:05determine the medals. After that, we stay on the ice to

1:30:06 > 1:30:05see the legends of luge go for gold. And then we hit the heights as the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05best in the business take to the ski jump.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05And these are the times so plan your early evening around this. Next up

1:30:06 > 1:30:05is figure skating, the team event, Russia favourites to take that,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05their first gold if they got it. And then the ice dance free programme.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Felix Loch looking in command in the luge, ski jumping at 6:20pm, the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05men's normal hill and at 7:10pm, the round-up with Today at The Games.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05But it is figure skating for the next hour or so. And that is where

1:30:06 > 1:30:05we are heading, to the Iceberg Skating Palace. It is just over the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05other side of this medals plaza beyond the flame and over that way,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05but before we see it, let's give you a guide to how it works.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05The team event is a new addition to the Olympic Games. Teams are made up

1:30:06 > 1:30:05of one man, one woman, one pair and one ice dance couple. As in the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05other figure skating events, the competition is split into two

1:30:06 > 1:30:05sections, a short programme and a free programme. Ten teams take part

1:30:06 > 1:30:05in the short programme where each routine must contain a set list of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05moves. A panel of nine judges score on choreography and technique. Their

1:30:06 > 1:30:05marks are converted into points and the four scores for each team are

1:30:06 > 1:30:05added together. The top five teams from the first segment then qualify

1:30:06 > 1:30:05for the free programme where skaters are allowed to show more creative

1:30:06 > 1:30:05licence. The team with the most points after the two segments wins

1:30:06 > 1:30:05gold. Ellie Oldroyd with your guide there

1:30:06 > 1:30:05and these are the standings. The skater we will see is a young

1:30:06 > 1:30:05girl who has just been setting this place alight, she is called Julian

1:30:06 > 1:30:05-- Yulia Lipnitskaya, but here you watch this, she spends so far she

1:30:06 > 1:30:05goes into a blur. -- she spends so fast.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Yulia Lipnitskaya, set to become the Russian darling of these games,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05proves she is a medal contender with her difficult jumps and spends.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05-- to two. She is skating to the haunting theme from Schindler's

1:30:06 > 1:30:05List. A second triple lots in combination

1:30:06 > 1:30:05with the toe loop. Look at that position.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05It doesn't get much better than that, the crowd are on their feet

1:30:06 > 1:30:05and boy, we have witnessed something incredibly special here tonight.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Remember, she is just 15 years of age. And two doors down from us,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Catherina wind is giving her a standing ovation. It is incredible.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05At the less, elegant, expressive, bringing the choreographed, --

1:30:06 > 1:30:05effortless, elegant. A performance that had it all. Take a bow, young

1:30:06 > 1:30:05lady, she has arrived and we will enjoy watching her for many years to

1:30:06 > 1:30:05come. Yevgeny who? Quite, quite special.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Now, the little girl shows up. And there has been quite a lot written

1:30:06 > 1:30:05about whether she should be skating to this music. and wearing or

1:30:06 > 1:30:05portraying the girl in the red coat from the film and anybody who does

1:30:06 > 1:30:05not know the film, Schindler's list, because it is a glorious piece of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05music and there have been lots of people skating to it because it is a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05great piece of visit, not necessarily about where it came

1:30:06 > 1:30:05from. But the person who choreographed this for her chose to

1:30:06 > 1:30:05do this specific routine and music aside, choreographic Lake and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05technically, it is outstanding. I do not think there is a piece of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05music that John Williams has written that hasn't been skated to. And

1:30:06 > 1:30:05many, many times. She has just made this her own. She fought for one job

1:30:06 > 1:30:05right at the end -- one jump and relaxes into the double toe loop but

1:30:06 > 1:30:05she made it work and we are looking at the lady's champion here at the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Iceberg Skating Palace for this team final. I wonder where what her

1:30:06 > 1:30:05competitor is thinking, this is an's best is 139 .75 but I think it

1:30:06 > 1:30:05will be more than that. Oh, and it is! Look at that 141.51! Both

1:30:06 > 1:30:05scores, just huge and why not grudge wow. We have witnessed a programme

1:30:06 > 1:30:05to remember. That is a moment to remember. Baby go, confirmation that

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Yulia Lipnitskaya, remember that name, and look at that school, head

1:30:06 > 1:30:05and shoulders above the rest and Gracie Gold's performance was

1:30:06 > 1:30:05fantastic. All five ladies produced super, super programmes. That was an

1:30:06 > 1:30:05absolute delight to watch. So one more events to come, the ice that

1:30:06 > 1:30:05and this is how it stands with Russia, 11 points, so they have won

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the gold, they cannot be beaten and Canada are in the silver medal

1:30:06 > 1:30:05position and that looks certain and United States looking to take ten

1:30:06 > 1:30:05points in that because they have Meryl Davis and Charlie White and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05they won the short dance but will they beat Tessa Virtue and Scott

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Moir of Canada? The BBC News with George Alagiah. Our main news, the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05economy receives a major boost as shops run out of killing equipment.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Doctors have issued new guidelines regarding what you should do if you

1:30:06 > 1:30:05are suffering from curling withdrawal symptoms.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05The curling starts tomorrow, Great Britain's men and women both in

1:30:06 > 1:30:05action. From 5am tomorrow. Live on the red button now, the fourth and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05final run of the men's luge, Felix Loch is out in front for Germany.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Now on BBC Two, we are heading back to the Iceberg Skating Palace, and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Robin Cousins and Sue Barker. We are sitting in what is almost

1:30:06 > 1:30:05like a Royal Box, we have seen skating royalty on the ice tonight,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the winner of the men's competition 110 points for his country, and at

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the age of 31, it was an outstanding performance, and then the

1:30:06 > 1:30:0515-year-old Russian wild the crowd and everyone, a score of 141.5 one,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05another ten points for Russia. They have got the gold medal, but we

1:30:06 > 1:30:05still have a tremendous competition to look forward to. Five couples to

1:30:06 > 1:30:05look forward to. The two best at the last, Canada and the United States,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05they have dominated this sport for the last four years. They will be

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the last ones to skate. First, the brother and sister partnership from

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Japan. Six times in the last eight years they have been the champions

1:30:06 > 1:30:05of Japan, their best finish at the World Championships, 13th, in 2011.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Here they are, for their freelance. As with the singles and pairs

1:30:06 > 1:30:05competitions, the required elements within this, synchronised results,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05which they are doing now. Not quite as they would have liked.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05The diagonal step sequence followed by the curved lift, and this is the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05rotational left. The third lift, had to be in a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05straight line. What a lovely way to start this

1:30:06 > 1:30:05group of five. They may lack some of the difficulty we will see later,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05but their performances are always entertaining, and they love to

1:30:06 > 1:30:05connect with the crowd. Yes, they do a good job of performing it, but it

1:30:06 > 1:30:05lacks finesse, it is ragged around the edges. They always say they know

1:30:06 > 1:30:05they lack some of the technical, they just want to make something

1:30:06 > 1:30:05that the crowd will walk away and remember. And they enjoy skating.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05They have been around for a long time, they competed in the US

1:30:06 > 1:30:05originally, they got to the senior ranks, their mother is Japanese, and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05they took themselves overseas, and they have been growing every year.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05They lost to perform, they do a lot of performing in Japan, the Japanese

1:30:06 > 1:30:05love their skating. It is nice to see that they maintained the theme

1:30:06 > 1:30:05and the structure of the choreography all the way through. I

1:30:06 > 1:30:05really liked the music it was lovely. A great choice for them.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05They were both born in Michigan, but representing Japan, the country of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05their mother's birth. Right from the off, slightly off. She was not at

1:30:06 > 1:30:05all in the same position with the feet as her brother is in. It is not

1:30:06 > 1:30:05just the synchronisation of the terms, it is making sure that the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05line of the lake and feet are correct.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05And a lot of contortionists, I like to call them, sometimes they are not

1:30:06 > 1:30:05pretty, but they get the point. As the rules require, it is about

1:30:06 > 1:30:05pushing the boundaries, being unique. Their season's best, 81.85.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Japan on 45 points, going it -- into this final section, level with

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Italy, but a long way short of the United States, favourites for this

1:30:06 > 1:30:05part of the competition, so a battle between Japan and Italy for who will

1:30:06 > 1:30:05come forth. A deduction game. We have seen this,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05maybe an extended lift, that is what happened yesterday. Yes, it is

1:30:06 > 1:30:05possibly the same thing now. There is a limited amount of time you have

1:30:06 > 1:30:05to put your partner back down to the ice, so a one point deduction, and a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05bit disappointing with the school as well.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Italy are next. The European reigning champions are not here,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Episcopal finished eighth in Budapest. From the costumes, you can

1:30:06 > 1:30:05tell this is Romeo and Juliet. They have combined the straight line

1:30:06 > 1:30:05and vocational lifts, they will be marked as two separate elements.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05They came through OK, but they were not perfectly matched.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05A very nice performance, and it really is that ice dance has got so

1:30:06 > 1:30:05much better and pushed the boundaries so much, demanding so

1:30:06 > 1:30:05much more from the athletes. They put in some really difficult moves

1:30:06 > 1:30:05and breathtaking lifts, a lovely performance. I really enjoyed it.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05The mix of the music with the vocal version was very nice indeed. They

1:30:06 > 1:30:05did not need to tell us it was Romeo and Juliet, we would have figured

1:30:06 > 1:30:05that out. It is my first time seeing this couple, I am quite impressed,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05they move very smoothly, they match well. I stand in Italy has been

1:30:06 > 1:30:05quite strong for many years. It is nice to see a new couple emerged and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the so high up already. He was a good single skater as well and you

1:30:06 > 1:30:05can see more power than maybe with some of the others. Is quite an

1:30:06 > 1:30:05athletic skater and dancer but she also has this wonderful charisma on

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the ice which is lovely. Be world champion back in 2001, and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the deep bronze medallist in 2002, and she was a very expressive skater

1:30:06 > 1:30:05as well. Explosive! Expressive and explosive in to Reno. This was the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05lift combination. Very difficult to control the rotation in the spread

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Eagle and then he rotates himself. Nicely controlled.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05The twizzles out of sync. This is where his single skating comes to

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the fore. Very comfortable rotating.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05You want the knee at the same height, the free leg tight in

1:30:06 > 1:30:05behind, you want to match every aspect of these terms. And the crowd

1:30:06 > 1:30:05have gone a bit crazy because the home favourites have just stepped

1:30:06 > 1:30:05foot onto the ice. Beast two waiting for their scores and they are so

1:30:06 > 1:30:05much better than finishing eighth at the Europeans. You know they will

1:30:06 > 1:30:05improve as the years go on. Where will the judges put them?

1:30:06 > 1:30:0581.25, little errors have cost them but still both good scores in the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05technical and the component score, the skating skills, Barbara

1:30:06 > 1:30:05delighted with that, and it puts Italy above Japan so it means they

1:30:06 > 1:30:05will finish in fourth place in this team event and Italy in fifth.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Now, get ready for the roaring crowd.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia. They went in favourites

1:30:06 > 1:30:05into the European Championships year after the top two teams were

1:30:06 > 1:30:05missing, but their free dance, although a beautiful routine was far

1:30:06 > 1:30:05from perfect in Budapest. He will slow and lost balance in the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05twizzles. She fell and it cost them the goal but watch out, the lifts

1:30:06 > 1:30:05are glorious. The crowd loved their interpretation of the music, and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05they know how to sell a programme. So, here they go. Elena Ilinykh,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Nikita Katsalapov, it is Welcome to the ballet, the Russian ballet.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05That was rather novel and very original and very difficult.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05APPLAUSE. a beautiful performance, and she is

1:30:06 > 1:30:05outstanding. The music could not have been better for her. He played

1:30:06 > 1:30:05his part as well but you could not take your eyes off her. Wonderful,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05but they know they have already got the gold medal. And that is theirs

1:30:06 > 1:30:05and they are hoping they can get closer to the podium and make sure

1:30:06 > 1:30:05people know they have arrived and they should be European champions

1:30:06 > 1:30:05very soon. They are beautiful to watch. It is absolutely exquisite.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05It is musical, it is to the music. My only question... And I am

1:30:06 > 1:30:05assuming it has been passed, but the rules as the music must have an

1:30:06 > 1:30:05audible rhythmic beat and melody and Swan Lake is a beautiful piece of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05these it, I don't know if it has a rhythmic beats. -- piece of music.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05The music, up to ten seconds during or before the program... But it has

1:30:06 > 1:30:05been marked and approve all through the season. And it is a fabulous

1:30:06 > 1:30:05piece of skating. He is much more comfortable on the back outside

1:30:06 > 1:30:05twizzles than he is on the back inside. But if that is where he fell

1:30:06 > 1:30:05at the European Championships, that must have been playing on his mind

1:30:06 > 1:30:05for that instant. Borrowed the spin upon the pair skaters. -- from the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05pair skaters but, my goodness, did that interpretation fly around the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05ice. She is just the perfect prima ballerina. The arm positions were

1:30:06 > 1:30:05just incredible. Lovely. They are celebrating, they know they have

1:30:06 > 1:30:05delivered an outstanding performance as others will look up and watch.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Look at that, they have a point deduction, but it is 103.48,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05currently in first place and the component scores, the judges love

1:30:06 > 1:30:05that presentation. They have had the technical difficulty but the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05presentation was delightful. Big, big score for them. Way in front of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the Italians and the Japanese. They will be very happy and team Russia

1:30:06 > 1:30:05celebrate once again. Every single team player has played their part in

1:30:06 > 1:30:05getting them the gold medal and lovely that they are giving Yulia

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Lipnitskaya a hug. So, while all that excitement was going on, Tessa

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Virtue and Scott Moir, the reigning Olympic champion is preparing for

1:30:06 > 1:30:05their free dance. Skating together for 17 years and such a close bond

1:30:06 > 1:30:05and this free dance, they say tells the story of their partnership over

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the years. Let's enjoy this one, Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue for

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Canada. Very nicely through the first part

1:30:06 > 1:30:05of this free dance programme and those twizzles were absolutely in

1:30:06 > 1:30:05sync. Such I dynamic partnership, but what

1:30:06 > 1:30:05else would you expect with -- what else would you expect? Wonderfully

1:30:06 > 1:30:05mature as well, sophisticated, classy. There is not an ugly moment

1:30:06 > 1:30:05in there, they get all the levels without ever contorting, it is

1:30:06 > 1:30:05always very classy. Does not have the wow factor of Vancouver. Very

1:30:06 > 1:30:05little would, it was the moment you cannot try to recapture, and they

1:30:06 > 1:30:05have gone in a different direction. Talking about the music, they have

1:30:06 > 1:30:05added the rhythmic beat to bolster the piano at the beginning. It acts

1:30:06 > 1:30:05enjoyed to the rhythm of the music, which only helped with the dance.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05She had a wobble in the short dance, but perfect night. They were fine,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05lovely. It moved at quite a lick across the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05ice, it was not a pause. Terrific flexibility, beautifully done. With

1:30:06 > 1:30:05some of the slow motion, they tend to speed them up, rather than slow

1:30:06 > 1:30:05them down. They are having a team hope, they

1:30:06 > 1:30:05are being tight-lipped about whether this is their last season. It will

1:30:06 > 1:30:05surely be their last Olympic Games. But they have chosen a free dance to

1:30:06 > 1:30:05talk about their partnership, it is a complex partnership, not a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05partnership of the eyes, but it has been complex over the 17 years, and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05it has worked, it has delivered a memorable routine, which we will

1:30:06 > 1:30:05never forget, from Vancouver. Of course, now locked in a massive

1:30:06 > 1:30:05rivalry with the Americans. They have been doing a TV reality show,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05it has hinted they are not as friendly with the Americans as it

1:30:06 > 1:30:05has been portrayed in the press. It is tough to be friends and rivals.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05You have to have a mutual respect. Their coach has just departed, she

1:30:06 > 1:30:05is coaching the next couple as well. Not a season's best, you can tell

1:30:06 > 1:30:05they are not excited about those marks. They are sure to be on the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05podium in the ice dance Company and later, what colour the medal will

1:30:06 > 1:30:05be, a lot will depend on the next couple. The coach has changed from a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Canadian jacket to an American one. It is for these two.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05The last to skate in this competition, the last to go in the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05team competition, they went to victory in the short dance, three

1:30:06 > 1:30:05points clear of the Canadians. Will it be a similar story tonight? Speed

1:30:06 > 1:30:05and power are always their strengths. The United States.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05For so many years, they have been in the shadow of the Canadians, but not

1:30:06 > 1:30:05any more, that was a confident, polished performance. Absolutely

1:30:06 > 1:30:05wonderful. Little details in there that elevate the elements from being

1:30:06 > 1:30:05great to fantastic. There was a hot jump into the first Twizell, which

1:30:06 > 1:30:05was superb. The speed with which the lifts came and the ease with which

1:30:06 > 1:30:05they went into and out of the elements, it was absolutely

1:30:06 > 1:30:05brilliant. Seeing it live for the first time, again, I am a huge fan

1:30:06 > 1:30:05of the Canadians, but that was superb. More content than was in the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Canadians' routine. Did not have the elegance and grace that we saw with

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the Canadians, but it had more difficult elements and more for the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05judges to score on. In terms of the elements, the Canadians had nine,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05they had eight, but it is the add-ons, the nuances with the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05choreography and presentation and the packaging of how they get into

1:30:06 > 1:30:05and out of the lifts which is a lot more creative, dynamic and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05difficult, for me. Not a waiver anywhere inside the body.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Transition, beautiful positions, could easily have been ugly in the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05middle and not been quite right within a transition. Not perfect

1:30:06 > 1:30:05here. Second-half much better. But again, it is the speed with which

1:30:06 > 1:30:05they attack the elements. He was slightly off-kilter, she was not.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05They are always wore around the edges, but for the last two years,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05they have been in a different class. This is surely going to be better

1:30:06 > 1:30:05than the Canadians are. It is a long break clear. Wonderful marks for

1:30:06 > 1:30:05technical, but look at the component score. They loved the presentation

1:30:06 > 1:30:05as well. They have been unbeaten in two years, and they look set to take

1:30:06 > 1:30:05a gold medal in the individual event. They will have to settle for

1:30:06 > 1:30:05a bronze in the team competition, but they are destined for a gold

1:30:06 > 1:30:05medal. They are in a class of their own. Yes, that will set them up

1:30:06 > 1:30:05nicely for the following ice dance championship. The Canadians will

1:30:06 > 1:30:05want to review a bit. But I thought that was wonderful from the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Americans. In points terms, it is a big difference between second and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05first. If there are only a couple of points in it, you can work on it,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05but the Canadians will think, there is not a lot we can do now. The

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Canadians finish second, the Americans finish first in that part

1:30:06 > 1:30:05of the competition, but it is the team event, the gold medal was

1:30:06 > 1:30:05already decided. Superb members -- superb performances from all members

1:30:06 > 1:30:05of the Russian team. Canada take the silver medal, the United States take

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the bronze medal. Italy finished just ahead of Japan. Looking back

1:30:06 > 1:30:05over what we have seen, there is going to be talk of the Russian,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05will he come back for the individual? He was super to night.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Many people will criticise what the judges have done, but he struts his

1:30:06 > 1:30:05stuff like no other champion we have seen before. I hope so, it would be

1:30:06 > 1:30:05great to see him in context, with Patrick Chan, when they focused on

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the ultimate men's Olympic championship. We will have to wait

1:30:06 > 1:30:05and see. What is different is you have to have qualified for the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05championship to be in the team championship, so for him to not go

1:30:06 > 1:30:05through next week, something could have to be seriously wrong

1:30:06 > 1:30:05health-wise, he would have to be injured. He came back here to win a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05gold medal, he has been able to do that, he has won 19 points for

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Russia, we have seen some wonderful skating here over three days, but it

1:30:06 > 1:30:05is the Russian gold medal, silver to Canada and bronze to the United

1:30:06 > 1:30:05States. What we have seen makes us look forward to the skating to come.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05That is it from here at the Iceberg Skating Palace, after a wonderful

1:30:06 > 1:30:05night of skating. A great addition to the Olympic

1:30:06 > 1:30:05programme. 22 Sue Barker and Robin Cousins, Robin will be back later,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05we will be talking about the Russian stars. Word is filtering out around

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the Olympic Park that Russia have won their first gold medal. That

1:30:06 > 1:30:05will be their headline, these are ours.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Jenny Jones from Bristol has one rate Britain's first medal, taking

1:30:06 > 1:30:05bronze in the women's's snowboard slopestyle. She said this was a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05different experience from the X Games.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05The new downhill champion, Austria's seventh downhill title, he

1:30:06 > 1:30:05went one better than his father, who won silver in Calgary in 1988.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05More Dutch speed skating delight. The Netherlands had more cause for

1:30:06 > 1:30:05celebration today, the 3000 metre gold medal. Russia's first medal, a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05bronze, and they have followed up with a gold medal in the team ice

1:30:06 > 1:30:05skating. Just in case you think that we are

1:30:06 > 1:30:05pushing the boat out, I would like to show you how we get around. This

1:30:06 > 1:30:05is our glamorous shopping trolley that we have borrowed. It will be

1:30:06 > 1:30:05going back, it has all of the kit that we need, I have various

1:30:06 > 1:30:05electronic things in my bag. We have snacks and water. We roam around, we

1:30:06 > 1:30:05get to show you different bits of the park. Because we have a TV

1:30:06 > 1:30:05screen, it means people can watch the action, have a chat, it is nice,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05it makes it friendlier. That is ours, back to the sport. The louche

1:30:06 > 1:30:05is fabulously fast. They are on their backs, flying down the ice.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Felix Loch comes from Germany, the defending champion. Let's look at

1:30:06 > 1:30:05what happened in the third run of the fall. Felix Loch, Albert

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Demtschenko and Armin Zoggeler are the ones to watch. You cannot

1:30:06 > 1:30:05imagine anybody moving faster on this track, it is Felix Loch. Armin

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Zoggeler is going after Albert Demtschenko. It is a track record.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Felix Loch has laid down a marker. Oh, my goodness, it is slower than

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Albert Demtschenko. Here are the standings after round three and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05going into the fourth and final round. Will those medal places

1:30:06 > 1:30:05stayed the same? We will see with Paul Dickenson and Colin Bryce.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Such is the advantage from the previous runs. There are eight to

1:30:06 > 1:30:05go. He has gradually got better. He was fancied for a medal previously.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05He has it in him to produce a good run. Here we go. That is a good

1:30:06 > 1:30:05start. He has progressed throughout the season. His start has improved

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the most. You can hear the steering. They say this is the most difficult

1:30:06 > 1:30:05part of the chorus. He is getting faster. 0.16 up. He has managed to

1:30:06 > 1:30:05regroup. He is extending away. This is looking good. He holds the lead.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Kindle is in second. It is Austria one and two. I think he will be all

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the happier if he had not done quite so well in training. He is normally

1:30:06 > 1:30:05around eight, nine, ten, even 15. Out of corner five he was clinging

1:30:06 > 1:30:05on to it too long and he did not steal off in time. Kindle is in the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05blue line. They are virtually identical. It wants to pull you back

1:30:06 > 1:30:05up to the woodwork as you go around the corner. All he can do is sit and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05wait. They will stay in there together, I am sure. Here is Armin

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Zoggeler. Third place at the moment for the Italian. We can start

1:30:06 > 1:30:05talking about medal chances now. 100%. He is 1.5 seconds behind Felix

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Loch. There are about 40 51 hundredths between him and the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05bronze medal position. He did not get a good start. He is trying to

1:30:06 > 1:30:05stay as flat as possible. What is impressive is his momentum, despite

1:30:06 > 1:30:05not a particularly quick split. He is a big man and he is letting the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05gravity do the work. That is spectacular. Surely he will go

1:30:06 > 1:30:05faster now. It is exactly the same. My goodness. 134 kilometres per

1:30:06 > 1:30:05hour. Peretyagin has found the lead. He is in first place. He is ahead of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05everybody else. Peretyagin gave his fans, the Russian audience, a scare

1:30:06 > 1:30:05for a second. Let's have a look at the start again. He is not a great

1:30:06 > 1:30:05starter. He is the least powerful of all of the Russians, but he is a big

1:30:06 > 1:30:05man. He tapped down for the gravity to do the work. He kept his head as

1:30:06 > 1:30:05much as he could. This season three or four times he has been outside

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the top 20. Now at worst he will be severed at the Olympic Games. Can he

1:30:06 > 1:30:05win a medal for Italy? It would be a big shock if he could, but it is

1:30:06 > 1:30:05possible. His senior compatriot sits in the bronze medal position at the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05moment, Armin Zoggeler. The only man he would like to see beat him would

1:30:06 > 1:30:05be this boy here. That is the fourth fastest start we have seen from

1:30:06 > 1:30:05anybody. It is not bad. 4.65 is a great start. He dropped off the end

1:30:06 > 1:30:05of five which was not particularly good. He is going quite high on six.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Just a little bit of a wobble. He avoids the wall just. It has cost

1:30:06 > 1:30:05him. It is going to be close. Oh, my goodness. The Italian is in first

1:30:06 > 1:30:05place by the skin of his team. That was only the seventh fastest run of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the day. He was slower than his run number three. Most of the people

1:30:06 > 1:30:05would be going faster in their final run. There were a couple of scary

1:30:06 > 1:30:05moments. A good power start. I am not sure that is going to be enough.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05He may well have taken the lead, but he needed a blinder to put any

1:30:06 > 1:30:05pressure on the medals. We have still got five men to go. He was

1:30:06 > 1:30:05awfully close to that left-hand wall in corner 11. There is Felix Loch.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05He is not joking and laughing any more. This is it. There is one of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05his team-mates, Andi Langenhan. He saw his start record go to Felix

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Loch. Let's see how close he gets to that record again. It was really

1:30:06 > 1:30:05close. 1000th of a second away. He won at the World Cup. Things have

1:30:06 > 1:30:05not been going so well for him since. Perhaps he could work a bit

1:30:06 > 1:30:05of magic here and put some pressure on the medals. Magic is what is

1:30:06 > 1:30:05required. He has settled down. His head is back and his toes are

1:30:06 > 1:30:05appointed and he is really flying now. I liked his corner five. It was

1:30:06 > 1:30:05high, but it was good. He is going to hold onto the lead. He has got

1:30:06 > 1:30:05enough speed to do it. That is good. Andi Langenhan is in the lead, but

1:30:06 > 1:30:05for how long? Still four athletes to go. We are going in reverse order of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05their overall placings after three runs. The Olympic champion, the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05leader of the entire race gets the chance to come down last. He has

1:30:06 > 1:30:05done as well as he could out of 11. Going at nearly 90 miles an hour and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05not looking where he is going with his head back. You could not roll

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the dice any more. He is driving out of peripheral vision. Can you read

1:30:06 > 1:30:05what is on his face? Probably a bit of fear. He knows hundreds of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05millions of Russians are watching. We are down to the medal chances

1:30:06 > 1:30:05now. This is a surprise Russian in the top four. He has got to finish

1:30:06 > 1:30:05at number one. Genco with that start he did not have the same momentum as

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Andi Langenhan. He has got to stay down, and his head is a little bit

1:30:06 > 1:30:05up. It is a good line. Could Andi Langenhan surprise everybody with a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05medal? Oh, my goodness, he is in second place. Andi Langenhan has got

1:30:06 > 1:30:05every opportunity of a medal now. But the three experienced,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05superstars of the sport still to come. I am not entirely sure what

1:30:06 > 1:30:05happened. On the entrance into that corner he went very high. It seems

1:30:06 > 1:30:05to be the Russian line. They seem to be going very high in the apex of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05that corner. It is corner seven. It looks almost identical to number

1:30:06 > 1:30:05five. One of only three men to go below 53 seconds, Armin Zoggeler. He

1:30:06 > 1:30:05is about to make history here. Can he win a medal for the sixth time?

1:30:06 > 1:30:05It is very quiet below. I cannot hear a word. He is away. He has got

1:30:06 > 1:30:05to get close to his previous fast start time. That is good. It is good

1:30:06 > 1:30:05enough. Now Andi Langenhan is pressurising him. That he is ahead

1:30:06 > 1:30:05of him coming into this run. He is 40 years old and we knew his start

1:30:06 > 1:30:05would not be as good as Andi Langenhan. He has got back up to

1:30:06 > 1:30:05speed. That is good enough to hold his form. That looks good as well.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05He has increased his time over Andi Langenhan. Coming round the last

1:30:06 > 1:30:05turn he has got a medal. You see a bit of history. Absolutely superb.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05For the sixth time he has got a medal. We are not sure what kind of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05medal it is. Amazing. Simply amazing. Armin Zoeggeler, six medals

1:30:06 > 1:30:05across six different Olympic Games, he started in 94 with a bronze, gold

1:30:06 > 1:30:05medals in 2002 and 2006, here he is, he gets another bronze medal

1:30:06 > 1:30:05guaranteed, who knows, Albert Demchenko and Felix Loch still to

1:30:06 > 1:30:05go. Just a fabulous slider, tiny marginal steers with his hips. Georg

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Hackl politely applauds. He is still the man, three gold medals, nobody

1:30:06 > 1:30:05else has done that yet. We will see if Armin Zoeggeler can join him.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Albert Demchenko, what does he try this time? He has got to go at

1:30:06 > 1:30:05something special. His third run is not even the track record. What a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05moment he gave us after the first run, when he led. Nobody expect it

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Felix Loch to blitz this and be ahead of everyone and the ahead of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05everybody by a country mile. The Russians just want to see him

1:30:06 > 1:30:05putting a decent performance, stay in front of Armin Zoeggeler and hold

1:30:06 > 1:30:05onto a sulphur medal. You never know, he will roll the dice and go

1:30:06 > 1:30:05for gold. He has got to go a more true line than everybody else.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Perfect so far. The fastest we have seen by anybody on that corner,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05brilliant stuff. He does not take a hit. It is not a perfect run, but it

1:30:06 > 1:30:05is as good as he can do. This is fast. Not as fast as we saw in the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05first run, but he is in first race, that was planned. Will it be the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05plan to stay there when Felix Loch goes? That is the issue. My

1:30:06 > 1:30:05goodness, the fireworks going off, what has gone on? That if the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05pressure he was under, everybody was waiting, if he had not nailed that,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05he would have slipped out of the medals, it would have been horrible.

1:30:06 > 1:30:0542 years old, he has made history, seven Olympic Games, a silver, and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05now guaranteed a second silver, maybe a gold. He has got an

1:30:06 > 1:30:05absolutely superb start and a superb finishing time. What happened in

1:30:06 > 1:30:05between disappears with the ether of time. He says, yes! I was chatting

1:30:06 > 1:30:05to one of the German commentators, he said, we still have not seen

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Albert benching co-'s wild run yet, but he has not screwed it up, he has

1:30:06 > 1:30:05held it together. He is known for mucking it up on big occasions, but

1:30:06 > 1:30:05he is in the lead, just one man to go, the Olympic champion. Felix Loch

1:30:06 > 1:30:05is sent on his way. For history, his second gold medal in a row awaits.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Can he get the gold medal for the second time? Only one man knows how

1:30:06 > 1:30:05fast he has got to go, surely it is going to be a second gold medal.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05That is the start he can give you. Goodness me. He is going to have to

1:30:06 > 1:30:05take a couple of huge hits to lose the gold medal, or even crash. Felix

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Loch is flying. That is bad news for everybody else. He is absolutely

1:30:06 > 1:30:05flying. Over half a second. It is a good slide up the hill. He can

1:30:06 > 1:30:05virtually crushed and still win the gold medal. Felix Loch coming

1:30:06 > 1:30:05through towards the finish. Absolutely flying. Magnificent.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Georg Hackl, now he celebrates, his young protege has done it. Two gold

1:30:06 > 1:30:05medals, he is only 24, Georg Hackl was 25 when he took his first one,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05and he got free, so we could see this man for another four or five

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Olympic cycles. That was fantastic. We waited and waited and waited for

1:30:06 > 1:30:05somebody to come on the scene who could win two in a row, maybe go

1:30:06 > 1:30:05three or four. That was fantastic. That puts him to number three in the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05all-time rankings of Olympic lugers, just hind Armin Zoeggeler. Georg

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Hackl the only man who has won three gold medals, his coach. His dad is

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the head of the German federation. There is his girlfriend. What a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05moment. At 24, he could do for or five more Olympics. He was

1:30:06 > 1:30:05phenomenal when he won at 20. He was 18 when he won his first World

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Championships, he is breaking every record. Armin Zoeggeler on the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05right-hand side, still a medallist at 40. This was the gold medal one.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05He could have taken it easy, but he did not. He just paused for a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05second, a little uncharacteristic, then he dropped down into position.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05A bit conservative at the start. Look at how his feet are pointing

1:30:06 > 1:30:05together. Nearly six foot four, he can just about touches toes. He

1:30:06 > 1:30:05leaves his way through the air, makes for great aerodynamics. Double

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Olympic gold medallist. Flanked by these two, 82 years old together.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Armin Zoeggeler, 40, Albert Demchenko, 42. And Felix Loch, 24.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05That is it, the time has come when the champion again will be crowned.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05That was fantastic, worth waiting for. I hope you would agree. Felix

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Loch is the Olympic champion. Albert Demchenko the silver medallist,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Armin Zoeggeler the bronze medallist.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Felix Loch unlocks the door to a double gold medal, he successfully

1:30:06 > 1:30:05defends his title, a great story, and well done Albert Demchenko and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Armin Zoeggeler. There is Armin Zoeggeler. He becomes the first

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Winter Olympian to win medals in the same event in six consecutive winter

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Olympics. His first was in 1994. The strength of them, they are big

1:30:06 > 1:30:05men, that is how they make the two go so fast. It is easier to be on

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the ice on the luge ban on your feet. The Russians were shouting

1:30:06 > 1:30:05their support for Albert Demchenko, at 42, the oldest individual

1:30:06 > 1:30:05winner. The two very experienced lugers

1:30:06 > 1:30:05taking bronze and silver, but it is the youngster, Felix Loch, faster

1:30:06 > 1:30:05than all of them in all four runs. Maintaining his dominance. He could

1:30:06 > 1:30:05go on and on. He was the youngest ever luge champion in Vancouver. For

1:30:06 > 1:30:05years on, he celebrates as if it is the first time it has ever

1:30:06 > 1:30:05happened. It is a huge moment for him and for Germany. A wonderful

1:30:06 > 1:30:05smile. Enjoying all of it at the Sanki Sliding Centre, Matt Pinsent

1:30:06 > 1:30:05and Amy Williams. Let's find out what they made of this and what they

1:30:06 > 1:30:05have learned, looking ahead to the events in which we have strong

1:30:06 > 1:30:05British contenders, including the event that anyone in Vancouver, the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05skeleton. We have had Russian fireworks in the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05air, and from Albert and Chang, fireworks on the track. Felix Loch,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05almost run away with it. Unbelievable, every four runs, he

1:30:06 > 1:30:05was the quickest, he just had it, over half a second in the league. He

1:30:06 > 1:30:05lost a bit towards the end, but he smashed it, unbelievable. He won

1:30:06 > 1:30:05four years ago in Vancouver, to do it again is brilliant. You know, the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05start area, all of your competitors begin to go, one after another, and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05it empties out. The fastest one is the last one up in the changing

1:30:06 > 1:30:05room. You are the one person sitting there, thinking, I am off last. You

1:30:06 > 1:30:05have got to keep your head together, and that is what he did, he went

1:30:06 > 1:30:05out, he had a great start, he kept it together, and he smashed it. We

1:30:06 > 1:30:05can see him having his first interview with German TV behind us.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Have we learned anything about the track? It seemed to get quicker and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05quicker. Yes, I would be interested to see what the ice times were. It

1:30:06 > 1:30:05did not frost up, they prepared it again for the last competitors, and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05everybody seemed to have a bit of a quicker time. For the skeleton,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05fully see on a, the coaches will be watching, they will see what the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05conditions are like, keeping an eye on it. Will they be glued in front

1:30:06 > 1:30:05of the telly? They might have been watching, almost for the practice,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05to see the lines, although two has slightly different lines from

1:30:06 > 1:30:05skeleton. On the other hand, they might leave it, pocket, keep in

1:30:06 > 1:30:05their head what they know. The training will be doing today

1:30:06 > 1:30:05tomorrow. Yes, some of the training will be during the day, but they

1:30:06 > 1:30:05have evening training as well, so they will be able to predict the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05same conditions and weather and put that into practice on race day.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Especially with the lights on. It looks beautiful. If you have never

1:30:06 > 1:30:05gone in the night with the bright lights, you can choose your coloured

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Pfizer, and that can help you look at the profiles of the corner, what

1:30:06 > 1:30:05it looks like. That can be tactical. They would have practised it in

1:30:06 > 1:30:05training, to have the same of these conditions. We are looking forward

1:30:06 > 1:30:05to the women's skeleton, it starts on Thursday, the final runs on

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Friday night, Valentine's Day. This is where you need to be, no romantic

1:30:06 > 1:30:05meals! A whole new Valentines evening

1:30:06 > 1:30:05date! Germany up into seventh place faxed

1:30:06 > 1:30:05to that gold medal from Felix Loch. The Russians are in joint fourth

1:30:06 > 1:30:05after the team skating. Great Britain's bronze from Jenny Jones.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05The live concert that has been going on here has just come to an end, so

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the crowds are starting to make their way home. We will switch our

1:30:06 > 1:30:05attention from rattling down the ice to flying through the sky on a pair

1:30:06 > 1:30:05of skis. The most elegant of Alpine disciplines, the ski jump.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05It looks wonderful when it goes right, they land so beautifully, but

1:30:06 > 1:30:05what about when it goes wrong? Thomas Morgenstern knows the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05pitfalls, he has three gold medals, but he now has reason for

1:30:06 > 1:30:05uncertainty. At the top of the ski jump, that is no place for that.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Matt Pinsent has been delving into doubt.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Sport has a habit of playing tricks with your mind. More pressure, more

1:30:06 > 1:30:05mistakes. In golf, you might miss a put. Annoying, but not

1:30:06 > 1:30:05life-threatening. Normally, it is not dangerous. In darts, the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05inability to let go of the dark. You might miss the board, big deal. When

1:30:06 > 1:30:05your mind goes, your body is sure to follow. It is a kind of freedom. But

1:30:06 > 1:30:05in ski jumping, if your body says yes but your mind says no, the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05result? It does not bear thinking about. Every day can be the last

1:30:06 > 1:30:05one. Less than a month ago, a three-time Olympic champion suffered

1:30:06 > 1:30:05a horrendous crash. In the -- injuries to his skull and lungs left

1:30:06 > 1:30:05him hospitalised and reminded us how dangerous it can be. I was lying in

1:30:06 > 1:30:05hospital for many days. I do not remember anything about the crash. I

1:30:06 > 1:30:05saw it only one time. It was a bit crazy. I and the luckiest man

1:30:06 > 1:30:05alive! What must be going through the mind of Thomas Morgenstern as he

1:30:06 > 1:30:05looks down the runway? I am looking forward to doing ski jumping in the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05future. Best of luck commerce dashed Thomas.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05He has been in action in qualifying and he took off safely and landed

1:30:06 > 1:30:05safely. That is a wonderful shot of the Olympic Park. Let's remind you

1:30:06 > 1:30:05before we see the ski jumping of how it works. Ski jumping takes place on

1:30:06 > 1:30:05either the normal hill or the large hill.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05The aim is to fly the furthest distance and to earn crucial style

1:30:06 > 1:30:05points. Points for distance are determined by where the jumper

1:30:06 > 1:30:05lands. The Cape point is 95 metres for the normal hill and 125 metres

1:30:06 > 1:30:05for the large hill. If an athlete jumps beyond that mark, they earn

1:30:06 > 1:30:05extra points. If they come up short, they lose points. The winner

1:30:06 > 1:30:05is the athlete with the highest points total from their two jumps in

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the final. It is the jump as it should be done

1:30:06 > 1:30:05with the professionals. We will catch up with the action with your

1:30:06 > 1:30:05commentator, Patrick Winterton. AndreasWank gets on his way. His

1:30:06 > 1:30:05first jump. That was a good jumper from him. Superb stuff. That is

1:30:06 > 1:30:05doubly impressive. 101 metres and he is in contention. We will have to

1:30:06 > 1:30:05wait and see what the adjustments are. He is the only man whose chin

1:30:06 > 1:30:05extends almost passed his ski tips. The style points are fantastic. This

1:30:06 > 1:30:05man is on form. He has won all the training and he won the warm up. He

1:30:06 > 1:30:05is capable of 104 and 105. It is another fine leap from Michael

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Hayboeck. The junior world champion from 2010. With the performances we

1:30:06 > 1:30:05have seen this week he has put himself in contention for the gold

1:30:06 > 1:30:05medal tonight. He has done nothing wrong. He is going to be a team

1:30:06 > 1:30:05member for the Austrian team. Austria are looking to secure their

1:30:06 > 1:30:05third team title in succession. The landing was good and the flight was

1:30:06 > 1:30:05good. He has gone into top spot yet again. Next to go is Thomas

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Morgenstern. Two gold medals in 2006, the individual and the team.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05He took the team gold in 2010 in Vancouver as well. Remember he is on

1:30:06 > 1:30:05a comeback from an absolutely terrifying accident. Hats off to him

1:30:06 > 1:30:05for making it here. Austria's coach knows that his chances of winning

1:30:06 > 1:30:05this competition in particular are very slim. As the days go on I think

1:30:06 > 1:30:05we will see him return to his normal form. Usually at this stage he has

1:30:06 > 1:30:05got a smile on his face. If you have not seen the accident, it is well

1:30:06 > 1:30:05worth checking it out to see how badly it can go. He is glad he has

1:30:06 > 1:30:05got a second jump. He did say he is coming here to make up the numbers,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05he wanted to experience it because he has missed so much training. This

1:30:06 > 1:30:05man took a fall yesterday and that has got to be on his mind. From a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05terrible landing yesterday evening he produces the best landing of the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05night so far. Patiently waiting as he goes over

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the knoll. Always flying with his mouth open. Those adjustments have

1:30:06 > 1:30:05pushed him all the way up into second position. That is a bit of a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05surprise, but great news for Slovenia. This is the four Hills

1:30:06 > 1:30:05champion. It was a good landing, but it was a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05bit below par. He is only 18 years old, so he has got a lot of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05experience to gain. In days gone by the jumpers were at their best when

1:30:06 > 1:30:05they were 15 or 16, that is before they reduced the length of the skis.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05He has got a bit of a back wind to cope with and that is a very solid

1:30:06 > 1:30:05jump from him. He joins the list of what have we got? He should be there

1:30:06 > 1:30:05as well. The normal hill world champion.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Six to go in the first round. With 45 seconds for each jumper it will

1:30:06 > 1:30:05not be long before we start to prepare for the climax of this

1:30:06 > 1:30:05competition. Those bonus points are very useful to him. He has got a one

1:30:06 > 1:30:05metre advantage over Michael Hayboeck. This is the double Olympic

1:30:06 > 1:30:05champion in Salt Lake City and double Olympic champion in

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Vancouver. Attempting to break the record of individual gold medals,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05but he has not been showing that form so far this week. The Swiss

1:30:06 > 1:30:05flag bearer in a little bit of trouble. He is married to a Russian

1:30:06 > 1:30:05so he is very familiar with the culture and the language out here,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05but he has not been able to time his peak right. He has won world cups

1:30:06 > 1:30:05this season, but then again 14 men have won from the 20 competitions it

1:30:06 > 1:30:05has been such an open season. We have had seasons where one man has

1:30:06 > 1:30:05won 13. He is a long way adrift of the leaders. He is five metres

1:30:06 > 1:30:05adrift. It will take a miracle jump from him to secure the victory.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Severin Freund was 104 metres last night. He did not quite go the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05distance. Crashing at 60 miles an hour. Raising his arm to indicate he

1:30:06 > 1:30:05is OK. No impact on his face or his head. That has got to be good news.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Maybe getting a bit greedy by distance. Coming out of the flight

1:30:06 > 1:30:05position a bit late. Beautiful angle with the upper body. Dan into the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05landing and slightly off-line. Luckily the binding releases and the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05second ski goes. That is always the danger. They weigh about 1.5 times

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the weight of an alpine ski. I am sure many of you are familiar with

1:30:06 > 1:30:05that. Always a danger of damage to the knee. Severin Freund crashing

1:30:06 > 1:30:05out and his style points reduced dramatically. He scores 33 instead

1:30:06 > 1:30:05of 55. If he has got sufficient distance he might possibly get a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05second jump, but the calculations are quite complicated. This is the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05most successful World Cup ski jumper there has ever been, but that is not

1:30:06 > 1:30:05vintage by any means at all. He produced the longest jump in

1:30:06 > 1:30:05qualifying of 104 metres, level with Severin Freund. Slight confusion

1:30:06 > 1:30:05earlier on because of a withdrawal from a Slovenian who took a fall

1:30:06 > 1:30:05last night. It is not a good jumper from him. This is the oldest man in

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the field. There are only nine men who are too old to be his son. There

1:30:06 > 1:30:05are five men in the competition when he competed in his first Olympic

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Games in 1992. This is his seventh Olympic Games. The word is out he

1:30:06 > 1:30:05wants to go for eight. He will be 45. The way he has been jumping this

1:30:06 > 1:30:05year, I would not put it past him. A brilliant ambassador for the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Japanese team and for ski jumping. He became the oldest man to win a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05World Cup. Not the most stable landing we have seen from him. He

1:30:06 > 1:30:05has had a whole host of podiums this year, so victory is not beyond him

1:30:06 > 1:30:05quite yet. This is Slovenia's best hope. He is

1:30:06 > 1:30:05in the money. A good jumper from him. He has a tendency to drift over

1:30:06 > 1:30:05to the right hand side. Beautiful timing, very smooth. Relaxed as he

1:30:06 > 1:30:05flies over the knoll at 56 miles an hour. It is as if he has just

1:30:06 > 1:30:05stepped off the bottom step of a staircase he comes down so gently.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Great work from the Slovenian. The Slovenian code is looking pretty

1:30:06 > 1:30:05happy with things at the moment and so he should be because his man is

1:30:06 > 1:30:05into second place. For me this is the man who has been on form, but

1:30:06 > 1:30:05there have been won or two wobbles in the practice rounds. Bidding for

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Olympic glory. That is the way to open your account. And the people

1:30:06 > 1:30:05from Poland to have gone to massive expense to get to Sochi will be

1:30:06 > 1:30:05delighted. Kamil Stoch, the reigning world champion off the large hill.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05He won the last two world cups and he could be in the lead after the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05first round here in the risky gawky jumping centre. Is he on his way to

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Olympic gold? The star of last season and so far the start of this

1:30:06 > 1:30:05season. There you have it, he has put a

1:30:06 > 1:30:057-point lead in, and 3.5m graceful the second round. He will be the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05last to go in the second round. Michael Hayboeck is not out of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05contention. The big names, time Morgenstern and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Simon Mann, struggling. They will go in reverse order for the fourth and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05final jump, we will be back for that, and we will see it live, we

1:30:06 > 1:30:05will see if Poland can hang on to their lead. Behind me, this is the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05venue for the ice skating. Also, before we go back to the ski jumping

1:30:06 > 1:30:05live, let's remind you of one of the great ski jumping tales.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05As a young child, I was always in trouble, always hurting myself, in

1:30:06 > 1:30:05and out of hospital. If somebody dared me to do anything, climbed the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05highest tree, the highest wall, I would do it. Ski jumping was the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05ideal sport for me. The very first time I ever went

1:30:06 > 1:30:05skiing was on a score ski trip when I was 13. My games teacher used to

1:30:06 > 1:30:05organise a ski trip from the score. You always believed in yourself,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05nobody else did at the time. We do now! Within three months, took over

1:30:06 > 1:30:05my whole life, it was all I ever thought about. I wanted to be a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05downhill racer in Sarajevo in 1984, but it was difficult, I could not

1:30:06 > 1:30:05get the top coaches and train with the top teams, so I was just doing

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the best I could with what I had, which was not much. I found it such

1:30:06 > 1:30:05a struggle to race in Europe financially, I decided to come home,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05spend a few months with my dad, save some money, then I decided to go to

1:30:06 > 1:30:05America. That is where I first started jumping, Lake Placid. The

1:30:06 > 1:30:05hosts of the 1980 Winter Olympics, I asked if I could have a go on the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05ski jumps. I wanted to go on the 19 metre jump. They said, that is too

1:30:06 > 1:30:05big. I carried on jumping. I thought, I wonder if I could go to

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Calgary in 1988. But as a jumper, not a racer. To be picked to be

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Britain's first ever jumper was a dream come true. I was going to love

1:30:06 > 1:30:05every single minute of getting there. I can remember everything

1:30:06 > 1:30:05like it was yesterday. The first time I arrived at the airport, there

1:30:06 > 1:30:05was a big banner on the wall, it said, welcome to Calgary. They said,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05it is you, and I was christened Eddie the Eagle. It took on a life

1:30:06 > 1:30:05of its own. I had only done one training jump on the small hill. I

1:30:06 > 1:30:05did it, it went OK, I landed on my feet, and then the whole Eddie the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Eagle thing got bigger. We had 90,000 people around the stadium,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05watching the big hill. The whole crowd chanting my name, I gave them

1:30:06 > 1:30:05a wave, they were going potty. Here he is, Cheltenham's favourite

1:30:06 > 1:30:05son. A lot of these people are here today to see him. There is you are,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05he is safely down, and listen to the crowd. 71, a British record.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05I knew I would come last, but getting a British record was a great

1:30:06 > 1:30:05achievement for me. Unfortunately, cause I became so popular, they said

1:30:06 > 1:30:05it is not right that a guy who comes 58 should get more attention than

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the guy who won the event. I think you look like a movie star.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05They kicked me off the Olympic team, and I was prevented from ski jumping

1:30:06 > 1:30:05ever again. For me, getting to those Olympic

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Games was my gold medal, and I made my dream come true.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05It was one of the best Olympic stories ever, he is an amazing guy,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05and he even got a mention in the closing speech of the Calgary games.

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1:30:06 > 1:30:05final and deciding jump in the men's normal hill individual.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05You join us just in time to see the German. Way outside the top

1:30:06 > 1:30:05positions after the first jump. Back from injury in the summer months, he

1:30:06 > 1:30:05broke his foot, so he missed three or four weeks of training. He has

1:30:06 > 1:30:05shown one or two sparks of brilliance this year, but not here

1:30:06 > 1:30:05tonight. Kamil Stoch, the World Cup leader, leads the way after the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05first round, a brilliant job, 105.5, a three metre advantage over the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05field. It is far from decided, but Cammell stock has done everything

1:30:06 > 1:30:05possible to take the first steps to Olympic gold. This is the first ski

1:30:06 > 1:30:05jumping contest of the Winter Olympics, the large hill is next

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Saturday, and then the team competition. Let's not forget the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05women's competition, included in the Olympic programme for the first

1:30:06 > 1:30:05time. But 9.5 for the Japanese in the first round, he is just about on

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the same mark again. -- 99.5. You will see three lines on the landing

1:30:06 > 1:30:05zone, the first red line is 95 metres, the poor performance, 60.4

1:30:06 > 1:30:05distance. The second line is the hillsides, and if they start

1:30:06 > 1:30:05exceeding that, the jury are likely to reduce the England speed to limit

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the distance. The blue line is superimposed, that is the one that

1:30:06 > 1:30:05they estimate you need to achieve to take the lead. Bear in mind, there

1:30:06 > 1:30:05are style points awarded, and they can make all the difference. A

1:30:06 > 1:30:05maximum of 64 style from the five judges, each with 20, the best and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the worst taken away. -- a maximum of 60 four style. He is on the blue

1:30:06 > 1:30:05line. A nice jump, he has not done a lot

1:30:06 > 1:30:05of jumping this year, he has not been on his normal form, but he is

1:30:06 > 1:30:05showing his best form of the season at the right time, he goes to the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05top spot. Very few between one and ten get through to the second round,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05so it has been a good performance. Now, the second of the Norwegians in

1:30:06 > 1:30:05this final round. He will be hoping to go over 100 metres. 87.9 on the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05England, respectable, but he is only just over. I wonder if he is feeling

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the pressure of the Olympics. He always seems to produce a good

1:30:06 > 1:30:05landing. Nice style. Reintroduced. Eventually, the jury stop penalising

1:30:06 > 1:30:05it and it started winning world cups. There were other tech pics,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05putting the arms by the side is above out front, and then this style

1:30:06 > 1:30:05coming in in the mid-80s. The Pioneer was a laughing stock for a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05while, but he has been proved to have been correct.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Pretty standard. There will be a big hole developing at 96, 97 metres, if

1:30:06 > 1:30:05they keep landing in the same spot. The skis crossed in the initial

1:30:06 > 1:30:05phase of flight, he will lose half a point. While. The landing is

1:30:06 > 1:30:05crucially important. He makes it look very easy. The Japanese have

1:30:06 > 1:30:05been on form this week, but tonight, a bit below par, really impressed

1:30:06 > 1:30:05with them in training. The winning score in Vancouver was 276, so they

1:30:06 > 1:30:05are still a long way off that mark. The 41-year-old is in with a shout,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05he will be jumping number 24 in the second round.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05He has not managed to generate any lift on either office jobs, slightly

1:30:06 > 1:30:05surprising. He carries Goodspeed on the inrun, look how low he stays.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Straight down into the aggressive flying position, the Hibs almost

1:30:06 > 1:30:05straight. His chin virtually between the ski tips. But it has not worked.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05One of the giveaways is the bend of the ski. Wait until we see the last

1:30:06 > 1:30:05three, they are the masters of the art at the moment.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05An Austrian coaching the Norwegian team, he has done good work, but the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05team are not as strong as they have been in the past.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05246.8 is the tally that the jumpers are at. He is there, he takes it up

1:30:06 > 1:30:05with a good second round. We are getting closer to a respectable

1:30:06 > 1:30:05score. Each jumper has uttered the previous one in the first round, so

1:30:06 > 1:30:05in theory, the lead should change each time. That is not the way it

1:30:06 > 1:30:05turns out that the pressure starts to mount. Solid enough, he is overly

1:30:06 > 1:30:05K-point. He had his purple patch about 12

1:30:06 > 1:30:05months ago. It has not really returned when he would have liked it

1:30:06 > 1:30:05too. For some, their rich form lasts for a week or two. For some, it just

1:30:06 > 1:30:05for a month or two. Gregor Schlierenzauer before tonight was

1:30:06 > 1:30:05one of the favourites. You would not have got good odds with the bookies.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05But he has left himself a massive amount to do, picking up 123.9

1:30:06 > 1:30:05points in the first round. He is almost 20 points, ten metres behind

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the leader. he may well be going into top spot for now. But he will

1:30:06 > 1:30:05have to wait for the large hill contest. The coach knows his really

1:30:06 > 1:30:05big hope has not performed tonight. There were signs he was struggling

1:30:06 > 1:30:05in some of the training jumps, but in others he was the longest.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05This is a man who reached his peak back in 2006, the first cheque ever

1:30:06 > 1:30:05to win the World Cup. A beautiful technician, lovely form,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05great landing. He has never taken any medals. But the man who follows

1:30:06 > 1:30:05him down the Imran has taken more than most. The double Olympic

1:30:06 > 1:30:05champion from Salt Lake City in 2002. He won both gold medals in

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Vancouver off the normal hill and the large hill. What can he produce

1:30:06 > 1:30:05in his second round? It is not there. It is just not happening for

1:30:06 > 1:30:05him. Another of the favourites who has not performed tonight. He will

1:30:06 > 1:30:05have to wait for the large hill contest. Two centimetre layers of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05eyes that has performed well. They have had no problem with the warm

1:30:06 > 1:30:05weather. They have drained all the water away. It cost $50 million to

1:30:06 > 1:30:05build the RusSki Gorki facility. It has been worth every cent. Will he

1:30:06 > 1:30:05come back and shock as in the large hill competition on Saturday? Thomas

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Morgenstern follows him down. He should slap his thighs before he

1:30:06 > 1:30:05goes. Back from injury and a horrifying fall. It is good to see

1:30:06 > 1:30:05him in action and that familiar style. It is a much better jumper.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Just wait to see him in action in the large hill and he will play a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05part in the Austrian team event. Every time he survives a jump there

1:30:06 > 1:30:05is a big smile on his face. It was a terrible accident just after the New

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Year period, just after the four Hills tournament had finished. He

1:30:06 > 1:30:05has worked with psychologists, physiotherapists, physiologists, the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05whole lot, and they got him to the Olympic Games. Four more to go

1:30:06 > 1:30:05before we get into a technical break.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05The coach quickly onto the radio. The screen in the stadium is so big

1:30:06 > 1:30:05that I cannot believe anyone cannot see it.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Germany, Austria, Austria. They are the names that we usually see at the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05top of the result sheet at the end of the day, but we still have 13 to

1:30:06 > 1:30:05go. He has turned into a fine jumper. He

1:30:06 > 1:30:05is coached by his father. It is the longest jump of the second round so

1:30:06 > 1:30:05far, so the lead is going to change again and Finland will go to the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05top. Finland have not won for some time. He lost points for the wind

1:30:06 > 1:30:05compensation. He picked up good style points. He had a headwind as

1:30:06 > 1:30:05opposed to a back window. That has cost him the lead. 12 to go now. His

1:30:06 > 1:30:05sister is jumping in the women's competition in 48 hours time. His

1:30:06 > 1:30:05father was a silver medallist way back in 1988 when Eddie Edwards was

1:30:06 > 1:30:05around in Calgary. Nice timing, very well judged. Straight into a stable

1:30:06 > 1:30:05flight position. It is going to be interesting to see the style points

1:30:06 > 1:30:05and the wind compensation. Will they pushed him anywhere near the top?

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Winning was never on the cards, but 60 is disappointing. He is likely to

1:30:06 > 1:30:05be outside the top 20 come the end of the night. Two Slovenians.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05He has got some distance as well. That was an excellent jumper. That

1:30:06 > 1:30:05could well be enough. But you have to be a little bit wary with the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05wind compensation that has been going on. He is likely to lose half

1:30:06 > 1:30:05a metre, not much more than that because the wind is very light here

1:30:06 > 1:30:05in the RusSki Gorki Stadium. And now we prepare for the last ten. A

1:30:06 > 1:30:05little break to check the Enron and the landing and to build the tension

1:30:06 > 1:30:05in the stadium. That little break gives us a chance

1:30:06 > 1:30:05to address some of the questions coming through on social media.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Graham Bell is a passionate lover of ski jumping, so I am going to fire

1:30:06 > 1:30:05you the questions. When we see them on the runs, what are they actually

1:30:06 > 1:30:05running on? Is it plastic or ice? It is to ram it. They used to run on

1:30:06 > 1:30:05snow, but if the conditions change, the speed on the table would change.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05They pretty much ditched snow and they ran on ceramic and it makes the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05competition fairer. When they land, where I they measuring the spot

1:30:06 > 1:30:05from? The front or the back of the ski? Were defeated land. Front foot

1:30:06 > 1:30:05or back foot? The middle of the two feet. Lots of people are asking

1:30:06 > 1:30:05about the little trees. That is very old school. It gives a distance

1:30:06 > 1:30:05marking. You are not going to veer off that much one side or the other.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05It helps the spectators measure the distance. Fantastic, keep your

1:30:06 > 1:30:05questions coming in. That is how to do it. Les rejoined the action with

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Patrick. That was Mikhail Maksimochkin, Russia's only hope of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05getting in the medals here. Tim places after the medal, he produced

1:30:06 > 1:30:05a huge leap of 104 metres and he got every single one of the crowd on

1:30:06 > 1:30:05their feet. One of the better Russian performances we have seen so

1:30:06 > 1:30:05far in these games. They did manage to claim a medal in the biathlon

1:30:06 > 1:30:05this afternoon. A big relief after they missed out by a fraction of a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05second in the Laura cross-country stadium and the men's skiathlon.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Mikhail Maksimochkin, it's not going to be his night, what a shame. Nine

1:30:06 > 1:30:05to go, the Polish jumper is the first of their team. 101 metres in

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the first round, he is only five points, 2.5 metres off second place.

1:30:06 > 1:30:0522 years old, a big moment for him. Elliott of 101, 102, may see him

1:30:06 > 1:30:05into the podium. -- a leap of 101. Not quite on the blue line, just a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05little bit short. And the compensation, it will be minus

1:30:06 > 1:30:05points. He will lose roughly half a metre. Late on the explosion,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05slightly too slow into that flying position. He waits patiently before

1:30:06 > 1:30:05he is over the knoll before he tries to pressurise the skis. But Jan

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Ziobro of Poland will not be joining the top three and I am just assuming

1:30:06 > 1:30:05that Kamil Stoch is going to make it because he has tips such a great

1:30:06 > 1:30:05lead. And the next is the oldest man on the tour, the oldest man to win a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05World Cup, competing at the Olympic Games before seven of the field here

1:30:06 > 1:30:05tonight were even born. It is Noriaki Kasai. He is better off on

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the live show, Saturday was his best chance.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Brilliantly consistent this year, he is almost there. Just a little bit

1:30:06 > 1:30:05unstable coming off the table. 100 metres, I am not sure it is enough.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Compensation, there will be none. Nothing positive or negative, again

1:30:06 > 1:30:05fractionally too late. 90% of the time they are too late if they

1:30:06 > 1:30:05missed time it. Very seldom do we see them taking off to early. He

1:30:06 > 1:30:05opens early, always lands nicely. 20 years of Olympic experience for this

1:30:06 > 1:30:05man and he wants to go for his eighth Olympics in 2018. Can you

1:30:06 > 1:30:05believe it. One day he will hang those queues up but not yet.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Four Polish people in the top 20 of the world rankings this year. They

1:30:06 > 1:30:05are having a really good season. Andreas Wellinger performance is

1:30:06 > 1:30:05looking better and better. The Polish coach just a little concerned

1:30:06 > 1:30:05I think. His men have done well in the first round, slightly

1:30:06 > 1:30:05underperformed in the second. He has to cross his fingers that Kamil

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Stoch can hold it together and we will find out in under five

1:30:06 > 1:30:05minutes' time because we only have six jumpers to go before we know the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05third jumping medallist of these Games.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Tata has looked solid visibly, he is certainly the tallest, will he

1:30:06 > 1:30:05produce the longest? Low position on the Enron, and chin thrusting

1:30:06 > 1:30:05forward and AndreasWank is very close, he is very close to a bit of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05a back window will give him roughly two metres which takes him up to 99.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Now, he was some five metres ahead of Andreas Wellinger after the first

1:30:06 > 1:30:05round. 18.5, I suspect. I'll, no, they

1:30:06 > 1:30:05don't like it. It pushes AndreasWank down into fifth place so Andreas

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Wellinger survives another challenge, he finished the first

1:30:06 > 1:30:05round in 14th place. They will be a lot of celebration and a lot of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05nerves in the German camp at the moment. Two Austrians, a Slovenian,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05a Norwegian and a Polish jumper still to jump. This is the winner of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the four hills championship, he only got in because Morgenstern was

1:30:06 > 1:30:05injured. He has exploded with some brilliant jumping. He is unsettled,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05and he knows that he has not taken full advantage. They will be good

1:30:06 > 1:30:05compensation, the back wind certainly causing problems for

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Thomas Diethart. Given a pig by his father when he

1:30:06 > 1:30:05won his first ever World Cup and now he has a little pink pig as a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05mascot. I am not sure we will see it tonight but he is in top spot at the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05moment. He takes the tally up to 258, he has scraped ahead of Andreas

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Wellinger so the duel between the two Austrians and the Germans which

1:30:06 > 1:30:05has been a bit tropics ski jumping scene for the last few seasons

1:30:06 > 1:30:05continues. Austria now leading with Andreas Wellinger, no more, -- no

1:30:06 > 1:30:05more Germans to go. Do not rule out this competitor though. That is the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05worst job we have seen from him and we know it, the worst job we have

1:30:06 > 1:30:05seen in the last four days. The pressure of the Olympic Games. And

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the better your chances of taking gold, the more pressure there is.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05The nerves perhaps getting to the junior world champion from 2010,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Michael Haybock looking to become the Olympic champion in 2014. And

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the style points put him into second place so Austria are now one and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05two, Thomas Diethart survives a believable stop only three to go.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05The Slovenian to come, Peter Prevc. And then Kamil Stoch, the world's

1:30:06 > 1:30:05number one jumper for this season. Slovenia's last chance. It is good,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05it is very, very good. We have a new leader and it is Peter Prevc of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Slovenia. He got his first win in Bad Mitterndorf and then everybody

1:30:06 > 1:30:05took notice. His coach will be celebrating right now but he will

1:30:06 > 1:30:05also be crossing his fingers and his toes because there are still too

1:30:06 > 1:30:05much jumpers to go. Nothing is certain quite yet. It is a good job,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05no doubt about that. The compensation points should be good

1:30:06 > 1:30:05because the back wind has persisted and we should be looking at one two,

1:30:06 > 1:30:05three metres at it. We will find out in just a moment.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Gore ran his coach, likes it, and that is why. 130.5 points scored and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05it takes is total on to 265, a 7-point advantage over second place.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Two to go. Thomas is at risk of being pushed off the podium. What

1:30:06 > 1:30:05was deliberate will Anders Bardal do question mark he is short and knows

1:30:06 > 1:30:05it. Alex, his coach, I don't think he will have feel a bit champion in

1:30:06 > 1:30:05his camp tonight. -- I don't think you will have an Olympic champion in

1:30:06 > 1:30:05his cap. Anders Bardal not looking as relaxed as he did before. He is

1:30:06 > 1:30:05seventh in the World Cup standings at the moment. Perhaps he was not

1:30:06 > 1:30:05expecting anything special and he goes into the top two. He is

1:30:06 > 1:30:05obviously on for a medal and he would have second -- settled for

1:30:06 > 1:30:05that at the beginning of the night. The best of the Norwegians by a

1:30:06 > 1:30:05large margin but he has not produced his best ever job in the second

1:30:06 > 1:30:05round. He waits and waits... And he has got the bronze medal at least.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05He has the bronze medal at least and Norway's tally goes up and up.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Having claimed the bronze medal in the men's skiathlon this morning.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05They got gold in the biathlon Ole Einar Bjorndalen yesterday and gold

1:30:06 > 1:30:05in the women's skiathlon. He goes Kamil Stoch, polar's number one and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the world's number one and he needs the blue line. That is the way to do

1:30:06 > 1:30:05it. Once again, Kamil Stoch has flown to glory. That is three

1:30:06 > 1:30:05jumping victories in succession. He won the last two world cups and he

1:30:06 > 1:30:05has absolutely slaughtered the rest here tonight. The best job in the

1:30:06 > 1:30:05first round by a country mile, he has done it again in the second.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Nobody can complain. There is luck in all sports but not here tonight.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05This was just pure talent. And pure nerve from Kamil Stoch. A

1:30:06 > 1:30:05sensational leap to secure his first Olympic title, his first Olympic

1:30:06 > 1:30:05medal. It has been for years of hard graft for this man since Vancouver.

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Temp in the world standings in 2011, then fifth and then third and

1:30:06 > 1:30:05this year, he is the world than the one. Coached by Lucas Krajicek, he

1:30:06 > 1:30:05has built his own jump at the age of five and here comes confirmation

1:30:06 > 1:30:05that Poland have a new champion. It is now Kamil Stoch who is the man of

1:30:06 > 1:30:05the moment and he will be massively popular in popular with that

1:30:06 > 1:30:05performance. So Anders Bardal of Norway takes the bronze, a wonderful

1:30:06 > 1:30:05performance from Peter Prevc of Slovenia to take the silver medal

1:30:06 > 1:30:05here but Kamil Stoch of Poland is above them all. He is the Olympic

1:30:06 > 1:30:05champion on the Hill. CLARE BALDING: Poland celebrate

1:30:06 > 1:30:05their first medal of these Games, a gold in his ski jump as he is lifted

1:30:06 > 1:30:05aloft by his fellow jumpers, overrunning tightly with the ski

1:30:06 > 1:30:05jump which means we will be later on to the air with our highlights

1:30:06 > 1:30:05programme but that is what is coming up next here on BBC Two as we round

1:30:06 > 1:30:05up all of the coverage from day two of these winter related games in

1:30:06 > 1:30:05Sochi, we will see you in a couple of minutes.

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