Day 2, Part 3 Winter Olympics

Hello and welcome. Darkness has fallen across southern Russia and BR

into the evening session in day two of the Winter Olympics across the

BBC. You will not miss a thing, I promise you and BBC radio and

online, on television, everywhere has a brand-new language, everybody

has gone slip style crazy, we will discuss that more in a moment or two

but if you would rather watch ice skating right now, press the red

button because the women's free programme is on the red button with

commentary from Robin Cousins and Sue Barker but would. This programme

with a look at a brand-new event in which Team GB had one competitor in

the final, she is 33 years old, she has been dominant in X games for the

past ten years but this was her first Olympic Games, she is called

Jennie Jones. Let's see her take to the slopes, slopestyle.

Next up, Jennie Jones. Jenny's experience will come to the fore

here, she has been in these high-pressure situations before.

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

switch, everything was really, really clean here.

Great execution from Jones there. Coming into the switch with the

first jump. yes, beautiful, Jones, solid to the feet. Great grab. Check

out the grab on that, solid! Looking very solid here for Jennie Jones,

the backside 360, grabbed well and she stops it. Our girl, holding it

down, I feel slightly sick. Is she going for the front nine? She went

for the seven. Solid! That was laid down very cleanly. Look at this dump

on that, that was very solid. Jennie Jones has just taken written's first

ever Olympic medal on snow will stop we have seen breathtaking

snowboarding from the women. The standout rider here, USA's Jamie

Anderson takes a gold medal. The finish competitor takes silver. But

look at that, ladies and gentlemen. Jennie Jones, bronze medallist. You

are Britain's first Olympic medallist on snow.

Oh, my God! It feels amazing, absolutely amazing, I can't believe

it. I can't believe it! Thank you to everybody who has supported me. It

has meant so much to me and I'd like to thank everybody back home so

much. This is the crowning glory to one Britain's crowning snow

athlete's careers. Great Britain's first official medal

on snow ever at the Winter Olympics as we know, Alain Baxter won a

bronze in slalom but that was short lived. Aimee Fuller who is part of

that snowboard slopestyle team, you heard Emily getting excited in the

commentary and Graham Bell who knows Jenny really well, her medal

ceremony is imminent. Give us a idea of how big Jenny has been in your

sport. Jenny has been such a pioneer, she has been a big role

model of mine and one of my best mates so to see what she has done

today for British snowboarding is insane, I am overwhelmed by

everything and I could not be more happy for her. Everybody was in

tears watching her with her parents, and Edgeley, -- Ed, you were in

tears as well. Like Amy, I have lived through 20 years of Jenny's

career to be to top it with a medal, it is a fairy tale story, I fell to

bits. You are allowed to do that and Graham, you have known her for ages.

She is a great ambassador for snow sports in the UK and if she ever

needs a job on Ski Sunday, she has got one! What will this do for your

sport, ? I hope everybody has got a taste of

what we do. It is the craziest sport, we travel around the world,

we are like one giant family and it is just such a unique thing that we

do, it is dangerous and fast and exciting and I think that is what

makes it special, such a tight knit crew and it is an honour to have

been part of this. And see what Jones has done today for British

snowboarding, it is unreal. I love the fact to call her" Jones" ! As we

saw with Billy Morgan, things can go really wrong so getting the bronze

medal, she might have finished fourth or fifth but getting the

bronze could make a massive difference in terms of funding. Yes,

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

made a decision to go big and save and repeat the run she had done

first time round in the finals but to do it bigger and cleaner and that

is one of the best runs I have seen her do. And adding the grab as well.

It was more like a stroke, that is one of the best runs I have seen her

do. Let's look at it again because you can talk us through.

Aimee, as an athlete, what are you feeling at the top here? This is the

biggest stage our sport has ever been on and this is history in the

making right here, and Jenny is so solid in the rail section, that is

something she has been working on. The last year, she has stepped up

her game. That switch, that is backwards so that is literally like

walking backwards and making it as awkward as possible as she makes it

look so good and so smooth. Into the jumps there, that is where you must

be brave. Seeks to off, switch and runs forward after 1.5 spins, this

is like a setup jump, and then turning her back to the landing as

she rotates and this is what we call a frontside 720 as she put it down

so cleanly and that was the key, that is what the judges were looking

for. A clean landing and we saw some bigger tricks straight after Jenny

but they were not clean landings and that is what cost them. The great

thing about the Winter Olympics is they get adulation straightaway at

the end of the event, they get flowers but the medals are presented

down here in this medal is Plaza and just have a look because there are

people here from all of the different countries that are here

supporting Winter sports, the men's downhill medal ceremony is about to

happen. Graham, you are watching the men's downhill, Austria once again

but not necessarily the skier they might have expected, certainly at

the start of the year. The kids winner was coming into this but

Matthias Mayer, I had him on the podium for a bronze. Better than I

expected Miller did a bit worse than I expected and smashed through that

gate and that was his race over. Let's look at the winning run, his

father won in the Super-G in Calgary in 1988. This was his Olympic debut.

COMMENTATOR: Number 11, Matthias Mayer. Bushes and skates at the

start. Into his top position after he has to go to work on the first of

the big left footed turns. A bit wide on the line there and had

to set the edges hard. He has probably got the best chance for

Austria, a very good technical skier. I would go out on a limb and

say he could get on the podium here today. He is off to a promising

start. He flies the Russian trampoline. Looked comfortable in

the air. And he is not too far away. Proteus Meyer goes to work in the

mid-part of the course. The compression left-hander after a

traverse. A bit of a hit in transition and that is where your

skis are light. He is picking up now. A green light on what Matthias

Mayer as he flies a good, high line. Will he dive into the Olympic

Court? Sunshine showing the way for the second Austrian to tackle this

hill. The advantage that Matthias Mayer

has is three hundredths of a second, he is looking solid. He needs to get

his head and shoulders down and tuck in over the final jump, he tucks in

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

lipid downhill, it is the Austrian, Matthias Mayer who skis into gold

medal position. CLARE BALDING: And despite the big

guns that came after him like Miller, he held onto the opposition,

and the medal ceremony happening now, bronze medal to Norway, they

have yet to win the men's downhill at the Olympics. Yes, he could only

manage fourth, beaten by his younger team-mates, the two of them will be

hot favourites for the Super-G next weekend. That is Jansrud taking the

bronze, the Italian took the silver medal. He is a part-time underwear

model. He had a reputation on the tour for being a bit of a playboy,

used to say that he liked to race fast because the girls are so good

looking in the finish area. He now has a girlfriend that he is a

part-time underwear model and has a very good six-pack, judging by the

photos. He was unhappy at the end of his run and he is here as well in

the medals plaza as the silver medal goes to the Italian and he is

relatively young. Yes, young guy, happy-go-lucky race. Very Italian,

shall we say! I will sweep past that choice of words. And the new men's

downhill champion, following a great tradition of this country, Austria

and his own family, is this man, Matthias Mayer.

Big Austrian support here, there was out on the mountain. And my word,

didn't he ski with just incredible freedom? He certainly did because

nobody expected it. He did well at training and said some of his

friends were telling him he could win this and he thought he could win

this and he went for it. He is from the same region of Austria as the

great Franz Klammer. Off we will now hear the national anthem of Austria.

There are moments that some of how much the Olympic Games means. The

medals presentation is most certainly one of them and when you

watch athletes on that and you see their flag go up and you see how

much more this means to their country, not just about them and

individuals as it did on the World Cup circuit, it is about them as

representatives of their country but it is also, I think, it is about

parents and family and all those people who supported you on the way

through so while the medals presentation shows you one side, the

reaction of parents chose you another, I know it from the Summer

Olympics in London but it happened today with Jenny Jones' parents and

I know this is a moment that had many of you at home wiping away

tears. What would you say to your mum and

dad? I know they are here somewhere so I am going to go and find them.

We have found them for you. We are not allowed here, really, but

well done! We do not do that well, you did it! The boys are going mad

at home! I am talking to loud! You are on the telly, mum! Sorry! The

boys are going mad. We are going! Well done. Wait for me, I will come

and see you! Are you laughing at my parents? It is brilliant! My mum is

very northern! It is so lovely, it really is!

She was worried that her parents would say something on air, we are

on telly! They do not often watch her complete. She had no idea her

parents were here, I ran into her dad, he said, should we tell her? I

asked her, she said, no! It is perfect fairy tale ending. The girl

has done so well over the last ten years, she has had such a successful

career, for them to be here and see her podium is unreal. You can be as

proud as her parents are now, because next is the medal ceremony.

It is for the women's snowboard slopestyle. Presenting it will be

the IOC member from Spain, a canoe slalom race in 1968. You will also

see the representative of the Federation from the Czech Republic.

This is a moment for Jenny, and for Jamie Anderson, the gold medallist,

and for the sport. Yes, it showcases another discipline. It was

fast-track into the Olympics, only announced in 2012, so a lot of these

athletes have suddenly had a new aspect to focus on. We saw the

defending halfpipe Olympic champion add another two codes to her

repertoire, she competed today. The competition reflected that, it was

so fierce. We have just to the -- just seen the medals for the men's

downhill, a traditional sport, now, one of the newest, the women of

slopestyle, and the first of them to get their medal is Jenny Jones, she

has won a bronze medal for great written. Only the 29th medal that

Great Britain has ever won at a Winter Olympics. Make that even

less, the 23rd. The first on snow. As a great friend and team-mate of

Jenny, Amy, there she is, the third of those, what are you thinking? I

am speechless, overwhelmed by this whole thing.

Seeing her representing the country, in this brand-new discipline, it is

unbelievable. I am speechless. I do not have much more to say.

Fantastic, I am so proud of Jenny. This is the presentation party

coming out. Ed Leigh, it is like a performance all over again. This

will be alien to these athletes. Usually, a bottle of champagne and

screaming kids. The slope and the peasant nation is normally followed

by a party, but this is very formal. It will feel so much more special.

He was a canoe slalom race in 1968. He is the IOC member. And the man

from the Czech Republic. Jenny Jones had said that she does not look for

fame, she did not get the acclaim she deserved, but now it will be

thrust upon her. It is so big for British skiing and snowboarding, it

is huge. On a personal level, this is mainstream, it is the approval of

a mainstream audience. This is her moment, Jenny Jones of Great

Britain. She steps forward to receive the

bronze medal in women's snowboard slopestyle. She raises her hands,

she looks up to the sky, she has been doing this sport for such a

long time, and this is the biggest reward, beyond anything that she had

ever hope for. Jenny Jones from Bristol, she learned to snowboard on

a dry ski slope, she has taken a medal in the greatest competition of

all on the greatest stage of all. It is written's first on snow.

The silver medal goes to Finland. Amy is wiping tears away, and the

guys have been giving high fives. A word on her and her performance.

What a fantastic podium, such a representative of snowboarding, she

is such a consistent, solid rider, she has been charging in the last

few years, so it is fantastic to see her up there. Jamie Anderson as

well, fantastic to see her on top. She is the pinnacle of her sport, it

is great that she has put down a run and she is on top, where she should

be. A great day for all. Finally, the new Olympic champion, in a

brand-new sport. The USA do the double, they took the men's

snowboard slopestyle, they follow up with the women's, courtesy of Jamie

Anderson. She follows her compatriot's gold

medal yesterday. She looks very much as if she is enjoying the occasion.

Ed Leigh, one of the things that has impressed me about this sport, how

much respect and love there is for each other, how much the competitors

want the next one to do well. They recognise that what they are doing

is dangerous, so they have an innate respect for each other. We saw one

competitor crack her helmet, she was unconscious for a period, you cannot

do that and not appreciate the level of each other's riding. This sport

has arrived, and we see a British competitor. But America celebrates

victory, and we will now hear the national anthem of the USA.

Congratulations to all three of the medallists. We will try and catch up

with Jenny Jones later on as they embrace on the top podium. Amy,

Jenny Jones is one of your best friends, you are going cycling

across America, you should stay with Jamie! Yes, we should stay with her,

she has got a nice house in California! That could be a good

plan! Have you got very far in doing the itinerary's we have not planned

to much yet. I am sure as soon as the next few days are over, and we

get back to normality, we will get a plan. We need to make it to a hot

destination after this, we have had nine solid weeks of winter. We will

plan to head somewhere hot. How many hours a day training would Jenny

have put in, Ed Leigh? Her preparations were scuppered in

December when she suffered a severe concussion, but on an average day,

it depends on conditions, but if you are not on the mountain, you are in

the gym. I tried to do her core strength warm up routine, she gave

me 15 minutes, I was in bits. And that is her warm up! She is so

strong, it is ridiculous. To anybody who watches and thinks it is a

circus act, it is not a real sport, Graham Bell, tell them how hard this

is. I was talking to her parents, her mother works in the medical

profession, she had a real problem coming into this Olympics, so she

had this coming -- recurring concussion problem, she could hardly

walk, and the fact that she managed to get that sorted out, she did a

lot of work with the jockeys, who have a similar issue, recurring

concussions, and she has sorted it out, she has got herself here, it is

incredible. It is a testament to Team GB and all of the coaches and

guys that have worked behind the scenes to get her here. The outfit

comes ever more professional and popular as a sport. As the girls

keep smiling, and they can smile for days and weeks and months, I am

joined by Ollie Williams, who has been keeping across social media.

What has the reaction been like? People screaming at their TVs up and

down the country and up and down the Olympic Park. This comes from one of

Team GB's physios, the British curling team, in their moment of

celebration, as Jenny Jones is winning the bronze medal. You have

got Eve Muirhead on the left-hand side, a beautiful photo, but if you

want photos, you need look no further than Aimee Fuller, because

having completed, she gets into the commentary box, and she starts a

battle with the commentators for who can come up with the craziest photo.

That is with Will Perry. No sooner had she done that, she is with the

way by Ed Leigh and Tim. Whisked off her feet. Beautiful stuff. So

passionate about the sport, really brought it to life. Yesterday, Andy

Murray was watching the slopestyle, he was back today, and so was

Jessica Ennis-Hill, she knows about winning a big Olympic medal. She was

there, lending her support to Jenny Jones as well. After that, you had

everybody else piling in, a spectacular reaction from everybody

on Twitter. Not least Lizzie Yarnold, one of the leading skeleton

sliders. Setting the fastest times in training, very exciting. Yes,

while watching Jenny Jones win a bronze medal. By winning that medal

so early on, it gives a huge lift to the curlers and somebody like Lizzie

Yarnold. It has to take the pressure off a little bit. Everybody is

boosted by that, but for the others though -- that are coming in, they

can enjoy it. We have got a great field of skiers,

Elise Christie will put in a good performance tomorrow. Jack was

skating well, very confident. It is great to see you. Talking about

Kelly's Christie, I watched her in training just before the Olympic 's

began, she does her final section with the men, and she stays with

them. They had an Australian woman and another team member who is quite

young, it is really hard for them to keep up at that pace, and Elise

Christie is there. It is really exciting for the games to come. What

is your view on the ripple effect this has, and early medal? Lets hope

that Jenny Jones has had the ball rolling, taking the pressure off the

others, who will be competing, and Katie Summerhayes. That is just the

skiers, but we have the skeleton athletes, the Short struck -- Short

track speed skaters, the curlers, it takes the pressure off everyone. We

need to get a fuel more people on the podium. We have a target of

three, we are one down. I can't remember at a Winter

Olympics this early having a look at the medals table and we were ahead

of Russia for a long time because we won a medal but for those deliberate

of the host country did. No way out in France and the Dutch going strong

and the United States who have won both the slopestyle old medals,

Canada who have the one, two in the moguls and the nations that you

would expect that there 13th place, Great Britain with one runs medal --

bronze medal and Britain's 23rd Winter Olympic medal going back to

9024. This is not a common occurrence, I think we are OK, it is

permitted to be excited. We have permission to be excited. We have

lots of permission to be very excited and rubbing our hands and I

can't wait to see the skiers hit the slopestyle because we have got just

as much chance with two skis than with a board. We have managed to do

it with a snowboard, and there is no reason we can't copy that with skis.

It is lovely to see your eyes alight and Ed still has a few tears, and

breaded, true job and from Tim Waugh would. I am emotionally drained. I

got some so much stick for it. Let's switch sports and concentrate on

this. She is a superstar now. Like a

ballerina on the ice. Everything a person is here for Russia. Just

amazing stuff and we are down to the final five in this new competition,

it is the team event in ice-skating and it will be part of what we have

got coming up for you this evening. The women are first up for their

free programme and then the ice dancers are the last to skate to

determine the medals. After that, we stay on the ice to

see the legends of luge go for gold. And then we hit the heights as the

best in the business take to the ski jump.

And these are the times so plan your early evening around this. Next up

is figure skating, the team event, Russia favourites to take that,

their first gold if they got it. And then the ice dance free programme.

Felix Loch looking in command in the luge, ski jumping at 6:20pm, the

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

But it is figure skating for the next hour or so. And that is where

we are heading, to the Iceberg Skating Palace. It is just over the

other side of this medals plaza beyond the flame and over that way,

but before we see it, let's give you a guide to how it works.

The team event is a new addition to the Olympic Games. Teams are made up

of one man, one woman, one pair and one ice dance couple. As in the

other figure skating events, the competition is split into two

sections, a short programme and a free programme. Ten teams take part

in the short programme where each routine must contain a set list of

moves. A panel of nine judges score on choreography and technique. Their

marks are converted into points and the four scores for each team are

added together. The top five teams from the first segment then qualify

for the free programme where skaters are allowed to show more creative

licence. The team with the most points after the two segments wins

gold. Ellie Oldroyd with your guide there

and these are the standings. The skater we will see is a young

girl who has just been setting this place alight, she is called Julian

-- Yulia Lipnitskaya, but here you watch this, she spends so far she

goes into a blur. -- she spends so fast.

Yulia Lipnitskaya, set to become the Russian darling of these games,

proves she is a medal contender with her difficult jumps and spends.

-- to two. She is skating to the haunting theme from Schindler's

List. A second triple lots in combination

with the toe loop. Look at that position.

It doesn't get much better than that, the crowd are on their feet

and boy, we have witnessed something incredibly special here tonight.

Remember, she is just 15 years of age. And two doors down from us,

Catherina wind is giving her a standing ovation. It is incredible.

At the less, elegant, expressive, bringing the choreographed, --

effortless, elegant. A performance that had it all. Take a bow, young

lady, she has arrived and we will enjoy watching her for many years to

come. Yevgeny who? Quite, quite special.

Now, the little girl shows up. And there has been quite a lot written

about whether she should be skating to this music. and wearing or

portraying the girl in the red coat from the film and anybody who does

not know the film, Schindler's list, because it is a glorious piece of

music and there have been lots of people skating to it because it is a

great piece of visit, not necessarily about where it came

from. But the person who choreographed this for her chose to

do this specific routine and music aside, choreographic Lake and

technically, it is outstanding. I do not think there is a piece of

music that John Williams has written that hasn't been skated to. And

many, many times. She has just made this her own. She fought for one job

right at the end -- one jump and relaxes into the double toe loop but

she made it work and we are looking at the lady's champion here at the

Iceberg Skating Palace for this team final. I wonder where what her

competitor is thinking, this is an's best is 139 .75 but I think it

will be more than that. Oh, and it is! Look at that 141.51! Both

scores, just huge and why not grudge wow. We have witnessed a programme

to remember. That is a moment to remember. Baby go, confirmation that

Yulia Lipnitskaya, remember that name, and look at that school, head

and shoulders above the rest and Gracie Gold's performance was

fantastic. All five ladies produced super, super programmes. That was an

absolute delight to watch. So one more events to come, the ice that

and this is how it stands with Russia, 11 points, so they have won

the gold, they cannot be beaten and Canada are in the silver medal

position and that looks certain and United States looking to take ten

points in that because they have Meryl Davis and Charlie White and

they won the short dance but will they beat Tessa Virtue and Scott

Moir of Canada? The BBC News with George Alagiah. Our main news, the

economy receives a major boost as shops run out of killing equipment.

Doctors have issued new guidelines regarding what you should do if you

are suffering from curling withdrawal symptoms.

The curling starts tomorrow, Great Britain's men and women both in

action. From 5am tomorrow. Live on the red button now, the fourth and

final run of the men's luge, Felix Loch is out in front for Germany.

Now on BBC Two, we are heading back to the Iceberg Skating Palace, and

Robin Cousins and Sue Barker. We are sitting in what is almost

like a Royal Box, we have seen skating royalty on the ice tonight,

the winner of the men's competition 110 points for his country, and at

the age of 31, it was an outstanding performance, and then the

15-year-old Russian wild the crowd and everyone, a score of 141.5 one,

another ten points for Russia. They have got the gold medal, but we

still have a tremendous competition to look forward to. Five couples to

look forward to. The two best at the last, Canada and the United States,

they have dominated this sport for the last four years. They will be

the last ones to skate. First, the brother and sister partnership from

Japan. Six times in the last eight years they have been the champions

of Japan, their best finish at the World Championships, 13th, in 2011.

Here they are, for their freelance. As with the singles and pairs

competitions, the required elements within this, synchronised results,

which they are doing now. Not quite as they would have liked.

The diagonal step sequence followed by the curved lift, and this is the

rotational left. The third lift, had to be in a

straight line. What a lovely way to start this

group of five. They may lack some of the difficulty we will see later,

but their performances are always entertaining, and they love to

connect with the crowd. Yes, they do a good job of performing it, but it

lacks finesse, it is ragged around the edges. They always say they know

they lack some of the technical, they just want to make something

that the crowd will walk away and remember. And they enjoy skating.

They have been around for a long time, they competed in the US

originally, they got to the senior ranks, their mother is Japanese, and

they took themselves overseas, and they have been growing every year.

They lost to perform, they do a lot of performing in Japan, the Japanese

love their skating. It is nice to see that they maintained the theme

and the structure of the choreography all the way through. I

really liked the music it was lovely. A great choice for them.

They were both born in Michigan, but representing Japan, the country of

their mother's birth. Right from the off, slightly off. She was not at

all in the same position with the feet as her brother is in. It is not

just the synchronisation of the terms, it is making sure that the

line of the lake and feet are correct.

And a lot of contortionists, I like to call them, sometimes they are not

pretty, but they get the point. As the rules require, it is about

pushing the boundaries, being unique. Their season's best, 81.85.

Japan on 45 points, going it -- into this final section, level with

Italy, but a long way short of the United States, favourites for this

part of the competition, so a battle between Japan and Italy for who will

come forth. A deduction game. We have seen this,

maybe an extended lift, that is what happened yesterday. Yes, it is

possibly the same thing now. There is a limited amount of time you have

to put your partner back down to the ice, so a one point deduction, and a

bit disappointing with the school as well.

Italy are next. The European reigning champions are not here,

Episcopal finished eighth in Budapest. From the costumes, you can

tell this is Romeo and Juliet. They have combined the straight line

and vocational lifts, they will be marked as two separate elements.

They came through OK, but they were not perfectly matched.

A very nice performance, and it really is that ice dance has got so

much better and pushed the boundaries so much, demanding so

much more from the athletes. They put in some really difficult moves

and breathtaking lifts, a lovely performance. I really enjoyed it.

The mix of the music with the vocal version was very nice indeed. They

did not need to tell us it was Romeo and Juliet, we would have figured

that out. It is my first time seeing this couple, I am quite impressed,

they move very smoothly, they match well. I stand in Italy has been

quite strong for many years. It is nice to see a new couple emerged and

the so high up already. He was a good single skater as well and you

can see more power than maybe with some of the others. Is quite an

athletic skater and dancer but she also has this wonderful charisma on

the ice which is lovely. Be world champion back in 2001, and

the deep bronze medallist in 2002, and she was a very expressive skater

as well. Explosive! Expressive and explosive in to Reno. This was the

lift combination. Very difficult to control the rotation in the spread

Eagle and then he rotates himself. Nicely controlled.

The twizzles out of sync. This is where his single skating comes to

the fore. Very comfortable rotating.

You want the knee at the same height, the free leg tight in

behind, you want to match every aspect of these terms. And the crowd

have gone a bit crazy because the home favourites have just stepped

foot onto the ice. Beast two waiting for their scores and they are so

much better than finishing eighth at the Europeans. You know they will

improve as the years go on. Where will the judges put them?

81.25, little errors have cost them but still both good scores in the

technical and the component score, the skating skills, Barbara

delighted with that, and it puts Italy above Japan so it means they

will finish in fourth place in this team event and Italy in fifth.

Now, get ready for the roaring crowd.

Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia. They went in favourites

into the European Championships year after the top two teams were

missing, but their free dance, although a beautiful routine was far

from perfect in Budapest. He will slow and lost balance in the

twizzles. She fell and it cost them the goal but watch out, the lifts

are glorious. The crowd loved their interpretation of the music, and

they know how to sell a programme. So, here they go. Elena Ilinykh,

Nikita Katsalapov, it is Welcome to the ballet, the Russian ballet.

That was rather novel and very original and very difficult.

APPLAUSE. a beautiful performance, and she is

outstanding. The music could not have been better for her. He played

his part as well but you could not take your eyes off her. Wonderful,

but they know they have already got the gold medal. And that is theirs

and they are hoping they can get closer to the podium and make sure

people know they have arrived and they should be European champions

very soon. They are beautiful to watch. It is absolutely exquisite.

It is musical, it is to the music. My only question... And I am

assuming it has been passed, but the rules as the music must have an

audible rhythmic beat and melody and Swan Lake is a beautiful piece of

these it, I don't know if it has a rhythmic beats. -- piece of music.

The music, up to ten seconds during or before the program... But it has

been marked and approve all through the season. And it is a fabulous

piece of skating. He is much more comfortable on the back outside

twizzles than he is on the back inside. But if that is where he fell

at the European Championships, that must have been playing on his mind

for that instant. Borrowed the spin upon the pair skaters. -- from the

pair skaters but, my goodness, did that interpretation fly around the

ice. She is just the perfect prima ballerina. The arm positions were

just incredible. Lovely. They are celebrating, they know they have

delivered an outstanding performance as others will look up and watch.

Look at that, they have a point deduction, but it is 103.48,

currently in first place and the component scores, the judges love

that presentation. They have had the technical difficulty but the

presentation was delightful. Big, big score for them. Way in front of

the Italians and the Japanese. They will be very happy and team Russia

celebrate once again. Every single team player has played their part in

getting them the gold medal and lovely that they are giving Yulia

Lipnitskaya a hug. So, while all that excitement was going on, Tessa

Virtue and Scott Moir, the reigning Olympic champion is preparing for

their free dance. Skating together for 17 years and such a close bond

and this free dance, they say tells the story of their partnership over

the years. Let's enjoy this one, Scott Moir and Tessa Virtue for

Canada. Very nicely through the first part

of this free dance programme and those twizzles were absolutely in

sync. Such I dynamic partnership, but what

else would you expect with -- what else would you expect? Wonderfully

mature as well, sophisticated, classy. There is not an ugly moment

in there, they get all the levels without ever contorting, it is

always very classy. Does not have the wow factor of Vancouver. Very

little would, it was the moment you cannot try to recapture, and they

have gone in a different direction. Talking about the music, they have

added the rhythmic beat to bolster the piano at the beginning. It acts

enjoyed to the rhythm of the music, which only helped with the dance.

She had a wobble in the short dance, but perfect night. They were fine,

lovely. It moved at quite a lick across the

ice, it was not a pause. Terrific flexibility, beautifully done. With

some of the slow motion, they tend to speed them up, rather than slow

them down. They are having a team hope, they

are being tight-lipped about whether this is their last season. It will

surely be their last Olympic Games. But they have chosen a free dance to

talk about their partnership, it is a complex partnership, not a

partnership of the eyes, but it has been complex over the 17 years, and

it has worked, it has delivered a memorable routine, which we will

never forget, from Vancouver. Of course, now locked in a massive

rivalry with the Americans. They have been doing a TV reality show,

it has hinted they are not as friendly with the Americans as it

has been portrayed in the press. It is tough to be friends and rivals.

You have to have a mutual respect. Their coach has just departed, she

is coaching the next couple as well. Not a season's best, you can tell

they are not excited about those marks. They are sure to be on the

podium in the ice dance Company and later, what colour the medal will

be, a lot will depend on the next couple. The coach has changed from a

Canadian jacket to an American one. It is for these two.

The last to skate in this competition, the last to go in the

team competition, they went to victory in the short dance, three

points clear of the Canadians. Will it be a similar story tonight? Speed

and power are always their strengths. The United States.

For so many years, they have been in the shadow of the Canadians, but not

any more, that was a confident, polished performance. Absolutely

wonderful. Little details in there that elevate the elements from being

great to fantastic. There was a hot jump into the first Twizell, which

was superb. The speed with which the lifts came and the ease with which

they went into and out of the elements, it was absolutely

brilliant. Seeing it live for the first time, again, I am a huge fan

of the Canadians, but that was superb. More content than was in the

Canadians' routine. Did not have the elegance and grace that we saw with

the Canadians, but it had more difficult elements and more for the

judges to score on. In terms of the elements, the Canadians had nine,

they had eight, but it is the add-ons, the nuances with the

choreography and presentation and the packaging of how they get into

and out of the lifts which is a lot more creative, dynamic and

difficult, for me. Not a waiver anywhere inside the body.

Transition, beautiful positions, could easily have been ugly in the

middle and not been quite right within a transition. Not perfect

here. Second-half much better. But again, it is the speed with which

they attack the elements. He was slightly off-kilter, she was not.

They are always wore around the edges, but for the last two years,

they have been in a different class. This is surely going to be better

than the Canadians are. It is a long break clear. Wonderful marks for

technical, but look at the component score. They loved the presentation

as well. They have been unbeaten in two years, and they look set to take

a gold medal in the individual event. They will have to settle for

a bronze in the team competition, but they are destined for a gold

medal. They are in a class of their own. Yes, that will set them up

nicely for the following ice dance championship. The Canadians will

want to review a bit. But I thought that was wonderful from the

Americans. In points terms, it is a big difference between second and

first. If there are only a couple of points in it, you can work on it,

but the Canadians will think, there is not a lot we can do now. The

Canadians finish second, the Americans finish first in that part

of the competition, but it is the team event, the gold medal was

already decided. Superb members -- superb performances from all members

of the Russian team. Canada take the silver medal, the United States take

the bronze medal. Italy finished just ahead of Japan. Looking back

over what we have seen, there is going to be talk of the Russian,

will he come back for the individual? He was super to night.

Many people will criticise what the judges have done, but he struts his

stuff like no other champion we have seen before. I hope so, it would be

great to see him in context, with Patrick Chan, when they focused on

the ultimate men's Olympic championship. We will have to wait

and see. What is different is you have to have qualified for the

championship to be in the team championship, so for him to not go

through next week, something could have to be seriously wrong

health-wise, he would have to be injured. He came back here to win a

gold medal, he has been able to do that, he has won 19 points for

Russia, we have seen some wonderful skating here over three days, but it

is the Russian gold medal, silver to Canada and bronze to the United

States. What we have seen makes us look forward to the skating to come.

That is it from here at the Iceberg Skating Palace, after a wonderful

night of skating. A great addition to the Olympic

programme. 22 Sue Barker and Robin Cousins, Robin will be back later,

we will be talking about the Russian stars. Word is filtering out around

the Olympic Park that Russia have won their first gold medal. That

will be their headline, these are ours.

Jenny Jones from Bristol has one rate Britain's first medal, taking

bronze in the women's's snowboard slopestyle. She said this was a

different experience from the X Games.

The new downhill champion, Austria's seventh downhill title, he

went one better than his father, who won silver in Calgary in 1988.

More Dutch speed skating delight. The Netherlands had more cause for

celebration today, the 3000 metre gold medal. Russia's first medal, a

bronze, and they have followed up with a gold medal in the team ice

skating. Just in case you think that we are

pushing the boat out, I would like to show you how we get around. This

is our glamorous shopping trolley that we have borrowed. It will be

going back, it has all of the kit that we need, I have various

electronic things in my bag. We have snacks and water. We roam around, we

get to show you different bits of the park. Because we have a TV

screen, it means people can watch the action, have a chat, it is nice,

it makes it friendlier. That is ours, back to the sport. The louche

is fabulously fast. They are on their backs, flying down the ice.

Felix Loch comes from Germany, the defending champion. Let's look at

what happened in the third run of the fall. Felix Loch, Albert

Demtschenko and Armin Zoggeler are the ones to watch. You cannot

imagine anybody moving faster on this track, it is Felix Loch. Armin

Zoggeler is going after Albert Demtschenko. It is a track record.

Felix Loch has laid down a marker. Oh, my goodness, it is slower than

Albert Demtschenko. Here are the standings after round three and

going into the fourth and final round. Will those medal places

stayed the same? We will see with Paul Dickenson and Colin Bryce.

Such is the advantage from the previous runs. There are eight to

go. He has gradually got better. He was fancied for a medal previously.

He has it in him to produce a good run. Here we go. That is a good

start. He has progressed throughout the season. His start has improved

the most. You can hear the steering. They say this is the most difficult

part of the chorus. He is getting faster. 0.16 up. He has managed to

regroup. He is extending away. This is looking good. He holds the lead.

Kindle is in second. It is Austria one and two. I think he will be all

the happier if he had not done quite so well in training. He is normally

around eight, nine, ten, even 15. Out of corner five he was clinging

on to it too long and he did not steal off in time. Kindle is in the

blue line. They are virtually identical. It wants to pull you back

up to the woodwork as you go around the corner. All he can do is sit and

wait. They will stay in there together, I am sure. Here is Armin

Zoggeler. Third place at the moment for the Italian. We can start

talking about medal chances now. 100%. He is 1.5 seconds behind Felix

Loch. There are about 40 51 hundredths between him and the

bronze medal position. He did not get a good start. He is trying to

stay as flat as possible. What is impressive is his momentum, despite

not a particularly quick split. He is a big man and he is letting the

gravity do the work. That is spectacular. Surely he will go

faster now. It is exactly the same. My goodness. 134 kilometres per

hour. Peretyagin has found the lead. He is in first place. He is ahead of

everybody else. Peretyagin gave his fans, the Russian audience, a scare

for a second. Let's have a look at the start again. He is not a great

starter. He is the least powerful of all of the Russians, but he is a big

man. He tapped down for the gravity to do the work. He kept his head as

much as he could. This season three or four times he has been outside

the top 20. Now at worst he will be severed at the Olympic Games. Can he

win a medal for Italy? It would be a big shock if he could, but it is

possible. His senior compatriot sits in the bronze medal position at the

moment, Armin Zoggeler. The only man he would like to see beat him would

be this boy here. That is the fourth fastest start we have seen from

anybody. It is not bad. 4.65 is a great start. He dropped off the end

of five which was not particularly good. He is going quite high on six.

Just a little bit of a wobble. He avoids the wall just. It has cost

him. It is going to be close. Oh, my goodness. The Italian is in first

place by the skin of his team. That was only the seventh fastest run of

the day. He was slower than his run number three. Most of the people

would be going faster in their final run. There were a couple of scary

moments. A good power start. I am not sure that is going to be enough.

He may well have taken the lead, but he needed a blinder to put any

pressure on the medals. We have still got five men to go. He was

awfully close to that left-hand wall in corner 11. There is Felix Loch.

He is not joking and laughing any more. This is it. There is one of

his team-mates, Andi Langenhan. He saw his start record go to Felix

Loch. Let's see how close he gets to that record again. It was really

close. 1000th of a second away. He won at the World Cup. Things have

not been going so well for him since. Perhaps he could work a bit

of magic here and put some pressure on the medals. Magic is what is

required. He has settled down. His head is back and his toes are

appointed and he is really flying now. I liked his corner five. It was

high, but it was good. He is going to hold onto the lead. He has got

enough speed to do it. That is good. Andi Langenhan is in the lead, but

for how long? Still four athletes to go. We are going in reverse order of

their overall placings after three runs. The Olympic champion, the

leader of the entire race gets the chance to come down last. He has

done as well as he could out of 11. Going at nearly 90 miles an hour and

not looking where he is going with his head back. You could not roll

the dice any more. He is driving out of peripheral vision. Can you read

what is on his face? Probably a bit of fear. He knows hundreds of

millions of Russians are watching. We are down to the medal chances

now. This is a surprise Russian in the top four. He has got to finish

at number one. Genco with that start he did not have the same momentum as

Andi Langenhan. He has got to stay down, and his head is a little bit

up. It is a good line. Could Andi Langenhan surprise everybody with a

medal? Oh, my goodness, he is in second place. Andi Langenhan has got

every opportunity of a medal now. But the three experienced,

superstars of the sport still to come. I am not entirely sure what

happened. On the entrance into that corner he went very high. It seems

to be the Russian line. They seem to be going very high in the apex of

that corner. It is corner seven. It looks almost identical to number

five. One of only three men to go below 53 seconds, Armin Zoggeler. He

is about to make history here. Can he win a medal for the sixth time?

It is very quiet below. I cannot hear a word. He is away. He has got

to get close to his previous fast start time. That is good. It is good

enough. Now Andi Langenhan is pressurising him. That he is ahead

of him coming into this run. He is 40 years old and we knew his start

would not be as good as Andi Langenhan. He has got back up to

speed. That is good enough to hold his form. That looks good as well.

He has increased his time over Andi Langenhan. Coming round the last

turn he has got a medal. You see a bit of history. Absolutely superb.

For the sixth time he has got a medal. We are not sure what kind of

medal it is. Amazing. Simply amazing. Armin Zoeggeler, six medals

across six different Olympic Games, he started in 94 with a bronze, gold

medals in 2002 and 2006, here he is, he gets another bronze medal

guaranteed, who knows, Albert Demchenko and Felix Loch still to

go. Just a fabulous slider, tiny marginal steers with his hips. Georg

Hackl politely applauds. He is still the man, three gold medals, nobody

else has done that yet. We will see if Armin Zoeggeler can join him.

Albert Demchenko, what does he try this time? He has got to go at

something special. His third run is not even the track record. What a

moment he gave us after the first run, when he led. Nobody expect it

Felix Loch to blitz this and be ahead of everyone and the ahead of

everybody by a country mile. The Russians just want to see him

putting a decent performance, stay in front of Armin Zoeggeler and hold

onto a sulphur medal. You never know, he will roll the dice and go

for gold. He has got to go a more true line than everybody else.

Perfect so far. The fastest we have seen by anybody on that corner,

brilliant stuff. He does not take a hit. It is not a perfect run, but it

is as good as he can do. This is fast. Not as fast as we saw in the

first run, but he is in first race, that was planned. Will it be the

plan to stay there when Felix Loch goes? That is the issue. My

goodness, the fireworks going off, what has gone on? That if the

pressure he was under, everybody was waiting, if he had not nailed that,

he would have slipped out of the medals, it would have been horrible.

42 years old, he has made history, seven Olympic Games, a silver, and

now guaranteed a second silver, maybe a gold. He has got an

absolutely superb start and a superb finishing time. What happened in

between disappears with the ether of time. He says, yes! I was chatting

to one of the German commentators, he said, we still have not seen

Albert benching co-'s wild run yet, but he has not screwed it up, he has

held it together. He is known for mucking it up on big occasions, but

he is in the lead, just one man to go, the Olympic champion. Felix Loch

is sent on his way. For history, his second gold medal in a row awaits.

Can he get the gold medal for the second time? Only one man knows how

fast he has got to go, surely it is going to be a second gold medal.

That is the start he can give you. Goodness me. He is going to have to

take a couple of huge hits to lose the gold medal, or even crash. Felix

Loch is flying. That is bad news for everybody else. He is absolutely

flying. Over half a second. It is a good slide up the hill. He can

virtually crushed and still win the gold medal. Felix Loch coming

through towards the finish. Absolutely flying. Magnificent.

Georg Hackl, now he celebrates, his young protege has done it. Two gold

medals, he is only 24, Georg Hackl was 25 when he took his first one,

and he got free, so we could see this man for another four or five

Olympic cycles. That was fantastic. We waited and waited and waited for

somebody to come on the scene who could win two in a row, maybe go

three or four. That was fantastic. That puts him to number three in the

all-time rankings of Olympic lugers, just hind Armin Zoeggeler. Georg

Hackl the only man who has won three gold medals, his coach. His dad is

the head of the German federation. There is his girlfriend. What a

moment. At 24, he could do for or five more Olympics. He was

phenomenal when he won at 20. He was 18 when he won his first World

Championships, he is breaking every record. Armin Zoeggeler on the

right-hand side, still a medallist at 40. This was the gold medal one.

He could have taken it easy, but he did not. He just paused for a

second, a little uncharacteristic, then he dropped down into position.

A bit conservative at the start. Look at how his feet are pointing

together. Nearly six foot four, he can just about touches toes. He

leaves his way through the air, makes for great aerodynamics. Double

Olympic gold medallist. Flanked by these two, 82 years old together.

Armin Zoeggeler, 40, Albert Demchenko, 42. And Felix Loch, 24.

That is it, the time has come when the champion again will be crowned.

That was fantastic, worth waiting for. I hope you would agree. Felix

Loch is the Olympic champion. Albert Demchenko the silver medallist,

Armin Zoeggeler the bronze medallist.

Felix Loch unlocks the door to a double gold medal, he successfully

defends his title, a great story, and well done Albert Demchenko and

Armin Zoeggeler. There is Armin Zoeggeler. He becomes the first

Winter Olympian to win medals in the same event in six consecutive winter

Olympics. His first was in 1994. The strength of them, they are big

men, that is how they make the two go so fast. It is easier to be on

the ice on the luge ban on your feet. The Russians were shouting

their support for Albert Demchenko, at 42, the oldest individual

winner. The two very experienced lugers

taking bronze and silver, but it is the youngster, Felix Loch, faster

than all of them in all four runs. Maintaining his dominance. He could

go on and on. He was the youngest ever luge champion in Vancouver. For

years on, he celebrates as if it is the first time it has ever

happened. It is a huge moment for him and for Germany. A wonderful

smile. Enjoying all of it at the Sanki Sliding Centre, Matt Pinsent

and Amy Williams. Let's find out what they made of this and what they

have learned, looking ahead to the events in which we have strong

British contenders, including the event that anyone in Vancouver, the

skeleton. We have had Russian fireworks in the

air, and from Albert and Chang, fireworks on the track. Felix Loch,

almost run away with it. Unbelievable, every four runs, he

was the quickest, he just had it, over half a second in the league. He

lost a bit towards the end, but he smashed it, unbelievable. He won

four years ago in Vancouver, to do it again is brilliant. You know, the

start area, all of your competitors begin to go, one after another, and

it empties out. The fastest one is the last one up in the changing

room. You are the one person sitting there, thinking, I am off last. You

have got to keep your head together, and that is what he did, he went

out, he had a great start, he kept it together, and he smashed it. We

can see him having his first interview with German TV behind us.

Have we learned anything about the track? It seemed to get quicker and

quicker. Yes, I would be interested to see what the ice times were. It

did not frost up, they prepared it again for the last competitors, and

everybody seemed to have a bit of a quicker time. For the skeleton,

fully see on a, the coaches will be watching, they will see what the

conditions are like, keeping an eye on it. Will they be glued in front

of the telly? They might have been watching, almost for the practice,

to see the lines, although two has slightly different lines from

skeleton. On the other hand, they might leave it, pocket, keep in

their head what they know. The training will be doing today

tomorrow. Yes, some of the training will be during the day, but they

have evening training as well, so they will be able to predict the

same conditions and weather and put that into practice on race day.

Especially with the lights on. It looks beautiful. If you have never

gone in the night with the bright lights, you can choose your coloured

Pfizer, and that can help you look at the profiles of the corner, what

it looks like. That can be tactical. They would have practised it in

training, to have the same of these conditions. We are looking forward

to the women's skeleton, it starts on Thursday, the final runs on

Friday night, Valentine's Day. This is where you need to be, no romantic

meals! A whole new Valentines evening

date! Germany up into seventh place faxed

to that gold medal from Felix Loch. The Russians are in joint fourth

after the team skating. Great Britain's bronze from Jenny Jones.

The live concert that has been going on here has just come to an end, so

the crowds are starting to make their way home. We will switch our

attention from rattling down the ice to flying through the sky on a pair

of skis. The most elegant of Alpine disciplines, the ski jump.

It looks wonderful when it goes right, they land so beautifully, but

what about when it goes wrong? Thomas Morgenstern knows the

pitfalls, he has three gold medals, but he now has reason for

uncertainty. At the top of the ski jump, that is no place for that.

Matt Pinsent has been delving into doubt.

Sport has a habit of playing tricks with your mind. More pressure, more

mistakes. In golf, you might miss a put. Annoying, but not

life-threatening. Normally, it is not dangerous. In darts, the

inability to let go of the dark. You might miss the board, big deal. When

your mind goes, your body is sure to follow. It is a kind of freedom. But

in ski jumping, if your body says yes but your mind says no, the

result? It does not bear thinking about. Every day can be the last

one. Less than a month ago, a three-time Olympic champion suffered

a horrendous crash. In the -- injuries to his skull and lungs left

him hospitalised and reminded us how dangerous it can be. I was lying in

hospital for many days. I do not remember anything about the crash. I

saw it only one time. It was a bit crazy. I and the luckiest man

alive! What must be going through the mind of Thomas Morgenstern as he

looks down the runway? I am looking forward to doing ski jumping in the

future. Best of luck commerce dashed Thomas.

He has been in action in qualifying and he took off safely and landed

safely. That is a wonderful shot of the Olympic Park. Let's remind you

before we see the ski jumping of how it works. Ski jumping takes place on

either the normal hill or the large hill.

The aim is to fly the furthest distance and to earn crucial style

points. Points for distance are determined by where the jumper

lands. The Cape point is 95 metres for the normal hill and 125 metres

for the large hill. If an athlete jumps beyond that mark, they earn

extra points. If they come up short, they lose points. The winner

is the athlete with the highest points total from their two jumps in

the final. It is the jump as it should be done

with the professionals. We will catch up with the action with your

commentator, Patrick Winterton. AndreasWank gets on his way. His

first jump. That was a good jumper from him. Superb stuff. That is

doubly impressive. 101 metres and he is in contention. We will have to

wait and see what the adjustments are. He is the only man whose chin

extends almost passed his ski tips. The style points are fantastic. This

man is on form. He has won all the training and he won the warm up. He

is capable of 104 and 105. It is another fine leap from Michael

Hayboeck. The junior world champion from 2010. With the performances we

have seen this week he has put himself in contention for the gold

medal tonight. He has done nothing wrong. He is going to be a team

member for the Austrian team. Austria are looking to secure their

third team title in succession. The landing was good and the flight was

good. He has gone into top spot yet again. Next to go is Thomas

Morgenstern. Two gold medals in 2006, the individual and the team.

He took the team gold in 2010 in Vancouver as well. Remember he is on

a comeback from an absolutely terrifying accident. Hats off to him

for making it here. Austria's coach knows that his chances of winning

this competition in particular are very slim. As the days go on I think

we will see him return to his normal form. Usually at this stage he has

got a smile on his face. If you have not seen the accident, it is well

worth checking it out to see how badly it can go. He is glad he has

got a second jump. He did say he is coming here to make up the numbers,

he wanted to experience it because he has missed so much training. This

man took a fall yesterday and that has got to be on his mind. From a

terrible landing yesterday evening he produces the best landing of the

night so far. Patiently waiting as he goes over

the knoll. Always flying with his mouth open. Those adjustments have

pushed him all the way up into second position. That is a bit of a

surprise, but great news for Slovenia. This is the four Hills

champion. It was a good landing, but it was a

bit below par. He is only 18 years old, so he has got a lot of

experience to gain. In days gone by the jumpers were at their best when

they were 15 or 16, that is before they reduced the length of the skis.

He has got a bit of a back wind to cope with and that is a very solid

jump from him. He joins the list of what have we got? He should be there

as well. The normal hill world champion.

Six to go in the first round. With 45 seconds for each jumper it will

not be long before we start to prepare for the climax of this

competition. Those bonus points are very useful to him. He has got a one

metre advantage over Michael Hayboeck. This is the double Olympic

champion in Salt Lake City and double Olympic champion in

Vancouver. Attempting to break the record of individual gold medals,

but he has not been showing that form so far this week. The Swiss

flag bearer in a little bit of trouble. He is married to a Russian

so he is very familiar with the culture and the language out here,

but he has not been able to time his peak right. He has won world cups

this season, but then again 14 men have won from the 20 competitions it

has been such an open season. We have had seasons where one man has

won 13. He is a long way adrift of the leaders. He is five metres

adrift. It will take a miracle jump from him to secure the victory.

Severin Freund was 104 metres last night. He did not quite go the

distance. Crashing at 60 miles an hour. Raising his arm to indicate he

is OK. No impact on his face or his head. That has got to be good news.

Maybe getting a bit greedy by distance. Coming out of the flight

position a bit late. Beautiful angle with the upper body. Dan into the

landing and slightly off-line. Luckily the binding releases and the

second ski goes. That is always the danger. They weigh about 1.5 times

the weight of an alpine ski. I am sure many of you are familiar with

that. Always a danger of damage to the knee. Severin Freund crashing

out and his style points reduced dramatically. He scores 33 instead

of 55. If he has got sufficient distance he might possibly get a

second jump, but the calculations are quite complicated. This is the

most successful World Cup ski jumper there has ever been, but that is not

vintage by any means at all. He produced the longest jump in

qualifying of 104 metres, level with Severin Freund. Slight confusion

earlier on because of a withdrawal from a Slovenian who took a fall

last night. It is not a good jumper from him. This is the oldest man in

the field. There are only nine men who are too old to be his son. There

are five men in the competition when he competed in his first Olympic

Games in 1992. This is his seventh Olympic Games. The word is out he

wants to go for eight. He will be 45. The way he has been jumping this

year, I would not put it past him. A brilliant ambassador for the

Japanese team and for ski jumping. He became the oldest man to win a

World Cup. Not the most stable landing we have seen from him. He

has had a whole host of podiums this year, so victory is not beyond him

quite yet. This is Slovenia's best hope. He is

in the money. A good jumper from him. He has a tendency to drift over

to the right hand side. Beautiful timing, very smooth. Relaxed as he

flies over the knoll at 56 miles an hour. It is as if he has just

stepped off the bottom step of a staircase he comes down so gently.

Great work from the Slovenian. The Slovenian code is looking pretty

happy with things at the moment and so he should be because his man is

into second place. For me this is the man who has been on form, but

there have been won or two wobbles in the practice rounds. Bidding for

Olympic glory. That is the way to open your account. And the people

from Poland to have gone to massive expense to get to Sochi will be

delighted. Kamil Stoch, the reigning world champion off the large hill.

He won the last two world cups and he could be in the lead after the

first round here in the risky gawky jumping centre. Is he on his way to

Olympic gold? The star of last season and so far the start of this

season. There you have it, he has put a

7-point lead in, and 3.5m graceful the second round. He will be the

last to go in the second round. Michael Hayboeck is not out of

contention. The big names, time Morgenstern and

Simon Mann, struggling. They will go in reverse order for the fourth and

final jump, we will be back for that, and we will see it live, we

will see if Poland can hang on to their lead. Behind me, this is the

venue for the ice skating. Also, before we go back to the ski jumping

live, let's remind you of one of the great ski jumping tales.

As a young child, I was always in trouble, always hurting myself, in

and out of hospital. If somebody dared me to do anything, climbed the

highest tree, the highest wall, I would do it. Ski jumping was the

ideal sport for me. The very first time I ever went

skiing was on a score ski trip when I was 13. My games teacher used to

organise a ski trip from the score. You always believed in yourself,

nobody else did at the time. We do now! Within three months, took over

my whole life, it was all I ever thought about. I wanted to be a

downhill racer in Sarajevo in 1984, but it was difficult, I could not

get the top coaches and train with the top teams, so I was just doing

the best I could with what I had, which was not much. I found it such

a struggle to race in Europe financially, I decided to come home,

spend a few months with my dad, save some money, then I decided to go to

America. That is where I first started jumping, Lake Placid. The

hosts of the 1980 Winter Olympics, I asked if I could have a go on the

ski jumps. I wanted to go on the 19 metre jump. They said, that is too

big. I carried on jumping. I thought, I wonder if I could go to

Calgary in 1988. But as a jumper, not a racer. To be picked to be

Britain's first ever jumper was a dream come true. I was going to love

every single minute of getting there. I can remember everything

like it was yesterday. The first time I arrived at the airport, there

was a big banner on the wall, it said, welcome to Calgary. They said,

it is you, and I was christened Eddie the Eagle. It took on a life

of its own. I had only done one training jump on the small hill. I

did it, it went OK, I landed on my feet, and then the whole Eddie the

Eagle thing got bigger. We had 90,000 people around the stadium,

watching the big hill. The whole crowd chanting my name, I gave them

a wave, they were going potty. Here he is, Cheltenham's favourite

son. A lot of these people are here today to see him. There is you are,

he is safely down, and listen to the crowd. 71, a British record.

I knew I would come last, but getting a British record was a great

achievement for me. Unfortunately, cause I became so popular, they said

it is not right that a guy who comes 58 should get more attention than

the guy who won the event. I think you look like a movie star.

They kicked me off the Olympic team, and I was prevented from ski jumping

ever again. For me, getting to those Olympic

Games was my gold medal, and I made my dream come true.

It was one of the best Olympic stories ever, he is an amazing guy,

and he even got a mention in the closing speech of the Calgary games.

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Two, that is why we are heading out to rejoin Patrick Winterton for the

final and deciding jump in the men's normal hill individual.

You join us just in time to see the German. Way outside the top

positions after the first jump. Back from injury in the summer months, he

broke his foot, so he missed three or four weeks of training. He has

shown one or two sparks of brilliance this year, but not here

tonight. Kamil Stoch, the World Cup leader, leads the way after the

first round, a brilliant job, 105.5, a three metre advantage over the

field. It is far from decided, but Cammell stock has done everything

possible to take the first steps to Olympic gold. This is the first ski

jumping contest of the Winter Olympics, the large hill is next

Saturday, and then the team competition. Let's not forget the

women's competition, included in the Olympic programme for the first

time. But 9.5 for the Japanese in the first round, he is just about on

the same mark again. -- 99.5. You will see three lines on the landing

zone, the first red line is 95 metres, the poor performance, 60.4

distance. The second line is the hillsides, and if they start

exceeding that, the jury are likely to reduce the England speed to limit

the distance. The blue line is superimposed, that is the one that

they estimate you need to achieve to take the lead. Bear in mind, there

are style points awarded, and they can make all the difference. A

maximum of 64 style from the five judges, each with 20, the best and

the worst taken away. -- a maximum of 60 four style. He is on the blue

line. A nice jump, he has not done a lot

of jumping this year, he has not been on his normal form, but he is

showing his best form of the season at the right time, he goes to the

top spot. Very few between one and ten get through to the second round,

so it has been a good performance. Now, the second of the Norwegians in

this final round. He will be hoping to go over 100 metres. 87.9 on the

England, respectable, but he is only just over. I wonder if he is feeling

the pressure of the Olympics. He always seems to produce a good

landing. Nice style. Reintroduced. Eventually, the jury stop penalising

it and it started winning world cups. There were other tech pics,

putting the arms by the side is above out front, and then this style

coming in in the mid-80s. The Pioneer was a laughing stock for a

while, but he has been proved to have been correct.

Pretty standard. There will be a big hole developing at 96, 97 metres, if

they keep landing in the same spot. The skis crossed in the initial

phase of flight, he will lose half a point. While. The landing is

crucially important. He makes it look very easy. The Japanese have

been on form this week, but tonight, a bit below par, really impressed

with them in training. The winning score in Vancouver was 276, so they

are still a long way off that mark. The 41-year-old is in with a shout,

he will be jumping number 24 in the second round.

He has not managed to generate any lift on either office jobs, slightly

surprising. He carries Goodspeed on the inrun, look how low he stays.

Straight down into the aggressive flying position, the Hibs almost

straight. His chin virtually between the ski tips. But it has not worked.

One of the giveaways is the bend of the ski. Wait until we see the last

three, they are the masters of the art at the moment.

An Austrian coaching the Norwegian team, he has done good work, but the

team are not as strong as they have been in the past.

246.8 is the tally that the jumpers are at. He is there, he takes it up

with a good second round. We are getting closer to a respectable

score. Each jumper has uttered the previous one in the first round, so

in theory, the lead should change each time. That is not the way it

turns out that the pressure starts to mount. Solid enough, he is overly

K-point. He had his purple patch about 12

months ago. It has not really returned when he would have liked it

too. For some, their rich form lasts for a week or two. For some, it just

for a month or two. Gregor Schlierenzauer before tonight was

one of the favourites. You would not have got good odds with the bookies.

But he has left himself a massive amount to do, picking up 123.9

points in the first round. He is almost 20 points, ten metres behind

the leader. he may well be going into top spot for now. But he will

have to wait for the large hill contest. The coach knows his really

big hope has not performed tonight. There were signs he was struggling

in some of the training jumps, but in others he was the longest.

This is a man who reached his peak back in 2006, the first cheque ever

to win the World Cup. A beautiful technician, lovely form,

great landing. He has never taken any medals. But the man who follows

him down the Imran has taken more than most. The double Olympic

champion from Salt Lake City in 2002. He won both gold medals in

Vancouver off the normal hill and the large hill. What can he produce

in his second round? It is not there. It is just not happening for

him. Another of the favourites who has not performed tonight. He will

have to wait for the large hill contest. Two centimetre layers of

eyes that has performed well. They have had no problem with the warm

weather. They have drained all the water away. It cost $50 million to

build the RusSki Gorki facility. It has been worth every cent. Will he

come back and shock as in the large hill competition on Saturday? Thomas

Morgenstern follows him down. He should slap his thighs before he

goes. Back from injury and a horrifying fall. It is good to see

him in action and that familiar style. It is a much better jumper.

Just wait to see him in action in the large hill and he will play a

part in the Austrian team event. Every time he survives a jump there

is a big smile on his face. It was a terrible accident just after the New

Year period, just after the four Hills tournament had finished. He

has worked with psychologists, physiotherapists, physiologists, the

whole lot, and they got him to the Olympic Games. Four more to go

before we get into a technical break.

The coach quickly onto the radio. The screen in the stadium is so big

that I cannot believe anyone cannot see it.

Germany, Austria, Austria. They are the names that we usually see at the

top of the result sheet at the end of the day, but we still have 13 to

go. He has turned into a fine jumper. He

is coached by his father. It is the longest jump of the second round so

far, so the lead is going to change again and Finland will go to the

top. Finland have not won for some time. He lost points for the wind

compensation. He picked up good style points. He had a headwind as

opposed to a back window. That has cost him the lead. 12 to go now. His

sister is jumping in the women's competition in 48 hours time. His

father was a silver medallist way back in 1988 when Eddie Edwards was

around in Calgary. Nice timing, very well judged. Straight into a stable

flight position. It is going to be interesting to see the style points

and the wind compensation. Will they pushed him anywhere near the top?

Winning was never on the cards, but 60 is disappointing. He is likely to

be outside the top 20 come the end of the night. Two Slovenians.

He has got some distance as well. That was an excellent jumper. That

could well be enough. But you have to be a little bit wary with the

wind compensation that has been going on. He is likely to lose half

a metre, not much more than that because the wind is very light here

in the RusSki Gorki Stadium. And now we prepare for the last ten. A

little break to check the Enron and the landing and to build the tension

in the stadium. That little break gives us a chance

to address some of the questions coming through on social media.

Graham Bell is a passionate lover of ski jumping, so I am going to fire

you the questions. When we see them on the runs, what are they actually

running on? Is it plastic or ice? It is to ram it. They used to run on

snow, but if the conditions change, the speed on the table would change.

They pretty much ditched snow and they ran on ceramic and it makes the

competition fairer. When they land, where I they measuring the spot

from? The front or the back of the ski? Were defeated land. Front foot

or back foot? The middle of the two feet. Lots of people are asking

about the little trees. That is very old school. It gives a distance

marking. You are not going to veer off that much one side or the other.

It helps the spectators measure the distance. Fantastic, keep your

questions coming in. That is how to do it. Les rejoined the action with

Patrick. That was Mikhail Maksimochkin, Russia's only hope of

getting in the medals here. Tim places after the medal, he produced

a huge leap of 104 metres and he got every single one of the crowd on

their feet. One of the better Russian performances we have seen so

far in these games. They did manage to claim a medal in the biathlon

this afternoon. A big relief after they missed out by a fraction of a

second in the Laura cross-country stadium and the men's skiathlon.

Mikhail Maksimochkin, it's not going to be his night, what a shame. Nine

to go, the Polish jumper is the first of their team. 101 metres in

the first round, he is only five points, 2.5 metres off second place.

22 years old, a big moment for him. Elliott of 101, 102, may see him

into the podium. -- a leap of 101. Not quite on the blue line, just a

little bit short. And the compensation, it will be minus

points. He will lose roughly half a metre. Late on the explosion,

slightly too slow into that flying position. He waits patiently before

he is over the knoll before he tries to pressurise the skis. But Jan

Ziobro of Poland will not be joining the top three and I am just assuming

that Kamil Stoch is going to make it because he has tips such a great

lead. And the next is the oldest man on the tour, the oldest man to win a

World Cup, competing at the Olympic Games before seven of the field here

tonight were even born. It is Noriaki Kasai. He is better off on

the live show, Saturday was his best chance.

Brilliantly consistent this year, he is almost there. Just a little bit

unstable coming off the table. 100 metres, I am not sure it is enough.

Compensation, there will be none. Nothing positive or negative, again

fractionally too late. 90% of the time they are too late if they

missed time it. Very seldom do we see them taking off to early. He

opens early, always lands nicely. 20 years of Olympic experience for this

man and he wants to go for his eighth Olympics in 2018. Can you

believe it. One day he will hang those queues up but not yet.

Four Polish people in the top 20 of the world rankings this year. They

are having a really good season. Andreas Wellinger performance is

looking better and better. The Polish coach just a little concerned

I think. His men have done well in the first round, slightly

underperformed in the second. He has to cross his fingers that Kamil

Stoch can hold it together and we will find out in under five

minutes' time because we only have six jumpers to go before we know the

third jumping medallist of these Games.

Tata has looked solid visibly, he is certainly the tallest, will he

produce the longest? Low position on the Enron, and chin thrusting

forward and AndreasWank is very close, he is very close to a bit of

a back window will give him roughly two metres which takes him up to 99.

Now, he was some five metres ahead of Andreas Wellinger after the first

round. 18.5, I suspect. I'll, no, they

don't like it. It pushes AndreasWank down into fifth place so Andreas

Wellinger survives another challenge, he finished the first

round in 14th place. They will be a lot of celebration and a lot of

nerves in the German camp at the moment. Two Austrians, a Slovenian,

a Norwegian and a Polish jumper still to jump. This is the winner of

the four hills championship, he only got in because Morgenstern was

injured. He has exploded with some brilliant jumping. He is unsettled,

and he knows that he has not taken full advantage. They will be good

compensation, the back wind certainly causing problems for

Thomas Diethart. Given a pig by his father when he

won his first ever World Cup and now he has a little pink pig as a

mascot. I am not sure we will see it tonight but he is in top spot at the

moment. He takes the tally up to 258, he has scraped ahead of Andreas

Wellinger so the duel between the two Austrians and the Germans which

has been a bit tropics ski jumping scene for the last few seasons

continues. Austria now leading with Andreas Wellinger, no more, -- no

more Germans to go. Do not rule out this competitor though. That is the

worst job we have seen from him and we know it, the worst job we have

seen in the last four days. The pressure of the Olympic Games. And

the better your chances of taking gold, the more pressure there is.

The nerves perhaps getting to the junior world champion from 2010,

Michael Haybock looking to become the Olympic champion in 2014. And

the style points put him into second place so Austria are now one and

two, Thomas Diethart survives a believable stop only three to go.

The Slovenian to come, Peter Prevc. And then Kamil Stoch, the world's

number one jumper for this season. Slovenia's last chance. It is good,

it is very, very good. We have a new leader and it is Peter Prevc of

Slovenia. He got his first win in Bad Mitterndorf and then everybody

took notice. His coach will be celebrating right now but he will

also be crossing his fingers and his toes because there are still too

much jumpers to go. Nothing is certain quite yet. It is a good job,

no doubt about that. The compensation points should be good

because the back wind has persisted and we should be looking at one two,

three metres at it. We will find out in just a moment.

Gore ran his coach, likes it, and that is why. 130.5 points scored and

it takes is total on to 265, a 7-point advantage over second place.

Two to go. Thomas is at risk of being pushed off the podium. What

was deliberate will Anders Bardal do question mark he is short and knows

it. Alex, his coach, I don't think he will have feel a bit champion in

his camp tonight. -- I don't think you will have an Olympic champion in

his cap. Anders Bardal not looking as relaxed as he did before. He is

seventh in the World Cup standings at the moment. Perhaps he was not

expecting anything special and he goes into the top two. He is

obviously on for a medal and he would have second -- settled for

that at the beginning of the night. The best of the Norwegians by a

large margin but he has not produced his best ever job in the second

round. He waits and waits... And he has got the bronze medal at least.

He has the bronze medal at least and Norway's tally goes up and up.

Having claimed the bronze medal in the men's skiathlon this morning.

They got gold in the biathlon Ole Einar Bjorndalen yesterday and gold

in the women's skiathlon. He goes Kamil Stoch, polar's number one and

the world's number one and he needs the blue line. That is the way to do

it. Once again, Kamil Stoch has flown to glory. That is three

jumping victories in succession. He won the last two world cups and he

has absolutely slaughtered the rest here tonight. The best job in the

first round by a country mile, he has done it again in the second.

Nobody can complain. There is luck in all sports but not here tonight.

This was just pure talent. And pure nerve from Kamil Stoch. A

sensational leap to secure his first Olympic title, his first Olympic

medal. It has been for years of hard graft for this man since Vancouver.

Temp in the world standings in 2011, then fifth and then third and

this year, he is the world than the one. Coached by Lucas Krajicek, he

has built his own jump at the age of five and here comes confirmation

that Poland have a new champion. It is now Kamil Stoch who is the man of

the moment and he will be massively popular in popular with that

performance. So Anders Bardal of Norway takes the bronze, a wonderful

performance from Peter Prevc of Slovenia to take the silver medal

here but Kamil Stoch of Poland is above them all. He is the Olympic

champion on the Hill. CLARE BALDING: Poland celebrate

their first medal of these Games, a gold in his ski jump as he is lifted

aloft by his fellow jumpers, overrunning tightly with the ski

jump which means we will be later on to the air with our highlights

programme but that is what is coming up next here on BBC Two as we round

up all of the coverage from day two of these winter related games in

Sochi, we will see you in a couple of minutes.

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