Day 3, Part 1 - 9.00am to 12.00pm

:00:00. > :00:10.new season 's best, welcome to the Olympic Games, young Gracie Gold.

:00:11. > :00:20.Here she comes. She is set to become the Russian darling of these games.

:00:21. > :00:26.She proved she is a medal contender with spins that are impossible for

:00:27. > :00:31.most flexible skaters. Dazzling short programme yesterday. The red

:00:32. > :00:33.dress, she is skating to the haunting theme from Schindler 's

:00:34. > :01:36.list. Triple toe, double axel, triple toe,

:01:37. > :03:57.double toe. That was another triple. A triple

:03:58. > :04:50.Lutz in combination with Tony. -- toe loop. Look at that position.

:04:51. > :04:57.It doesn't get much better than that, the crowd are on their feet

:04:58. > :05:04.and we have witnessed something incredibly special here tonight. She

:05:05. > :05:08.is just 15 years of age. Katarina Witt is giving her a standing

:05:09. > :05:14.ovation. If we were not tied up with wires I would do the same thing. It

:05:15. > :05:17.is incredible. Effortless and expressive and brilliantly

:05:18. > :05:22.choreographed, it was a performance that had it all. Take about, young

:05:23. > :05:33.lady, take it in. She has arrived and we will enjoy watching her for

:05:34. > :05:43.many years to come. This is outstanding. She fought for one jump

:05:44. > :05:57.and then she relaxed into the double toe loop. Look at that! 141.51. Both

:05:58. > :06:05.scores are huge and, why not? We have witnessed a programme to

:06:06. > :06:11.remember. That is an amazing moment. There we have confirmation, look at

:06:12. > :06:18.that school. It is head and shoulders above the rest.

:06:19. > :06:21.So that was the first gold of the Winter Olympics for Russia and

:06:22. > :06:25.Canada were certain for silver but the USA still had work to do to

:06:26. > :06:27.claim bronze going into the concluding event of the team

:06:28. > :06:42.competition, the free ice dance. For many, these two went in as

:06:43. > :06:46.favourites into the European Championships after the top two

:06:47. > :06:50.teams were missing but their free dance was far from perfect in

:06:51. > :06:55.Budapest. He was slow and lost balance and she fell and it cost

:06:56. > :06:59.them the gold. But watch out, there lifts are glorious and the crowd

:07:00. > :07:01.loved their interpretation of the music. They know how to sell a

:07:02. > :07:09.programme. Here -- here they go. Welcome to the

:07:10. > :08:42.ballet, the Russian ballet. That was very novel, very original

:08:43. > :11:45.and difficult. A dramatic ending to what was a

:11:46. > :11:49.beautiful performance. She is outstanding. This music could not

:11:50. > :11:56.have been better for her. He played his part as well but you could. Take

:11:57. > :12:00.your eyes of her. -- but you could not take your eyes off her. They

:12:01. > :12:09.borrowed the spin from the pairs skaters. That interpretation flew

:12:10. > :12:14.around the ice. Look at that. They have a points deduction but it is

:12:15. > :12:20.103.48 and they are currently in first place. The judges just loved

:12:21. > :12:30.that presentation. It had the technical difficulty but the

:12:31. > :12:34.presentation was delightful. The reigning Olympic champions are

:12:35. > :12:36.preparing for their three -- free dance. They have been skating

:12:37. > :12:41.together for 17 years and they have such a close bond and they say that

:12:42. > :12:48.this free dance tells the story of their partnership over the years. At

:12:49. > :14:41.us enjoy this one. -- let us enjoy this one.

:14:42. > :14:45.Very nicely through the first part of this free dance programme. They

:14:46. > :17:04.were absolutely in sync. They are such a dynamic

:17:05. > :17:09.partnership. What else would you expect from these two? They are such

:17:10. > :17:14.great storytellers. You cannot take your eyes off them. Wonderfully

:17:15. > :17:19.mature and sophisticated and classy. There is not an ugly moment in

:17:20. > :17:29.there. They managed to get all of the levels without ever contorting.

:17:30. > :17:34.It is always very classy. 107.56. You can tell from their reaction,

:17:35. > :17:41.not excited too much about those marks. The last to skate in this ice

:17:42. > :17:49.dance competition, the last to skate in the team competition... Speed and

:17:50. > :18:40.power are always their strengths. Superbly controlled entrance there

:18:41. > :22:10.into the lift. For so many years, they have been in

:22:11. > :22:16.the shadow of others. But not any more. That was a confident, polished

:22:17. > :22:26.performance. Wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. Not a waiver anywhere in

:22:27. > :22:37.either body. Transition in the rolling. Beautiful positions. Could

:22:38. > :22:41.easily have been ugly in the middle and could easily have not been quite

:22:42. > :22:48.right within a transition. Not perfect on those. Second-half much

:22:49. > :22:58.better. But again, it is the speed with which they attack the elements.

:22:59. > :23:03.A long way clear of the Canadians. Wonderful marks for technical. Look

:23:04. > :23:08.at the components go. They loved the presentation as well -- the

:23:09. > :23:14.component score. They secured first place in the ice

:23:15. > :23:18.dance ahead of the Canadians. The Russians finished third. But it was

:23:19. > :23:22.a day for Russia to celebrate. There is confirmation of the final

:23:23. > :23:30.standings. The hosts with their first gold of the Games. What a way

:23:31. > :23:35.to kick off the figure skating, a fantastic competition for the

:23:36. > :23:42.hosts. The Russian was back to his best and a new star was born in the

:23:43. > :23:49.15-year-old Yulia Lipnitskaya. And be 15-year-old really is the new

:23:50. > :23:54.darling of Russia. The old darling of Russia, he has been a favourite

:23:55. > :24:01.for many years. Everyone has loved the new team competition. Fabulous

:24:02. > :24:05.addition. 130 million people hear very pleased about the gold medal.

:24:06. > :24:12.We have short track speed skating coming in about 20 minutes time. We

:24:13. > :24:16.have got a little time in hand and it is always good to reflect on some

:24:17. > :24:22.of the gold medal winning performances from last night. In the

:24:23. > :24:25.ski jumping normal hill. I can tell you that having sat at the top of

:24:26. > :24:31.one of these things, there is nothing normal about it. Patrick

:24:32. > :24:46.minted in -- Patrick Winterton was at the men's event last night.

:24:47. > :24:52.Bardal 3.2 compensation. A little bit of a back win to cope with. He

:24:53. > :24:57.is more than used to that. A very solid jump from Bardal. He joins the

:24:58. > :25:06.list of one, two, three, four, five, over 130 points. Bardal should be

:25:07. > :25:12.there as well. The normal hill world champion. With 45 seconds for each

:25:13. > :25:17.jumper, it will not be long before we start to prepare for the climax

:25:18. > :25:23.of this competition. Bardal with a massive smile on his face. The bonus

:25:24. > :25:29.points very useful to him. Now to the double Olympic champion in

:25:30. > :25:34.Vancouver. Attempting to break the record of individual gold, but he

:25:35. > :25:39.has not been showing that sort of form so far this week. The Swiss

:25:40. > :25:50.flag bearer in a little bit of trouble. Married to a Russian so he

:25:51. > :25:57.is very familiar with the culture and the language out here. But he

:25:58. > :26:07.has not been able to time his peak right. He has won world cups this

:26:08. > :26:15.season. But then again, 14 men have won from the 20 competitions. Such

:26:16. > :26:28.an open season. 13th place for Ammann. Now to Freund. Good power

:26:29. > :26:45.from Freund. Not quite going the distance. Crashing but 60mph.

:26:46. > :26:50.Hermann Maier -esque. Just raising the arm to indicate he is OK. No

:26:51. > :26:55.impact on the face or head. That has got to be good news. Let us have

:26:56. > :27:00.another look at this. Maybe getting greedy for distance. Beautiful angle

:27:01. > :27:14.with the upper body. Down into the landing. Slightly

:27:15. > :27:23.off-line. Luckily, the binding releases and then the second ski

:27:24. > :27:28.goes. That is always the danger. One of the half times the weight of an

:27:29. > :27:37.alpine ski. I am sure many of you are familiar with that. Always a

:27:38. > :27:47.danger of damage to the knee. Freund crashing out and has points reduce

:27:48. > :27:54.dramatically. He goes down into 40th position with a jump of 99.5m. If he

:27:55. > :27:58.has sufficient distance, he might get a second jump. The calculation

:27:59. > :28:03.is quite complicated so we will have to wait and see. Now the Austrian.

:28:04. > :28:10.The most successful World Cup ski jumper there has ever been. That is

:28:11. > :28:22.not vintage by him by any means at all. He produced the longest jump in

:28:23. > :28:31.qualifying of 104m. Level with Freund. Not a good jump from him.

:28:32. > :28:41.15th place. It is going to be a remarkable comeback. His score, 123.

:28:42. > :28:46.He is in trouble. Along with Ammann. The oldest man in the field. There

:28:47. > :28:53.are only nine men who are too old to be his son. There are five men in

:28:54. > :28:58.the field who won't even born when this man competed in his first

:28:59. > :29:02.Olympic Games back in 1992. He is doing his seventh Olympic Games this

:29:03. > :29:09.time round and the word is out that he wants to go for eight. He will be

:29:10. > :29:15.45. The way he has been jumping this year, I would not put it past him. A

:29:16. > :29:21.brilliant ambassador for the Japanese team, a brilliant

:29:22. > :29:27.ambassador for ski jumping. He became the oldest man to win a World

:29:28. > :29:36.Cup. Not the most stable landing from him. Normally scores 19s.

:29:37. > :29:43.While. He is in sixth position. Victory is not beyond him quite yet.

:29:44. > :29:48.He is on 131 points, only four points behind Bardal. That

:29:49. > :29:56.effectively as two metres. A brilliant jump from him could bring

:29:57. > :30:05.him gold. Slovenia's best hope is going the distance. He is in the

:30:06. > :30:09.money. Good jump from Prevc. He has a tendency to drift over to the

:30:10. > :30:22.right hand side. 102.5. Beautiful timing. Very, very smooth. Relaxed

:30:23. > :30:32.as he flies. 55, 65mph. Great work from the Slovenian. The Slovenian

:30:33. > :30:36.coach looking pretty happy with things at the moment and so he

:30:37. > :30:46.should be. His man is into second place. This is the man who has been

:30:47. > :30:50.on form. But there have been one or two wobbles in the practice rounds.

:30:51. > :30:58.Here he goes, bidding for Olympic glory. That is the way to open your

:30:59. > :31:01.account. The polls have gone to massive expense to get to Sochi and

:31:02. > :31:07.they will be delighted. The reigning world champion of the large hill, he

:31:08. > :31:14.won the last two world cups and he could well be in the lead after the

:31:15. > :31:21.first run here in the Jumping Center. Is he on his way to Olympic

:31:22. > :31:36.gold? The star of last season, so far the star of this season. There

:31:37. > :31:44.you have it. 142 points. He has put a 7-point lead over Bardal and he

:31:45. > :31:48.has built himself 3.5m of grace for the second round. He was the last to

:31:49. > :32:12.go and he will be the last to go in the second round as well. Bardal in

:32:13. > :32:18.second place. If he wants to make it gold he will have to go 15 metres

:32:19. > :32:23.further. That is surely not going to happen.

:32:24. > :32:32.Now we prepare to build the tension in the stadium. The German on the

:32:33. > :32:39.Enron. He is way outside the top positions after the first jump. He

:32:40. > :32:42.is back from injury after the summer months when he broke his foot and he

:32:43. > :32:51.missed three or four weeks of training. He has shown some sparks

:32:52. > :32:55.of brilliance here but not tonight. The World Cup leader is the man who

:32:56. > :33:04.leads the way after the first round. A brilliant jump. He has put a three

:33:05. > :33:10.metre advantage over other men on a form so it is far from decided that

:33:11. > :33:12.he has done everything possible to take that first step to Olympic

:33:13. > :33:42.gold. He knows that his big hope, his

:33:43. > :33:50.really big hope has not performed tonight. First-round jump of 96

:33:51. > :33:53.metres. There were signs that he was struggling in some of the training

:33:54. > :34:05.jumps but in others he was the longest. 253.3. Next ago is a man

:34:06. > :34:10.who reached his peak back in 2006, the first cheque ever to win the

:34:11. > :34:19.overall World Cup. He won the four Hills tournament that year as well.

:34:20. > :34:28.He needs 128 points to take the lead and 148 to stand a chance of taking

:34:29. > :34:36.medals. A beautiful technician, lovely form and a great landing.

:34:37. > :34:50.That was a great performance from Janda. He has never taken any

:34:51. > :34:57.medals. But the man who follows him down the in-run has taken more than

:34:58. > :35:04.most. It is the double Olympic champion from salt lake city in

:35:05. > :35:10.2002. He will be hoping to go a whole lot better than that. He won

:35:11. > :35:13.both goals in Vancouver off the normal hill and the large hill. What

:35:14. > :35:32.can he produce in his second round. It is not there, it is just not

:35:33. > :35:37.happening. Another of the favourites of the bookies who has not performed

:35:38. > :35:42.tonight. He will have to wait for the large hill contest. A good shot

:35:43. > :35:46.of the icy in-run there. A two centimetre layer of ice that has

:35:47. > :35:50.really performed well, consistent in-run speeds and they have had no

:35:51. > :35:57.problem with the warmer weather and they have managed to drain all of

:35:58. > :36:05.the waterway. The $50 million that it cost to build this facility has

:36:06. > :36:10.been worth every cent. Fourth place for Simon Ammann. Will he come back

:36:11. > :36:23.and shock us in the large hill competition on Saturday. Thomas

:36:24. > :36:28.Morgenstern follows him down. Here he goes. He is back from injury and

:36:29. > :36:33.back from a horrifying fall. It is good to see him in action. That

:36:34. > :36:39.familiar style, with the flexion of the hip. It is a much better jump.

:36:40. > :36:43.Just wait to see him in action in the large hill and, of course, he

:36:44. > :36:47.will play a part in the Austrian team event. Every time he survives a

:36:48. > :36:52.jump now there is a big smile on his face and it really was a horrifying

:36:53. > :36:56.accident he had which put him in hospital for five days just after

:36:57. > :37:05.the New Year period just after the four Hills tournament had finished.

:37:06. > :37:08.He has worked with psychologists, physiotherapists, physiological

:37:09. > :37:32.justice, the whole lot and they have got into the Olympic Games.

:37:33. > :37:55.Quickly onto the radio. Andreas Wellinger is the new leader. Now

:37:56. > :38:05.AndreasWank. He has looked solid. He is the tallest. A low position on

:38:06. > :38:09.the in-run. That chin is thrusting forward and AndreasWank is close. He

:38:10. > :38:23.will get compensation, little bit of a back wind will take him up to 2.99

:38:24. > :38:32.metres. Now, he was five metres ahead of Andreas Wellinger after the

:38:33. > :38:41.first round. 18.5 I suspect for style. No, they do not like it. But

:38:42. > :38:44.pushes AndreasWank down into fifth place. Andreas Wellinger survives

:38:45. > :38:49.another challenge. He finished the first round in 14th place. There

:38:50. > :38:55.will be a lot of celebration and a lot of nerves in the German camp at

:38:56. > :39:02.the moment. Two Austrians, Slovenian, Norwegian and poles still

:39:03. > :39:08.to jump. This is the winner of the four Hills tournament. He only got

:39:09. > :39:16.into the team because another jumper was injured. He has exploded with

:39:17. > :39:22.some brilliant jumping. He knows he has not taken full advantage. There

:39:23. > :39:38.will be good compensation. The back wind certainly is causing problems

:39:39. > :39:42.for Thomas Diethart. He was given a pig by his father when he won his

:39:43. > :39:47.first ever world cup and now he has a little pink pig as a mascot. I am

:39:48. > :39:53.not sure we are going to see it tonight but he is in top spot at the

:39:54. > :39:58.moment. He takes the tally up to 258, he has scraped ahead of Andreas

:39:59. > :40:02.Wellinger. The duel between the Austrians and the Germans, which has

:40:03. > :40:07.been a feature of ski jumping for the last five seasons, continues.

:40:08. > :40:16.Austria are now leading with Andreas Wellinger in second. There are no

:40:17. > :40:20.more Germans to go. This is Michael Haybock who has been on fantastic

:40:21. > :40:25.form, don't rule him out. That is the worst job we have seen from him.

:40:26. > :40:38.It is the worst jump we have seen in the last four days. The pressure of

:40:39. > :40:41.the Olympic Games. The better your chances of taking gold, the more

:40:42. > :40:50.pressure there is. The nerves were perhaps getting to Michael Haybock,

:40:51. > :40:51.the junior world champion from 2010, looking to become the Olympic

:40:52. > :41:05.champion in 2014. The style points put him into second

:41:06. > :41:15.place. Austria are now one and two and Thomas Diethart survives after a

:41:16. > :41:19.leader with only three to go. We have a Slovenian, a Norwegian and

:41:20. > :41:33.then the world number one jumper for this season. Is Peter Prevc going to

:41:34. > :41:40.prove himself here tonight? It is the last chance for Slovenia? It is

:41:41. > :41:53.good, it is very, very good. We have a new leader and it is Peter Prevc.

:41:54. > :41:58.He got his first win and then everybody started to take notice of

:41:59. > :42:02.what he did. His coach has played a large part in the development of

:42:03. > :42:07.this man and he will be celebrating right now but he will also be

:42:08. > :42:11.crossing his fingers and his toes because there are still two to go

:42:12. > :42:17.and nothing is certain quite yet. It is a good jump, there is no doubt

:42:18. > :42:25.about that. The compensation point should be good because the back wind

:42:26. > :42:32.has persisted and we could be looking at one, too, or three metres

:42:33. > :42:43.added. We will see in a moment. He likes it. That is why. 130.5 points

:42:44. > :42:49.scored. He takes his total onto 265, a 7-point advantage over second

:42:50. > :42:58.place. Two to go and Thomas Diethart is in danger of being pushed off the

:42:59. > :43:06.podium. This is the normal hill world champion but he is in short --

:43:07. > :43:12.he is short and he knows it, I don't think he is going to be the Olympic

:43:13. > :43:18.champion tonight. Fractionally late on the take-off. Anders Bardal was

:43:19. > :43:23.not looking as relaxed as he did in the first round. A big moment for

:43:24. > :43:29.him. He is seventh in the World Cup standings at the moment so perhaps

:43:30. > :43:34.he was not expecting anything special and if he goes into the top

:43:35. > :43:37.two he is obviously on for a medal and he would have settled for that

:43:38. > :43:43.at the beginning of the night. He waits and waits and waits and he has

:43:44. > :43:47.got the bronze medal at least. He has the bronze medal at least and

:43:48. > :43:52.the tally for Norway goes up and up and up. They have claimed the bronze

:43:53. > :43:58.medal in the men's skiathlon this morning. They got gold in the

:43:59. > :44:06.biathlon yesterday. They got gold in the women's skiathlon. Now Poland's

:44:07. > :44:11.number one is looking for Olympic glory. He is the world number one

:44:12. > :44:18.and he needs the blue line. That is the way to do it. Once again Kamil

:44:19. > :44:21.Stoch has flown to glory. That is three jumping victories in

:44:22. > :44:27.succession. He won the last two world cups in Felling and he has

:44:28. > :44:31.absolutely slaughtered the rest tonight. That was the best jump in

:44:32. > :44:36.the first round by a country mile and he has done it again in the

:44:37. > :44:42.second. Nobody can complain. There is like in all sports by not here

:44:43. > :44:49.tonight. This was just pure talent and pure nerve from Kamil Stoch, a

:44:50. > :44:56.sensational leap to secure his first Olympic title and his first Olympic

:44:57. > :45:01.medal. It has been four years of hard graft for this man since

:45:02. > :45:05.Vancouver. He was 10th in the World Cup standings in 2011 and then fifth

:45:06. > :45:17.and then third and then this year he is the number one. He is a man who

:45:18. > :45:22.built his own jump at the age of five and here comes confirmation

:45:23. > :45:29.that Poland have a new champion. It is Kamil Stoch who is the man of the

:45:30. > :45:35.moment and he will be massively popular in Poland with that

:45:36. > :45:41.performance. Anders Bardal of Norway takes the bronze. A wonderful

:45:42. > :45:45.performance from Peter Prevc of Slovenia to take the silver medal

:45:46. > :45:48.here tonight but Kamil Stoch of Poland is above the more comic he is

:45:49. > :45:53.the Olympic champion on the normal hill.

:45:54. > :45:57.That is only the third gold medal for Poland in their history, their

:45:58. > :46:03.long history and they have appeared in all 21 previous games.

:46:04. > :46:06.Congratulations to them and to Kamil Stoch. Now we are heading to the

:46:07. > :46:15.icebergs eight new arena and we are going to go inside -- iceberg will

:46:16. > :46:31.stop. This is a glimpse of one of our

:46:32. > :46:34.favourite sports. It is the men's's speed skating. That is Jack

:46:35. > :46:39.Whelbourne. This is his second games. We are really looking forward

:46:40. > :46:46.to this, it is one of our favourites and your favourites. We are weak

:46:47. > :46:51.side at the Iceberg and I can tell you are itching to get your teeth

:46:52. > :46:55.into this. Good morning. Lehman Good morning.

:46:56. > :47:06.It is the first time I have spoken to you. There is an adrenaline rush.

:47:07. > :47:13.You never quite know who is going to win. A bit of a lottery. Let me just

:47:14. > :47:18.tell you are at this stage of the competition, it is a culling

:47:19. > :47:23.exercise. We have 36 skaters lining up in six heats. We are looking for

:47:24. > :47:27.the top three in each of the heats to progress into the semifinals.

:47:28. > :47:36.Jack Whelbourne is in position two. Not too bad in 1500m. Jack

:47:37. > :47:48.Whelbourne is in position two. Let me run through the line-up. Japan,

:47:49. > :47:55.GB, Germany, Latvia and the Netherlands. That is the composition

:47:56. > :48:03.of the sex in the first heat of the 1500m. Stand by for the fireworks.

:48:04. > :48:13.The speed gets ramped up from the front. The early pacesetter is the

:48:14. > :48:20.Dutchman. It is all about tactics. It is jostling and juggling for the

:48:21. > :48:36.right position. It has already changed as well. It is like a pack

:48:37. > :48:49.of cards, the way they shuffle them. Jack Whelbourne is clinging to their

:48:50. > :48:54.coat tails. Jack Whelbourne is well positioned at the moment in third

:48:55. > :49:00.place. The pace really beginning to ramp up. This is where mistakes

:49:01. > :49:05.could occur. Eight to go. They are dropping their foot on the pedal and

:49:06. > :49:14.it is still the Italian Confortola who is putting the rest to the

:49:15. > :49:22.sword. Second, Takamido of Japan. Former European junior champion and

:49:23. > :49:30.a Vancouver semifinalists. Five to go. Confortola still at the front.

:49:31. > :49:38.Takamido coming around at the outside. Well Jack Whelbourne under

:49:39. > :49:43.pressure. He sees the danger and goes for the inside pass. He

:49:44. > :49:48.achieves it. Jack Whelbourne skating out of his skin at the moment. The

:49:49. > :49:53.22-year-old looking to cruise through into the semifinal. Igniting

:49:54. > :50:00.the burners now. Into the closing two laps. But well born in front

:50:01. > :50:03.looking good. Ammann is right there with him. Final lap. Jack Whelbourne

:50:04. > :50:13.is into the back straight. Stay upright, Jack. Here it comes. Jack

:50:14. > :50:19.Whelbourne passes the line first. Oozing confidence there. That was

:50:20. > :50:23.the performance of Jack Whelbourne. Excellent performance. Skated

:50:24. > :50:29.tactically. Fantastic. Made the right moves at the right time. Did

:50:30. > :50:38.not get caught up in the traffic behind. Him finishing first in that

:50:39. > :50:44.race will put him in the better race in the semifinal. It would not

:50:45. > :50:49.surprise me if the Japanese skater does not receive a penalty. A huge

:50:50. > :50:54.class. You see him coming through on the inside there. Jack Whelbourne

:50:55. > :50:59.tucked up on the inside behind the Italian. Knocking his left hand out

:51:00. > :51:07.of the way as he came through. I do not think there should be any

:51:08. > :51:12.problem there whatsoever. It will be interesting to see what the final

:51:13. > :51:17.result is of this race. I think Jack Whelbourne is comfortably through

:51:18. > :51:25.out of heat one. Before they line up for heat two, a good point you

:51:26. > :51:30.should make about the ruling. There is a situation where they could be

:51:31. > :51:34.an advancement. Absolutely. If a skater is in a qualifying position

:51:35. > :51:39.and is impeded by someone else, they can be advanced to the next round.

:51:40. > :51:46.They are reviewing the referee's replay. He is just informing the

:51:47. > :51:56.announcer in the stadium here. I think here saying number two for

:51:57. > :52:02.four. -- number 244. It was a very dangerous manoeuvre. I said that

:52:03. > :52:10.Pukitis had got involved with the pushing. That is the result

:52:11. > :52:16.confirmed. Pukitis has been advanced. He had to take the line

:52:17. > :52:24.down the outside. He is now through into the semifinals. Even though the

:52:25. > :52:34.third skater from Japan did qualify, he receives the penalty and will not

:52:35. > :52:38.go through to the next round. The man coming onto the ice in the

:52:39. > :52:44.second heat has drawn the inside position is the Korean who has won

:52:45. > :52:51.three gold medals in Vancouver and he is skating for Russia here. I

:52:52. > :53:03.will tell you a little bit about him once they have started. The line-up,

:53:04. > :53:22.Russia in lane one, then Korea, Hungary, China, Hong Kong and then

:53:23. > :53:30.Israel. Let me just tell you about Viktor Ahn, he opened in solid 60 --

:53:31. > :53:36.in Salt Lake City. In Vancouver, he broken ankle and did not qualify.

:53:37. > :53:43.Now has become a Russian and he is the repeal champion and Russia have

:53:44. > :53:46.never won a medal in short track speed skating. They are pinning

:53:47. > :53:52.their hopes on the former Korean and now Russian 28-year-old. He sat back

:53:53. > :53:58.at the very back of this group of six skaters. The Israeli, flag

:53:59. > :54:06.bearer at these championships, just being passed by the Chinese skater.

:54:07. > :54:10.China at the front at the moment. You can see how quickly it changes.

:54:11. > :54:22.The crowd are begging them to wake up now. The noise is resonating

:54:23. > :54:34.around the arena. V an -- Viktor Ahn has come to the front foot career.

:54:35. > :54:45.-- front for Korea. It is all about getting in the right position the

:54:46. > :54:49.Russian is now in second place. The 17-year-old Chinese skater has now

:54:50. > :55:00.once again been passed right Viktor Ahn. It is An at the front. Now they

:55:01. > :55:04.are beginning to ramp the place up. Two to go as they come through the

:55:05. > :55:13.finishing straight. The Israeli is in third spot. The hot seat. The

:55:14. > :55:19.third spot, he is under pressure. An is still bleeding. The third spot

:55:20. > :55:32.could change as they sweep of the burned. The tremendous skate from

:55:33. > :55:41.Viktor Ahn. Will be interesting to see what will happen to the Korean.

:55:42. > :55:44.Going into the last lap, he was passed by the Israeli. Will be

:55:45. > :55:51.interesting to see the close-up of the finishing shot who got the third

:55:52. > :55:59.spot. The Korean had quite a quiet skate. The former junior overall

:56:00. > :56:06.world champion, we will see in the closing stages how he got involved.

:56:07. > :56:17.Call skating for Viktor Ahn. He is certainly my favourite. -- cools

:56:18. > :56:27.skating. Coming up to the line and looking around, feeling quite

:56:28. > :56:33.comfortable. The Korean did slot himself into third. He kept a nice

:56:34. > :56:40.quiet skate and progressed into the semifinals. Fourth, as a matter of

:56:41. > :56:45.interest, was the Israeli. Two heats out of the way. Compelling action.

:56:46. > :56:53.Absolutely gripping stuff. Hugely impressive. They are athletes of

:56:54. > :57:02.gladiatorial dimension. An is a very quiet man. He moved the mosque -- --

:57:03. > :57:07.to Moscow. When he changed nationalities, he approached the

:57:08. > :57:12.Americans first. Apparently so. And the outcome was? I don't think

:57:13. > :57:17.America had enough money. I tell you what, he is in with a great chance

:57:18. > :57:24.of winning a medal for Russia. There is the line-up for heat three. They

:57:25. > :57:38.are called to the line. On the inside, Japan. Then Belarus. In lane

:57:39. > :57:45.three, representing Korea, Sin Da-Woon. He is probably the red-hot

:57:46. > :57:51.favourite. The current overall leader of the World Cup and he is

:57:52. > :58:04.the overall world champ. He is number 243, Sin Da-Woon, 20 years of

:58:05. > :58:14.age. Nicely tucked into second place, Celski. Bronze medal at the

:58:15. > :58:22.500m in Vancouver. Celski, a man with some pretty sharp pace. At the

:58:23. > :58:29.moment, China is looking good at the front. A 19-year-old Chinese man,

:58:30. > :58:37.fifth in 2011 in the World Championships. Cursory glances over

:58:38. > :58:55.the shoulder from the second skater. Sin Da-Woon taking the pace

:58:56. > :59:00.up with seven laps to go. Celski in third place. It would not surprise

:59:01. > :59:08.me if this is a one to three qualifier going through to the

:59:09. > :59:12.semifinal -- 1-2-3. We will look for a move from France who was in fourth

:59:13. > :59:17.spot. He will have to make the move otherwise he will be the first of

:59:18. > :59:24.the losers. The pace is now really beginning to increase. The Japanese

:59:25. > :59:29.skater has been distanced. The field beginning to fragment a little bit

:59:30. > :59:32.here. Four in the hunt for three places. It is the French man who was

:59:33. > :59:42.fourth and he is not going to make it. The Japanese skater made a

:59:43. > :59:46.mistake there. Big mistake. That leaves three clear to cruise down

:59:47. > :59:54.the back straight. They move down into the next round. No problem at

:59:55. > :59:58.all, over the line for Sin Da-Woon, the world champion from Korea. He

:59:59. > :00:04.made it look very easy. He made it look very easy indeed. I think

:00:05. > :00:08.Celski maybe a bit concerned about when he went up inside of the

:00:09. > :00:14.Chinese skater. Whether or not he will receive a penalty, I can see

:00:15. > :00:21.the referee in the middle discussing. Whether they will go

:00:22. > :00:28.across to the video replay. There was some doubt. The Korean moving

:00:29. > :00:36.into the lead. The inside, Celski comes through the inside with no

:00:37. > :00:45.contact whatsoever. Shi of China may not get advanced. Already we are

:00:46. > :00:53.getting fireworks. Skaters overcooking it as they come out of

:00:54. > :00:59.the corners. You can see down the inside, there was the Frenchman and

:01:00. > :01:10.already you will be observing the fireworks in this. Three heats down

:01:11. > :01:15.and we have got three more to go. Hazel label we will leave it shortly

:01:16. > :01:22.because Jack Whelbourne has gone through to the semifinals -- HAZEL

:01:23. > :01:27.IRVINE:. If you want to keep following the short track please be

:01:28. > :01:32.our guests. It is going on the red button now. We will concentrate on

:01:33. > :01:37.the curling at the moment followed by the slalom one of the women's

:01:38. > :01:42.super combined event. That is what we will do on BBC Two. Rocking and

:01:43. > :01:46.rolling, bringing you the best bits. You can do what you like via

:01:47. > :01:51.the red button but we will keep going with our plans this morning. I

:01:52. > :01:55.talked about the curling, the men got under way for Great Britain with

:01:56. > :02:02.a win over Russia. Now it is the turn of the women's team. They are

:02:03. > :02:06.the reigning world champions. Very seldom are we favourites for gold.

:02:07. > :02:11.Eve finds herself in that situation, alongside the Swedes. They are the

:02:12. > :02:17.double defending Olympic champions and the reigning European champions.

:02:18. > :02:21.They are starting this morning and it could not be more difficult. Eve

:02:22. > :02:28.says that is the way she likes it. Jackie Lockhart, a former World

:02:29. > :02:32.Championship winning skip, and Steve Cram, they are downing the Ice Cube

:02:33. > :02:37.Curling Center for us now. I think this could not be a tougher start

:02:38. > :02:42.for Eve and our women. I can hear the bagpipe is in the background.

:02:43. > :02:44.Perhaps that will spur them on. What do you assess for this match this

:02:45. > :03:07.morning? I think Jackie will agree that this

:03:08. > :03:10.is a tough start for the women. You can afford to lose a couple of

:03:11. > :03:14.matches in this competition and still make it through to the

:03:15. > :03:23.play-off matches next week but you really want to start well. For Eve

:03:24. > :03:29.and the young team here it is a big opportunity. It is a -- it is really

:03:30. > :03:33.about how they play here and I think Jackie will agree. I do we need to

:03:34. > :03:36.see how they get on but mentally they will really want to win this

:03:37. > :03:43.that will carry them forward. It is going to be a tight game, right down

:03:44. > :03:48.to the very wire. It will be close. The men had an EV win this morning

:03:49. > :03:53.but we don't think it will be like that. -- an easy win.

:03:54. > :04:00.I was just talking to Jackie this morning and she was telling me that

:04:01. > :04:09.the Swedish double gold medal winning skipper has now retired. She

:04:10. > :04:13.is a real superstar at home in Sweden. Isn't she doing Strictly

:04:14. > :04:17.Come Dancing there or something? Yes, she has been doing the Swedish

:04:18. > :04:25.version of Strictly Come Dancing and she will be doing a lot of press and

:04:26. > :04:29.with the visiting dignitaries in Sweden. She is leading the high life

:04:30. > :04:32.here at the moment but she is working here and commentary as well

:04:33. > :04:37.so she will be hoping the best for her Swedish team today. All the

:04:38. > :04:42.great champions work in the commentary positions. It is all

:04:43. > :04:51.yours. Here we go, very interesting opening match for Great Britain.

:04:52. > :05:01.Thank you, Hazel. Yes, thank you Hazel. Claire Hamilton will be the

:05:02. > :05:08.lead here and they take on Sweden. The men play Swindon -- Sweden this

:05:09. > :05:17.afternoon. Vicki Adams will play second. This team are a mixture of

:05:18. > :05:22.having played together as juniors and moved on together into their

:05:23. > :05:25.senior team. Eve Muirhead is the person who the media have really

:05:26. > :05:29.concentrated on in the last few years. She had a brilliant junior

:05:30. > :05:34.career and went to Vancouver and learnt a lot in Vancouver four years

:05:35. > :05:38.ago as a youngster. She was the skip at the age of just 19 and this time

:05:39. > :05:44.she comes to the Olympic Games leading a team which everybody, not

:05:45. > :05:49.just the British contingent, thinks have a good chance of winning than

:05:50. > :05:54.medal. But the Swedish team are the current European champions and they

:05:55. > :05:57.beat Britain in the world champions and the European Championships and

:05:58. > :06:05.they are undoubtedly defending champions but with a different skip

:06:06. > :06:08.now so it will be tough. The girls will be a bit nervous setting out in

:06:09. > :06:12.this big adventure. They will not show it. They have been a major

:06:13. > :06:17.championships many times before but there is just something different

:06:18. > :06:22.about the Olympic Games. The one to get the first couple of shots --

:06:23. > :06:29.they want to get the first couple of shots under their belts and then the

:06:30. > :06:33.game will flow. We were talking about the men this morning and it

:06:34. > :06:38.was so important for them to get off to a good start, admittedly against

:06:39. > :06:41.one of the weaker teams, Russia are not one of the stronger nations.

:06:42. > :06:45.They played really well but there were a few nerves that they admitted

:06:46. > :06:49.afterwards but it certainly didn't show through. They were always in

:06:50. > :06:53.control but this might be a little bit different in terms of the

:06:54. > :07:02.closeness of this match but it is important that they play well. I'm

:07:03. > :07:08.usually in curling the skip for Sweden plays first. She plays lead.

:07:09. > :07:18.Margarita Siegfried Sun is 30 years of age and has a lot of experience.

:07:19. > :07:28.Even though their previous skip has now retired this is still a very

:07:29. > :07:33.experienced and very talented team. Yes, these girls have played

:07:34. > :07:36.together for a long time. They lost the World Championships to eat so

:07:37. > :07:41.they are not unaware of how it feels to be in a world final. They have

:07:42. > :07:53.the experience in front of them. Claire Hamilton will play lead for

:07:54. > :07:57.Great Britain. A very young team but that is not unusual now. We have

:07:58. > :08:08.quite a few young teams here across the competition. I expected either

:08:09. > :08:11.would take the game on early but Blair has just overthrown that

:08:12. > :08:18.corner guard and it has headed out over the back. -- Clare.

:08:19. > :08:31.Margaretha Sigfridsson is going to take this one out.

:08:32. > :08:36.In the first two players we have already seen what we did not see

:08:37. > :08:45.this morning, there were not really any mistakes early on at all. If you

:08:46. > :08:50.were not with us this morning, chat to us a little bit about the ice

:08:51. > :08:55.conditions. I know the men came off and they were very pleased with how

:08:56. > :09:04.they had handled it. There was some chat yesterday about it being

:09:05. > :09:08.green. What does that mean? We talk about green ice and that is just

:09:09. > :09:13.knew ice that has just been laid and not been properly played on. Once

:09:14. > :09:17.you have a few games under your belt then the ice conditions should start

:09:18. > :09:22.to change. I spoke to the girls yesterday and they were saying that

:09:23. > :09:26.it is running pretty fast. It is running at 305 which is a nice

:09:27. > :09:30.weight for us but they have to be careful on the forefoot and the

:09:31. > :09:34.8-foot lines. If you edged the stone back at all it will stay very

:09:35. > :09:38.straight so it is very weight dependent and they are hoping that

:09:39. > :09:46.the curls and the swing will improve as the games go on. You will hear a

:09:47. > :09:51.few cheers. There is a decent crowd here. There is another. It just

:09:52. > :10:04.clips the British town at the back there. Russia are not playing. The

:10:05. > :10:09.Russian women are playing Denmark so you will hear noise that is not

:10:10. > :10:11.related to this match and the crowd are enthusiastic. It is good to have

:10:12. > :10:27.a bit of atmosphere in here today. Vicki Adams just playing a draw. You

:10:28. > :10:30.can hear the girls shouting. Nine is pretty close to the back of the Ring

:10:31. > :10:41.said they are desperately wanting this stone to stop, as it does.

:10:42. > :10:48.Regular curling viewers will have to come -- for give us a little bit if

:10:49. > :10:54.we just remind people about some of the terms. You can see an arrow in

:10:55. > :10:58.the top of your screen which means that Great Britain have got the

:10:59. > :11:02.hammer which is the last stone advantage in this end which is so

:11:03. > :11:07.important. You have got to choose really when you use that to your

:11:08. > :11:11.advantage. It is not really about every end just transferring it. If

:11:12. > :11:15.the end is blank and then that last stone advantage stays with that team

:11:16. > :11:19.that had it. If you score it transfers over to the other team but

:11:20. > :11:28.they can score off US and still around. -- they can score a few --

:11:29. > :11:37.offer you as well. We are looking for a simple hit on

:11:38. > :11:47.the nose but it is looking a tiny bit high. You have to be... It is so

:11:48. > :11:51.crucial to play the proper weight. If you are playing heavy you are not

:11:52. > :11:57.getting any of the intern or the out-turn here. They are playing on

:11:58. > :12:01.sheet see which is great for you and I because they are looking right

:12:02. > :12:08.down the sheet. There was a great view of the line there. It is a

:12:09. > :12:15.tentative start from both sides here.

:12:16. > :12:20.Both of these teams have had eight minutes practice before they came on

:12:21. > :12:25.and off and that is where you have to get rid of your nerves in your

:12:26. > :12:31.shots. We have to remind ourselves that this is the Olympic Games. They

:12:32. > :12:43.will be ever so slightly nervous but I had to say that they are not

:12:44. > :12:47.showing it at the moment Anna Sloan had a birthday last week and she is

:12:48. > :12:52.20 years old and she is from Lockerbie. She is playing third. She

:12:53. > :12:57.is really crucial to the success of this team. She is playing well and

:12:58. > :13:01.setting either up well. If Eve is going to play the sort of game she

:13:02. > :13:07.wants to play then all three have to play well, particularly an. Yes,

:13:08. > :13:11.very much so. Anna was a skip in her own right and went to the World

:13:12. > :13:14.Championships but what has strengthened the team is that she

:13:15. > :13:18.fits in well with Eve but she has also been in that position where she

:13:19. > :13:24.knows what a skipper feels and that is a huge help to any skip who has

:13:25. > :13:31.got a wing man to support them at every turn. It is so crucial to be

:13:32. > :13:35.supportive and not in any way trying to undermine the fact that Eve is

:13:36. > :13:41.the skip and I don't thing that happens at all even though Anna has

:13:42. > :13:44.skip to herself very successfully. To know each other very well and

:13:45. > :13:47.they have played together through their junior careers and now they

:13:48. > :13:56.are on the GB senior team and they have had a good start to their

:13:57. > :13:58.careers together. Two nice throws therefrom and. She will be happy to

:13:59. > :14:19.have performed well. -- from Anna. This is Maria Prytz. She plays for

:14:20. > :14:25.Sweden. A lot of pressure will be placed on her in these tight games.

:14:26. > :14:30.She is not the skip. Sigfridsson plays lead. She has a lot of

:14:31. > :14:50.experience. The first stone from Eve Muirhead.

:14:51. > :14:53.There is so much pressure, she is obviously the person that the media

:14:54. > :15:02.have concentrated on for a few years but she deals with it very well.

:15:03. > :15:08.Yes, she has really matured and as a maturing young lady for her 23 years

:15:09. > :15:13.of age the experience of Vancouver without question has helped her. She

:15:14. > :15:21.is very focused on where she wants to go and this is her dream. You

:15:22. > :15:24.have a close-up view of that. People say it is a bad experience a good

:15:25. > :15:28.one? I think it is when you are young because you can learn a lot.

:15:29. > :15:31.As long as you take it the right way and you use it and you learn why

:15:32. > :15:35.those things happened, although it was not particularly a great first

:15:36. > :15:40.Olympic experience in terms of the results, she did, as you said, learn

:15:41. > :15:43.an awful lot. Yes, she has got used on her side and will probably make

:15:44. > :16:02.many Olympic Games if she wants to. Maria Prytz just through that strike

:16:03. > :16:07.but it hit and rolled out. They will all be glad to get this first and

:16:08. > :16:19.over and done and start afresh for end number two.

:16:20. > :16:24.Jackie was explaining this morning that when you have the hammer you

:16:25. > :16:29.really want to score to at least in this level if you can. That end was

:16:30. > :16:33.blank there are four Eve Muirhead so they retain the hammer going into

:16:34. > :16:37.the second end. As Jackie said I think a few nerves have just been

:16:38. > :16:44.dispelled there and everybody can now settle down a little bit.

:16:45. > :16:58.Plenty of chat on bedsides. How is your Swedish? I have absolutely no

:16:59. > :17:03.idea! I am sure I can judge what they are saying, but no

:17:04. > :17:06.understanding. Just to go over the format, if this is the first time

:17:07. > :17:11.you have been watching the curling. There are ten teams. Each team plays

:17:12. > :17:19.the other nine in a round-robin format. The top four teams go into

:17:20. > :17:23.the semifinals. The winners play off for the gold medal match and the

:17:24. > :17:31.losers for the bronze medal match. Straightforward as that. Plenty of

:17:32. > :17:36.games over the next ten, 11 games. British fans, quite a lot of them

:17:37. > :17:44.in. They are on the left this morning. I am being told they are

:17:45. > :17:59.over on my right this afternoon. This morning UK time of course.

:18:00. > :18:16.Textbook stuff there from Margaretha Sigfridsson. Centreline and Claire

:18:17. > :18:21.Hamilton is going for the corner. We will want this to finish outside of

:18:22. > :18:28.the rings. It will act as a corner guard. That will help pretend stones

:18:29. > :18:49.later on in the game if they get in behind it. -- help to protect.

:18:50. > :19:10.Maria Prytz giving and asking her to stop just outside the house and

:19:11. > :19:12.protect the red. As we said, Maria Prytz and Margaretha Sigfridsson

:19:13. > :19:24.have played together for a long time. Two nice shop is from the skip

:19:25. > :19:31.there shops. For people who do not watch too much curling, the first

:19:32. > :19:35.four stones, if they are out of the house, they cannot be taken out

:19:36. > :19:47.until we have had fought stones played. -- four. The guards have to

:19:48. > :19:57.be left there. Claire Hamilton's shot coming in. They do not want any

:19:58. > :20:05.bounce. That is a lovely shot from Claire Hamilton. After the first

:20:06. > :20:10.end, we have had four immaculate shots. They had to get rid of the

:20:11. > :20:26.nerves and that was in the first end. Maria Wennerstrom. She has just

:20:27. > :20:37.been asked to play the same shot as Claire They are looking for it to

:20:38. > :20:41.sit on top of the yellow stone. No line at the moment so they are

:20:42. > :20:55.having to leave it. Just hanging that little bit high of the line.

:20:56. > :21:00.Vicki can see all of this. She will be happy to roll in behind the

:21:01. > :21:24.centre red. Vicki Adams. This looks maybe a

:21:25. > :21:33.little heavy. Just missed that. Good throw but just missed the sweeping.

:21:34. > :21:37.They were not quick enough on it. Such a fine line between getting the

:21:38. > :21:50.perfect role and just missing it. But a good throw from Vicki. This

:21:51. > :22:04.looks spot on from Maria Wennerstrom.

:22:05. > :22:13.A similar shot for Vicki Adams this time. Coming in from the other side.

:22:14. > :22:15.The chic and exit -- let us see if she can execute it a tad better this

:22:16. > :22:43.time. Going to have to go in... OK. She

:22:44. > :22:53.did not get the role but it is plan B as they say.

:22:54. > :23:06.This is Christina Bertrup. Another experienced player. 37, she is, as

:23:07. > :23:13.well. She has played with various skips over the years. There you can

:23:14. > :23:17.see what Vicki Adams was trying to do last time. Still not quite tucked

:23:18. > :23:45.it in there. They want to play... Back to you

:23:46. > :23:58.wait here, just to try and catch the yellow. Just enough to push the red

:23:59. > :24:12.back. Hard! Not sure it looks like... Enough weight here. The

:24:13. > :24:17.girls are working really hard. That was just wait. I think it was the

:24:18. > :24:30.right line, if she had the correct weight.

:24:31. > :24:38.Not sure why she did not clearly two front reds when she had the

:24:39. > :24:43.opportunity at the front of the house. They will cause the problems,

:24:44. > :24:51.especially now there are three sitting out there. Margaretha

:24:52. > :24:54.Sigfridsson has just asked Christina to put a guard on. She will block it

:24:55. > :25:13.up. Just coming across a little bit too

:25:14. > :25:21.much. It is still very much acting as a barrier. Eve is going to have

:25:22. > :25:35.to look at something to clear up the centre. Looking to move that stone

:25:36. > :25:53.across to the two reds. They have decided... I am unclear here. Yes.

:25:54. > :26:05.That will be close to that. Normal. Normal weight.

:26:06. > :26:14.She will need to play a slightly better shot than with her previous

:26:15. > :26:26.stone. Normal weight is 2.2 throw normally.

:26:27. > :26:38.Did not quite work out exactly as they had planned. Not too bad. Their

:26:39. > :26:51.coach 's there. Just saw a quick glimpse of Rhona. David is a very

:26:52. > :27:04.experienced coach. He was the coach of the men's team in Vancouver, Dave

:27:05. > :27:09.Murdoch's team. Maria Prytz here with an open hit and a tiny little

:27:10. > :27:25.bit of a roll, I think she will be looking for.

:27:26. > :27:40.Calling hard. It must be coming off the line. She is an experienced

:27:41. > :27:45.player, Maria Prytz. We were chatting the other day and reading

:27:46. > :27:48.about competitions last year. She sometimes has a tendency to go off

:27:49. > :27:54.at the wrong times and when you want the big shot played by the fourth,

:27:55. > :28:00.she can be a bit hit or miss. Very much so. She can crack on the big

:28:01. > :28:08.shots. She does not seem to be pulling the shop is off quite as

:28:09. > :28:09.easy at the moment -- the shops. Even wants to come down and move the

:28:10. > :28:30.red back here. -- Eve wants to. Eve has seen a few shots coming

:28:31. > :28:39.down. We just need it to bend a little. It is coming in. Almost.

:28:40. > :28:48.That is unfortunate. That is a missed opportunity. These lines, as

:28:49. > :28:52.we said earlier, sometimes, if you just put a little weight on, you get

:28:53. > :29:06.no result at all. They do not move for you. It is not a disaster

:29:07. > :29:17.because we still have our yellow sitting tee . The result is

:29:18. > :29:21.obviously important, but it will be how they play and I think that is

:29:22. > :29:25.going to be important. If you get defeated, there are another eight

:29:26. > :29:32.matches, fine. It is really how you play. My worry is, and I can see it

:29:33. > :29:36.in Eve Muirhead's face at the moment. If she does not score 100%,

:29:37. > :29:43.she will crucify herself. She needs to run with this game. It is not a

:29:44. > :29:53.disaster. It just was not 100%. We were chatting only run -- earlier on

:29:54. > :29:58.about how sometimes any athlete going to a major games and what

:29:59. > :30:02.you've learn through your career is actually to bring your best game

:30:03. > :30:08.when you really need it. It is like a sprinter in the rounds, you do not

:30:09. > :30:12.necessarily need to win your heat. When you are young, you feel you

:30:13. > :30:19.have to show. It is about consistency and then when it really

:30:20. > :30:25.counts, producing the big shot. It all -- we talk about bringing out

:30:26. > :30:29.our A game. She just has to remember they have done all of their hard

:30:30. > :30:37.work and the performance will follow. This is the last stone. She

:30:38. > :30:45.really needs to sweep this hard to get the angle in. That is not going

:30:46. > :30:54.to fit. Well, that is not a good start for Britain. Almost like you

:30:55. > :31:07.said, you can see it, the personal indignation. Early stages though.

:31:08. > :31:10.But it is really trying to accept that at the Olympic Games, you come

:31:11. > :31:15.out in this first game, a big game like this, the first end, everyone

:31:16. > :31:20.looked nervous. Not everyone has settled down yet. You are not going

:31:21. > :31:27.to win the game on the first and second end, you will win it in the

:31:28. > :31:32.ninth and 10th end. I have to say, from being a skip myself, you

:31:33. > :31:37.desperately want to get the one good shot under your belt. You feel more

:31:38. > :31:48.comparable. She needs one shot and then she will be back where she

:31:49. > :31:51.should be, feeling confident. The shot made it difficult. She did not

:31:52. > :31:55.give herself the chance. It has been a good start for Sweden. Margaretha

:31:56. > :32:04.Sigfridsson will be delighted with that. Jackie is just pointing out on

:32:05. > :32:12.the computer, the statistics, it is very early, only two ends, but they

:32:13. > :32:17.get scored as to the shot that gets called as to how they perform that

:32:18. > :32:21.shocked. She is operating at 33% success rate, Eve Muirhead.

:32:22. > :32:32.Comparing that to David Murdoch, 100% this morning. As we keep

:32:33. > :32:36.saying, when it counts. Obviously you know more about this than me but

:32:37. > :32:41.I am always a bit wary of statistics in sport. They never tell you the

:32:42. > :32:45.whole story. One big shot at the right time can we knew the whole

:32:46. > :32:50.match, the gold-medal. Without question. There has been a lot of

:32:51. > :32:53.talk about stats for the young curlers because they don't know

:32:54. > :32:58.whether to tell them or not. You can win again and someone can come off

:32:59. > :33:00.having played low percentages and they are disappointed but you have

:33:01. > :33:04.to take the whole dynamics of the game and the whole team and it is

:33:05. > :33:10.the team average at the end of the day. It is very important for the

:33:11. > :33:12.skip to have a good percentage but quite often they will not have the

:33:13. > :33:30.highest percentage. Margaretha Sigfridsson after having

:33:31. > :33:34.played a very nice draw. This is almost a carbon copy of last time.

:33:35. > :33:40.She played two very nice shots at the beginning of the end. Just

:33:41. > :33:46.coming off the Central line very slightly. Clegg Hamilton has put

:33:47. > :33:54.that corner guard in place. -- Claire Hamilton.

:33:55. > :34:01.What are the buttons on the Swedish brash? It is a stopwatch that they

:34:02. > :34:05.have wrapped around the bottom of their brush and the girls use it to

:34:06. > :34:09.time the stone so that they can guesstimate where they are going to

:34:10. > :34:14.finish up at the other end. Our girls do not have the stopwatches on

:34:15. > :34:18.their brushes at the moment, they have them wrapped around their

:34:19. > :34:25.waists, the old-fashioned kind of stopwatches but that is exactly what

:34:26. > :34:29.that is. It is crucial that you know the weight of the ice and the

:34:30. > :34:34.captain all the skip will constantly ask, where is it? The team at the

:34:35. > :34:39.bottom end, if they have timed the stone correctly between the tee line

:34:40. > :34:44.and the hog line, they can tell the skip where the stone is going to

:34:45. > :34:51.finish up. It is up to them to take that stone down to the other end and

:34:52. > :34:55.they are under full control of the weight of that stone. You cannot

:34:56. > :34:59.make it go any slower but if it needs sweeping they can sweep it.

:35:00. > :35:03.Sweeping can make a huge difference to the game and if you are very good

:35:04. > :35:06.sweeper you can take that stone anything between six feet and 12

:35:07. > :35:11.feet further than where it would normally go, with the help of

:35:12. > :35:14.brushing. You may have seen Eve Muirhead they're just sweeping. Once

:35:15. > :35:21.it is past the line then the opposing team can sweep in an effort

:35:22. > :35:23.to try and take it right out of the house or certainly as far back as it

:35:24. > :35:37.can. This end has been a carbon copy of

:35:38. > :35:53.the previous end in the first four stones.

:35:54. > :35:58.That is a nice shot from Vicki Adams. They had to leave it to the

:35:59. > :36:07.very last minute to let it take its curl. It is pretty full in here now.

:36:08. > :36:13.I would say it is about 90% full. They are getting on for 3000 people.

:36:14. > :36:21.We have not seen a venue for yet and that has a little effect on the

:36:22. > :36:26.humidity and the ice temperature. Before play started it was one of

:36:27. > :36:29.the concerns that once this arena was at full capacity, with the

:36:30. > :36:35.air-conditioned differ and what would -- how would that affect the

:36:36. > :36:38.ice? But we are going to have to wait and see until after the game

:36:39. > :36:42.and maybe the girls will be able to tell us if the timings have changed

:36:43. > :36:46.or if the eyes did differ. It is a concern for them. They have to watch

:36:47. > :36:47.and keep an eye on the ice all the way through the competition and

:36:48. > :37:09.during the game. I think we need to move them! Yes. I

:37:10. > :37:13.don't like the guard. There is a little bit of discussion there.

:37:14. > :37:18.There is indecision here at the moment and that is a lack of

:37:19. > :37:21.confidence. I think I like Eve 's first call. You can afford to split

:37:22. > :37:28.easily aloes and Open up a little bit and make it harder for Sweden to

:37:29. > :37:29.take the double, or if you are confident but it right round the

:37:30. > :37:44.corner guard. This one is sitting a little bit

:37:45. > :37:48.high but it finishes a lot at the end they just need to get anywhere

:37:49. > :38:00.on that centre line. They are going to have to work this really hard.

:38:01. > :38:05.That is a nice shot from Vicky. That is something they are just going to

:38:06. > :38:09.have to watch for. Obviously Anna is a big help to Eve and the two of

:38:10. > :38:12.them have had success, Eve probably more as a senior in terms of

:38:13. > :38:17.experience although they are very close in age but there are not too

:38:18. > :38:25.many scenarios where there are two suggestions coming in. The big

:38:26. > :38:29.surprise to me is that Eve has changed her mind. She is normally a

:38:30. > :38:32.very dominant force in the head and she knows what she wants to play but

:38:33. > :39:07.she changed her mind pretty quick there.

:39:08. > :39:21.Anna, of course, is a left-handed player so this is her out turn and

:39:22. > :39:27.this is looking like a tighter line. She is going to come onto the top of

:39:28. > :39:43.it. That is OK, that is a little bit fortunate but I will take that. That

:39:44. > :39:47.is not bad. It is important that they don't panic. It is early stages

:39:48. > :40:00.but they have two strike back and try and pick up a couple. They have

:40:01. > :40:10.to be patient and not panic. I think Eve desperately wants to get some

:40:11. > :40:11.big shots in to settle herself down. So the Swedes are looking at a few

:40:12. > :41:07.options here. They are just looking for full tea

:41:08. > :41:15.weight here. It looks like a better line this time. Yes, we are sitting

:41:16. > :41:26.right behind this. This could be a good shot. It just turned at the end

:41:27. > :41:30.there, didn't it? Yes, I thought she had plenty of weight on that but it

:41:31. > :41:33.finished hard at the end and I think it's a prize the girls how well that

:41:34. > :41:37.finished at the end there because they really wanted to take it in

:41:38. > :41:42.behind the red. It was the perfect stone for us. This gives Sweden the

:41:43. > :41:54.opportunity when it is set out in the Open there. They need to be

:41:55. > :42:06.careful here. This is going to start put some pressure on Eve Muirhead.

:42:07. > :42:09.Maria Prytz has a stance to really put the pressure on the British

:42:10. > :42:26.skip. -- has a chance. They are struggling to hold the line

:42:27. > :42:33.on that. She gets it though. So, now we face for. -- four. I might --

:42:34. > :42:54.high-fives all around. This is a really testing time for a

:42:55. > :43:07.team in the ahead early in her Olympic campaign. This is a big call

:43:08. > :43:12.here. She could potentially take the double on the two reds at the front.

:43:13. > :43:19.She is so aggressive as a player that she wants to draw in behind and

:43:20. > :43:30.between these stones. Look at this, it is hanging wide.

:43:31. > :43:37.Early days I would have seen either try to play the double on the two

:43:38. > :43:41.reds at the top of the house. This is really surprising. Sometimes you

:43:42. > :43:47.have got to think sensibly and not overthink the situation. I think you

:43:48. > :43:50.are right. She is kind of looking for the big shot, she is looking for

:43:51. > :43:54.the big shot by gives her her confidence back and instead of just

:43:55. > :44:07.playing the game situation at the moment, they are lying four now.

:44:08. > :44:09.Bearing mind that, yes, Eve has a hammer here but it is not setting it

:44:10. > :44:19.up very well at all. All we have done now is leave a wall

:44:20. > :44:23.at the front and Maria Prytz is going to guard up and how on earth

:44:24. > :44:30.does Eve get to the four foot here? She is putting a lot of pressure on

:44:31. > :44:33.herself and she maybe has to start thinking about the basics, take the

:44:34. > :44:35.double at the front and set the yellow and leave room for yourself

:44:36. > :44:52.to get in here. She has only covered half here so it

:44:53. > :44:58.still has an opportunity to come down and pushed that yellow when but

:44:59. > :45:03.she is certainly making it hard for herself at the moment. It is

:45:04. > :45:08.probably not as difficult shot as she had to attempt in the previous

:45:09. > :45:17.end but this is going to be so important to get the weight right

:45:18. > :45:28.here. Eve wants to come down here and try and push the stone in here.

:45:29. > :45:37.If she gets this badly wrong they could find themselves in a really

:45:38. > :45:39.tricky situation. She does not want to give away too much it. She has

:45:40. > :45:59.got to get this right. That is going to be two. That is

:46:00. > :46:02.going to be a two against her. We are right behind the game here and

:46:03. > :46:08.the minute the girls laid their brushes on that it sat right back.

:46:09. > :46:15.They are going to have to watch. Not the start Eve Muirhead's team

:46:16. > :46:24.wanted. They have lost three shots now in the first three ends so the

:46:25. > :46:28.first three down. It has been somewhat of their own making. The

:46:29. > :46:35.Swedish team are playing fine and they are making their shots. We just

:46:36. > :46:39.heard Anna saying to Eve, make it simple. Simple is all we need. You

:46:40. > :46:46.have got to take these last three ends and wipe them out of your mind

:46:47. > :46:57.and you are on end four now, take became back to basics. Do not

:46:58. > :47:04.overthink it. Picked up a two and you are right back in the game. We

:47:05. > :47:09.just need one of the shots to get off and then your whole body and

:47:10. > :47:14.persona changes. You can raise your shoulders more and feel confident

:47:15. > :47:20.when you go out there and play. On the flip side, for the Swedish team,

:47:21. > :47:24.things for them are looking brilliant. They are starting to

:47:25. > :47:33.settle into it and getting confident. Certainly, their skip,

:47:34. > :47:42.the last two ends has been spot on. That is the kind of fickleness of

:47:43. > :47:46.this game. At end one, the Swedes looked nervous. Now it has flipped

:47:47. > :47:53.and our goals are not quite getting it. They are not far away. Don't

:47:54. > :48:02.panic -- our girls are not quite getting it. We need corner guard

:48:03. > :48:14.here from Claire Hamilton. Just needs to be halfway between the top

:48:15. > :48:23.red line at the top of the house and the house itself which is the

:48:24. > :48:31.circles. Claire has done well. She certainly has not done anything well

:48:32. > :48:36.-- wrong so far. As the end has developed, nothing has gone

:48:37. > :49:02.Britain's ways so far. There is a lot of noise. The Russian

:49:03. > :49:19.flag is flying. They have just tied up their match with Denmark.

:49:20. > :49:31.Eve asking, clear. Come down on the out turn to draw in on the short

:49:32. > :49:39.stone. We need it to stop on the tee line. Slow-moving. Not bad at all.

:49:40. > :49:43.That is a nice shot. For the people who are not used to the curling

:49:44. > :49:52.game, it might seem strange to leave the reds. But you have to use the

:49:53. > :49:57.corner guard. There is no point putting it up and not using it.

:49:58. > :50:01.Hopefully, should the Swedes catch the top guard, there is then the

:50:02. > :50:11.opportunity to hit the Reds. It is a game of chess and ice -- chess on

:50:12. > :50:20.ice. Things seem to be going the Swedes away at the moment. That one

:50:21. > :50:24.just rolling that way. If she had gone down and placed it on the ice,

:50:25. > :50:28.she could not have put it on a better place. Still the open red to

:50:29. > :50:44.hit. Just needs to make sure she hits and

:50:45. > :50:51.lies here. That is the crucial thing. She needs to stay in the

:50:52. > :50:57.house. That is a nice shot there. Well judged by the whole team. They

:50:58. > :51:04.need to work together now. They need to keep each other... The other

:51:05. > :51:10.three need to get around Eve a little bit. She is the skip and

:51:11. > :51:19.everyone looks to her. But as a small team, there are only four of

:51:20. > :51:24.you. In previous years, they have worked with a buddy system. In

:51:25. > :51:29.indication is key. They have got to be open and speaking to each other

:51:30. > :51:49.-- communication is key. A nice shot there from Maria We

:51:50. > :52:00.still have the opportunity here. Vicki has to hit and lie. The 8ft

:52:01. > :52:04.Circle, that is what we are looking for. She has to get into the house.

:52:05. > :52:11.There is no call and it seems a little high.

:52:12. > :52:19.That is unfortunate. A fair few of these shots. The margins are so

:52:20. > :52:23.small. We should make that point. You know better than anybody. You

:52:24. > :52:29.are talking about half an inch, an inch, here or there. But that is why

:52:30. > :52:34.they are here. I heard the girl saying it was a little bit up in

:52:35. > :52:47.weight. It is such a small fraction in weight.

:52:48. > :52:53.You can almost feel the Swedish team getting into their stride a little

:52:54. > :53:02.bit. They are playing their shots, there is not much discussion.

:53:03. > :53:08.Executing well. This situation for me is where you are putting a lot of

:53:09. > :53:12.pressure on your team. Sometimes it might be easier to do the hit and

:53:13. > :53:14.roll behind. At the same time, you are keeping the opposition's stones

:53:15. > :53:29.down. Mine is good. Critical they get some

:53:30. > :53:41.cover here. -- line is good. Let it drop. Good there. That is a good

:53:42. > :53:46.shot from Anna Slid through the back of the centre of the house, the tee.

:53:47. > :54:03.We see the difference in statistics here. 93% to Christina and 75% for

:54:04. > :54:09.Anna I think we were saying, Claire Rand Vicky -- Claire and Vicki have

:54:10. > :54:41.not done a lot wrong. There was a little mistake there

:54:42. > :54:46.from Christina Bertrup. Well, not the best start for Britain but an

:54:47. > :54:50.opportunity for them here. We approach the end of the fourth end

:54:51. > :54:55.macro. -- the fourth end. If you want to

:54:56. > :55:01.keep watching that, it is on the red button. You can select the sport

:55:02. > :55:08.from the menu. Sorry to tell you away from it, with but we have

:55:09. > :55:11.business up the mountain. The first of the gold medals will be

:55:12. > :55:17.presented. The women's super combined. It is designed to try and

:55:18. > :55:24.identify the best all-round skier. We have won one of downhill at 7am

:55:25. > :55:29.your time. It is going to be followed up now with the slalom. We

:55:30. > :55:36.will then find out the best of the athletes. Britain's Chemmy Alcott

:55:37. > :55:42.was going in this. She is appearing in her fourth Games. It was a pretty

:55:43. > :55:48.decent run. She broke a leg for the third time last year. Only made a

:55:49. > :55:53.competitive return in January. She was 16th fastest after the downhill

:55:54. > :55:57.section. Speed event specialists. She has decided not to compete in

:55:58. > :56:02.the slalom section. Does not want to risk anything. This was her

:56:03. > :56:07.reasoning. We managed to catch up with her after she crossed the line.

:56:08. > :56:13.Because my downhill run was so good, I am going to pull out of the

:56:14. > :56:18.slalom. It is injection and all of the screws and the nail, it will not

:56:19. > :56:23.feel pretty. I want to save myself for the downhill and Super-G. I know

:56:24. > :56:26.I am race ready and really excited. I was smiling at the start gate

:56:27. > :56:29.because I thought of everything I have been through over the last five

:56:30. > :56:35.months and just to get here, it was just awesome. She skied very well.

:56:36. > :56:40.Looking good for the speed events. What about this slalom? Graham Bell

:56:41. > :56:45.and Emma Carrick-Anderson managed to get a sneaky peek to see what the

:56:46. > :56:48.female skiers are in for on the slalom run.

:56:49. > :56:56.In the super combined event, the downhill is often the phoney war. It

:56:57. > :57:02.comes down to this, the slalom. Often in a slalom part of the

:57:03. > :57:06.combined, it can be just a rhythmical, slightly dull slalom.

:57:07. > :57:13.This is anything but. 58 turning gates. It will definitely favour the

:57:14. > :57:17.slalom skiers. Of the slalom skiers, who are we looking at? Nicole Hosp

:57:18. > :57:23.could storm in from the back. Definitely. Then Maria

:57:24. > :57:28.Hoefl-Riesch, super strong slalom skier. They are the favourites.

:57:29. > :57:33.Would you say the distances are too close together for someone like Tina

:57:34. > :57:39.Maze? I would not write her off. But they are certainly on the tighter

:57:40. > :57:44.set when it comes to slalom course setting. What about the leader of

:57:45. > :57:47.the downhill, Julia Mancuso? I think she can definitely hang on for a

:57:48. > :57:50.medal. I do not think it will be gold.

:57:51. > :57:57.She is certainly a big occasion skier, Julia Mancuso. Let me remind

:57:58. > :58:05.you of the standings. Julia Mancuso with a 0.47 advantage over Lara Gut

:58:06. > :58:09.of Switzerland. The Swiss Alpine women did not win a single medal at

:58:10. > :58:17.the Vancouver games. They would love to put that right. Tina Maze is

:58:18. > :58:21.away. Then some of the big guns, Maria Hoefl-Riesch, the defending

:58:22. > :58:27.champion, and certainly not out of it, Nicole Hosp of Austria. Graham

:58:28. > :58:35.is standing by. Just remind us what happens in this slalom section.

:58:36. > :58:42.The start order is determined by the performance in the downhill. They

:58:43. > :58:47.reversed the top 30. The 30 skiers in the downhill will start things

:58:48. > :58:52.off. We will run through. There is quite a big time difference for the

:58:53. > :58:58.early skiers. Probably the best slalom skier to pop up on the start

:58:59. > :59:03.order will be Marie-Michele Gagnon who has won a combined this season

:59:04. > :59:10.but she had a poor downhill run and she is over two seconds back. I

:59:11. > :59:15.fully expect her to have a very good slalom run. I expect the same thing

:59:16. > :59:18.from Nicole Hosp. I actually, having a good chat with Emma about it, I

:59:19. > :59:23.think Nicole Hosp was probably favourite to win this race. Because

:59:24. > :59:29.of the vertical height and the number of gates they have got to fit

:59:30. > :59:37.in, they have set an awful lot of gates set straight down the hill

:59:38. > :59:41.rather than open gates. It means that the pure slalom skiers will

:59:42. > :59:47.have an advantage on this course. It is a very difficult and technical

:59:48. > :59:52.slalom. Not just the degree of difficulty, what about the condition

:59:53. > :59:58.of the course. With the latest art, Julia Mancuso going much later, will

:59:59. > :00:03.the calls cut up a little bit -- the later start? It got very warm this

:00:04. > :00:08.afternoon when we were doing the course inspection. Now the sun has

:00:09. > :00:12.dropped, it has cooled down. Chemmy Alcott talked about the cause being

:00:13. > :00:16.injected. This is a bar they have which has spikes on it and they

:00:17. > :00:23.inject water into the snow and it means it freezes right the rate down

:00:24. > :00:31.-- right the way down. We had a chat with a coach who is now working for

:00:32. > :00:38.the venue. He says the piste is in perfect condition. That should help

:00:39. > :00:41.Julia Mancuso and if she can hang on for a medal, it would be amazing. If

:00:42. > :00:44.she can do something like silver that she did four years ago, it

:00:45. > :00:50.would be awesome. My money is still on Nicole Hosp. We will remind you

:00:51. > :00:54.of that at the end! We are looking forward to this one. Julia Mancuso

:00:55. > :00:59.has the little advantage. With the absence of the great Lindsey Vonn

:01:00. > :01:05.for America, big expectations on Julia Mancuso and the others in the

:01:06. > :01:09.US team. What are we going to get? Let us find out from Emma

:01:10. > :01:15.Carrick-Anderson and Matt Chilton. Hello, once again. Good afternoon.

:01:16. > :01:20.It is an overcast rather dull day in the mountains with the threat of

:01:21. > :01:26.rain. Pretty warm. A little cooler up here. Not much. Let us hope the

:01:27. > :01:30.precipitation holds. Now they go in reverse order according to their

:01:31. > :01:35.positions after the downhill. First out of the gate will be Kristina

:01:36. > :01:52.Saalova from Slovakia. the slalom time is added to give the

:01:53. > :01:56.total for her. We are just through the top section,

:01:57. > :02:04.the first four gates are pretty steep. It is a really tricky course.

:02:05. > :02:10.A lovely set but you have two work top to bottom. A rolling course,

:02:11. > :02:17.with nine vertical gates and hairpins. Oh... That is slalom for

:02:18. > :02:25.you, it is unforgiving. She didn't straddle. If the ski goes a

:02:26. > :02:31.centimetre the wrong side of the gate, it is game over. This is her

:02:32. > :02:39.except in slow motion so we can tell you. She got caught on the left

:02:40. > :02:44.ski, she couldn't change. The reason she is so distraught is

:02:45. > :02:52.if she had finished, she would get a position against her name. That

:02:53. > :02:56.won't happen now. That slow motion showed how soft the snow is on the

:02:57. > :03:01.top. The 18-year-old Australian, 29th

:03:02. > :03:09.after the downhill. Greta Small, on her way.

:03:10. > :03:18.It is interesting to see her, every turn, a bit of a check. If you watch

:03:19. > :03:27.the really good skiers, they will accelerate through the gate. Here,

:03:28. > :03:31.it looks like a stall each turn. Making sure she carries on through

:03:32. > :03:38.this course which has been set by one of the Swiss coaches, a total of

:03:39. > :03:46.59 spring-loaded alternating red and blue gates bringing us down to the

:03:47. > :03:51.foot of the course. Athletes started at 11am local time with the downhill

:03:52. > :04:00.course. That time added to this slalom run. You know what? The

:04:01. > :04:05.18-year-old Australian is currently in Gold medal condition in the

:04:06. > :04:12.Olympic combined. She smacks the pole up the way with

:04:13. > :04:24.the guard on her hand. And a guard on the helmet in case miss it.

:04:25. > :04:33.Karolina Chrapek from Poland. Quite a decent advantage over Greta Small.

:04:34. > :04:37.But it is easy to tell she's not the most accomplished slalom skier,

:04:38. > :04:43.steady but not spectacular. You see a lot of our pub body

:04:44. > :04:51.rotation. She is holding her own. Oh, and she has gone. Watch the

:04:52. > :04:57.upper body really swinging around. That is what is losing her speed.

:04:58. > :05:01.The back of the ski drifts sideways. She started the second run with a

:05:02. > :05:07.decent lead of three quarters of a second, not letting it slip too much

:05:08. > :05:12.further. Nearly one seconds behind. It looks like Greta Small will stay

:05:13. > :05:24.in Gold medal position for the moment. Chrapek, looking for the

:05:25. > :05:30.finish. Into silver for the moment. Not only did they inject the piste

:05:31. > :05:36.with water but they put salt on the top section. We saw that when we

:05:37. > :05:43.were inspecting the first round. You can see the snow sprang up, wet

:05:44. > :05:51.snow. Because of the temperature, it does feel like spring.

:05:52. > :06:01.Greta Small leads for Australia. Next up, Jana Gantnerova from

:06:02. > :06:07.Slovakia. She is going for it, trying to get the ski moving forward

:06:08. > :06:12.and going through. A little bit wild. She is not always coming down

:06:13. > :06:17.onto the turning outside the early enough.

:06:18. > :06:26.She started with three quarters of a second, it has been reduced to 17

:06:27. > :06:32.hundredths. It ends right there for Jana Gantnerova of Slovakia. I hope

:06:33. > :06:35.she didn't hurt her knee in the process, she is holding her left

:06:36. > :06:41.knee. Disappointment, especially when you

:06:42. > :06:45.have managed a tough, nasty fast speeds of the downhill. Then,

:06:46. > :06:52.halfway down the slalom and game over, what a shame.

:06:53. > :06:55.18-year-old, youngest competitor in the competition, sitting in

:06:56. > :07:15.gold-medal position. Let us see what she can achieve.

:07:16. > :07:21.She certainly likes the quick turns, moving her feet fast from side to

:07:22. > :07:31.side, it shows in her time. A little bit wild in the upper body but you

:07:32. > :07:36.do see that now in slalom now. She is really attacking this course.

:07:37. > :07:41.Adding to her advantage, up to more than two seconds.

:07:42. > :07:45.The lead is about to change. As long as Sara Hector stays on her feet.

:07:46. > :07:55.The last vertical section. And she is there. Good slalom action from

:07:56. > :08:00.Sara Hector from Sweden. She moves into gold-medal position. Greta

:08:01. > :08:05.Small goes into silver now. She is really low and aggressive.

:08:06. > :08:10.Driving herself forward to the next gate, not waiting for the gate to

:08:11. > :08:15.come to you. As a downhill skier, you're not used to going towards the

:08:16. > :08:24.gate. The first of the real true slalom

:08:25. > :08:27.specialist, Sarka Strachova from the Czech Republic. A former alpine

:08:28. > :08:34.skiing slalom world champion. She took the gold in Sweden at the World

:08:35. > :08:41.Championships in 2007, silver two years later in France. And that

:08:42. > :08:47.skill is beginning to show. It is, you can see a calmer style than

:08:48. > :08:52.Hector before. Much calmer. She doesn't look as

:08:53. > :08:58.fast because there is less happening but she is very smooth on her skis.

:08:59. > :09:04.Everything is calm, driving forward to the next gate. Getting deeper

:09:05. > :09:08.into the Green zone as she hits the intermediate time checks on this

:09:09. > :09:20.steep Olympic slalom hell and she leads comfortably. Moving into

:09:21. > :09:25.gold-medal position. You can see how she is moving the

:09:26. > :09:30.skis from side to side. No thought of hitting the gate with the pole.

:09:31. > :09:34.It might look like it but the girls are so used to smashing the control

:09:35. > :09:41.gate out of the way. They are thinking what the skis are doing.

:09:42. > :09:49.The first of the Swiss, Denise Feierabend. Former junior world

:09:50. > :09:55.champion in slalom back in 2009. She has made steady progress up into the

:09:56. > :10:01.senior ranks. Here she goes, top of the course. Slightly nervous looking

:10:02. > :10:10.start. Looks tentative to me, not quick off the edges. She has lost

:10:11. > :10:15.her advantage. Look at the snow spraying from the skis, a tell-tale

:10:16. > :10:28.sign of the skis moving sideways and not forwards.

:10:29. > :10:32.She is churning by 0.65. Onto the final steep section. Denise

:10:33. > :10:36.Feierabend for Switzerland starts to make a few mistakes. I don't think

:10:37. > :10:39.there is any way she can claw back that lost time. She is down in

:10:40. > :10:53.second. Quite a gap. The fastest races are waiting at the

:10:54. > :11:02.top to begin their slalom run. The interesting thing with the

:11:03. > :11:09.combined is the girls are skiing on 220 skis, then the short shaped

:11:10. > :11:13.slalom skis, two ends of the spectrum in ski racing.

:11:14. > :11:18.World Championship silver medallist is Michaela Kirchgasser. She didn't

:11:19. > :11:24.have a great downhill but she will be able to make some moves up the

:11:25. > :11:29.standings if she produces her best slalom skiing form. Decently coming

:11:30. > :11:38.into this second section, just three quarters of a second ahead. She has

:11:39. > :11:42.built on this. A classic, calm slalom skiing technique, almost

:11:43. > :11:47.picture perfect but she will be disappointed after her downhill run

:11:48. > :11:58.this morning. One of my favourites. She has left too much to do even if

:11:59. > :12:03.she does come down now and lead. I wonder if this is aggressive

:12:04. > :12:10.enough to keep her ahead of Strachova. It is. She knows it won't

:12:11. > :12:16.win any medals but it put her into gold-medal position for the moment.

:12:17. > :12:20.She was hoping to be further ahead. That shows how strong Strachova's

:12:21. > :12:38.run was. Ski boots kept cold at the top in

:12:39. > :12:46.these warm temperatures, important for the athletes. That is Nicole

:12:47. > :12:49.Hosp. So they don't flex to freely. The plastic changes quickly with the

:12:50. > :12:55.differences in temperature. Especially for slalom, you need to

:12:56. > :13:04.be careful. Federica Brignone. A much better

:13:05. > :13:09.giant slalom skier than a slalom practitioner. This is a reasonable

:13:10. > :13:12.start from the Italian. She is certainly attacking this

:13:13. > :13:23.course, her upper body looks very well. -- looks very wild. But she is

:13:24. > :13:30.overturning the skis because the body is rotating too much. Comes in

:13:31. > :13:38.through one of these many vertical gates.

:13:39. > :13:43.The bottom part of the course. Running out of ideas. Reasonable at

:13:44. > :13:49.the top. Time is ticking on. Her legs are starting to burn, she is

:13:50. > :13:54.struggling to keep pace. It is only good enough for third. Quite a gap.

:13:55. > :13:59.Kirchgasser holds on. Brignone into third. Strachova between them in

:14:00. > :14:12.second. There is the leader, Kirchgasser.

:14:13. > :14:15.You can see the right arm far too forward, ideally you want to move

:14:16. > :14:16.the pole slightly in front to quickly get the control gate out of

:14:17. > :14:31.the way. But not that much. Back to the top. Marie-Michele

:14:32. > :14:34.Gagnon, her lead over Michaela Kirchgasser is 0.33 seconds. She had

:14:35. > :14:41.her first World Cup win this season having had if you near misses. She

:14:42. > :14:46.struck lucky in January 12, won the only other super combined at the

:14:47. > :14:52.highest level this season. On the form guide she is in good shape but

:14:53. > :14:55.her lead has been lost already. She was disappointed with her

:14:56. > :15:03.downhill run. This is not the slalom skiing we are used to. Oh... She

:15:04. > :15:10.straddled that, that was nasty. She looks like she has hurt herself. She

:15:11. > :15:14.may have done some damage to her wrist. She has come down very hard,

:15:15. > :15:24.that is evil. This has been the story of her last

:15:25. > :15:29.couple of seasons. The win in Altenmarkt... So far, she has got

:15:30. > :15:33.away without hurting herself but I fear, looking at her body language,

:15:34. > :15:37.and she immediately reached for her left wrist, she might have done some

:15:38. > :15:43.damage. It is either the wrist or arm, she

:15:44. > :15:47.felt very hard. It has softened up slightly, underneath, it is like

:15:48. > :15:51.concrete. I sincerely hope that does not put

:15:52. > :15:58.her out of contention for the remaining events, she is due to race

:15:59. > :16:03.in Super-G, grand slalom and slalom. One of the Americans, you can see

:16:04. > :16:14.straightaway she is not a regular slalom race. Ian Smith. -- Leanne

:16:15. > :16:20.Smith. The focus is not on the poles but on

:16:21. > :16:25.the skis. She is not used to hitting the gates up the weight and focusing

:16:26. > :16:28.on the wrong thing. Poor thing, she tried to get into that, strict

:16:29. > :16:35.income instead of coming in from above. It was always a shot to

:16:36. > :16:42.nothing, after a reasonable downhill run. The sun is just coming out. The

:16:43. > :16:44.floodlights are bathing the course. With the sunshine. The next starters

:16:45. > :17:10.will have much improved visibility. The weather might play its part.

:17:11. > :17:27.Sorry seems for the Canadians. LN Eiger Bush Avena, the only Russian

:17:28. > :17:48.competitor in their competition -- Elena Yakovishina. She would be best

:17:49. > :17:58.to keep it cautious. I hope she stays on her feet and finishes. The

:17:59. > :18:13.crowd are driving her on. She is bringing it through the finish. She

:18:14. > :18:31.is sixth. Not a bad day of skiing for the improving racer. You tend to

:18:32. > :18:55.cross blog so that you can take a tighter line. She can enjoy it now.

:18:56. > :19:11.She stops and starts. You will not see that with a good slalom skier.

:19:12. > :19:17.Nearly two seconds adrift. Another one making sure of getting the

:19:18. > :19:28.finish. A lot of these girls do not get the chance to try the slalom. It

:19:29. > :19:45.is all about letting the skis run downhill, rolling quickly from edge

:19:46. > :19:58.to edge. She is delighted to have made out. -- made it. She has an

:19:59. > :20:08.Olympic finish under her belt. She is relieved to be in the finish. It

:20:09. > :20:11.is a story to tell. I came 23rd in the Olympics, not many people can

:20:12. > :20:36.say that. Marusa Ferk had a good session this

:20:37. > :20:45.morning. It almost looks as if her skis are too sharp. Still

:20:46. > :21:04.aggressive, just a little hard through the edge. She is now the

:21:05. > :21:30.wrong side of the leading time. No danger to Michaela Kirchgasser's

:21:31. > :21:36.time. Marusa Ferk is third. We can expect to see Michaela Kirchgasser

:21:37. > :21:45.hold onto that lead for a few more. She is one of the top slalom gears

:21:46. > :22:03.and did a very good run. The course will be getting slightly bumpy.

:22:04. > :22:22.Slightly pedestrian turns from Edit Miklos. Her chance has gone. She had

:22:23. > :22:28.a couple of really big checks at the top, it was almost as if she got

:22:29. > :22:39.overexcited at the top and you cannot allow that to happen, the

:22:40. > :22:43.movement has to happen so quickly. Another one looking for the finish

:22:44. > :22:57.my wants to be sure of crossing the line and soaking up the atmosphere.

:22:58. > :23:10.We will perhaps get a slow motion but you can see the back of the ski

:23:11. > :24:00.breaking away and she is losing three or four tenths every time. The

:24:01. > :24:03.fastest riders are yet to come. Julia Mancuso will bring a lot of

:24:04. > :24:10.confidence into the slalom after her performance in the downhill. If she

:24:11. > :24:14.can come out of the start gate and throw caution to the wind and go for

:24:15. > :24:24.it, you never know, anything is possible. A lot depends on what

:24:25. > :24:40.happens with those who go before her, the specialists who know how to

:24:41. > :24:42.shake it up on the slalom. She has had a longer delay because of a

:24:43. > :25:08.repair to the broken control gate. Ragnhild Mowinckel off to an

:25:09. > :25:17.aggressive start. She is a little too hard on the edges. I think if

:25:18. > :25:20.she continues being as hard as she is, especially over the flat

:25:21. > :25:33.section, she is going to lose a hefty amount. A chance she could

:25:34. > :25:45.seize the gold medal position away from the Austrian who has held the

:25:46. > :25:52.lead for some time. She leads the way by a quarter of a second.

:25:53. > :26:02.Excellent second run, she is jumping for joy. She is delighted, it is so

:26:03. > :26:05.nice to see. She settled into that. She was very hard on her edges and

:26:06. > :26:17.then she's off and then she softened it and was quicker. She is not a

:26:18. > :26:35.regular slalom World Cup racer, she has clearly trained well. Gold medal

:26:36. > :26:55.position for the moment. She always has a smile, particularly today.

:26:56. > :27:05.She is very heavy, very sluggish off the edges and that is how you would

:27:06. > :27:13.imagine the downhill skiers to ski the slalom because the training is

:27:14. > :27:24.so different as well. Living dangerously. She has given it up.

:27:25. > :27:57.She could have on back-up and made the turn, but there was no real

:27:58. > :28:13.point. Ten to go. Ragnhild Mowinckel joining those in medal positions.

:28:14. > :28:23.Dominique Gisin can ski reasonable slalom, she is more of a downhill

:28:24. > :28:31.racer. She is trying to give it a good goal, a little bit heavy on the

:28:32. > :28:38.edges, but still good. Her sister is a good slalom skier, her brother

:28:39. > :28:45.represents Switzerland in slalom so clearly it is there in the family.

:28:46. > :28:55.Can she turn it around and give herself provisional gold medal

:28:56. > :29:09.position? She is taking a risk or two. She has got gold medal

:29:10. > :29:18.position! The Swiss celebrate. They still have Lara Gut to come. That

:29:19. > :29:33.was a job well done. You could see the determination on her face.

:29:34. > :29:52.Trying to be quick off the edges. Dominique Gisin is the new leader.

:29:53. > :30:12.Francesca Marsaglia did well in the downhill. She has built on the lead

:30:13. > :30:21.that she brought in. She means business. She is pushing

:30:22. > :30:44.super-hard. The commentator's curse. Her super can bind is that a

:30:45. > :30:49.better end --, combined. We get towards the CD is slalom contenders

:30:50. > :31:16.beginning with the next racer. Nicole Hosp is ready. A good

:31:17. > :31:25.performance in the downhill. Third in the World Championships in

:31:26. > :31:31.February. A very solid downhill performance. She has plenty of

:31:32. > :31:46.experience. She settles into the rhythm of the hill early on. This is

:31:47. > :31:52.when is true that might the proper slalom skiing comes through. Her

:31:53. > :32:03.upper body is former and she is quick and early.

:32:04. > :32:11.A couple of late turns, risking it onto the steep section. Pushing

:32:12. > :32:19.hard, accelerating. Skiing for Gold medal position, she has got it, with

:32:20. > :32:21.a massive lead, more than one second.

:32:22. > :32:26.Nicole Hosp is into gold in the Olympic combined. She will be very

:32:27. > :32:30.happy with that. She will see a couple of mistakes at the top but

:32:31. > :32:35.she really pushed hard. The bottom section was sensational.

:32:36. > :32:47.Nicole Hosp leads the way, Gisin is second. The fastest seven after the

:32:48. > :32:54.downhill leg are still to go. A triumphant finish.

:32:55. > :33:02.Nervous moments now for Nicole Hosp, will she hold on for a medal?

:33:03. > :33:08.Next to go is her team-mate and rival a similar vintage, Elisabeth

:33:09. > :33:14.Gorgl. Out of the gate, straight into it. A couple of stamps with the

:33:15. > :33:20.ski poles. Her advantage over Nicole Hosp coming into this second stage

:33:21. > :33:24.is six hundredths of a second. Gorgl is not a regular slalom race but she

:33:25. > :33:30.can do it when it counts. This looks like a reasonable start. She is

:33:31. > :33:36.still in touch. You can see she is a little slower

:33:37. > :33:41.from one edge to another, the ski breaking sideways just that bit

:33:42. > :33:46.more. She lost a lot of time on that section. And she has gone! She lost

:33:47. > :33:52.the time coming onto the flat course where there is no gravity or

:33:53. > :34:01.steepness to help you accelerate. Did she miss a gate, I am not sure?

:34:02. > :34:08.She got later in the line. She lost all her speed. Oh, she straddled it.

:34:09. > :34:14.The ski is going either side of that red gate and she is obliged to stop

:34:15. > :34:21.if she straddles a gate. Nicole Hosp stays in Gold medal position. Gisin

:34:22. > :34:29.in silver. Mowinckel in bronze. Tina Maze getting ready. There is Lara

:34:30. > :34:35.Gut. This is Lotte Smiseth Sejersted from

:34:36. > :34:42.Norway. A 10th of a second, her lead over Nicole Hosp. She is not an

:34:43. > :34:47.accomplished slalom skier and she is already late. That lead has already

:34:48. > :34:52.been wiped out. It looks like a battle against the snow and Mt. She

:34:53. > :35:00.is out, no finish for Lotte Smiseth Sejersted. Nicole Hosp heads closer

:35:01. > :35:11.to a medal. Just five to come, including the defending Olympic

:35:12. > :35:18.combined champion, powerful Riche. -- Hofl-Riesch.

:35:19. > :35:29.When the ski goes slightly the wrong side of the gate, it can catch. This

:35:30. > :35:34.is when it gets interesting because this next lady is another big

:35:35. > :35:46.favourite. These are the standings. The big

:35:47. > :35:53.advantage for Maria Hofl-Riesch if there is a TV time out, a commercial

:35:54. > :36:00.break. The course workers come onto the hill and spend a little longer

:36:01. > :36:10.than normal repairing the course. That often favours those who start

:36:11. > :36:15.after that TV time out. So the defending champion will have a

:36:16. > :36:22.course in slightly better shape. Looking up to the commentary box, we

:36:23. > :36:36.can see all the workers. Taking the top section of snow. Just smoothing

:36:37. > :36:44.it out. There is our leader, Nicole Hosp, with Austrian television. One

:36:45. > :36:46.minute is the call. Double Olympic champion in 2010, won the slalom,

:36:47. > :37:00.and the super combined. Her goggles are down, skis are

:37:01. > :37:04.slapping on the snow. She is thumping herself. In a few moments

:37:05. > :37:12.she will slide the skis over the ledge. Then, the timing technician

:37:13. > :37:18.will lean forward. He gives the athletes account in their own

:37:19. > :37:26.language. From Italian, French, Spanish, German, whatever it is. She

:37:27. > :37:32.has just had the 32nd count. Here we go. A tap of the ski poles over the

:37:33. > :37:40.ledge. Maria Hofl-Riesch is ready to race for a second time today. The

:37:41. > :37:47.defending champion on Highway to tackle -- on her way.

:37:48. > :37:53.A very tall racer, the legs moving from side to side. It will be

:37:54. > :38:01.interesting... Here we go. She has just lost 200th. She is not always

:38:02. > :38:12.happy under a lot of pressure. -- just lost two hundredths.

:38:13. > :38:17.She has just about doubled her lead over Nicole Hosp. Still some tough

:38:18. > :38:20.gate to come. The steepest part of the course looms for the defending

:38:21. > :38:27.champion. A little skip sideways but she has done enough to lead. Maria

:38:28. > :38:34.Hofl-Riesch in gold-medal position again. As she was four years ago in

:38:35. > :38:41.Whistler. A great bottom section. Slightly

:38:42. > :38:48.tentative in the first few gates. For more to go. No one is guaranteed

:38:49. > :38:52.a medal just yet. -- Four more. But you fancy Maria Hofl-Riesch ending

:38:53. > :39:25.her date on the Olympic podium. Tense moments ahead, Matt?

:39:26. > :39:35.There for remaining athletes at the top. The is Anna Fenninger. -- There

:39:36. > :39:42.are four remaining athletes. World champion in 2011. She doesn't

:39:43. > :39:47.often race slalom. That she has the skills available to her. Can she

:39:48. > :39:56.turned on right here and right now? She is not doing it job. You can see

:39:57. > :40:05.the steep section, the skis breaking sideways at each turn. Not

:40:06. > :40:09.accelerating through the gate. Here, we see her just letting the ski

:40:10. > :40:13.break sideways on each turn a tiny bit.

:40:14. > :40:21.She is now more than one second down. She will be lucky to get in

:40:22. > :40:25.among the medals. She has plenty of chances to come. A shot at a medal

:40:26. > :40:32.in downhill, Super-G and giant slalom. She is in sixth place. A

:40:33. > :40:34.good downhill, disappointing slalom. Maria Hofl-Riesch is in

:40:35. > :41:01.Gold. There is our leader, Maria

:41:02. > :41:10.Hofl-Riesch of Germany. Anna Bellinger -- Fenninger.

:41:11. > :41:16.Lara Gut still looks pretty relaxed. She will watch Tina Maze

:41:17. > :41:21.step out onto the course ahead of her. Tina Maze, despite her

:41:22. > :41:27.incredible achievements, has never won an Olympic gold. Maybe today.

:41:28. > :41:30.Her slalom skills are fantastic. She has won many world cups, the

:41:31. > :41:34.consummate all-rounder. Is this course going to soothe her? She

:41:35. > :41:47.looks slightly cautious at the start. She was too conservative at

:41:48. > :41:48.the top 13 maze. She didn't attack, she didn't move quick enough. The

:41:49. > :42:03.skis broke away. Tina Maze is still behind. She has

:42:04. > :42:08.found 100th of a second. A little skip sideways. Onto the final steep

:42:09. > :42:14.section. Tina made looks stiff and untidy. She will finish but in the

:42:15. > :42:18.medals? She is into bronze medal position, with two more athletes to

:42:19. > :42:26.come. That means Maria Hofl-Riesch is guaranteed a medal now.

:42:27. > :42:36.Disappointing slalom run from Tina Maze. Uncharacteristically tense.

:42:37. > :42:44.Very tense, until about halfway. There was no movement. You have to

:42:45. > :42:53.be liked and loose in the legs to absorb the bumps.

:42:54. > :43:07.To skiers stand in the way of Maria Hofl-Riesch defending her title. --

:43:08. > :43:15.two skiers. Maybe she can win back-to-back Olympic titles.

:43:16. > :43:27.The first is ready to go. Lara Gut from Switzerland. Tense moments for

:43:28. > :43:33.Maria Hofl-Riesch. And Nicole Hosp. They will be joined by Tina Maze who

:43:34. > :43:46.is in bronze medal position for the moment. Lara but is ready to go.

:43:47. > :43:50.-- Lara Gut. A very different view to what she is

:43:51. > :44:00.used to. She is doing a good job, right angles. And it has gone!

:44:01. > :44:06.Back to a standstill. That means now, with just one more to come,

:44:07. > :44:12.Nicola Hoss is guaranteed an Olympic medal, in silver medal position at

:44:13. > :44:21.the moment. At least silver for her. The final order of medals

:44:22. > :44:28.depends on what Julia Mancuso can produce, she is the last to go.

:44:29. > :44:33.Her Olympic Games is just beginning, she could walk away with a clutch of

:44:34. > :44:42.medals, downhill, Super-G, giant slalom. That was a shaman -- that

:44:43. > :44:49.was a shame. It was a good top section.

:44:50. > :44:54.It is down to the final race, Julia Mancuso, the runner up four years

:44:55. > :45:07.ago to Maria Hofl-Riesch, and for years before that, in children, she

:45:08. > :45:13.took the giant slalom gold -- in Turin.

:45:14. > :45:24.Julia Mancuso with the Starts and stripes on her race suit. -- Starts.

:45:25. > :45:36.Such a big race skier. We'll Julia Mancuso denied a gold medal to Maria

:45:37. > :45:44.Hofl-Riesch? She doesn't scheme much slalom. But look at that lead. A big

:45:45. > :45:50.chunk of time in her favour coming into this slalom leg. A good,

:45:51. > :46:00.positive attacking start. She has recovered. It is going to slip away

:46:01. > :46:05.if she's not careful. Half a second. She will have to rip it up along the

:46:06. > :46:16.flat into that bottom section. This is better, it is clean and smooth.

:46:17. > :46:21.Half a second up. Mancuso is behind. I am not sure she can

:46:22. > :46:26.overhaul the lead of Maria Hofl-Riesch. I think she is skiing

:46:27. > :46:34.for a medal but I am not sure it will be gold. Unless she produces a

:46:35. > :46:40.fabulous finish. It is bronze for Mancuso. Maria Hofl-Riesch defends

:46:41. > :46:46.her Olympic super combined title. Mancuso is thrilled to get a medal.

:46:47. > :46:49.Nicole Hosp takes the silver. There is our Olympic champion. As she was

:46:50. > :47:03.in 2010. Maria Hoefl-Riesch is the Olympic

:47:04. > :47:19.super combined champion. What a podium. Another Olympic medal

:47:20. > :47:42.for Julia Mancuso. She has added a bronze with a courageous slalom

:47:43. > :47:45.ski. They need to get in position. The gold to Maria Hoefl-Riesch for

:47:46. > :48:02.the second Olympic Games in succession.

:48:03. > :48:08.Congratulations to Maria Hoefl-Riesch, she carried the

:48:09. > :48:11.Olympic flag for the Germans at the opening ceremony and she's

:48:12. > :48:20.excessively defended her title. She is the complete all-rounder -- she

:48:21. > :48:34.successfully. We can return to the curling. They were 3-0 down, but it

:48:35. > :48:55.is looking a lot more promising. It is much better than it was after

:48:56. > :48:59.steels in the fifth and sixth. It turned our way and the whole thing

:49:00. > :49:09.is starting to turn Britain's way a little. It is all tied up at 3-3.

:49:10. > :49:13.The momentum is going Britain's way. This end is developing quite

:49:14. > :49:33.nicely. She is going to try to follow the

:49:34. > :49:43.draw in that has just been played. She is just starting to feign her

:49:44. > :49:58.game. -- find. The team getting behind her. Not a bad shot, but you

:49:59. > :50:03.can see that at the beginning those shots were coming off for Sweden and

:50:04. > :50:11.the momentum is starting to go towards Britain. The Swedes are

:50:12. > :50:19.clearing a shot behind. They have last stone and they want to open up

:50:20. > :50:25.that four foot and they do not seem to be doing that until too late.

:50:26. > :50:30.They are starting to play into our hands and we are clearing a better

:50:31. > :50:42.game which makes a big difference. Eve has more confidence. She is

:50:43. > :50:58.pulling off some olive oils -- shots. Much better in the last two

:50:59. > :51:16.or three ends. She has been working hard on it. She wants this want to

:51:17. > :51:28.get right up in there. Perfect. The momentum has changed. It is putting

:51:29. > :51:38.pressure on the fourth player for Sweden. She has been having to make

:51:39. > :51:48.shots and the last couple of ends she has not been able to. On both

:51:49. > :51:57.occasions with the last stone she did not execute the shot in the way

:51:58. > :52:06.she would have wanted to and that opened the door for Britain. Such a

:52:07. > :52:11.crucial game. The result is of course important, you have to win as

:52:12. > :52:16.many matches as you can, but it is the way they have been playing that

:52:17. > :52:28.is finally starting to come together which will please most. That is a

:52:29. > :52:46.better shot. That finished well. Nobody touched that stone. That was

:52:47. > :52:57.a good call, well played. Eve is going to try the run back. We have

:52:58. > :53:05.second, third, fourth and fifth shots here. Forcing one would not be

:53:06. > :53:28.a bad position to be on as we head into the eighth. Then at least you

:53:29. > :53:42.have to hammer in the 8th. That was unfortunate. It hit it straight on

:53:43. > :53:52.the nose. Sweden lie one with every opportunity of taking two. You can

:53:53. > :54:13.hear the frustration of Eve Muirhead.

:54:14. > :54:35.She looks reasonably comfortable with it.

:54:36. > :54:48.Looking to draw in to take two, and she has done it. It looked as if

:54:49. > :54:57.there was an opportunity for Great Britain and they closed the door. A

:54:58. > :55:07.little bit unlucky. Sweden taking two. The hammer is going to Great

:55:08. > :55:17.Britain. This game is far from over. The two teams know each other

:55:18. > :55:24.so well. They have contested the finals of the last two major

:55:25. > :55:28.championships, the World Championships less than 12 months

:55:29. > :55:46.ago when Britain won and the European Championships in December

:55:47. > :55:51.when the Swedes came out on top. You can see how the match has panned

:55:52. > :56:02.out. Not a good start from Britain. The first three ends were stolen.

:56:03. > :56:20.They were 3-1 down. It looked as if it was going to turn into 6-1.

:56:21. > :56:31.Doing what she has done on pretty much every end.

:56:32. > :56:46.Not quite there, but she has been playing well. So his Claire

:56:47. > :56:50.Hamilton. For the first time at an Olympic Games, she has held her

:56:51. > :57:04.nerve and played very well in this game. You want this one to stop half

:57:05. > :57:09.way. Critical that these stones stop out of the play. They direct how the

:57:10. > :57:53.rest of the game is going to go. Looking for this to come and sit on

:57:54. > :58:02.the centre line. Another bread and butter shot for her. See how it

:58:03. > :58:12.finished at the end, there's a lot more movement in the than I was this

:58:13. > :58:26.morning -- in the sheet than there was this morning when we watched the

:58:27. > :58:33.men's. It seems to be pulling really hard and the girls are having to

:58:34. > :58:41.work it's hard. That is a lovely shot. Well played. Important that

:58:42. > :58:56.these stones finish above the tee line. That will prevent Sweden from

:58:57. > :59:03.coming up onto the top of that full.

:59:04. > :59:31.We have to leave that at that point. It continues on the red button.

:59:32. > :59:38.Moving to BBC One at 12pm. At 1pm it is back to BBC Two. The men's moguls

:59:39. > :00:02.is at 4pm. Our seven hours on the air is up,

:00:03. > :00:04.but we have witnessed history, Maria Hoefl-Riesch has retained her

:00:05. > :00:16.title.