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Hello and welcome back to Sochi. We are going straight back to the

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killing because Team GB's skipper, Dave Murdoch, won their opening

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match this morning against Russia. They are now locked in a very tight

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match with the reigning world champions, Sweden. Here are Steve

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Cram and Jackie Lockhart with commentary.

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That was a good shot from Niklas Edin. Great Britain are in a bit of

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trouble. Sweden with the last stone. Every chance of picking up three

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here. Dave's demeanour looks a little bit slow at the minute but if

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he lifts a double here, then it only leaves a two and that is not a huge

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disaster at this stage of the game. He really needs to lift a double

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here. He just said, let's make this. He really would not want to lose

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three here. Like you said earlier, Steve, the three was a turning point

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for Sweden in the game earlier today. It lifted the whole

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demeanour. They continued to play very well after that. It must be

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close. That'll do. That wasn't the intended shot but he will take it. I

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think his face says that. Take the difference, that is what he

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said. A fairly straightforward shot here, for the Swedish skipper. They

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should be able to come in here and have a two shot lead at the halfway

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point. He hasn't missed much, Niklas Edin.

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And not that one either. So, two shots for Sweden and Great Britain

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baby will not think that is too bad. They have probably played more

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wayward shots than the Swedish team but this was always going to be a

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tight match. You don't want to let them get away from you. At the

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halfway point, and of course Britain will take the hammer in the sixth

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end, it is a two shot lead to Sweden.

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, they have a break, a technical break, which means we will have a

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dip out of it. Hello. This is rather lovely. This is where the torch is

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and quite often, you get a fountain display going on here, to music. At

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the moment, you can see the Olympic rings in the water. Behind me, that

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is the stage where we saw Jenny Jones getting her bronze medal

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yesterday. Hello. That's rather sweet, isn't it? The crowd is

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getting bigger as the days go on. The winter and Biggs will not be the

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only thing is staged in Sochi this year. In October, there will be the

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first-ever Russian Grand Prix. It will come through the streets and

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the Park. I am sure we will have coverage of that in October. Right,

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let us dip into the various different venues on the third day of

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the winter and pics. We will be bringing you men's moguls later.

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Canada other favourites there. Let's catch up with the women's luge.

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Germany are strong contenders. We are about 60 miles outside of the

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main venue, high up in the mountains, already for the women's

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loos. -- luge. The outright favourite is sliding

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second. Baturina goes for Russia at the

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first attempt. Not to be confused with the famous Russian gymnast who

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is a few years younger. A big, powerful woman, 73 kilogrammes.

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That's important on this track. Around the corner. Up the hill she

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goes, to corner six. Six or seven degree incline there. Out of six.

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Down the hill to seven. Back up the hill, through into nine. A little

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kick there. And here is the fastest part of the track. That's in terms

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of gaining speed and acceleration. 127kph. 11 to 14. And a big hit

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there. A terrible start for Baturina. Not good at all. Going

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around. 121kph. That really killed her speed. This girl was fancied for

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a medal. I doubt she'll get one off that 51.263. She finished fourth in

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the European championships this year, but of course the big three

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Germans weren't there, so it's not so much you can read into that. The

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Russian coach is there. Oh, no. She is hoping to keep herself together

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for the second run. Geisenberger hoping to win they are first Olympic

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gold medal. Geisenberger goes. Certainly, she will be looking for a

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fast start here and she has got it. A tremendous start there from

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Geisenberger. This is half the reason why she's the reigning world

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champion and overall World Cup champion. She has won seven out of

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eight races this season. She's looked almost flawless. The only

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place she was beat, where Huefner was on home ground. She is the

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German champion. She's up. Wow. What will she hit through the final

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clock? You'll soon find out, because she is coming down to the final

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corner now. Any minute now, and absolutely perfect for Geisenberger.

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49.891. That's the first time anybody has slid under 50 seconds

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here. Absolutely superb. We'll look again at the start. Fastest starter

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in the world. She has broken the start record. That was held by Huef

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negotiation r. That was beat -- Huefner. That was beaten there.

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There's her coach, who has had a huge influence on her. Ivanova

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finished fourth at the Olympic Games and some people say it's the worst

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position to be in. Second in the world championships this season. She

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has been going well in training as well. Not bad. Good athlete,

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Ivanova. Still only 22. She won the European championships a couple of

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seasons ago. That's when everybody really knew how impressive she was.

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She backed that up with that fourth in the Olympic Games. She's had more

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practice on this ice than anybody else. Oh, no an ugly hit from 11

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down to 14. There go Ivanova's chance of putting any pressure on

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Geisenberger. She virtually hit in the same place. She comes through in

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50. .457. That's a pretty good position. She's second out of

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Geisenberger. She didn't take a correction and again the Russian

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coaches have to watch one of their favoured athletes. Huefner, finished

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first in the Games in 2010. Third in 2006. Absolutely superb record in

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the Games. Four times the world champion. She can be a contender if

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this is her day. This is looking good. 3.909, the

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second-fastest starter of all time. Her track start record was taken

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away by Geisenberger. She couldn't quite take it back then, but it's a

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solid start. The one thing we have seen from training is she has

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struggled with her confidence and she's been out the top ten a couple

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of times in training. We'll get a good idea in the next minute exactly

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how she's going here. It's going a whole lot better than training, but

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still the Olympic champion is a long way down on her junior compatriot.

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Nobody has been over 130 yet. It's not particularly fast. Huefner is in

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second place. 50.393 for Huefner. Ivanova, the dangerous Russian in

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third. Erin ham Lynn. Erin Hamlin. A little bit of a glitz there. --

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glitch there. I wonder if we have seen the top ten? Hamlin, I'm sure

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she'll have something to say about that. She is the 2009 world

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champion. He was phenomenal on home ice then. She is a small woman. She

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doesn't carry a huge amount of momentum. That's her one problem on

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this track. With three uphill sections, five to six and then ten

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to 11 and then 14 to 15, there's one of the uphills. She can't afford to

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make any mistakes on the sections, or she has no gravity to help her.

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She holds a wonderful position. Feet together. Now if she holds this pace

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up she'll be third or fourth, or somewhere close. It's going to be

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tight. In second place. My goodness, that is fabulous. Well done Erin

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Hamlin. I tell you what, we have just about seen every major player

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in women's luge come down now and Geisenberger still almost half a

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second ahead of the rest of the world. The Americans celebrating

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that run from Hamlin and she's in second place behind Geisenberger and

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Huefner is in third. The second rub of the -- run of the luge starts

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later. If you've got any questions about the luge or moguls or curling,

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which is where we are going now, just use the hashtag and we'll try

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to answer as many queries as we can. So, back to the ice cube and let's

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see how Team GB are getting on against Sweden in the company of

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three-times Olympic curling winner, Jackie Lockhart and Steve Cram.

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Quite often, some of the boys are not finishing and once it taked the

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break -- takes the break, you're really on a hiding to nothing. These

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guys can sweep really, really well. Very good. Always poised and ready

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to jump at the skip's instructions. Greg Drummond has to clear that

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front red. With the hope of trying to get one of the reds in the house

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and he just missed. That's been the story the last three or four ends,

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just missing or clipping guards. Just missing out. They always knew

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this game was going to be a tester for them and they have been -

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there's been a lot of questions asked of them. It hasn't been Luther

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roRs that have been -- Luther roRs they've -- huge errors that they've

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been making. It highlights the fact that the

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men's competition is tough. It's tight. There are enough teams in

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here that can beat anyone else on their day. You can't afford to keep

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missing and if you're going to miss, you are going to have to play

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against Sweden or Canada or United States or Norway, you've got to be -

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OK everyone makes the odd mistake, but you've got to be consistent.

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Sebastian there. A little bit disappointed with that. That just

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finished across the other side of the line. That will allow Greg to

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see most of it and hopefully take it out. A couple of inches was all that

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was needed. He keeps saying that, and we thought it would finish

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harder and pull in a little more. It would have been ideal if it had.

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There's too much on the left or he will jam it on to the back red. I

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think Kraupp's annoyed at the shot he played last time. He's not happy

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with himself. They do dovetail together well, these two.

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Just slightly overthrew that, but not great. What he has done is he

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has pushed that and just caught it and pushed it back behind the T

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line. I think that gives us an opportunity we can come up and sit

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on top of that. A freeze is one of the hardest shots in the book, I

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think. You have to land right sitting bang in front. You don't

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want to move it at all or have space between it, because then the boys

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can throw a big weight at it and split them out. If they're jammed

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close together it's very difficult for the opposition to move. He needs

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- the start of both matches, the last draw, he's hit it right there

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with the right weight and it's exactly the sort of shot he needs to

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play. This is might be the one he has got the feel for.

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Sweepers here, they have to judge what weight it needs to get there.

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As you said, he has drawn that button several times. It's a nice

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shot. We've watched him do that three or four times today. The last

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one is the one that determines who has the hammer at the beginning, but

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it can also figure on later on when we get to tie-breaks and so on.

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That's stone may have slightly overcurled. It may have been better

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to have been a little bit to the left there of the picture. He'll

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throw a big weight at this and it should hit the yellow out across the

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left. It remains 4-2 to Sweden. It's good

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to see them smiling and accepting that the chance didn't arise there.

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That shot he played was a really good shot, an inch or two... That is

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the game of curling. These guys can throw such heavyweight at that. In

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the girls game, that might have been a secure shop. The boys can play

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really accurate takeout weights. They can take the stones out of the

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house. That's 20 kilograms of granite which needs a bit of weight

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behind it at times. Still, a tight game here.

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Canada pulled themselves back into the match against Switzerland. Now

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it is 3-2 against Switzerland. And Denmark have pulled them back, 6-5

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against Russia. That will be ideal. Once again, we

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will ask our team to play the corner guards and will try once again to

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set up an end for a two. This one is just going to slide in.

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The curse of the commentator there. To be fair, he has been pretty

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accurate so far. This does give us the chance to push that Redstone

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through. -- red stone. Teams can often be caught out these

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shots. The crucial point of this stone is you keep your running

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Yellowstone in the field of play. -- yellow stone. This one seems to be

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curling. I was going to say, that is curling too much.

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I suppose, if this end were to be blank, you could almost start again

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into the eighth. You could try and limit into the ninth. Maybe that is

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the way they are thinking. They will try and do what they can in the

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sand. Every end you go -- that goes by, you try and get two but it

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doesn't happen. They have two at some point but some

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pressure on. We have seen one or two, I wouldn't even call them

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wayward shots, but they've not done that enough to the Swedish back end.

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No, they haven't really tested them. No. We haven't really tested them

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because we have been caught out with the lines of the stones. They have

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either braked big-time or have not braked at all. We have just replaced

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the corner guards there. A little area -- error therefrom

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Sebastian Kraupp. This gives that Apple opportunity -- this gives us

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an opportunity. He inadvertently left that one out

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them. Let's see what Greg Drummond can do. This one seems to be sitting

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a little bit high. Just not quite coming off the shots,

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are they? We needed to be on the inside of that one. That was

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unfortunate. We've set up a double. There is an option here, rolling

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across to the back yellow on the right-hand side of your picture.

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We have seen Sebastian Kraupp's previous shot. He made a little bit

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of a mistake. But each time, he has corrected himself. Will he do it

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again this time? Indeed. Just like that. And that is

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the mark of a good player, isn't it? Don't let shots bother you.

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He has certainly made up for his disappointment on the first shot

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there. We have a chance here. Greg can still play a draw, come around

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the red they have at the front. We really need this to catch the draw.

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The boys are going to work this hard, take it as far as they can.

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That is a nice shot. Well drawn. Greg is chatting to David about what

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he is finding, a little bit of a struggle to get his weight right.

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You've got to come out here and... This is their second match and

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despite how everything went this morning, you come out tonight and

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struggle... That has missed. Yet, Niklas Edin slightly over through

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that. They seem to be struggling with some of the stones. Stones can

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change during the end. The guys practice, they play with two that

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are very similar, that run very similar. There must be a difference

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today, when they've come out to play. You heard them say they are

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doing different things. Another part of the game that you have to learn.

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Another chance for us here to actually get to.

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This would be a great time for Dave Murdoch to find his touch. He wants

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it to stop at the back of the effort. I think it looks like it is

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going to be heavy. That's a disappointment there. That is a

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fairly straightforward shot as well, isn't it? You did want it at the

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back gate and you've got all of that 8-foot to play with but he needed to

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lie second shot there. If he was to get any chance of trying to score

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his two here. The disappointing thing is the way this end is going,

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he could be forced to take is one. I was going to ask. He could take the

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one this time. Without question, Niklas Edin is going to have three

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shots and Dave is going to be forced to take is one. It will give the

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hammer to Sweden at the eighth end. He has had that one foot in his

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pocket so they shouldn't be too concerned that there are three other

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red stones in the house but the annoying thing is, he is not scoring

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his two. He is one down and has given Niklas Edin the opportunity to

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have the hammer at the eighth end. He will still be one ahead.

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We have seen him do this, as we mentioned Dave a few moments ago,

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three or four times today. -- as we mentioned a few moments ago.

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Britain take the one. Not quite what the doctor ordered. It is a 4-3 game

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to Sweden. Running out of ends. Trying to take the two. There hasn't

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been too much cheering from the British contingent. To be fair, they

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are vastly outnumbered. It's not quite full. It's half full. There's

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more people in this afternoon than this evening. Still plenty of noise

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out there. There has been good play from

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Sweden, but the odd little mistake here and there from Great Britain.

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It's allowed them to just stay in control. We spoke about the stones

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there with Greg making a comment about the number four wasn't doing

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what it was expected to do. The sheet has eight yellow stones and

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eight red and they're numbered one to eight. Part of the statisticgy of

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the game before playing on this game is to match the stones. You don't

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potentially from to play them in that order, but you can play them in

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any other you want. The stones stay on the sheet. They don't move. You

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can play with different stones on every sheet and these are

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international curling stones that travel the world. A little mistake

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there. Mark Goodfellow just travelling a little too far.

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1.5 million is wanted for the makers of the stones, you could buy that,

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Jackie? I'll put my offer in next week! Apart from granite, what else

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is there for your 1.5 million? There's not much sunshine in

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Scotland. You can say that, I can't. We haven't had much wind or rain

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here, have we? No, perfect, sunny weather. It's been quite warm

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outside. I believe rain is on the way, though. So, Michael Goodfellow

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playing a nice centre guard there. To make up for the first shot.

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Viktor being asked to come around behind this one.

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That looks a pretty good shot. It's not quite getting there, but almost.

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They'll be happy to leave that. It's at the top of the T. It becomes

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better for us if they push those stones behind the T, because then it

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gives us something to come and rest against, and it's hard for them to

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remove them then. Scott's going to have to go wide

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here. He needs to come around behind both of these. The boys waiting for

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the break of this stone. -- the brake of this stone. That one didn't

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look like it was coming in, but did at the end. Had to work hard on it.

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They'll clear the front. I think his tactic will be to keep it simple and

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straightforward. They're leading and they've got the hammer. He knows

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that he really needs to keep that open, because he can score and go

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either two or three ahead of Great Britain.

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We are, however, in the tier, so there's two more ends to play.

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They want this to stop half-way on the centre line.

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Niklas just checking with the team what they want. They're going to tap

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the yellow out and forget about the centre guard.

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This is a tricky line that sometimes doesn't take the pull. They'll be

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quite happy that's rolled. It's into the wing and it's not really a

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danger to them. Dave just going to ignore the reds and still try to go

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in behind them. He's looking to try to make something happen here. They

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don't want to make it too easy for Edin, so they have to keep trying to

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put a little bit of pressure and make them play their shots.

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I came down here last night. I'm not sure if it's got the weight. They're

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going to have to work this hard. He need to keep that coming in, and

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they were spot on where they thought it would come to. It's a pity.

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Greg's certainly had a great morning this morning and started pretty well

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this evening. Just the last couple of ends. I heard him saying at the

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last one, he's struggling with the stones and seeing how they'll react,

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but this looks pretty good. That's better. That's a nice shot there.

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They had to leave that to the very end, in order to get the little roll

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they were looking for. He played a nice half-weight there.

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I wouldn't want to wish ill of any of the opponents, but Great Britain

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could do with a little bit of a break here somewhere, to take

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advantage. I'm lost for words. That was a great

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shot. It was. It doesn't make our end any easier. No. These two

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particularly I think have played particularly well and they've got -

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they've got a stranglehold on this. Still only one shot in it, but with

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the experience they have and the way they're playing it's making David

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Murdoch's job very, very difficult indeed.

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83%. That's on the take-outs. David is # 6 on the take -- 86 on the

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take-outs, but Niklas has played 88 and Murdoch is 84, so there's not a

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huge difference there. There's only one shot in it. It may feel like

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it's more, but it's only 4 - 3. They don't want to catch the red in

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the house there. Just died. A difficult shot. They wanted to

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sweep that, but it was sitting high and it may have caught the red in

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the house, but by the time it left, they had just dug in. Again, if

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Niklas hits that out, he's sitting all on the top of the 12 foot and

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Dave's either got to take a big, big chance and come right around behind

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them or he may have to try to shift some granite. And remove two or

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three. I always get the feeling that Edin,

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these are the situations he loves. He's almost looking at - he should

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keep it simple here. They're in a very good position.

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He should really be trying to make David Murdoch's job as difficult as

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possible. I didn't quite hear what he said, so he's coming back down. A

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little bit of indecision here. If only we could speak Swedish. If

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only! What do you think the options are? I

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think what he's saying is if he hits that yellow and comes in between the

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two stones then maybe give David Murdoch a good target to draw

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around? Yep. Correct, because if he hits the yellow and rolls, it means

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that they want -- roles it -- rolls, it means they want to keep them

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together and Dave has the opportunity to come around and

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Niklas can't use the reds because the anning of -- angle of them are

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sitting all wrong. You could play big weight here and

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spread them out a little, rather than keeping them close together.

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Wouldn't you think that would be, given the situation they're in,

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don't give them a chance and don't give Britain the option. Yeah. They

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don't want to lose a one here, though. It may look easier that

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there's only one yell lo and he has to -- yellow and he has to hit it

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out, but so easy to steal if David can draw right around in behind

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them. He's played a reasonable amount of

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weight here. It makes it harder for David to come

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round. I guess that is good communication, they spoke about

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that. If they didn't play enough weight there. He was so worried, he

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had a look. Have they called a time-out? The coach gets the minute

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to get down to the ice. This really will be a do or die

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shot. At 4-3 down, two more ends after

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this. If there is any way they can give away just one, that would be a

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massive result. He is saying thank you very much for calling me.

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You can touch the red little bit. You know the ice and the speed. The

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one good thing was he is a sweet but he was speaking in a rich and we can

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understand what he is saying. Ashley is Swedish and he was speaking in

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Swedish. It sounds to me like damage limitation.

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This is a big shot here for David Murdoch.

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They are actually just going to play the draw, the same as they played

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this first shot. Working hard, is it going to get past? I think he just

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touched the top red. Maybe a fraction. Still a reasonably

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difficult shot to move. He will have to play. Need a closer look at that.

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Is it lying shot? He just had a look. He may choose to

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fire his red shot onto it. It must be for enough back. I cannot see the

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angle properly. It is tucked in behind that. He has to be forced to

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use his stone to promote it. Not taking much time to think about

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this. The chance to score well here for Sweden. They seem to be happy

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with this. Absolutely. That was a good shot from the Swedish skipper.

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An opportunity arose, and so often the he delivered.

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If it was getting to be a big call for Britain to come back, they are

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only one behind, now they are five behind, 8-3. To ends to go. It is a

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big call. Asking them to score a five here.

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Obviously it is very similar with what happened with Sweden this

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morning. They have always been in control here. Even though it was

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fairly even at the beginning, you have all us felt it was Sweden's

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game to lose. -- always felt. I don't think the boys should feel too

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disappointed. They are not throwing dreadfully badly. Sometimes they are

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just not getting the break. They have come up against the Swedish

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team playing well. They have come out here tonight and played well.

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One or two shots that didn't go as planned. Niklas Edin, I can't

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remember him playing a poor shot. The one thing that Sebastien has

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done, he has pulled out a second shot at has been a cracker. And made

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up for his first shot. Just throwing these shots through the house, they

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don't need them at all. I suppose, if you'd looked at the

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draw, day one, Russia, Sweden, of when and a loss, most people would

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say that is what you expect. It would be nice to win both.

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Much like the game this morning the girls had it was always good to be a

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difficult game. It just quite hasn't gone our way. I don't think the boys

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will be too disappointed from this. It has been difficult for them, they

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have had to deal with some difficult stones. They have been swapping

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their stones about so they haven't been happy with them.

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Some of the games on the other sheets are very tight. Russia and

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Denmark are 7-7. They are playing in the eighth here. Canada three,

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Switzerland four. USA and Norway, Norway seven, USA four. They are

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playing the ninth. Without taking anything from our

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game the Canadians are playing in the next sheet and I am surprised

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they haven't come out started firing in this competition. I think we face

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them, not sure when. I am just checking. Not until Saturday. Let's

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hope they haven't settled into their game too much by then.

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It has been a mixed day. Probably the man, when they go back to the

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village tonight, we'll look back and will be the happier of the British

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teams. The women's team philosophical about their defeat

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against Sweden. Very early stages. Unlikely you are going to win every

:59:46.:59:51.

match. The red hot favourites in the men's event, Canada, struggling in

:59:52.:59:56.

both their matches. They make about on top but they have got right

:59:57.:59:59.

battle on with Switzerland this evening. Just going through the

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motions, really. This ninth end. This shot has to be in the house.

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The Swedish team will run us out the stones.

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The Russian crowds really enjoying the Russia Denmark game. The game of

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two halves, it is now 7-7. All to play for.

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Nice try to get round that guard. He isn't going to be bothered if he

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hits the shot in the house or out of it. Just had to remove one of these.

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He has got half an eye on the next sheet. Switzerland. He will not be

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too disappointed with what he is seeing.

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At 8-3, would you have shaken hands, walked off? I think I might have

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done. It is a big ask to take a five of them. Or is it just about takes a

:01:56.:02:00.

more shots, use this as some practice? -- take some more shots.

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They might have half an eye on that match going on the next sheet, the

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Swedish team. They start the day with two victories, they may well be

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the only team to do so. Norway and USA playing, their first match.

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Russia had a defeat to Great Britain earlier on.

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Another nice shot. Almost showing off, that is!

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They have played Sweden on numerous occasions, no each other very well,

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the skips in particular. -- they know each other.

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I guess he thought if he could take his two and head down the last end

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to steal. He has the draw weight in his pocket, he still has. He will

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sit nicely on that back shot. These kind of shots will give them

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confidence. We may not win this game, I can still play the shots.

:04:36.:04:43.

I think he will be reasonably happy with the way he is playing. It is

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just a hasn't been set up particularly well, the odd mistake.

:04:52.:04:55.

David Murdoch will be fairly comfortable with how he has been

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playing. He played very well this morning. I hope so. If they go away

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and analyse this game, it sees the ice hasn't been kind to them tonight

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and neither have the stones. That will not happen in every game they

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play. They will look hard at this sheet, and the stones on it,

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probably have some nights practice and check again for any future games

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on this sheet. Here we go again, a nice drawings from David Murdoch.

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And that is it, shaking hands. The boys only have one more game, and

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that is against the USA. An unfortunate end to the day, but I

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think they would be quite happy with a one in one. The important thing

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was to win against Russia. They did that. It was always going to be

:06:04.:06:08.

tough against Sweden. I cannot say they didn't have their

:06:09.:06:11.

opportunities, like when they got it to 2-2. But this man, the sort of

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form he was in, would always be difficult to beat. They are

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absolutely one of the strongest teams. Sweden with a fairly

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comfortable win for them. David Murdoch and the team have been

:06:23.:06:34.

out on the ice since 5am your time, so add in the Ice Cube, we have had

:06:35.:06:39.

the commentary team, lots of people getting involved. Lots of tweets

:06:40.:06:44.

coming in, people posting photographs of them doing their gym

:06:45.:06:48.

workouts while watching the curling. And a question for you, Jackie, this

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is from Nick, why do they not have men versus women? Surely it makes no

:07:01.:07:09.

difference what gender you are? The question, Jackie, if you did not

:07:10.:07:13.

hear it, why do they not have men versus women, there are some mixed

:07:14.:07:21.

games now, some mixed doubles? There was an attempt to bring in mixed

:07:22.:07:25.

doubles to the Olympics, there was a trial, but it got thrown out. They

:07:26.:07:29.

do not play men against women in these competitions. Maybe they

:07:30.:07:34.

should. The men can throw a heavier rock than the women. That is not to

:07:35.:07:38.

say that we couldn't beat them nine times, eight times out of ten. But

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the guys are pretty good with a weight control. Claire, I read a

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story that they have some mixed competition, and one man through the

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rock so fast, the women could not keep up to sweeping the stone,

:07:54.:07:57.

whether or not he did it deliberately or not, so it is

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popular enough, it is just if we will see it in major competitions.

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Steve and Jackie, how much should we read into that result? What were

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your reflections are watching Team GB and David Murdoch in action? I do

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not think we should read too much into it, the boys are disappointed

:08:18.:08:21.

they did not get a win out of that, but it was a game of fractions,

:08:22.:08:26.

these rubs were going the wrong way, and we heard the boys speaking about

:08:27.:08:31.

the ice and the stone, so it wasn't playing in their favour. The stones

:08:32.:08:34.

were not running the way they wanted them to, so I am sure they will

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analyse the stones they are playing with, I do not think they will want

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to play with that again, they would be disappointed, but not too

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disappointed. They have won when, one loss, so I am sure they would

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want to have one win under their belt. The important thing, Claire,

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they have all been here before, David Murdoch certainly, he knows it

:08:57.:08:59.

is a long, drawn-out competition, and there are days when it doesn't

:09:00.:09:04.

go your way, and it is all about how you react to that. We have Canada

:09:05.:09:08.

and Switzerland behind us, you would not expect Canada to be beaten, but

:09:09.:09:12.

they are struggling here, and they have struggled today, they are meant

:09:13.:09:15.

to be the hot favourites. As they are having a bad day today, you have

:09:16.:09:32.

to accept that you are going to also. If they bounced back, what do

:09:33.:09:34.

you anticipate in terms of the game against Germany tomorrow? If they

:09:35.:09:40.

are going to get through, there are certain matches that they have to

:09:41.:09:43.

win, and we would have to say Germany would be one of them. If you

:09:44.:09:49.

look at the game on paper, Richard be easy for us, it is not the

:09:50.:09:54.

strongest ever German team, but they have to be careful how they play. --

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it should be easy for us. I think they can take a lot from tonight,

:10:00.:10:03.

they were shooting in the 80s, so they cannot be disappointed with

:10:04.:10:07.

that. They just need to have their a game tomorrow and it would be

:10:08.:10:11.

another win on the cards for them. Brilliant. I will let you go, you

:10:12.:10:15.

had such a long day. Great commentary from you both, makes it

:10:16.:10:19.

absolutely intriguing, and curling gets better the longer you watch it.

:10:20.:10:27.

It is very exciting, I was there today, when rush hour on the eyes,

:10:28.:10:34.

the crowd goes on, it is like being at a football match. -- when Russia

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are on the ice. Let's take a look at today's headlines. Staying with

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curling, not an ideal start for Eve Muirhead's which is set up, they had

:10:47.:10:51.

a defeat against Sweden, but there is a long way to go. Germany's

:10:52.:10:58.

slalom skills saw them retain the super combined title. They were

:10:59.:11:02.

fifth following the downhill, but a superb slalom run enabled goals, and

:11:03.:11:08.

Austria took silver with the USA winning the bronze medal. The second

:11:09.:11:16.

set of twins ever to win an Olympic medal in the same event at Winter

:11:17.:11:21.

Olympics, gold for this team in a clean sweep for the dominant Dutch.

:11:22.:11:33.

And here in the Olympic Park, we're going to take a wander around and

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find a legend of short track speed skating, because when it was first

:11:38.:11:42.

introduced as a demonstration event in Calgary in 1988, this man, do not

:11:43.:11:53.

walk away! This man won two gold medals, hello, Wilf O'Reilly,

:11:54.:12:00.

looking very smart! Tell me how you got involved in short track speed

:12:01.:12:05.

skating, because before you, there wasn't exactly a British tradition

:12:06.:12:11.

of it. I started at the age of six or seven and I did it for a few

:12:12.:12:17.

years, and then I thought, this is maybe not the sport for me, and then

:12:18.:12:22.

fortunately, the Birmingham or halt at the Birmingham ice rink and I

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took up short track speed skating. What was Calgary like as an

:12:32.:12:38.

experience for you? It was amazing. It was the first time we had the

:12:39.:12:44.

Olympic plaza, and the red thousands of people standing in front of me,

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and by medal was presented, even though it was a demonstration sport,

:12:51.:12:52.

my medal was presented after Tomba won the gold, but it'd make a big

:12:53.:12:57.

difference between the two, even though it was a demonstration

:12:58.:13:02.

sport. And there I am! As ugly as ever! And you inspired Nicky Gooch,

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and he has inspired the strongest team ever. Yes, and the sports

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director was telling me that they have it in 14 ice rinks around the

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UK, and you can learn to skate in 14 ice rinks, go along to your local

:13:28.:13:33.

ice rink. If there is any sport that you would really like to try out,

:13:34.:13:38.

then go to the BBC's website, you can find out where and how you can

:13:39.:13:43.

get involved. Let's have a look at the youngest member of the British

:13:44.:13:47.

team in action, this was Jack Whelbourne earlier today.

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They are away. Seven skaters in the final, you do not want to get stuck

:13:55.:14:06.

at the back. It is important for Jack Whelbourne in fourth place at

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the moment, to not get too far behind in this group of seven

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skaters. Charles Hamelin already at the business end, he does not win to

:14:22.:14:26.

get caught up in any of the accident. -- does not want to. Jack

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Whelbourne is in fourth place at the moment. In classic style, sitting

:14:37.:14:45.

right behind. The pace is surprisingly slow at the moment.

:14:46.:14:57.

Jack needs to make sure he does not get stuck at the back. Big moves by

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China, and JR Celski in first spot at the moment. The head of the race,

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the USA, it immediately changes again. Coming through, it is the 29

:15:20.:15:28.

euros Canadian. Five to go. Charles Hamelin looking very comfortable.

:15:29.:15:39.

Making a move now. Jack Whelbourne has gone down! Jack Whelbourne of

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Great Britain has gone down! That was because of the move by Victor

:15:44.:15:53.

An. In second position, China. Charles Hamelin, China, then Victor

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An of Russia in third place. Charles Hamelin up the front. The Canadian,

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Charles Hamelin takes it! Victor An is second! China in third place. Or

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was it Victor An second? Charles Hamelin gets the gold-medal.

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Brilliant skating by Charles Hamelin to win the 1500 metres. His third

:16:22.:16:27.

gold-medal in the Olympics. What a skate that was. Celebrating already.

:16:28.:16:34.

Very interesting to see. I think Jack Whelbourne could be entered.

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Jack, you are limping, tell us what happened? I took a tumble, I am

:16:42.:16:51.

twisted my ankle a little bit, but hopefully I can come back and do the

:16:52.:16:57.

other two businesses. I would be OK, no matter what happens, I have two

:16:58.:17:02.

other Olympic distances to skate, I will give it a go. You were at your

:17:03.:17:12.

best until that point? Yes, that was the best I raised, some of those

:17:13.:17:16.

guys that we were against to get to that final, they could be on the

:17:17.:17:20.

podium now, and maybe I could have been on the podium myself, but I

:17:21.:17:24.

came out here trying to get into an A final, and I have done that, so I

:17:25.:17:28.

am pleased. It must be so frustrating, because that lack the

:17:29.:17:33.

block went and rear foot, and rear foot, Edu twisted ankle. Anything

:17:34.:17:40.

can happen, can't it? Yes, it has been a very interesting events, and

:17:41.:17:44.

in the final, anything can happen, like we keep saying, but you can run

:17:45.:17:48.

it again, and I am pretty sure there would be a different result, so, I

:17:49.:17:52.

am not unhappy with it. If anything, I'm really happy, I got a

:17:53.:18:07.

British record in my first race with a win under my belt, and I am now 26

:18:08.:18:11.

in the world after that final. We will see you later in the week.

:18:12.:18:14.

Well done. An amazing record from Jack. He

:18:15.:18:23.

skated a fabulous heat, the very first heat, he won it, we thought,

:18:24.:18:31.

it looks very, very good indeed. You had to look at that fall to see what

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happens. Yes, one of the other races, they knocked the black

:18:39.:18:42.

marker, and he put his right skate on edge, and it looked like he

:18:43.:18:45.

twisted his ankle, it looks like he edged is located at, I have spoken

:18:46.:18:50.

to steward, he said it is not broken a fractured, very badly sprained,

:18:51.:18:55.

they just have to wait to see if he can take part in the remaining two

:18:56.:19:01.

events. You know exactly how that feels, because you went to the

:19:02.:19:10.

Olympics and you had two crashes. Yes, I broke a piece that by blade,

:19:11.:19:15.

and one of the things that short track speed skater 's do, over the

:19:16.:19:19.

years, they become rough and tumble, ready for an ox and

:19:20.:19:25.

bruises, that kind of thing, and I'm sure Jack will be back as strong as

:19:26.:19:31.

he can be today. If it is a severe spring, the start will require a lot

:19:32.:19:35.

of explosive energy at the start, but for the 1000 metres, he would be

:19:36.:19:42.

there. This is Charles Hamelin getting his gold-medal for Canada,

:19:43.:19:45.

and Canada looking very good so far in the Winter Olympics. Here, they

:19:46.:19:54.

had a one, two in the women's moguls, they have won the short

:19:55.:19:58.

track speed skating, we will be showing you the men's moguls live

:19:59.:20:02.

later on. Now, Jacques Botes my girlfriend is Elise Christie and she

:20:03.:20:07.

skating in three different events, today was the 500 metres. -- now

:20:08.:20:12.

Jack's girlfriend is Elise Christie. Let us see her in

:20:13.:20:15.

qualification for the 500. Elise Christie on the outside. She

:20:16.:20:36.

will have to make a smart move to qualify. She is up to third place.

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The top to go through. Good skating by the Russian. The Russian has come

:20:48.:20:55.

straight through. Elise Christie cannot get through at the moment.

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The 16-year-old Russian in second spot. And here comes Elise

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Christie. She takes it on the line. What a cool delivery by Elise

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Christie. She showed the way. A superb skate. And to go around the

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outside, keep the call, keep her head, and managed to come through

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clearly. Here is the result. The performance director will be wrapped

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with that. We move onto heat three. Good start right on the front by the

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Italian. Former bronze medal winner in the Junior Championships. Look at

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the speed, she has distanced herself from the rest. The Dutch skater, the

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European champion, is coming through. She will skate along track

:22:16.:22:28.

1500 as well. It is still the Italian. Call move the. Gilmartin of

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Great Britain. She gets second. Great Britain putting two skaters

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through into the next round. CLARE BALDING: Charlotte Gilmartin

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gets through as well. The draw is random in those

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qualifying heat and they both got the outside.

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Two of the Canadian girls got draw number one. Being random, very

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peculiar. Now it is on time. The fastest skater will draw number two.

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The third fastest number three. The slowest skater gets the most

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disadvantaged Lane, number four. How oppressed were you with Elise

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Christie? She was known for a long time being a front runner, she is

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looking like she is deliberately practising overtaking in

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competition. 500 metres isn't her best distance. She started on the

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outside, normally she would have panicked. I have seen her at

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Vancouver and other world clubs where she panics and things she

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cannot get past. She kept her calm, came around the outside. She won the

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race quite convincingly and it is nice she is able to do this new

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tactic. And what about Charlotte Gilmartin? So exciting to have

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another skater in there. Presumably they could help each other if they

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are in the same semifinal. The director was really happy. She

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is now in the top 16. The top 16 skaters of the world, an amazing

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feat. Brilliant adult to you. Just getting

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a few spots of rain. -- brilliant to talk to you. The other thing that

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was exciting yesterday was the medals Plaza because for the first

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time with a British athlete in is no competition, we had won on the

:24:34.:24:38.

podium, Jenny Jones. Short track speed skating anything can happen,

:24:39.:24:42.

the same is true in her sport. Let's catch up with the day in the life of

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a bronze medallist, the day after the night before.

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Jenny Jones! Here is the bronze medal, many congratulations. It is

:24:56.:25:08.

very heavy, and it is round my neck. A fantastic performance for British

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snowboarding. We were all in it together last night, but everybody

:25:16.:25:16.

else is in bed. That is history making right there.

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Joining us now is bronze medallist, Jenny Jones. Huge congratulations.

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How are you? Just hearing that made me well up. Was I shouting? Jenny

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joins -- Jenny Jones joins us now. I am wishing I slept a little bit more

:25:54.:25:58.

now. Do you know the papers this morning? Every single one. I know we

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have got to let you go, thank you so much, congratulations. It has to be

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tenuous links to Jenny Jones. Hello X commission Mark -- hello! Olympic

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bronze medallist, how does that sound? It sounds very nice.

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Congratulations, how lovely to meet you. We were all going mad. We want

:26:38.:26:53.

to see you having a dance. Amy is a maniac. 19 years of waiting. Great

:26:54.:26:59.

to see you, thank you for coming in. That is such a nice piece. She is so

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lovely. It was interesting yesterday for her medals ceremony, John Eley

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and some of the other short track speed skating came down to watch it.

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As an athlete how much does it affect you when a team member wins a

:27:23.:27:29.

medal early on? Tremendously. He carried the flag in the opening

:27:30.:27:33.

ceremony, that must have been an amazing moment for him, it certainly

:27:34.:27:39.

was for me. I was at the press conference. They are not talking

:27:40.:27:45.

about winning medals, they are talking about managing the

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processes. I gave him compliments the way they are managing the

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process. A very small team. First time they are here without a relay

:27:53.:27:57.

men's team. The whole spirit, they are really getting together and

:27:58.:28:01.

supporting one another. Are you getting hopeful we could see

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something special? Elise Christie could get a medal in

:28:04.:28:09.

all three distances. Jack was very unlucky today. The first day of

:28:10.:28:14.

short track speed skating. Anything can happen.

:28:15.:28:19.

It is thrilling to watch, lovely to hear your expertise. We will head

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back to the ice cube where David Murdoch and his great Britain team

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were defeated by Sweden. Let's get their reaction. -- Great Britain.

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It was always going to be a tough game against Sweden.

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Still missing a lot of shots, they are world champions for a reason.

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Didn't put enough pressure on them. Chatting with Jackie, we were

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looking about, I heard you saying it was different to playing on that

:28:56.:29:00.

side. We just weren't sharp enough, picking up a few different stones.

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It turned at the eighth end, he is renowned for coming in with big

:29:12.:29:15.

shots and picked up for their and that was very much it. We can have

:29:16.:29:23.

had to put pressure and go for it. We had a half decent and going, the

:29:24.:29:27.

third player played a pretty good run double to kill the end. We

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played the good work with our last but it was always going to need

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something special. It was a defeat but it hasn't been a bad start. The

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guys were playing pretty well, great this morning. Sweden certainly hit

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their shots tonight but all in all, not too bad a first day.

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We need to take the positives. A fairly good day, a good victory this

:29:50.:29:55.

morning on fresh eyes. The sooner we went quite precise enough tonight #

:29:56.:29:59.

obviously. Your name is? John Humphrys. Your

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specialist subject? Curling. How many ends of cloning will be played

:30:19.:30:21.

in the slot you Winter Olympics? Pass.

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You can join the conversation and catch up with the action again

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tomorrow morning from 7am. David Murdoch and his men back in action

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against Germany at 10pm and Eve Muirhead's team take on the USA at

:30:43.:30:53.

3pm. Next up, a crash course in bumpy jumpy. .

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The men's moguls final is coming up soon but we will catch up on what

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happened in the 12.5 kilometre sprint. There is only one sport in

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which you would call it a sprint and that is biathlon. And going for

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Winter Olympics history was Ole Einar Bjorndalen, following his

:31:30.:31:32.

sprint gold on Saturday he was aiming for a record 13th Winter

:31:33.:31:36.

Olympics medal could he do it? Let's find out.

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What an incredible effort, 94 World Cup wins. He was 40 in January for

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the way he goes, one second advantage over Landertinger. We have

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got a total of 23 men starting in the first minute. We always reckon

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if you are within the margin you have a chance of taking the victory.

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Second shoot, prone position. Leguellec first to strike.

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Landertinger is clear. Bjorndalen on his feet, throwing one wide. Is that

:32:17.:32:30.

going to cost Bjorndalen a medal? It may take a bit of pressure. He is

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going to drop down the order. Martin Fourcade sandwiched in between

:32:39.:32:46.

Landertinger, starting to get away a little bit is Leguellec. The race

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leader goes down. Look how much time he will lose. The lead of 20 metres

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thrown away. Where is the mistake? It is very soft snow. Underneath the

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soft snow it is quite icy. That is what happened. You saw the skis

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juddering. France in lane one. Landertinger of Austria in lane two.

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Landertinger at the world champion in 2009, he knows how to deal with

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the pressure situations. Advantage Austria. Landertinger, one more to

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go. He misses. And so now an opportunity for the others to get

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back in that leading group. Is from Shipulin. The pressure is building.

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It is building on the third shoot. Moravec goes clear. Some of that

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advantage has been eaten away. Martin Fourcade leading.

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Landertinger in second. Moravec has been caught. He is joined by the

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group behind. The German is having a good run indeed. Crucial moment. He

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has won world titles that Martin Fourcade has never won an Olympic

:34:26.:34:31.

title. He could be 20 seconds away from securing it. Five out of five

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and he should be safe. Landertinger needs to get shot away. This is the

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hardest shot of all for Martin Fourcade. That traditional

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celebration, a little bit cheeky, perhaps, but he has seen

:34:49.:34:51.

Landertinger has missed the first two. He is on his way to his first

:34:52.:34:58.

gold. Not so many French flags in the crowd tonight but it doesn't

:34:59.:35:02.

matter, there will be millions watching in France. This man is a

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superhero, the World Cup leader, the World Cup champion last year.

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Tonight he becomes, for the first time, the Olympic champion and that

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traditional dismount from Martin Fourcade, 33 .40 8.6, his winning

:35:18.:35:26.

time. Ondrej Moravec has shown tonight. France with two medals.

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Beatrix, what a staggering ski, from 14 figures up into third. We are now

:35:38.:35:43.

going to see the very best of Martin Fourcade. He missed one target but

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he did nothing else wrong. This is the medals table as it stands, and

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out in front, the Netherlands. Canada in second place. Great

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Britain in 18th place with the won bronze medal and we hope, more to

:36:17.:36:23.

come. These are all of the crowds coming

:36:24.:36:27.

out of the curling, it is all very exciting. We are heading up the

:36:28.:36:36.

mountains now, we will take a check on the women's luge, we saw Germany

:36:37.:36:43.

were the fastest, sandwiched in between was Erin Hamlin from the

:36:44.:36:44.

USA. Let's go to Colin Bryce and Steve

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Dickinson. Erin Hamlin, she is in the silver

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medal position. She start journey on the second run. She is one up on Kim

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McRae. This is the aggregate of four bronze, this is just the second run.

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Staying clear, going well. Driving down between the two uprights.

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1.27.6, a good time. A good slide by Erin Hamlin. She is

:37:36.:37:53.

coming down a little bit high, but 50.276, that is a very good result.

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0.287 of a second away from Kim McRae. Stopping a domination that

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was rained by the Germans in the World Cup. She could well be the

:38:14.:38:21.

first North American to get an Olympic medal. Tatjana Hufner was in

:38:22.:38:33.

third place after round one, she was in second for a while, but that was

:38:34.:38:37.

overtaken by Erin Hamlin. Exactly the same spot as she was four years

:38:38.:38:45.

ago. She was giving out 407 seconds to Erin Hamlin, she is now in the

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lead by about two hundredths hundredths of a second.

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She recovered from a nasty back injury last season, did not train

:38:59.:39:05.

well at all. She seems to be pulling it out here. Olympics begins proper.

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A similar speed to Erin Hamlin. That is good. Coming out of 11. Almost

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nothing in this. Slightly slower than Erin Hamlin, this will be tied

:39:20.:39:27.

on the line. That is it. 50.187, very good indeed. She is now lying

:39:28.:39:44.

in fourth place. 50.187, that is excellent. That is her fastest time

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so far. That is one of the fastest times this track is overseen will

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stop she very much lies like a champion. She has not been doing

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well in training, it was horrible, people were writing a rough, but

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here she is, she has gone into the league. Now, Natalie Geisenberger,

:40:12.:40:20.

the superstar of the last 24 hours, when she remained the superstar

:40:21.:40:23.

after this event? She was certainly in the lead by, what, five

:40:24.:40:28.

hundredths of a second? She has a massive margin on the rest

:40:29.:40:46.

of the world. She would be over half a second because of this super quick

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start. She did not gain anything. There was a bit of a mistake in that

:40:51.:40:56.

steer. You see an adjustment with her hips, she was not happy. She has

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got her act back together. She has come through 11 perfectly.

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She had -- head on. In the lead over the reigning Olympic champion.

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Fractionally below 85 mph. Wasn't quite as perfect as her first run.

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You can see from the Times, the track is getting a bit quicker as it

:41:43.:41:52.

gets colder. She went a bit slower there, and so she should, she had

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such a big lead, it would be foolish to really hit off the top of the

:41:59.:42:02.

hill. Being conservative was the right move, and a bit of an

:42:03.:42:06.

adjustment to steer when things went wrong. She is three quarters of a

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second ahead of the rest of the world, a monstrous margin with two

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more runs to go. We will get more on that tomorrow,

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the remainder of that. It is lovely down here, lots of people stopping

:42:29.:42:32.

for photographs with the Olympic flame. Lots of people stopping to

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see if they can take a photograph of our shopping trolley! It is getting

:42:38.:42:43.

many, many admirers! This is my floor manager, Matt, my general

:42:44.:42:49.

manager! He has made all of this luck lovely. Even CBS, the

:42:50.:42:54.

broadcaster CBS, they came by to see where they can get one! It is

:42:55.:43:01.

setting a trend! We are very proud of it! We will be very, very soon

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going off to watch the men's moguls, but first, let us find out

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the many ways in which you can enjoy the Winter Olympics on the BBC.

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What all the excitement of the Winter Olympics with BBC sport. We

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are showing every sport live from Sochi. We have up to six streams of

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live sport showing across your devices. You will be in full control

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of all of the action from the Winter Olympics. Check out our live update

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and catch up on any action that you have missed on the BBC iPlayer, so

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you can share in all of the drama were ever you are. The Winter

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Olympics, across the BBC. It is more advanced than it ever has

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been, but you can take it with you and watch it where ever you are.

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People had been watching the curling in the gym, that gets the motivated!

:44:02.:44:06.

Every single athlete at the Winter Olympics is unbelievably fit and one

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of the sport in which we have been most successful is skeleton. Amy

:44:11.:44:15.

Williams won the gold medal in Vancouver, before that, Shelley

:44:16.:44:19.

Rudman took a silver medal, so far, Lizzy Yarnold is fastest in training

:44:20.:44:24.

for the skeleton which takes place this week. Shelley Rudman to see

:44:25.:44:27.

also, tears are Winter Olympics story. -- here is Shelley with her

:44:28.:44:37.

Olympic story. Hello! Lovely to see you!

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We have been really, really lucky. We have had great family support

:44:50.:44:54.

from both sets of parents and grandparents. Everybody is really

:44:55.:45:00.

supportive of us as a unit. What is an average day like? We get up in

:45:01.:45:08.

the morning, we get everybody ready, we go to the track, Ella is looked

:45:09.:45:12.

after by the grandparents, and then she gets home tutored. Who does the

:45:13.:45:23.

home tutoring? I do. The school has been great, they give me the weekly

:45:24.:45:27.

plans, today, they are doing the life cycle of the frog, and Allah is

:45:28.:45:32.

here doing the life cycle of the frog. Does it ever make you feel

:45:33.:45:39.

guilty, coming away here, to achieve what you want to achieve and the

:45:40.:45:46.

rest of the family? No, it is great, she is so dynamic, everybody

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jokes about how dynamic she is, but she was probably the most

:45:52.:45:54.

knowledgeable six-year-old in skeleton that you can get. The first

:45:55.:46:05.

time it happened, we thought, oh, how good is this, she really watches

:46:06.:46:10.

what we do! She knows all of the terminology, all of the other

:46:11.:46:14.

athletes, they are on high five terms with her, they are all joking,

:46:15.:46:20.

and she just absorbs it, really. That was a big one! From your side,

:46:21.:46:28.

lots of athletes that I know, if they have breaks between training

:46:29.:46:33.

sessions, they are just crashed out, as a mother, do you not get that at

:46:34.:46:39.

all? When I was a full-time athlete and just training, I got bored, now

:46:40.:46:44.

I do the school run, then go straight to the gym, and that my

:46:45.:46:47.

work-out, and these days, I can fitted physio, I can work out

:46:48.:46:51.

training, then I had to go and do the school run again, and then I

:46:52.:46:55.

have to do the food shop and just keep life operating and the house

:46:56.:47:01.

all organised. Thanks to athletes like Shelley, Great Britain is one

:47:02.:47:05.

of the leading nations when it comes to skeleton. The pressure is on in

:47:06.:47:11.

Sochi. At the moment, there is a lot of pressure on me to come back with

:47:12.:47:14.

goals, but I am really happy with my silver Olympic medal, and the main

:47:15.:47:19.

focus for me is to try to perform as best as I can, but I am really happy

:47:20.:47:22.

with my silver Olympic medal, and the main focus for me is to try to

:47:23.:47:25.

perform as best as I can, but I'm more open minded going. I really

:47:26.:47:41.

wanted to target some medals. I thought, the fact that I was a

:47:42.:47:44.

mother, that is really, really cool. I thought, how cool would it be for

:47:45.:47:51.

Ella to see her mum compete at an Olympics, and that is a big

:47:52.:47:55.

motivator also. And just for my family, to do something to make them

:47:56.:48:02.

feel really proud. I race for that, more than any thing. They must be so

:48:03.:48:04.

proud. I really hope so. Shelley Rudman this year with her

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husband and her daughter. We're heading off now to the freestyle

:48:20.:48:23.

skiing, it is the men's moguls, and four years ago, we saw a man from

:48:24.:48:29.

Canada who really delivered when it mattered on home soil. Is this and

:48:30.:48:39.

night when a Canadian really wins a gold on home soil? ! Alexandre

:48:40.:48:41.

Bilodeau is on his way. Nothing wrong with this! A backflip!

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Magnificent! He has raised the bar! Canada's first ever gold medal on

:48:57.:49:01.

home soil. Alexandre Bilodeau is the Olympic champion.

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He was the headline maker four years ago, his strongest competition could

:49:08.:49:14.

come from his own team-mate, Mikhail Kingsbury, let's get all of the

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commentary from Matt Chilton. Welcome back to the final instalment

:49:19.:49:30.

of the men's moguls, they had been whittled down from the original

:49:31.:49:34.

group of 30 who were attempting to qualify. In the first round all 20

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go, the next stage, the best trial progress, and then the best of six

:49:40.:49:46.

go forwards towards the medals. It has been a cracking moguls Olympics

:49:47.:50:00.

so far for the Olympics. We have Alexandre Bilodeau and now Mikael

:50:01.:50:06.

Kingsbury, the first man to go is Per Spett, and out and out

:50:07.:50:12.

entertainer. You can probably tell. He is a man to man. He is ready to

:50:13.:50:19.

go. First out in the first round of the Olympic final, figures, Per

:50:20.:50:24.

Spett. The backflip, the iron cross, goes to work in the middle part of

:50:25.:50:28.

the chorus. This is solid, nothing wrong with this. He looks like he is

:50:29.:50:34.

skating with nothing to lose here, Per Spett. In control as he

:50:35.:50:39.

approaches the second kicker and launchers that Superman front slip,

:50:40.:50:46.

the signature move of his. He is on the pace time and he will score well

:50:47.:50:52.

on the time points. 25% of the mark for the time, 25% for the turns, 25%

:50:53.:51:09.

for the era, and 50% from the turns. His turns were shaky at times but

:51:10.:51:13.

not too bad. Flying forward, tucking in. The front flip. Tough move, well

:51:14.:51:26.

executed by the Swede. There are two Swedish competitors in a contest.

:51:27.:51:34.

21.81. Not bad at all. The first man on the Hill sets the target.

:51:35.:51:39.

Benjamin Cavet was born in the South of England. He lived in Sussex until

:51:40.:51:45.

he was ten, moved to France following his family, his dad, a ski

:51:46.:51:51.

instructor, decided to take up French nationality because of the

:51:52.:51:54.

facilities and training on offer. The French Englishman. First

:51:55.:52:01.

kicker. Backflip with two lateral twist. Now he is motoring. He is

:52:02.:52:09.

growing in confidence. He wants to make the final. This is brilliant

:52:10.:52:16.

skiing. An excellent jump off the second kicker. That will be the new

:52:17.:52:21.

league. No wonder the French coach is celebrating. Much to enjoy their

:52:22.:52:26.

four Benjamin Cavet. I think he got three twists in their

:52:27.:52:44.

which makes it a corked 1080, clearly raising the bar. That will

:52:45.:52:51.

score him high on the aerial marks, that is 25% of the score. There he

:52:52.:52:57.

goes off the bottom jump, looking for three again. Beautiful aerial

:52:58.:53:01.

manoeuvres from Benjamin Cavet of France, the only Frenchman in the

:53:02.:53:04.

final. They looked after for with the way things have gone. He has put

:53:05.:53:14.

down a cracker, 22.97. He leads the way, gold medal position for the

:53:15.:53:18.

moment. He needs to score a place in the top 12 to advance to the next

:53:19.:53:23.

round. The medals will be decided by the best six. Anything can happen.

:53:24.:53:28.

Next man, Nobuyuki Nishi, the 28-year-old. Here is his first jump.

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This is where he gets his work done, in the middle part of the course.

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Nothing wrong with this, so far. He just needs to maintain control. He

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blasts through the central part of the course. Slight tug towards the

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end, didn't straighten it out completely, but landed it safely.

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The standard is very high in these early stages.

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Nice start, just slightly tail heavy on landing. Look at these terms.

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High-definition Slo Mo shots. -- slow motion shots.

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Japanese coaches are really enjoying what they are seeing so far. 21.73,

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third place. First round of the men's moguls

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finals continues. Benjamin Cavet leads. Next up it is Ludvig

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Fjallstrom. Nicely landed. He is tearing through the bumps here.

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Getting his deeds on top rather than between them. Plenty of creativity.

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Backflip iron cross. 2013 junior world champion. Making his mark at

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senior level now. 20 years of age. The second Swedish competitors to

:55:53.:55:53.

go. Per Spett is in second. He needs to finish in the top 12 to

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progress to the second round of this final. Wonderful shots here.

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Thankfully the bumps have softened since the women's competition,

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allowing the skiers to blast through them and pick up excellent speed.

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The landing is forming part of the scores coming in. 19.83. He is in

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fourth. He will have to hope for a bit of luck if he is going to become

:56:36.:56:40.

part of the dozen that will progress. Lots of noise for the

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first of the three Russians, Aleksey Pavlenko, the 18-year-old from Saint

:56:48.:56:56.

Petersburg. Goes down on the left, high, big. Just a slight loss of

:56:57.:57:09.

balance, a couple of bumps. Nice compact movement. He skis on

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through, nice work. First of the Russians. Two more to come. He is

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the youngest at just 18. He seems to have saved his best for

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his arrival on the Olympic stage. Touched his knees on the backflip.

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Straight back into the rhythm. One too little twitches away from the

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shape and form their, but OK. Skis crossed, plenty to enjoy. The

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Russian coach is smiling. Pavlenko is into fourth position. The crowd

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don't like that much but it is OK. Then Cavet leads. -- Benjamin Cavet.

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The Russian attempt continues with Andrey Volkov. IP goes all stop

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round he goes. Full twisting back somersault, nicely landed. He is

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following from Mogul to Mogul. He goes for a big jump of the second

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kicker. Lands its sweetly. He is outside the pace time. Everything

:58:56.:58:59.

else seemed to fall into place. Nice, straight, true for his flight

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there. Took off early, he spun twice through. 720 platter lift. --

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laterally. The Russians struggling at the moment, fourth and fifth.

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Doesn't think that is good enough, it might not be. Only 12 of the 20

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go into the next round. This is Pavel Kolmakov from Kazakhstan, only

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17. The youngest man in the contest tonight. A full twisting back

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somersault, nicely landed. This is OK, coming down the central part of

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the course. Coming down the middle, plenty of turns. Front flip. That is

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the signature move of Per Spett. The landing wasn't as solid as he would

:00:34.:00:40.

have liked. He might get penalised tidy aerial judges. Let's have a

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look at the top jump. The landing there was OK. The turns were pretty

:00:51.:00:58.

solid. Just a few too many to slow him down. No real mistakes, apart

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from maybe this landing here. This is the second jump. Just got bounced

:01:08.:01:16.

slightly forward, over rotated. Benjamin Cavet the leader. He has

:01:17.:01:23.

gone into second place. That might be good enough to see him through to

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the top does, through to the second round. Ben Cavet lease for France.

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Kazakhstan, second. Per Spett third for Sweden. Jimi Salonen from

:01:34.:01:47.

Finland. Skiing at the Olympic Winter games for the first time. Off

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to a positive start. We follow him on the cable camera at the side of

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the course. He prepares to control himself for the second jump.

:02:06.:02:10.

Slightly tail heavy with his backside of the tales of his skis on

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landing but the judges will be pleased to see the extra element.

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The hand going down to grab the skis, through the rotational phase.

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Not bad at all. Started with the backflip iron cross. London was OK.

:02:29.:02:43.

-- his landing was OK. Got the grab in, right hand going down and

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clinging into this key. -- the ski. Good second jump. Pretty good all

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round. He just sat down over his ski. He is in seventh place. Ben

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Cavet leads for France, Pavel Kolmakov second, Per Spett for

:03:14.:03:21.

Sweden third. Jae-woo Choi from career. -- Korea.

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The 19-year-old out of the ledge at the top of the course, into his

:03:38.:03:44.

rhythm. That is a good jump, landed it sweetly. Plenty of rotation is

:03:45.:03:50.

going on. He is at the extreme right hand edge of the course. He needs to

:03:51.:03:55.

be careful but he has obviously picked out a good line. Final jump,

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high, floating, sweet landing. Good run. Within the pace time of 25.46.

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There was plenty to enjoy here. Good landing. Just slightly off-kilter.

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For a couple of the terms he was a passenger over the ends of his skis.

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Fabulous in these super slow motion shots. Possibly enough to take the

:04:34.:04:38.

lead away from Ben Cavet, possibly not. It was good enough for second

:04:39.:04:53.

place. 22.11. Ben Cavet leads for France, Jae-woo Choi, second. ,

:04:54.:05:04.

called -- parable, golf. Patrick Deneen is next. He bounced

:05:05.:05:24.

back with a brilliant second run. Here he goes. This is where he will

:05:25.:05:29.

motor, consistently the fastest man on the time in these top-level

:05:30.:05:36.

events. He is really moving through here. Second jump. The rights the

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just left his control for a nanosecond on landing. Wasn't for

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long. Might just affect his school. I don't think it will be good enough

:05:52.:05:54.

for the lead which belongs to Ben Cavet. After a good start, that's

:05:55.:06:07.

landing was good at the top. Looking for the next bump to continue the

:06:08.:06:13.

read them. There are nine turns. This is the part of the course where

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the contest is won and lost. Just went off to the side slightly. He

:06:25.:06:28.

will pay the price for that. It would be a good score, worthy of a

:06:29.:06:34.

top five. It is second for Patrick Deneen. Getting better all the time.

:06:35.:06:46.

Back to the top, coming thick and fast, this is Matt Graham, the

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fourth at the world championship, just missed a medal. 19 years of

:06:52.:07:00.

age. Matt Graham on his way, the first of two Australians, he will be

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followed by Brodie Summers. His first jump. The landing was pretty

:07:07.:07:10.

solid. Look at him riding the moguls. Straight back. Beautiful,

:07:11.:07:16.

calm upper body movement. Ripping it up here. Final jump, backflip, sweet

:07:17.:07:26.

landing, across the line and inside the pace time. Pretty solid

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all-round. The Australians will be happy with what they have seen. The

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standards tonight is incredible. We have yet to see the best in the

:07:36.:07:39.

world. None of the Canadians have gone yet. We have got the big guns,

:07:40.:07:44.

Mikael Kingsbury and Alexandre Bilodeau to go. We've got the best

:07:45.:07:56.

of the Russians to come also. That is great, a great shot, high above

:07:57.:08:03.

the ski slope, holding that iron cross as long as he dares to the

:08:04.:08:09.

backflip. What is the score for Matt Graham? It is good enough for

:08:10.:08:14.

second. Then Cabot holds onto the lead. -- Ben Cavett holds onto the

:08:15.:08:21.

lead. The second Aussie is ready to go,

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Brodie Summers is 20, from Perth. Off he goes. A gentleman with his

:08:29.:08:44.

ski Poles, sets up to the first kicker and a twisting back

:08:45.:08:49.

somersault. A good landing. Starting to warm up there, Brodie Summers.

:08:50.:08:59.

The Australian, Matt Graham, his compatriot, holding second place.

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The second jump. A bit tail heavy. His backside dropped onto the tale

:09:06.:09:10.

of his skis. He had to come back upright, and that's landing with

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count against him for sure. Let's look back at the first jump.

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Twisting back somersault. Lovely turns. Floating from

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bumper-to-bumper. Patches on the knees just to help the judges with

:09:32.:09:38.

their deliberations. And in iron cross thrown into that rotation at

:09:39.:09:41.

the end, but that is the landing that would have let him down, and he

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might just have a nervous wait to see if he is in the top dozen skiers

:09:47.:09:51.

heading into the second phase of the final. He is in seventh place at the

:09:52.:09:55.

moment, he will have to hope for some luck to go his way. And for

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some misfortune to head the rest of the skiers unfold tonight. Bradley

:10:03.:10:08.

Wilson, the second American involved. The last American to win

:10:09.:10:14.

the title, the only American to win the title, Jonny Moseley, 1998 in

:10:15.:10:22.

Nagano. Here goes Bradley Wilson, the younger brother of the 2010

:10:23.:10:26.

Olympic bronze medallist. He went way too big and way too ambitious,

:10:27.:10:32.

and going, fur potentially, a court ten of that first kicker. His chance

:10:33.:10:38.

has gone. -- going for potentially a court ten of the first kicker. That

:10:39.:10:45.

is unlucky for Bradley Wilson. The 21-year-old from park city, fourth

:10:46.:10:49.

in the overall World Cup standings at the end of last season. His

:10:50.:10:53.

Olympics will come to a close now. The standard is much too high to get

:10:54.:11:02.

away with a big mistake like that. Going for three lateral spins and

:11:03.:11:05.

over the tales of his skis, too far over, crash, bang.

:11:06.:11:17.

Second jump, the damage was already done by then.

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Just a formality to wait for this course to come through, and he would

:11:37.:11:43.

be at the bottom of the pile. -- wait for his scores to come

:11:44.:11:47.

through. His family are here, and clearly disappointed for the way

:11:48.:11:50.

that things worked out for Bradley Wilson tonight, the younger of the

:11:51.:11:55.

Wilson brothers. Byron Wilson was the medallist in 2010.

:11:56.:12:05.

Dmitriy Reiherd is next ago. His third Olympic Games. He is ready to

:12:06.:12:22.

go. He gets the count. The timing beeps as he pushes over the starting

:12:23.:12:27.

legend goes for the first jump. He lands securely enough and now he

:12:28.:12:33.

goes to work. He opens the throttle and his knees do their stuff between

:12:34.:12:37.

the bumps. Solid turns from top to bottom. Has he got around on that

:12:38.:12:44.

second jump? Just done well to settle up the landing, but the

:12:45.:12:51.

aerial manoeuvre was pretty solid. The Kazakhstan team are here to

:12:52.:12:57.

support Dmitriy Reiherd. There are other competitors here, there are

:12:58.:13:03.

other competitor is Pavel Kolmakov. Can they get two entry to the next

:13:04.:13:06.

stage of the final? Good turns. So, how have the judges gone for the

:13:07.:13:33.

score with Dmitriy Reiherd? They have given in top spot. The

:13:34.:13:38.

difference of opinion between the aerial judges, and he moves into

:13:39.:13:43.

first position ahead of Benjamin Cavet.

:13:44.:13:58.

Philippe Marquis is up next from Canada. His brother finished fourth

:13:59.:14:08.

at the last Olympic Winter games. A twisting back somersault, that was

:14:09.:14:12.

beautifully executed. Look at his knees, thumping away. Philippe

:14:13.:14:21.

Marquis is skiing like a dream. Second manoeuvre, it is a good one,

:14:22.:14:25.

not sure he can fully engage with that, but he is happy with his run.

:14:26.:14:32.

Very much on top of his game. The time as good as well. Under 25

:14:33.:14:39.

seconds, so within the pace time, which is 25.46. Canada still have

:14:40.:14:43.

three to come, and Philippe Marquis has really, really raise the bar.

:14:44.:14:48.

Delighted with how that went, and you can see some of the highlights.

:14:49.:14:52.

The Canadians have a wonderful history in freestyle aerials. That

:14:53.:14:57.

could be worth Philippe Marquis has got that skill to pull off such a

:14:58.:15:03.

beautiful, full twisting back somersault. This is the second

:15:04.:15:08.

manoeuvre. Starting to move his body through. Did not quite make the grab

:15:09.:15:14.

to add to the degree of difficulty, but director that is good enough.

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Fabulous skiing. Fast, aggressive, and first! Philippe Marquis news to

:15:21.:15:31.

the top of the pile, Dmitriy Reiherd is second, Benjamin Cavet is third.

:15:32.:15:35.

Five left to come. Here we go. Kicks off with a full

:15:36.:15:59.

twisting back somersault and lands nicely. Look at him go, racing

:16:00.:16:06.

through the moguls. The 22-year-old from Canada, beautiful skiing,

:16:07.:16:10.

looking to match Philippe Marquis. Sets up the final jump. 1080 attempt

:16:11.:16:17.

again and lands its weekly. Just outside of the pace time. Slows down

:16:18.:16:24.

a fraction before launching that massive second jump. Happy with the

:16:25.:16:34.

result. He has that a good fan club year. Solid of the first kicker with

:16:35.:16:48.

a full twisting back somersault. Exquisite at times, good enough to

:16:49.:16:52.

possibly take the lead away from Philippe Marquis. Slowed himself

:16:53.:17:02.

down a fraction beforehand. A beautiful 1080 in the end. And just

:17:03.:17:06.

not a perfect landing, but surely, top three. Possibly first position,

:17:07.:17:12.

second position! He will progress to the next stage. He will be part of

:17:13.:17:22.

the big 12 moving through. A good night with the Canadians. A great

:17:23.:17:31.

Olympic venue this, for them. Sho Endo is the next person to go.

:17:32.:17:36.

Seventh in Vancouver four years ago. The score to beat is 24.32. Sho

:17:37.:17:45.

Endo, struggling with the first few turns, that wasn't so clever. He

:17:46.:17:50.

will really need to make the most of the money turns at the centre of

:17:51.:17:54.

this course. Sho Endo, trying to make up for the early mistake, not

:17:55.:17:58.

often you see them make a mistake before the first kicker and he has

:17:59.:18:04.

to make sure of this final jump. He puts it down and skis home. He is

:18:05.:18:08.

not celebrating. I think he knows that that first mistake before the

:18:09.:18:12.

first kicker might just kick him out. Let us see. There was much too

:18:13.:18:19.

enjoyed, but things did not go to plan coming out at the start. Into a

:18:20.:18:24.

snowplough briefly before he took off on the first kicker. Then he had

:18:25.:18:30.

them sideways. The turns of the central part of his run, they were

:18:31.:18:37.

good for the most part. And here is the final jump.

:18:38.:18:46.

A double cork with a solid landing. Sho Endo waiting for his scores, how

:18:47.:18:59.

heavy Willie BP Miller is? -- will he be penalised? He is on the cusp

:19:00.:19:11.

at the moment. He would have to hope, it is a big hope. He would

:19:12.:19:20.

have to hope that one of the last few fails to finish. Now, the big

:19:21.:19:32.

Dave, Alexandr Smyshlyaev. Into the first few turns. Full twisting back

:19:33.:19:47.

somersault. Explosive action from Alexandr Smyshlyaev. The second

:19:48.:19:50.

kicker coming. He has to have control. He goes for the region 's

:19:51.:19:59.

double grab and skis home in a time of 25.14, within the pace time. Nice

:20:00.:20:08.

work. Should be enough to see him through to the next phase of the

:20:09.:20:09.

final. Alexandr Smyshlyaev. The other Russians are off the pace

:20:10.:20:23.

so he might be the only representative if this was good

:20:24.:20:29.

enough for a top five finish and a guarantee of moving forward. Look at

:20:30.:20:35.

that, got the grab on both skis, wonderful ability. That will stretch

:20:36.:20:43.

your hamstrings. He is looking to be 24.32. He leads the way. Counts for

:20:44.:20:53.

nothing at the moment, the scores will be scrapped, start fresh campus

:20:54.:20:57.

in round two of the final. That has moved the standard up a few notches

:20:58.:21:03.

and brought great excitement to the crowd. Alexandr Smyshlyaev leads the

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way. Mikael Kingsbury is next to go. World champion followed by the big

:21:19.:21:23.

champion. He has also won three of the six world cups that have taken

:21:24.:21:30.

place. Bilodeau has taken the other three. Smooth and sweet from the

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Kyle Kingsbury of Canada, 21 years of age. -- ILM 's brief.

:21:38.:21:49.

He lands sweetly again. He is ranked as the best in the world. At the end

:21:50.:22:03.

of last season. Just trails his great rival Alex Bilodeau in the

:22:04.:22:08.

World Cup stand coming into this Olympic Games. Look at the

:22:09.:22:17.

concentration on his face. Fully focused with the clear lenses in his

:22:18.:22:26.

goggles. He tucks his body into Ray Tate, makes sure he gets the lateral

:22:27.:22:39.

twist. -- in two rotate. He has got third. Final man on the hill in the

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first round here, Alex Bilodeau. 26-year-old Olympic champion. No one

:22:55.:23:00.

has ever successfully defended an Olympics bumps title since it was

:23:01.:23:03.

introduced into the Olympic programme in Albertville. Nobody has

:23:04.:23:13.

ever done it twice in a row. Bilodeau hoping to break that record

:23:14.:23:20.

now. And become the first man to successfully win two in a row but it

:23:21.:23:23.

will not happen with that sort of form. He will have to make up for

:23:24.:23:33.

that. He has recovered his balance and poise. He has got to go big. It

:23:34.:23:39.

is big. The landing is better. The damage might have been done but it

:23:40.:23:43.

might still be enough for a place in the top 12 two advanced to the next

:23:44.:23:48.

round. Reputation goes a long way in these parts. -- to advance. Getting

:23:49.:23:59.

those lateral twist in. He starts to spot the landing but over rotate. --

:24:00.:24:09.

rotates. Surfing his way out of trouble through the slush. More

:24:10.:24:14.

problems. The judges might just penalised him. It will be dreadful

:24:15.:24:21.

if we lost the defending champion here. Surely they will give him the

:24:22.:24:33.

benefit of the doubt. He will continue, he is in eighth place. A

:24:34.:24:37.

fresh canvas heading into the second round. He will have to learn from

:24:38.:24:43.

that mistake, I am sure he will, he has got all the experience. What a

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start to the final of the men's moguls as the cause workers do their

:24:49.:24:53.

stuff, smoothing out the kickers. -- course workers. Alexandr Smyshlyaev

:24:54.:25:08.

leads the way. These ones will join the next two names on the second

:25:09.:25:12.

page. They will be the men advancing to the second round. Pavel Kolmakov

:25:13.:25:21.

and pears wept. We will get to see the mountain man from Sweden go

:25:22.:25:31.

again. -- Per Spett. CLARE BALDING: Graham Bell is there watching the

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men's moguls and a couple of things I must ask about. Tell me the story

:25:35.:25:40.

about Ben Cavet and why he is competing for France rather than

:25:41.:25:45.

Great Britain? It is a difficult situation. It is

:25:46.:25:49.

happening more and more. Because we don't really have a programme

:25:50.:25:54.

funding moguls, we don't have a programme funding alpine either, it

:25:55.:25:59.

means when kids are growing up in France or in America, they have got

:26:00.:26:03.

to make a choice as to which nation they actually go with. A lot of the

:26:04.:26:07.

time they are better off if they can going with the nation they are

:26:08.:26:11.

growing up with. We are seeing a classic case now. A classic case of

:26:12.:26:17.

the skier who has grown up in France and is racing for France, because

:26:18.:26:21.

they are the nation that have supported him and unless we can get

:26:22.:26:24.

a system in place where we can identify these guys when they are

:26:25.:26:29.

early and identify talent early, we will not be able to pick up on that

:26:30.:26:32.

and we will lose them to other nations. My brother has a daughter

:26:33.:26:38.

in North America, she may end up racing for the Americans.

:26:39.:26:44.

The other thing I wanted to ask about, we are just looking at Ben

:26:45.:26:49.

Cavet now in action, Alex Bilodeau, is he lucky to have made it through?

:26:50.:26:57.

When he made the mistake he really put the pedal down and absolutely

:26:58.:27:03.

let it rip between the two kickers. That was what boosted his core

:27:04.:27:06.

back-up. His group three by the skin of his teeth. The scores are all

:27:07.:27:15.

wiped out. -- he scraped through. Just a bit of first one nervous in

:27:16.:27:18.

the final. What sort of pressure does this

:27:19.:27:27.

skiing put on your body, particularly your knees? Can it be

:27:28.:27:33.

only done by youngsters? Surprisingly there are people who do

:27:34.:27:37.

manage to keep their bodies in shape and continue to do it but a lot of

:27:38.:27:42.

knees and lower back, you need good core strength. It takes an awful lot

:27:43.:27:45.

of hand and lower back, you need good core strength. It takes an

:27:46.:27:49.

awful lot of handing on the body. Not something for me to be going up

:27:50.:27:52.

and doing. I do think either of us could do

:27:53.:27:57.

that. I couldn't, because I don't ski well enough. Alex Bilodeau says

:27:58.:28:01.

he wants to move on in life after these Olympics. He has named this as

:28:02.:28:05.

his retirement year and says he has other goals he wants to achieve.

:28:06.:28:16.

He is raining Olympian bash he is the reigning Olympic champion. His

:28:17.:28:22.

protege watching him compete in Vancouver, he upped the bar, and

:28:23.:28:33.

Alex Bilodeau has had a hard job of taking on Kingsbury and catching him

:28:34.:28:37.

up. He has caught him up this year. There have been six World Cup races.

:28:38.:28:42.

The victories have all been shared between the two Canadians. Bilodeau

:28:43.:28:47.

is on the ascendancy so it should be interesting when we get to the

:28:48.:28:50.

final. And having the Russian in their will add to a bit of an must

:28:51.:28:58.

fear in the finish area. -- a bit of atmosphere. You can pick up an

:28:59.:29:02.

injury very easily. We have got the men's Slopestyle skiing, not. --

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coming up. Jamie has had a nasty crash in training, we don't know the

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state of his injury. Fingers crossed we can work some magic.

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We can hopefully get him training and get him safely through to

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compete on Thursday. And Katie Summerhayes, she is

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competing tomorrow. She in good shape?

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She is in good shape, looking forward to it, raring to go.

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Encouraged by the performance of Jenny Jones, she was at the finish

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area watching, jumping up and down with delight. Great to watch her

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competing tomorrow. She will be starting early doors so if you fancy

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turning on for the qualifying it will be early in the morning back in

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the UK. He would go, my personal favourite,

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Per Spett going first. A little mistake before the first

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kicker but he made the most of his time in the. Here he comes, the

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mountain man who spends the off-season down a mine ironing for

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iron ore -- mining for iron ore. His Olympic Games and is right here. He

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pulls off the trademark Superman front flip to keep the crowds happy.

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He realised he was losing control. First to go in the first round of

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the final. He held his place in the top 12, but he will go no further.

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First jump, backflip iron cross with a grab in front of the toe piece

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landing on his left ski. Suddenly was a passenger, caught out by one

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of these ruts. They have been on the course in numbers softening the

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landing area trying to keep the course as fair as possible. He was

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still able to produce his trademark signature jump. Superman with a

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front flip, but it is over now. Only six goes through and he will not be

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one of them. 13.47. That leads the way for the

:31:29.:31:40.

moment, but not for long, I am sure. Pavel Kolmakov from Kazakhstan, the

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17-year-old, what a competition he has had so far. He is on his way,

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performing way beyond anything we have seen at World Cup level

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throughout the season. Looking for a place in the final six. Heavy

:32:10.:32:16.

landing. Right under his feet. Managed to pick himself back-up.

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Here we go. These terms are pretty solid, he is working hard. -- turns.

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Superman front flip. Good enough to take the lead. How long he will hold

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it depends on what the others have up their sleeve. Some of them will

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have held something in reserve for this next round. Heavy landing.

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A huge workrate in the middle part of the course. Round he went. Second

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jump. Good enough for the lead. It will not be a very big score though.

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He needs a lots of luck to go any further. Jae-woo Choi is next.

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Really exciting to watch. Final adjustments. He is ready to

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ski. He hopes it isn't the last time. He needs to cruise through

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here, get it right. Two lateral turns. Got himself in a bit of

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trouble. He is out of the course and out of the contest. That is an awful

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long way to come to be eliminated at this stage. His skis got crossed

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shortly after he has settled into the rhythm of the bumps after the

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first kicker, puts down a lovely jump to showboat at the end of the

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run. He skied out of the course so he will be disqualified. That is

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where it ends. Started pretty well with the mistake in the first run

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approaching the first kicker. Better this time. The first jump was landed

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pretty solidly. Then got his ski tips crossed for a split second. The

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right ski went off on its own. He was losing control and balance. A

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few injuries during the course of qualification. Big crashes. He

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decided self preservation was the order of the day and decided to put

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on the brakes. It is over for him. Pavel Kolmakov second, , I beg your

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pardon, he leads. We will head back to the top. Now, Patrick Deneen,

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bronze medallist previously. Regularly the fastest man from top

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to bottom. Let us see what he has got here. Looking for a top six. The

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first rotation, beautifully done. Now, his knees are going to work,

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pumping them like pistons, driving through the turns. Very little from

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side to side. The backflip with an iron cross and the speed is a

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men's. 24 dead, that is the second and a half quicker than the pace

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time. He is regularly the fastest man from top to bottom, and in the

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meantime, goodness knows how many turn to put in. This is his first

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court 720, a little bit scruffy. The turns were great. Leading position

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at the moment for Patrick Deneen. How big with his lead be? -- will

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his lead be? That might be enough to see him through to the final six, he

:36:49.:36:52.

will have to see what happens with the rest of them. Four down, a ago.

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Patrick Deneen is in the lead, Pavel Kolmakov in second, purse better

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still hanging in there, but it will not last for a long, I believe.

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Alexandre Bilodeau, starting uncharacteristically earlier for

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him. -- early frame. First few turns are solid, a beautiful landing this

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time. Nothing wrong with this from Alexandre Bilodeau, the Canadian who

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trains away from the Canadian team. He has made a mass of one turn, that

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is all. He gets a grab on the tail of his skis, did beautiful run from

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Alexandre Bilodeau, and starting to move up through big ears. Much

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happier with that run down the run he had ten minutes ago when he was

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really in trouble. This is the first jump, rotating laterally. Looking

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further landing. It was good this time. That is where it went wrong in

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the first run. One little diversion, one little mistake, but it was

:38:12.:38:15.

pretty solid throughout. Should be good enough for first second as he

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went through the big iron cross and attempted grab. 23.32 to beat. If he

:38:21.:38:29.

is better than that, he would be leading the way, and that is what he

:38:30.:38:35.

has got. Alexandre Bilodeau is back in the game, and he is in the lead,

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Patrick Dineen second. -- Patrick Deneen.

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Here is the last Australian standing. Matt Graham, getting a bit

:38:54.:39:03.

of a run-up the start. Looking for some speed of the lead and right at

:39:04.:39:07.

the outer ledge of the course which is ten metres ride. -- wide. Ripping

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through these moguls, he prefers this line on the left. He floats it

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round, landed perfectly, and excellent run again from Matt

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Graham. Skiing so consistently here tonight. Just 19 years of age. Just

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missed a medal last winter in Norway at the world Championships. Much too

:39:35.:39:44.

enjoyed. Silhouetted against the night sky, wonderful shots of the

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slushy bombs exploding with the pressure of the skis carving

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through. Matt Graham has given himself a real chance of moving

:39:55.:39:58.

through with the rest of the best six to the final-round, to the medal

:39:59.:40:08.

ski off here. It is third, Alexandre Bilodeau leads, Patrick Deneen is

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second. Here is the Englishman who races for France who skis for

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France, Benjamin Cavet. He is from the south of England. The only

:40:24.:40:31.

Frenchman in the contest, and he is on his way. Benjamin Cavet, skiing

:40:32.:40:37.

for France here. First aerial, it is a good one. Soft and sweet on the

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landing, and this is her he has done his best. So relaxed. Did not start

:40:43.:40:47.

the contest well tonight. He bounced back with a brilliant second run.

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The second kicker is coming, he has got down! Baking some turns, it is

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slow on the clock, but otherwise, it is beautiful. He is above the pace

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time. Where will Benjamin Cavet's score

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put him? Five left to come after the Frenchman. The coach liked it. It

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was pretty solid from top to bottom. The top three beckons here.

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Surely, the top three for Benjamin Cavet. No, it is a top four. Just a

:41:45.:41:52.

funeral best moments on the way down. Per Spett is the man on the

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cusp again, he is in sixth place. We have four men latched to come, so

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only Alexandre Bilodeau and Patrick Deneen are guaranteed a place in the

:42:10.:42:14.

final six of the moment. Some nervous skiers at the bottom of the

:42:15.:42:20.

course as we look at the next of the skiers from Kazakhstan, and Dmitriy

:42:21.:42:21.

Reiherd. This is good, the knees and the skis

:42:22.:42:34.

absolutely ripping through here. The second jump, pulling off the big

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one. He banks a feud turns and he crosses the line in 24.71, well

:42:40.:42:45.

inside the pace. -- he banks of U-turns.

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Supporters and fellow members of the Kazakhstan team, the crowd is

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strangely quiet apart from the Kazakhstan supporters. They are

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saving their noise for Alexandr Smyshlyaev, the last Russian to go

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in this round of 12. Half will go through with a shot at the medal,

:43:10.:43:13.

the other half will have to watch from the sidelines. A cork 720 to

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finish. Beautiful skiing from Dmitriy Reiherd who have gone into

:43:27.:43:31.

second position. That puts guaranteed into the top six through

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to the final phase, Alexandre Bilodeau leads, Patrick Deneen is in

:43:37.:43:37.

third. Gagnon is ready to go now, the

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22-year-old from Quebec. He is ready to ski. Exciting, he explodes in,

:43:54.:44:02.

and inventive skier. A full twisted back somersault and beautifully

:44:03.:44:06.

floated with wonderful form in the air and a perfect landing. Look at

:44:07.:44:14.

him carving it up here, destructive, beautiful skiing from Gagnon. Over

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the final kicker and gets the landing, one of the best of the

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night from Gagnon. The Canadians are live here tonight. Alexandre

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Bilodeau leads, Gagnon might just move ahead of him, and they are

:44:31.:44:38.

still waiting for Kingsbury and is Philippe Marquis yet to come.

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Kingsbury, Philippe Marquis and Alexandr Smyshlyaev the last three

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left to go. Facilitating the rapid rotation is all the way through. A

:44:55.:44:59.

big degree of difficulty with these aerial manoeuvrings. So, that might

:45:00.:45:07.

just be the new leader, let us see what the judges make of it, yes,

:45:08.:45:11.

first position! If it stays like that, he will be last to go in the

:45:12.:45:21.

final-round with a scorer of 24.16. The Canadians are still looking for

:45:22.:45:24.

a clean sweep your tonight, they still have got two to come, and here

:45:25.:45:33.

is the next one. Mikael Kingsbury. He is ready to go. The 21-year-old,

:45:34.:45:39.

second in the World Cup standings, the world champion, three World Cup

:45:40.:45:44.

wins this season, and going big on the first jump and a perfect

:45:45.:45:49.

landing. Look at his back, it is rock-solid and steady and his

:45:50.:45:55.

shoulders are barely moving, and his head is just focused forward and it

:45:56.:45:58.

is all happening with his hands and below the waist. Barely a movement

:45:59.:46:02.

out of the perfect moguls skiing. Textbook, beautiful skiing from

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Mikael Kingsbury. He might just raise the bar again, and maybe we

:46:08.:46:13.

will have a Canadian one, and maybe we will have a Canadian one, two,

:46:14.:46:16.

three at the end of this penultimate round of the final. The score to

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beat is 21.46, I imagine he would be in the top three with that. I

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imagine Dmitriy Reiherd will be knocked down a place. This is where

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the work really counts. Everything above the waist is just solid and

:46:36.:46:44.

relaxed and stable. I think that is good enough for a good position --

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first position. With just Philippe Marquis and Alexandr Smyshlyaev to

:46:55.:46:58.

come, Kingsbury is in the lead. Getting better and better. Kingsbury

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is in the lead, Gagnon second, Alexandre Bilodeau was in third.

:47:07.:47:11.

Another comedian coming, Philippe Marquis. -- another Canadian.

:47:12.:47:21.

Wonderful depth of talent within the men and women's moguls skiing in the

:47:22.:47:30.

Canadian cop, and here goes. A full, twisting back somersault. A little

:47:31.:47:36.

wild at times, he is certainly pushing the limits here. The limits

:47:37.:47:40.

of control, the limits of speed. Philippe Marquis, ripping it up, the

:47:41.:47:45.

final jump, Roti goes! A solid landing, will that be enough with

:47:46.:47:51.

the top six? The Canadians holding first, second, third. At the moment,

:47:52.:47:59.

Kazakhstan have fourth. The Australian is the man waiting

:48:00.:48:02.

nervously now, he could be pushed out of the final by this performance

:48:03.:48:07.

from Philippe Marquis. It wasn't perfect, but it was fast and it was

:48:08.:48:15.

loose. A little bit to lose at times. The Canadians everywhere,

:48:16.:48:23.

first, second and third, will they have four of the final six

:48:24.:48:29.

contenders? In which case, they will be guaranteed a medal. Fingers

:48:30.:48:35.

crossed. Fingers crossed Philippe Marquis and they are taking their

:48:36.:48:40.

time to collate his score and he is not going any further. He has not

:48:41.:48:46.

quite done enough. It was a little bit too loose for the judges. And

:48:47.:48:50.

relief format Graham who hold fonts to sixth position. -- relief for

:48:51.:48:57.

Matt Graham. And finally, it is the Russian, Alexandr Smyshlyaev. He has

:48:58.:49:03.

been waiting patiently at the top. So, it is still Matt Graham who is

:49:04.:49:09.

on the cusp of progressing and going for a medal or watching from the

:49:10.:49:13.

sidelines, it depends on what Alexandr Smyshlyaev can produce

:49:14.:49:17.

here. The noise level is rising at the foot of the course as he comes

:49:18.:49:23.

off the ledge. He makes the first of the terms and floating around a

:49:24.:49:29.

full, twisting back somersault. The Tranter starting to work and this is

:49:30.:49:36.

good scheme from the Russian. It is good enough. No mistakes so far. If

:49:37.:49:41.

he nailed the final jump, he would be going forward. Great skiing for

:49:42.:49:48.

the Russian. I am not sure it is good enough to take away the lead

:49:49.:49:54.

from Kingsbury. But surely, we will see the Russian through to the top

:49:55.:49:59.

six and skiing for a chance of a medal here tonight. Kingsbury is in

:50:00.:50:05.

the lead, Gagnon second, Alexandre Bilodeau was in third. Matt Graham

:50:06.:50:13.

is not safe in sixth position, you could be dislodged by Alexander

:50:14.:50:15.

Resch the -- by Alexandr Smyshlyaev. It has got to be a top six. Yes, he

:50:16.:50:44.

is... He will play no further part. Three Canadians, a Russian, a

:50:45.:50:53.

Kazakhstan skier and un-American. Those are the athletes going through

:50:54.:50:57.

to the final phase of the men's moguls final. It's shaping up

:50:58.:51:09.

beautifully here. The best of is Kingsbury.

:51:10.:51:19.

These skiers will do battle for the three available Olympic medals.

:51:20.:51:27.

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:51:28.:51:31.

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:51:32.:51:34.

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