Day 4, Part 2 Winter Olympics

Welcome back. That is if you were watching on BBC Two. If you are new

to us, good afternoon. It is a bit overcast here. There is nothing dull

about what is happening in the Ice Cube curling centre. It is a crucial

match for the British team who had he makes day yesterday, winning

against Russia and losing against Sweden.

It has improved since you are with us a few minutes ago. We were 5-3

down, but a mistake from the man who has been playing so well for Germany

gave David Murdoch the opportunity to take the two and square the match

at 5-5. That is a real bonus for the British team. Felix Schulze had been

playing well up until that point. Dave Murdoch played a blinder. That

gave him the opportunity to take his two and tie the game. It is amazing,

it can be an odd shot. That will have raised their shoulders.

Sometimes it takes one little change in the end and the control will flip

to the other side. This has been a tight match and it is a match in

which Germany have the last stone advantage. Germany shooting 79%,

Britain 78%. The boys have been putting a lot of pressure on the

German boys. They were coming up with the answers time and again and

that is the first mistake we have seen from Germany. I do not expect

it will be happening all the time because they are still playing very

well. It will go right down to the wire. If you were at the German

skip, to wrestle momentum, would you think about carrying through until

the next day and, or do you take advantage and hope you do well in

the next two ends? The German team have the hammer in this end, but

unfortunately we have two, unfortunately for them, we have two

stones in here and if it continues like this even will have done a good

end -- David Murdoch. F they are not going to score two or more, they

would preferred to carry the end over. I have seen the momentum

change. He looks quite perplexed. Their shots were coming off every

time earlier in the match. That has balanced out. It can be a game of

patience. These guys, albeit they were trying hard, they have waited

patiently and not change their game plan. In the second half of the game

we have seen a couple of twos being scored. Another good shot from Greg

Drummond. We have to make sure we keep enough distance between them to

stop Germany playing a double as that would be to their advantage and

they would try to run the end out and not score and take the hammer

over to the next end. We talk about the hammer which means having the

last stone. It is a great atmosphere as Russia are playing next to the

British match and are currently down 7-5 to Norway. China leading USA by

three. Sweden leading Canada by two. Just needs Tuesday in here. If there

is anybody out there who has any questions for us, send them in to

the BBC. Do not make men -- mine hard. Away from the ice he is a very

successful businessman who decided he wanted to resurrect his Olympic

dream and he has been away from the scored for -- the spot for 15 years.

Playing third. Felix Schulze until the previous end had been doing very

well. That is David Murdoch's mum and dad. Not paying attention! That

is quiet confidence. You might think they are cheering for David Murdoch,

they are not. The atmosphere in here has been pretty good, they have been

respectful of the other matches. I think Germany are happy to come

down and catch the stone and roll across to the other side. It was

such a poor shot that he played at the end of the previous end and that

is going to nag at him. It is a shame because it is one shot out of

many so far. He is asking for a freeze. A freeze

at this stage in the game is not a bad call, he has last stone, it is

almost a get out of jail free card. He can freeze down to the red on the

left-hand side. He has to freeze with no space between them or David

Murdoch will be able to spend both of them out, but it is worth a try

because he has last stone to pull out of anything that gets

difficult. He has asked him to move the brush out another couple of

inches. He looks nervous having looked confident earlier. Turning

the curling stone clockwise. It should rotate. Across to the right.

This needs to, round Arlott. -- come round. They are saying OK, but it is

not really. He is saying he thought the line was right but I am sitting

behind it. I think he was just too heavy. If he had played later, the

boys could maybe have swept it in. This will be an easy chip out for

David Murdoch. If they can force the one, this will be a result

considering the position they were in.

I think they are going to see Felix play a similar shot. His last couple

of shots have been particularly poor. There are two red stones which

should act as backing. The way things are going for him, he would

slide right between those two. Sometimes it can be the biggest

space in the world. He has to remember how he was playing

earlier. His mannerisms, you can see him breathing. They have taken more

eyes because he wants to come into the blue circles in the centre of

the house. This looks as if it is going to come nicely. I think he was

a little nervous, but he takes the one and that puts Germany back in

the lead. Germany with two ends to go lead by 6-5. Blank, we heard.

David Murdoch will be happy to blank this end and take the hammer going

down the 10th. I think they have done well to get themselves into

this position because modelling them was definitely with Germany

earlier. -- momentum. Got a bonus two in the seventh end and now a

chance to maintain that sort of control, even though they are one

down, it is not a bad decision. It is easier said than done to say, get

your two in the 10th. I think Felix Schulze is the man they will want to

put pressure on. Sven Goldemann getting things underway for

Germany. The German lead playing a shot that

sits just outside of the house which is a good shot for the lead to use

as protection as the game goes on. Sitting in what we call the Freegard

zone, the opposition are not allowed to remove the stones out of play

until after the first two players have played, the lead on either

team. Michael Goodfellow did not quite get out to the stick to get

the right line to comment behind that and he had tapped it full.

Sven being asked to play a takeout. He will still want to sit high of

the rings. Once again, that is out of the house, and David cannot

remove these stones from play. He will ask Michael Goodfellow to try

to come round, in behind them. If Germany, they know that Britain,

I am sure with a third, they wanted to blank the end. What is the

strategy for the team, is there anything you can do to try to negate

that? Germany will try to get as many stones upfront and into the

centre of the house. To blank the end, Great Britain will have to play

some big doubles and some raised takeouts. It isn't always as easy as

they say. Christopher Bartsch, he started the

game while. Similarly, the last couple of friends, not quite as

accurate. This should be fairly straightforward. -- the last couple

of ends. David, now, going to ask to clear

these two German stones at the front of the house, the ones that were not

allowed to be hit out of play until after the second player comes into

play. Scott Andrews can hopefully lift both these stones. A nice shot.

Rolling to the top of the house. A good shot.

I have seen instances, Steve, where a team may have a shot at the house

and the potential to draw another one in, and they would should -- hit

someone out. -- hit that one out. That is when tactics come into play.

You must have been reading my mind, I was going to ask you to explain

that. As you say, then you are on the flip side of the coin, because

you go into last end but given the hammer back. These teams are so

good. It is like the end of a 1500m, don't hit the front too early, time

your run right. It is about patients. -- patience. I haven't

seen too many European teams doing that, but a lot of Canadian teams

would call that shot. They are having to work that hard.

I'm not sure it has enough legs. Just clipped the front stone but it

has finished in not too bad a position. Sven Goldemann is 44, he

will not be thanking them for making him sweep that hard. And they had to

leave it for the momentum, to come in.

Greg Drummond, being asked to do a similar shot. Again, our guys are

having to dig in really hard. This is pulling all the time.

It caught the top, that is really disappointing. These two shots are

sitting pretty level but that gives the Germans an opportunity to catch

the inside of one of the Reds, and roll across.

Watching that, the British stone almost seemed to come in even more

than the German one had done previously. It is up to how fast the

player releases the stones at the other end.

The skip here, John Jahr, trying to take these two at. To sit behind the

front stone. Trying hard to hold the shot.

It tapped that red. I have to say, I don't think we are going to be

blanking this end now. They have done well. If you know the

opposition, what they are trying to do. It is OK having a guy -- a game

plan, but they have played their shots. Strategy or the tactics of

the game, unless you are executing the shots to that strategy you are

playing, it sometimes doesn't always work. Trying to move these rocks

around, it only takes one. That was unfortunate. They would have liked

to shift another of those yellow stones in there. He knows, he is

annoyed with himself. What they definitely do not want is

Germany getting a steel here. -- steal. Greg Drummond saying the good

thing is the German team are coming in. They are going to try and

actually remove this red stone. Remove it out of the house. Maybe

not quite like that. But that gives the opportunity of Great Britain,

because the stones are all in the house, to throw some heavy granite

at it and removed two or three shots. You could potentially call

their bluff and put another close guard. It feels like they may be

playing into our boys's hands at the minute.

A couple of critical shots coming up for both teams. He did well there

again. David Murdoch has some difficult choices to make now.

It is not going to be easy to move them more the round. Not at all.

The question is, can he get them all going? I was going to say, he will

have to come in with a lot of weight. He has two more stones.

I think, the way the angles are, one of them is going to stay, or jam.

We really would have to be throwing some granite at that. As Greg said

that, whatever the result is, they will maybe have two open up this

forfeit -- four foot now. Move the top two, that has to be the

minimum. They are causing the bother. The boys were looking at

trying to lift all three. They would have to hit the right-hand side of

the top stone. Then you will roll out the house and have no

advantage. They have made the decision to hit, hopefully, the

stone will sit just where the brush is sitting at the top of the house,

and remove the top two. Really coming down to the wire. Of

course, every match is important. You set your target at the beginning

of the week. To get into the top four. This is a match that Great

Britain desperately wants to win. They are in with a chance. Murdoch

with his penultimate stone. Needing to move those German stones outcome

he did well there. That is a great result for him. And

he has left the shooter at the top of the house which was even more

important. It would have been really nice if

that stone near the T9 had gone out. Just hanging on. -- stone near

the T-line. It depends what Schulze plays here.

He will try to run this red back onto the back bread. And lift the

two shots -- on to the back red. He will want to lie in the house as

well. Actually... Unlucky, there. He still

leaves himself lying to shots, and he is going to make us have 2... --

have to... Forced them to take the one here. We were hoping either to

score a two, or blank the end. Now we have been forced to a one. If

Dave makes this without the hammer...

This end, not quite turning out as intended. That is as much down to

good play from Germany as anything else. So, Dave Murdoch, the British

skip, doing what he has been doing very well yesterday and today,

playing a nice draw. Doing just enough to take the one

shot. That is really unfortunate for us. Dave played a cracker of a shot,

only to have it followed up by Felix who once again played another good

shot, forcing us to take a one. So, it is all tied after nine ends.

Germany, crucially, have the hammer going into the 10th and final end.

The British quartet are really up against it here. But, as we have

just seen, they are playing well. They might have a chance.

These boys know what they have to do. Leave a lot of short stones in

play, make it difficult for the German team to remove them. Then

bring some round behind it and steal the end. Not the easiest thing to do

but they have practised this time and again. They just have to see if

it is going to come off in this end.

There the school. The percentages, 80% for both teams, shooting exactly

the same. It has been a tight match all the way through. A little error

on each side. Occasionally letting the opposition in. By and large,

they have been very well matched. We spoke about everybody's position

in the team. Michael Goodfellow here, he may well be the lead in the

first -- and the first player to throw, but it is Kiki places these

stones in the right position in order for the boys to follow their

game plan. That is a great shot from Michael. A

tip is where they want to tip it over the edge. This does not look as

if it is pulling in after. They will not be too disappointed with that.

You have to make sure you are playing heavy enough that you are

not going to be left lying out. Is a barrier to them to get to it. They

have to give it a go. We need another short stone from Michael. We

wanted to be Street in line with another space. That is two excellent

stones if we want to have a steel here -- steal. It is a bit like

chess. The opposition know exactly what you are doing as well. I am not

a big chess player, but maybe it is like checkmate. They are going to

put it in the house and that is another good shot. There has been

the odd slack shot during the game but it has been a good game. Without

re-entering anything, this game could go either way, there is every

prospect of a win, if it is a defeat, they will have played Russia

and Germany who they would have thought they would have. There is an

interesting much going on between Canada and Sweden which is tied at

6-6 and Sweden have the hammer in the final end so that would put to

-- Canada in a position they would not expect to be end. All of the

hard work building towards this disappears.

John asking Christopher to come down. Played a little bit tight but

I do not think he will be too disappointed because this winter

stone is the one that is going to cause him trouble -- the centre

stone. Scott being asked to replace that once again.

That is a nice shot. That is acting as a protector for us. It makes it

much more difficult for the German team to remove our shots in the

house. Christopher Bartsch is going to come around the first guard. It

is holding pretty straight. We will try to replace that again. This is

where nerves start to tell and experience is really important. Greg

Drummond has been playing really well and looked calm. It comes down

to this, one slip and you let the opposition in. It just swung a

little bit too much. Asking John to remove it.

Even if Germany managed to remove that stone it gives Great Britain

the opportunity to play an even better one behind it, because we

still have those two at the front. The game was very well set up why

Michael playing two very good shots. Greg has been playing really

good takeouts. It is when he has been asked to draw he has not been

doing as well. Indicating he might have been a

little bit heavy in weight. This has given Great Britain the opportunity

to play and out-turn draw and place it even better than we had before,

but as you said Greg has not been drawing as well as he has been

hitting. He has to give Dave Murdoch something to work to. This looks

like a very good shot. Almost, just not tucking in, but not a bad effort

from Greg Drummond. This is still a difficult shot they

have asked the German skip who plays third stone to come down here at

Hack weight, which is a stone that is travelling heavy enough that it

will go right out through the house and hit the hack at the back. It is

coming. Another good shot. They are trying to use that storage is that

it's behind those front to -- use that stone and sit it behind those

front two. Asking for time-out? Yes. Soren Gran the coach will come down.

If we go round, we are nice. He is going to chase. We cannot leave that

because we go perfect year or there, he is going to freeze it. You

can see the clock being put in, plenty of time left. Soren Gran is

making his way down. If I got here on my first, he had anything -- he

has anything. If you just tuck... I like that call. He knows the shot he

wants to play. It is interesting to hear what the boys are going to say.

Who won? I think Dave Murdoch. It was not a bad call from Soren Gran.

David had the gut instinct. He wants to move the shot. He needs to have

the right roll in. A crucial stone for Dave Murdoch. If that's does not

go well, it will open the way for Germany. That is excellent.

Fantastic. He is saving his best until the end. Good shot, good

call. Sweden have beaten Canada. They use their hammer with the last

stone to win 7-6. We are hoping for a different outcome here. A big

discussion going on. Saying, play the same, cut down on the same

line, so the stone that has just been removed. These guys really do

not need to panic. They just have to move two or three further back. They

do not have to remove it out of play, they just have to push it to

the back. Felix Schulze has to play a shot he is happy with. It has to

figure a little bit with them. He has to play the shot he is

comfortable with. That does seem the sensible one to do. What is the

crucial thing for him? Move that and live -- lie shot. Dave could not

have placed it any better if he tried.

Felix Schulze's penultimate stone. They have to be careful. That makes

his job a little bit harder. Pressure, its whole demeanour, the

last few ends, he has been taking those deep breaths. They maybe had

to be on that a little bit earlier, but you are frightened you do not

get the finish at the end. There really is no holding it. A great

opportunity for Dave Murdoch. He is going to try to protect this. And

make the last shot for Felix Schulze as hard as possible. It is difficult

cause Germany still have the yellow stone on the right-hand side which

they could drive in. They have the yellow sitting at the back of the

ring. He does not want to bring it in too far and leave a double but he

does not want to leave it too far out. That has picked up.

That is really unfortunate. That has made the job easier for Felix

Schulze. That is not what you want to see, that usually disappointing

-- is really disappointing. Nothing you can do. The rubber sole under

the slider shoe, possibly something to do with that. Felix still has to

play the shot. You would fancy this, wouldn't you? Yes, although he

looks nervous. The chance to take the final end. He just needs to

replace the British stone. This one is not taking the pool at all. A

steal for Great Britain. Defeat looked the only possibility. Felix

Schulze has to apologise to his team because in the last three ends he

has played three terrible shots. He was put under pressure and Britain

somehow have, we were a 7-6 victory and they will have a huge sigh of

relief. That was close. He is the best snowboarder on earth.

How tense was that? The appearance of the biggest name in the Winter

Olympics. Shaun White can do the impossible.

The big headline is that the halfpipe is in dire shape. There

have been crisis meetings and talks of possible warning and the opted

not to -- and they decided not to postpone.

He generates so much speed, his technique is so immaculate. It is

absolutely massive. Front side 1080, first hit. Switch ten. There is that

signature 540. You know it is in bad condition when even Shaun White is

struggling through the middle. And a rodeo to finish. A stock standard

run by Shaun. You can just tell how powerful he is. Really strong in the

flat bottom, and he keeps his speed. I know you will be focusing on your

own game. But Shaun is a ferocious competitor. What would he have made

of Ayumu Hirano? He would have been watching some of

our runs before his heat. It must be quite liberating for him.

After all the controversy over the slopestyle last week, all of the

talk about what condition it was in. To strap in and get a score down

has probably calmed him down. He will be feeling a lot better now.

He has a pet dog called Steve as well!

95.75! A big smile finally cracks across Shaun White's face. He has

been shouldering a lot of pressure. But he will watch one of his arch

rivals on the pipe now. Iouri Podladtchikov. He developed the

yo-lo flip. Backside there. Like-for-like so far

with Shaw. Oh! If you make any mistake on your edges, it can throw

you like that. What did he do that? Too much heel edge pressure? There

is a little bump all the way down that ridge. That is what it does to

you, it throws you out of sync. Shaun, we can see him getting mobbed

by the volunteers who are running the lift on the side of the park. He

has been really good with signing and doing photos. He was in training

at the top and there must have been 50 people. He was happy to sign

anything. And backwards, to switch. Double

ten. A crazy mactwist. That was a good

run. The first time we have seen the Chinese men compete in an Olympics.

We had the women in Vancouver. I personally don't know much about

them, we haven't seen them in any of the world snowboard tournaments.

They were first very much to themselves, but they have learned

the language. They are really cool guys, they are good fun. They enjoy

snowboarding. They are killing it at the moment.

Looking at the replays, Yiwei Zhang. He missed most of the grabs

but the judges did not seem to be marking him down.

90 points! There is a real lack of consistency for me. That wasn't

better than Taylor Gold's run but there was ten points difference.

18 years old will stop I saw him take a whopper of a slam yesterday.

-- 18 years old. All of the Japanese riders can take slams like no one

you have ever seen. I swear they breed them hard.

It is hardening up. You can see it throw him up. The edge got snagged

on, he did well to hold on. Normally it is an advantage... That was the

big double. He generated a lot of speed at the bottom of the pipe. A

good run. He seemed to explode off the lip. It is quite entertaining.

The Japanese commentators in the room next to us. They are very happy

about that. They are going wild, it is like a pack of baby dogs in their

-- rabid dogs. These slow Mo replays showing how he

sprang out. Let us see if we can get some

consistency from the judges. Well, we are already in a much higher

scoring heat. That is a quarter of a point less than Ayumu Hirano. Shaun

White, with the highest score so far. Confirmation of these results.

Shaun White is predictably at the top.

Another Australian in the semifinal spot. A good showing from the

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a great last half an hour, David Maddock and the boys claiming

victory over the Germans. And Shaun White, he