:00:40. > :00:45.Good afternoon and welcome back to Sochi and to the Iceberg Skating
:00:46. > :00:50.Palace. Yesterday this was an arena for beauty, elegance and grace.
:00:51. > :01:07.Today it has been transformed into a race track and the Winter Olympics
:01:08. > :01:21.version of the fast and the furious. There is a fall, they have all gone!
:01:22. > :01:28.And he will be the Olympic gold medallist! It is a race track that
:01:29. > :01:31.is going to have a Brit in the final. If you were watching earlier,
:01:32. > :01:36.you will know that Elise Christie has won through to the final of the
:01:37. > :01:42.women's 500 metres final, the first woman to do so. If she were to win a
:01:43. > :01:45.medal, she would be the first Briton to do so. Her best event is the 1000
:01:46. > :01:58.metres. This is how she got through. Three Chinese skaters against Elise
:01:59. > :02:00.Christie and it is the first two that will go through. Not a
:02:01. > :02:07.particularly good start from Christie. There is a fall. One
:02:08. > :02:14.skater has gone already, one of the big favourites. Elise Christie is
:02:15. > :02:21.looking very good indeed. She is tapping the rhythm out and this will
:02:22. > :02:27.be very hard. She is fully inspired as we are into the back straight.
:02:28. > :02:36.She has put the other two to the sword. Within a lap of getting
:02:37. > :02:41.through to the final. Christie, she runs through to the line. She may
:02:42. > :02:49.finish second, but that is good enough to see her into the final.
:02:50. > :03:02.There is the result confirmed. We are waiting to see if Christie can
:03:03. > :03:06.make her way to the final. She is in brilliant shape, let's find out more
:03:07. > :03:17.about a 23-year-old Scot who might be about to get a lot more famous.
:03:18. > :03:22.Elise Christie, British Short track. To be top of the game, you need to
:03:23. > :03:30.sacrifice everything. Just before the race, I was thinking about
:03:31. > :03:34.things that could go wrong, things that could happen. Putting a lot of
:03:35. > :03:41.pressure on myself for those things not to happen. I was becoming a bit
:03:42. > :03:47.panicky. It is easier to get rid of the pressure and think, I haven't
:03:48. > :03:51.done it before. I have never won an Olympic medal, I have never been in
:03:52. > :03:59.an Olympic final, so anything I can do above quarterfinal level is going
:04:00. > :04:03.to be an achievement. Everyone is saying that I am a medal hope. But I
:04:04. > :04:09.could fall over in the first round and that could be my Olympics over.
:04:10. > :04:19.Unfortunately not always the strongest people win.
:04:20. > :04:23.Yes, Elise Christie in the final of the women's 500 metres. The first
:04:24. > :04:29.British woman to make a short track final. Were she to win a medal, it
:04:30. > :04:35.would be the first British woman to do that. The B final will be up
:04:36. > :04:42.shortly, for the athletes who finished third and fourth. A slight
:04:43. > :04:52.delay at the moment. How exciting is this, how big a moment for short
:04:53. > :04:57.track? How big a moment? It is absolutely massive. We have been
:04:58. > :05:05.speculating. Nicky Gooch got himself a bronze medal a long time ago in
:05:06. > :05:10.Albertville. In fact, Lillehammer in 1994. He actually got through to the
:05:11. > :05:16.final of the 1000 as well but he got disqualified. For the lady speed
:05:17. > :05:21.skating, it is sensational. This event made its inception in
:05:22. > :05:25.Albertville in 1992. When you look through the results, which have been
:05:26. > :05:30.dominated by America, Canada and China, a bog area got this over in
:05:31. > :05:43.Salt Lake City and Torino. -- a Bulgarian got the silver. And
:05:44. > :05:47.Fontana has got a bronze. But they are the only intruders and Elise
:05:48. > :05:52.Christie has a big chance. Not only that, she has done a superb lane
:05:53. > :05:59.draw in that final. The start position of three. I am going to
:06:00. > :06:05.call her for a medal, absolutely. So am I, I would like to get a medal.
:06:06. > :06:11.Four skaters in the podium contest and we will be rooting for the 23
:06:12. > :06:17.old from Livingston in Scotland. -- 23-year-old. Last year she was
:06:18. > :06:21.ranked number one in the 1000, she hasn't had a great season this year.
:06:22. > :06:25.Crashes and one or two problems but I think that has played into her
:06:26. > :06:28.hands because she has put her form together and hasn't been the
:06:29. > :06:34.pressure on her, if she had come here as number one in the 1000. What
:06:35. > :06:37.has also been good and well-balanced is the way the team have been
:06:38. > :06:44.handling the processes going into these games. They are introducing
:06:45. > :06:56.the skaters to the line, ready for the B final. Called to the line
:06:57. > :07:03.first is Liu of China, the overall winner of the World Cup for 2012.
:07:04. > :07:08.Alongside home will be St-Gelais who won the silver in this event at the
:07:09. > :07:13.last Olympics. She also got a silver in the relay. Alongside her will be
:07:14. > :07:20.Ter Mors, 24 years old from the Netherlands. The current European
:07:21. > :07:25.champion. Completing the line-up here in the minor final will be,
:07:26. > :07:31.just 20 years of age, also from China, second overall in the World
:07:32. > :07:36.Cup contest that has just finished. They are called to the start, this
:07:37. > :07:44.is the minor final for the classification places from fifth to
:07:45. > :07:52.eighth. We are away, no. , right on the front is Liu of China. -- there
:07:53. > :08:00.were no false starts. A gap to St-Gelais, the Canadian. As they
:08:01. > :08:07.come around here, it is Liu of China who is leading. Second is Ter Mors,
:08:08. > :08:11.the European champion. This is where it gets critical with one and a half
:08:12. > :08:18.laps to go. There is no change at the front. Liu of China from Ter
:08:19. > :08:24.Mors of the Netherlands. It looks like Ter Mors might try to get
:08:25. > :08:30.through to the front. But no, that is how it finishes. The wind goes to
:08:31. > :08:40.Liu who finishes fifth in the competition -- the win goes to.
:08:41. > :08:47.There you can see how important the lane position is. In lane number one
:08:48. > :08:59.she has the shortest run, and the Chinese skater really used that to
:09:00. > :09:03.her advantage. St-Gelais in second place, really being squeezed I Ter
:09:04. > :09:11.Mors and the Chinese girl on the inside. Coming out of the last
:09:12. > :09:19.turn, going to the line, it might be that the Chinese skater on the
:09:20. > :09:27.outside... Yes, Fan has come through and pushed Ter Mors out of second
:09:28. > :09:37.place. A 124 China in the B final. With the Dutch data, Ter Mors in
:09:38. > :09:43.third. -- the Dutch skater. Now, then, stand-by the excitement. There
:09:44. > :09:51.is Elise Christie, already waiting for the call to the line. This is
:09:52. > :09:56.going to be some contest, there will be no charitable hand-outs. We are
:09:57. > :10:02.getting near to the dice on the ice for the three podium positions. From
:10:03. > :10:05.what I have seen from Elise Christie, she is in the form of her
:10:06. > :10:11.life and she will attack this with unbridled passion. She wants a
:10:12. > :10:18.medal. They are waiting for the call to the line. First of all it will be
:10:19. > :10:24.the 21-year-old Korean who got two bronze medals in Vancouver. She is
:10:25. > :10:30.going to get enhanced now. As a matter of fact her brother is also
:10:31. > :10:46.skating here. She is waiting to put her helmet on and. On the inside. It
:10:47. > :10:50.is Park Seung-Hi of Korea. Right alongside her, representing Italy,
:10:51. > :10:56.will be the bronze medal winner at this event four years ago, and she
:10:57. > :11:03.got bronze in the relay into Reno, Arianna Fontana of Italy. A former
:11:04. > :11:08.European champion -- in Turin. Andrew presenting Great Britain, 23
:11:09. > :11:13.years of age, former world ranked number one for the 1000, Elise
:11:14. > :11:35.Christie. And completing the line-up here for China is Jianrou Li.
:11:36. > :11:42.They are calming their nerves. Christie is getting ready to embrace
:11:43. > :11:47.the challenge. She is teeing herself up for a tilt at a podium position.
:11:48. > :11:54.For an half laps of the Iceberg Skating Palace. -- four and a half
:11:55. > :12:02.laps. Elise Christie needs to get a good start. We are away first time.
:12:03. > :12:10.No, we are not. Full art. I thought they were going to let them go. -- a
:12:11. > :12:14.false start. Who was culpable? I think it was the Korean skater, Park
:12:15. > :12:22.Seung-Hi. In lane number one, you can just see her moving. Yes, the
:12:23. > :12:31.adrenaline rush... The nerves are twitching now. All of the skaters
:12:32. > :12:38.are only allowed one. The -- allowed one false start. Christie looks
:12:39. > :12:47.relaxed and calm. She has just had a warning. For the second time of
:12:48. > :12:54.asking, the ladies 500 metres... And away cleanly this time. And Park
:12:55. > :12:58.Seung-Hi of Korea gets the front position. Fontana has been
:12:59. > :13:04.overhauled. They have gone down, they have all gone down, there is
:13:05. > :13:09.only one skater left standing, Li Jianrou of China. Now they are
:13:10. > :13:13.skating for the medals, Christie is in second place. She comes storming
:13:14. > :13:19.through, she will try to claim the silver medal. She was being chased
:13:20. > :13:27.by Fontana of Italy. The win will go to Li Jianrou of China. Fontana has
:13:28. > :13:35.almost bridged out to Christie as they come around for the silver and
:13:36. > :13:40.bronze medals. The gold medal goes to Li Jianrou. Elise Christie,
:13:41. > :13:44.coming up to the line, she takes the silver medal. History has been made
:13:45. > :13:50.here. We wait to see what result will stand but it was a great skate
:13:51. > :13:59.by Kirsty, she recovered, she got up off the eyes and finished in second.
:14:00. > :14:04.-- great skate by Christie. The question is, what is going to happen
:14:05. > :14:11.to Elise Christie, she charged down the inside. It was a battle between
:14:12. > :14:15.Fontana and Christie. She was just talking to Nicky Gooch, the coach.
:14:16. > :14:22.Do you think that decision will stand? It will be very tight indeed.
:14:23. > :14:31.We hope the result is going to stand. It is on the board. I really
:14:32. > :14:35.fear the worst. We can see it again. The start was clean, coming out of
:14:36. > :14:40.that first bend. Christie charges down the inside. There was not an
:14:41. > :14:50.awful lot of room. Crashed straight into Fontana. You think Christie
:14:51. > :14:53.could end fourth? I think she may receive a penalty which would be
:14:54. > :15:04.such a shame. She is skating so well. Park Seung-Hi from Korea, I
:15:05. > :15:09.don't think they touched her. I think Christie's hand might have
:15:10. > :15:13.caught the left side. Marginal, surely, it looked as though she went
:15:14. > :15:19.down of her own volition. Quickly recovered and went down again. I
:15:20. > :15:24.don't think Fontana and Christie touched her. But Li Jianrou, they
:15:25. > :15:31.were ceremonial laps of honour for her. All of the coaches on the side
:15:32. > :15:35.protest in. The Italians feel like they have been completely penalised.
:15:36. > :15:39.The electronic scoreboard in front of us, it is not confirmed on the
:15:40. > :15:44.screen yet, it is showing that Christie has been penalised and
:15:45. > :16:00.placed fourth. There it is, how sad is that? Ariana Fontana elevates
:16:01. > :16:05.herself one place higher than Vancouver. I think the sport needs
:16:06. > :16:10.to review its rules and regulations for instances like this. When
:16:11. > :16:14.something happens so early on in the race, it makes the end result of the
:16:15. > :16:24.race not really badly. You are absolutely right there. Well, such
:16:25. > :16:29.disappointment. History has been made, of course, because Elise
:16:30. > :16:35.Christie is the first British ladies' skater ever since the
:16:36. > :16:41.event's inception in 1992 to make it into a final. Discussions going on
:16:42. > :16:46.with Nicky Gooch. He is questioning it, but the referee's decision is
:16:47. > :16:49.final. The decision has been made but sometimes it is nice if the
:16:50. > :16:56.coach has an understanding of why something has happened. I said at
:16:57. > :16:59.the top of the commentary that Christie would attack it with
:17:00. > :17:04.unbridled passion and I also said there would be no charitable
:17:05. > :17:08.hand-outs. Rather sadly, there is no charity there and that collision has
:17:09. > :17:12.been assessed and looked at and the upshot of it is is Christie has been
:17:13. > :17:17.penalised and sadly, after finishing second, she has had to settle for
:17:18. > :17:22.fourth place. I suppose if we can draw anything from it, her former
:17:23. > :17:26.sensational and she looks to me to be in the unequivocal form of her
:17:27. > :17:32.life. When she moves on to a greater distance, 1,000m, her speciality,
:17:33. > :17:38.she must be in with an incredibly good chance of getting a medal.
:17:39. > :17:42.Absolutely. The whole build-up to these Olympic Games, she has been so
:17:43. > :17:46.relaxed, you even mentioned it on the start line, and I am concerned
:17:47. > :17:52.she may have panicked a little bit. There was still four laps of the
:17:53. > :17:54.race to go. Yes, a great disappointment. We thought at least
:17:55. > :17:57.Elise Christie would be on the podium with that silver medal but,
:17:58. > :18:03.rather sadly, she has been penalised. So the official result is
:18:04. > :18:07.the gold medal going to Li Jianrou of China, the silver going to
:18:08. > :18:14.Arianna Fontana of Italy and the bronze going to Park Seung-Hi. And
:18:15. > :18:17.sadly, Elise Christie, having to settle for fourth. I think we will
:18:18. > :18:26.still hear a lot more about Elise Christie in the next two events.
:18:27. > :18:31.JONATHAN EDWARDS: Massive disappointment for Elise Christie.
:18:32. > :18:35.We have just seen the British disappointment for Elise Christie.
:18:36. > :18:38.We have just seen short track skating teams filing past with glum
:18:39. > :18:43.looks on their faces. We had a great view from here and it did look like
:18:44. > :18:48.she had no track to go on and it probably was the right decision, but
:18:49. > :18:52.nonetheless, a great disappointment. But not her strongest event, she
:18:53. > :18:57.looks in great nick in the 1,000m and we will hear from her when she
:18:58. > :19:01.has recovered from disappointment. Now a slight change of atmosphere
:19:02. > :19:07.and pace, we after the Ice Cube, the curling, Dave Murdoch are against
:19:08. > :19:12.the US, in the last and, Steve Cram and Jackie standing by -- in the
:19:13. > :19:19.last end. STEVE CRAM: A really difficult
:19:20. > :19:23.situation for the Americans. They had been in this situation all
:19:24. > :19:28.afternoon. Party their own fold, partly their own strategy and shot
:19:29. > :19:33.execution, but by and large, good play from Great Britain. Dave
:19:34. > :19:39.Murdoch and his team have responded really well right from the off,
:19:40. > :19:45.controlled this all the way through. So although America have the last
:19:46. > :19:50.stone in this end, not many options here. Even if they manage to take
:19:51. > :19:55.one here as they move into the last, the hammer would be back with Great
:19:56. > :20:02.Britain. JACKIE LOCKHART: yes, John Schuster
:20:03. > :20:11.shaking his head, not sure what to play. He is trying to get the two
:20:12. > :20:23.out of this, but at the moment, I am not seeing it happen -- wrote John
:20:24. > :20:26.Shuster. They finally made their mind up after a lot of discussion.
:20:27. > :20:29.They could have done with some of that earlier today, but you can tell
:20:30. > :20:37.just by the look on John Shuster's face, he doesn't have a lot of faith
:20:38. > :20:50.in the ability to rescue this situation. I think he's just going
:20:51. > :21:03.to hit some of the shots and roll into what he the pocket. -- what he
:21:04. > :21:12.calls. Just looks like he isn't playing with any conviction, like he
:21:13. > :21:20.doesn't think they can rescue this. He was hoping to sit in front of the
:21:21. > :21:40.two red stones. Sir David will sit in front on his own two, he has
:21:41. > :21:42.another one on the back as well. Just almost sitting left of Greg
:21:43. > :21:50.Drummond's brush there would be a fantastic shot. Whatever the
:21:51. > :22:00.outcome, as long as he removes this, he will be forcing the USA to
:22:01. > :22:06.only try and get one. They will go down the last two up. He has called
:22:07. > :22:13.the guys off and then back on. A bit straight. On and off, on and off, it
:22:14. > :22:25.must have been close, but they needed to let it come a little bit
:22:26. > :22:29.more. Well, he can take one here. Yes, if we think positively about
:22:30. > :22:32.this, at the end of the day, the outcome is you have forced the one
:22:33. > :22:37.and in any other match committee would be quite happy you had forced
:22:38. > :22:42.your opposition into a one and Yuko into the final end -- and you go
:22:43. > :22:54.into the final end with the hammer. A slightly forlorn situation. If he
:22:55. > :23:01.takes the one, Mohammed transfers to Great Britain in the final end
:23:02. > :23:08.coming up -- the hammer transfers. So just the one to the USA. And that
:23:09. > :23:15.is about as much they could have hoped for in the end. Not even a
:23:16. > :23:18.glimmer of a smile. He knows that although that has reduced the
:23:19. > :23:23.deficit by one, it really hasn't changed the situation in the match.
:23:24. > :23:30.Great Britain on top since the very beginning and after nine ends, still
:23:31. > :23:35.a two shot lead with the last stone advantage in the last. They jumped
:23:36. > :23:41.out to a three shot lead when America had the hammer in the first
:23:42. > :23:46.three ends, didn't use it at all. The USA didn't score until the
:23:47. > :23:54.fourth and even then, they just gave one up. A hello to the Russian
:23:55. > :23:58.crowds. They haven't had a lot to cheer. The Russian men on the sheet,
:23:59. > :24:06.right over the far side from the one we are playing on, they are
:24:07. > :24:10.currently 6-3 down to Switzerland and Switzerland needed that win.
:24:11. > :24:16.European champions, lost to Great Britain, of course, last night. The
:24:17. > :24:22.winds are getting crucial for all team -- the victories are getting
:24:23. > :24:26.crucial for all teams. Canada are currently leading against Denmark
:24:27. > :24:28.and a real ding-dong battle between Norway and Sweden on the sheet next
:24:29. > :24:38.to this match here. We just need Britain to finish this
:24:39. > :24:48.off now. It doesn't even cross. Another error. To be honest, their
:24:49. > :24:53.lead is the one who hasn't been that bad, but even he is finding it
:24:54. > :24:56.difficult to come into this with any real enthusiasm in the last end. I
:24:57. > :25:01.can't believe they have been like this, their demeanour has been
:25:02. > :25:06.terrible. OK, so they went three down in the first three ends, but at
:25:07. > :25:10.halfway, they went out of the match at all. We said it earlier, like
:25:11. > :25:15.they are almost here for a holiday and not actually to win a medal. I
:25:16. > :25:20.have not really been impressed by their demeanour or their outlook
:25:21. > :25:24.here today. I am sure they haven't been, but they just don't give the
:25:25. > :25:33.impression that this means a lot to them.
:25:34. > :25:41.This one really has to stop out of the house. That is OK. So, I would
:25:42. > :25:47.quite like to give a little shout out to the people back home, I have
:25:48. > :25:58.been asked to emphasise that I have all week being encouraging people to
:25:59. > :26:07.go onto the trycurling website to find their Locust, and I am hearing
:26:08. > :26:18.there are not many in the South -- to find their local ones. That is in
:26:19. > :26:25.Sheffield. That might be south to you, it is in the North of England!
:26:26. > :26:32.I am in Aberdeen. We have been hearing this from other countries,
:26:33. > :26:35.the opportunities that the Olympics offers with the sports, particularly
:26:36. > :26:44.in Asia, where the sport is grown quickly. Great Britain's women, they
:26:45. > :26:47.beat China today and they play against Japan and Korea next, the
:26:48. > :26:55.sports are really growing there and it would be nice to see more people
:26:56. > :27:04.playing back home. So Dave Murdoch asking Scott Andrews to remove this
:27:05. > :27:07.stone from the front of the house. So just no mistakes here, you have
:27:08. > :27:13.the last stone advantage to take the guards away. Doesn't matter if they
:27:14. > :27:22.don't score at all in this end, they are leading and nothing silly, just
:27:23. > :27:26.concentrate each shot and, seriously, almost half-hearted
:27:27. > :27:30.efforts, and I'm not trying to be overly critical, but they seemed to
:27:31. > :27:34.give this match up almost if not after the fifth end, then certainly
:27:35. > :27:43.the last two or three. They have just played too many push-ups. I
:27:44. > :27:54.think you would agree, Jackie -- to many who poor shots. Not playing to
:27:55. > :28:00.their strengths. Yes, I would reiterate that. Not taking anything
:28:01. > :28:06.away from the team of Great Britain, these boys have been performing very
:28:07. > :28:12.well and look like they will be just building up to full strength in time
:28:13. > :28:21.for, hopefully, matches at a later stage. Just saw a broom described it
:28:22. > :28:27.there by Jeff Isaacson, I don't know if it was a fit of pique, but he has
:28:28. > :28:32.gone then the other end -- a broom discarded. He has picked up another,
:28:33. > :28:37.so maybe he wasn't happy with the brush. I think he has been sliding
:28:38. > :28:43.with that brush all the game I think once you start sliding with the
:28:44. > :28:47.brush, you must use that brush all the time. He will sweep with the
:28:48. > :28:51.pad. Quite a lot of the teams do that.
:28:52. > :29:04.So once more, Dave Murdoch will ask Greg Drummond to take this guard
:29:05. > :29:16.away. You get the feeling he is loving this. If you look at the
:29:17. > :29:21.stats, Goodfellow today, 90%, Scott Andrews 94%, Greg Drummond, 90%.
:29:22. > :29:32.They can rip the skip, he is only 81%! That is great shooting. We are
:29:33. > :29:38.going to give Dave the benefit of the doubt here. Often, they will be
:29:39. > :29:46.left with the more technical shots. Sometimes you get a four and other
:29:47. > :29:52.times a complete zero. It might not be the most exciting game to in --
:29:53. > :29:57.the most exciting end to the game, but the hard work was done early.
:29:58. > :30:00.Like yesterday, they got a stranglehold in the match. It was
:30:01. > :30:06.tougher against Switzerland, they had to concentrate until the very
:30:07. > :30:11.end and Sven Michel, the Swiss skip, did his best to disrupt them until
:30:12. > :30:15.the very end. It has not been in evidence from John Shuster, the
:30:16. > :30:20.American skip. He has tried a couple of things, but not enough. It will
:30:21. > :30:24.be significant, all of the results this afternoon. Canada, the gold
:30:25. > :30:30.medal favourites, hot favourites in the men's competition, are in a real
:30:31. > :30:47.tussle with Denmark six. Canada do have the hammer, though. -- 6-6. I
:30:48. > :31:04.think a lot of eyes in the arena are accepting that this is over. We will
:31:05. > :31:11.be very happy with this performance from the British men. Almost going
:31:12. > :31:15.through the motions here. Yes, USA are kind of running out of stones
:31:16. > :31:23.here. Dave is probably going to clear the front one which will leave
:31:24. > :31:29.Shuster with no other option to bring it in the house. I expect Dave
:31:30. > :31:41.to ping one of them out and finish of this game. We have seen a couple
:31:42. > :31:46.of odd things happen. I keep mentioning the Russian skip, all she
:31:47. > :31:50.had to do was put a stone into an empty house to tie the match, she
:31:51. > :31:55.sent it all the way through. Funnier things have happened. I think David
:31:56. > :32:03.needs to apply himself here. That is good... I thought it was going to be
:32:04. > :32:11.a disaster... That is it because there is only one stone left for the
:32:12. > :32:17.OSA. It will be a great victory and a dominant victory for Great
:32:18. > :32:24.Britain. -- one stone left for the USA. It has put them into a strong
:32:25. > :32:30.standing, four wins from five matches. America, never in this.
:32:31. > :32:35.They had a hammer to begin with, they did not use it at all. Britain
:32:36. > :32:40.jumped to a lead and from then it was a case of controlling the match,
:32:41. > :32:45.which they did superbly well. All of them playing top-class curling. And
:32:46. > :32:55.never gave the Americans a chance of getting back into it.
:32:56. > :33:00.So, David Murdoch, all smiles and why not? Great Britain winning 5-3
:33:01. > :33:10.against the USA. David Murdoch and his boys
:33:11. > :33:14.progressing nicely to what we hope will be the final stages and a tilt
:33:15. > :33:19.at the medals. We just saw a tilt at the medals in the women's 500 metres
:33:20. > :33:22.short track, in the Iceberg Skating Palace. Elise Christie skater
:33:23. > :33:29.Brindley to get to the final. However -- brilliantly. However, it
:33:30. > :33:32.did not quite work out the way that she hoped and planned. She came down
:33:33. > :33:38.the straight, she looked for a gap which really was not there. As a
:33:39. > :33:41.result she was disqualified. She picked herself up but there was no
:33:42. > :33:43.medal for Elise Christie and no medal for Team GB. Afterwards she
:33:44. > :33:49.spoke to Jason Mohammad. medal for Team GB. Afterwards she
:33:50. > :33:53.spoke to Jason Hard lines, everybody has their own opinion of what
:33:54. > :34:01.happened. What happened from your viewpoint? It was chaos. I knew that
:34:02. > :34:05.the Chinese girl would try to come at the end so I didn't want to be
:34:06. > :34:10.doing the attacking. I had the speed, I moved up. Unfortunately the
:34:11. > :34:17.girl hit me off my feet and that meant I hate everyone else as I went
:34:18. > :34:21.down. It is how it goes, it is a 50-50 call and the referee made his
:34:22. > :34:24.decision. My opinion is different but everyone will have different
:34:25. > :34:31.opinions. That is the way short track is. You saw the gap and you
:34:32. > :34:35.went for it? There was a little gap, I knew I had more speed at that
:34:36. > :34:40.point and I had to use it when I had it because I didn't want to be in
:34:41. > :34:44.third. I used my instinct and unfortunately I am regretting that,
:34:45. > :34:50.wishing I sat in front and took a medal. I went for the win and that
:34:51. > :34:55.is the way it went. You got back up, you are in silver medal position, I
:34:56. > :34:58.think you had that in your hands for about three minutes I made it. When
:34:59. > :35:08.you went to your coach, did you think you would be penalised? No...
:35:09. > :35:13.I thought she had hit me. I was not sure whether it was going to go my
:35:14. > :35:20.Way or hers. Short track is always a 50-50 chance. I didn't think it was
:35:21. > :35:26.going to be me but it was and you have to respect the referee's
:35:27. > :35:30.decision. In your heart, do you think it was the wrong decision? I
:35:31. > :35:36.haven't watched it, I can't really comment. During the race I thought I
:35:37. > :35:39.was in front. It always looks different to how it feels. I don't
:35:40. > :35:44.really want to comment but I respect the decision and I can't change
:35:45. > :35:47.that. You have done so well to get here and in the build-up you looked
:35:48. > :35:53.so relaxed and focused. Skating so beautifully. I was really relaxed
:35:54. > :35:57.today, just with it not being my main event. When I made the final I
:35:58. > :36:02.was just happy and relaxed and chilled out. If it was the 1000
:36:03. > :36:06.metres you would probably have seen a different skater. Unfortunately,
:36:07. > :36:12.short track, can't do anything about it. What did Nicky say to you? When
:36:13. > :36:18.he watched the video he didn't think I should have been penalised. But
:36:19. > :36:23.everyone has a different opinion. You have the 1000 and 1500 to go.
:36:24. > :36:28.Yes, I will use the next day to get my head back together and then go
:36:29. > :36:35.for it. The whole of the country is behind you, I am sure you have every
:36:36. > :36:42.sympathy. Hard lines today. What Jason said is right, the whole
:36:43. > :36:49.country is behind her. The 1500 is our best chance, she is the reigning
:36:50. > :36:57.European champion. She showed a she is in medal form, she is in
:36:58. > :37:03.fantastic condition. Lizzy Yarnold is our best chance of the gold medal
:37:04. > :37:26.and it will come up at the Sanki Sliding Center.
:37:27. > :37:30.Who better to give us the inside track than the defending champion,
:37:31. > :37:44.BBC's Amy Williams? Here we are at the Sanki Sliding
:37:45. > :37:49.Center. It is a track that is 1500 metres long, 17 corners. It has been
:37:50. > :37:54.made beautifully, it is the best track I have ever seen. This start
:37:55. > :37:58.is beautiful. It is long and flat. The athletes will have to decide the
:37:59. > :38:03.crucial point when to load onto their sled. It is designed for the
:38:04. > :38:07.Russians because they are very good starters, especially in the men's
:38:08. > :38:11.field. The push is really important, and to continue that
:38:12. > :38:15.through the first few corners. You don't want to lose any time you just
:38:16. > :38:20.want to keep the power from the start. As of corner five, this is
:38:21. > :38:27.where the technical bit of the track starts. We have three uphill
:38:28. > :38:31.sections in this track which are really unique, no other track has
:38:32. > :38:36.had that before. One of them comes out of this corner. You don't notice
:38:37. > :38:42.it when the athletes go down how steep this is, but you notice it and
:38:43. > :38:46.if they are lying on the ice, they will see the uphill. It is important
:38:47. > :38:52.they don't move around on their sled because they will be skidding. If
:38:53. > :39:01.you hit a wall here, you are wasting a lot of time. Pretty steep on the
:39:02. > :39:09.way down here, a 19% drop out of the seventh corner. A big corner, Number
:39:10. > :39:22.ten, four .5 it is really hard to see what the
:39:23. > :39:28.corner looks like. This is corner 12 and 13. Into 14. Vital, the athletes
:39:29. > :39:38.will probably take a clip on the left to align themselves but four
:39:39. > :39:47.corners left. Keep that speed. Precision is vital, aerodynamics is
:39:48. > :39:50.really important. Exit 17, finish line just there. Hopefully, if
:39:51. > :39:54.everything has gone to plan, you will get over in a Rudiger time for
:39:55. > :39:59.the bit as a technical track, it is beautiful, the ice is wonderful and
:40:00. > :40:08.I have high hopes for the Team GB medal winners.
:40:09. > :40:16.As easy as that, not! I saw that Mark Cavendish tweeted saying how
:40:17. > :40:20.impressed he was at the speed. If he is impressed, you know it is very
:40:21. > :40:22.fast. If you were not up early this month, this is what happened in the
:40:23. > :40:34.first and second runs. COMMENTATORS: We don't know what
:40:35. > :40:39.sort of shape Pikus-Pace is in. Her training has been spasmodic to say
:40:40. > :40:46.the least but she is a former world champion, fourth in the last Olympic
:40:47. > :40:51.Games, she can slide. Amy, you were a great starter in your time. There
:40:52. > :40:58.is a chance to make it up down the track, especially with the uphill
:40:59. > :41:02.sections. Yes, she will be ready happy. Rumours that she has been ill
:41:03. > :41:06.so she has only been on the track a few times. So far a solid looking
:41:07. > :41:15.run. A tiny skid in the tricky section. The exit of nine through to
:41:16. > :41:24.ten. You don't have quite as much control as the lugers. You have got
:41:25. > :41:28.to get that position right and get your sled set up perfectly. She has
:41:29. > :41:32.had a few skids, it is a bit out of control. I think she will be more
:41:33. > :41:39.nervous than the others from the lack of training runs. She set the
:41:40. > :41:43.target and she will be pleased with that, it is a track record to start
:41:44. > :41:47.off with so the ice must be in tremendous condition. The ice is
:41:48. > :41:53.amazing, this track is the best I have ever seen. British spectators
:41:54. > :41:58.might be wondering who Elisabeth Yarnold is. She has been around for
:41:59. > :42:03.a few years, she has already won a world championship. She has already
:42:04. > :42:08.won four World Cups and now she is going for Olympic gold. She won the
:42:09. > :42:16.World Cup season after this powers dark, that is Truman does. It is
:42:17. > :42:22.even quicker than the old record. Yarnold has powered it. Nothing
:42:23. > :42:28.conservative. She has given it all. Her form is perfect. Heads down,
:42:29. > :42:34.shoulders down, feet together, so much more aerodynamic and so far,
:42:35. > :42:38.clean lines. Out of seven through eight. Over a quarter of a second up
:42:39. > :42:44.on her number one rival, this is unbelievable. Unbelievable from
:42:45. > :42:49.Lizzy, she has nailed her training, she has so much confidence and you
:42:50. > :42:55.can see that through here, perfect. She lost a bit of time through 11 to
:42:56. > :43:02.14, she is still over two tenths up. Two tenths in the lead and 58.86 to
:43:03. > :43:09.beat. She has done it by a quarter of a second. 58.43, another track
:43:10. > :43:15.record. This competition has got off to a blistering start. She was going
:43:16. > :43:18.to be happy with that, she took a clip above corner 11, it is an
:43:19. > :43:23.uphill sections that is an area that could have lost her time. The tap is
:43:24. > :43:27.probably better in skeleton than trying to make a steer. Shelley
:43:28. > :43:32.Rudman, the best-known of British lied is at the moment, she has been
:43:33. > :43:40.around for quite some time -- best-known of British sliders. She
:43:41. > :43:51.gets a silver medal in 2006. Here we go. She starts her Olympic campaign
:43:52. > :43:57.here. She gets away well. Anything close to 5.10 will be good. She is
:43:58. > :44:03.only given away the best part of two tenths. We know that this is a long
:44:04. > :44:10.track and it gives someone of Shelley's experience the time to
:44:11. > :44:13.reel back in Yarnold. She doesn't have the momentum from that start,
:44:14. > :44:19.she will have the ready work it down the bottom. Between corners five and
:44:20. > :44:24.15 is the re-technical part, you have got to nail those lines, that
:44:25. > :44:28.is where you will get the speed to carry on -- the really technical
:44:29. > :44:34.part. She has struggled in these uphill sections in training but she
:44:35. > :44:39.is looking good so far. Through 14, backed up the hill, she took a clip.
:44:40. > :44:44.She will have lost some speed and she will not trouble Yarnold now.
:44:45. > :44:55.Shelley Rudman is coming through, and just finishing in third place.
:44:56. > :45:03.She is behind Pikus-Pace. It was a disappointing run for Shelley
:45:04. > :45:06.Rudman. She took the same clip out of corner 11 but it affected her
:45:07. > :45:12.more, she was pinged across onto the other side of the wall and that
:45:13. > :45:19.would have slowed her down. Lizzy Yarnold leading, Nikitina in second
:45:20. > :45:25.and Pikus-Pace in third. It is a Briton who lives. Shelley Rudman of
:45:26. > :45:38.Great Britain, supported ably by her husband. Usually a good starter. And
:45:39. > :45:43.this time, she has started well. You can see she is already doing little
:45:44. > :45:47.head movements, bringing her down into the first corner correctly.
:45:48. > :45:55.Shelley has an advantage over Flock of just 100th of a second. Let me
:45:56. > :46:00.bring in Amy Williams, former team-mate and Olympic gold
:46:01. > :46:05.medallist. Shelley has just lost a little bit there to Flock out of the
:46:06. > :46:08.start. A little bit. Shelley is getting better and better every run,
:46:09. > :46:14.she is leading the track more and you only get a limited amount of
:46:15. > :46:19.time on it. We never know, the ice conditions could be slowing as
:46:20. > :46:25.well. Yes, she has gone ahead by a hundredth of a second. Can't afford
:46:26. > :46:29.a mistake there. She is keeping clean lines in these parts and she
:46:30. > :46:36.has corrected the mistake. She is learning with every single run. And
:46:37. > :46:44.she has improved. Seven hundredths of a second, absolutely superb by
:46:45. > :46:49.Shelley Rudman. That means she stays in exactly the same place for the
:46:50. > :46:52.time being. That is great for Shelley, you never want to be
:46:53. > :47:06.shifting down positions, you always want to be creeping up, so she will
:47:07. > :47:10.be really happy with that. Pica -- Pikus-Pace third at the moment. This
:47:11. > :47:15.is one of the athletes that will be pressuring Yarnold for the gold
:47:16. > :47:18.medal. She is not a brilliant starter but she is so big and
:47:19. > :47:24.powerful and has such good aerodynamic form. She has gone
:47:25. > :47:34.behind Uhlaender by three hundredths. It is by how much she
:47:35. > :47:37.extends away that is the question. She and Lizzy Yarnold very similar
:47:38. > :47:45.sliders, lying with the weight behind them. Obviously, being the
:47:46. > :47:48.bigger, heavier girl if you take and Cora Tapp, you will slow down more
:47:49. > :47:57.quickly, but so far, a really good run -- a knock or a tap. Still up.
:47:58. > :48:08.Accelerating down the last part of the track. This is genetic. --
:48:09. > :48:11.dramatic. Pikus-Pace ran well. She brought back a quarter of a second
:48:12. > :48:14.through the final two bands. She flies through the air brilliantly,
:48:15. > :48:25.the fastest top speed we have seen so far. One athlete to go, the aim,
:48:26. > :48:28.another track record. Gets down in the perfect driving position and she
:48:29. > :48:36.goes. And is she going to break the track record? Not quite, but you can
:48:37. > :48:42.see the advantage she has over Pikus-Pace already, over four
:48:43. > :48:56.tenths. She annihilated the start up Pikus-Pace. -- the start of. Over
:48:57. > :48:59.half a second after bend too. Perfect lines here, strong and
:49:00. > :49:03.aerodynamic. They do a lot of work in wind tunnels are affecting that
:49:04. > :49:07.position. So far, this is an unbelievable run. The best run we
:49:08. > :49:13.have had so far, but can she keep it up? Ahead of everybody at the
:49:14. > :49:19.moment, that is brilliant. As long as she doesn't take a big hit. A
:49:20. > :49:23.little tap there, she may lose a few fractions, but no more than a tenth
:49:24. > :49:30.of a second. Half a second upcoming to the line. No point for four ahead
:49:31. > :49:54.-- zero point 0.44 ahead of anyone else in the
:49:55. > :50:00.world. Shelley Rudman is in 11th place, she moved up one place. My
:50:01. > :50:04.goodness, what excitement we have had this morning. Ideally, going
:50:05. > :50:08.into the second day, I would be second or third so poorly run
:50:09. > :50:11.tomorrow, I wouldn't be the first to go. That can always be tricky if you
:50:12. > :50:15.have any track delays, being the first one up, so it is something I
:50:16. > :50:22.had to contend with tomorrow, but really, therefore -- the race is
:50:23. > :50:24.only halfway through, so just back to the drawing board with the
:50:25. > :50:32.coach, talking about lines and how we can improve it tomorrow.
:50:33. > :50:39.JONATHAN EDWARDS: And you can see those final two runs tomorrow live
:50:40. > :50:44.with us from Sochi from 3:30pm. Put that in your diary. It could be Team
:50:45. > :50:50.GB's first gold medal. If Lizzy Yarnold's start has been perfect, it
:50:51. > :50:54.has been anything but for Eve Muirhead and the curlers. They have
:50:55. > :50:58.played three and lost too, albeit close matches. They are in action
:50:59. > :51:03.against China, we join it at the 10th end, it is 7-7, incredibly
:51:04. > :51:06.tense once again. Jackie Lockhart and Steve Cram describing the
:51:07. > :51:14.action. JACKIE LOCKHART: asking her team to
:51:15. > :51:18.put out another centre guard. It is all she can do. Obviously, it is
:51:19. > :51:21.very difficult to steal in this last end and the way things are going,
:51:22. > :51:29.she will be hoping for some sort of mistake from Britain. They will keep
:51:30. > :51:44.taking them away. Wise words, just take your time.
:51:45. > :51:50.Plenty of time on the clock for Britain. Anna Sloan, just need three
:51:51. > :51:59.or four really accurate stones here and they can close this one out.
:52:00. > :52:10.They just left a stone in there. Just needs to calm herself down, she
:52:11. > :52:15.knows what is coming. It always is the case for the skip, a big shot,
:52:16. > :52:39.didn't go for it the other night. Evil try and take that back as far
:52:40. > :52:59.as she can. Trying to get her own stone while
:53:00. > :53:06.worrying -- Rather than worrying about the one at the back.
:53:07. > :53:13.That red stone China's shouldn't be an issue to her, because it is far
:53:14. > :53:28.back in the rings. Almost, it would have been nice to
:53:29. > :53:33.take both of the mad. There was a fair bit of distance between them
:53:34. > :53:41.but it was very close nonetheless -- both of them out.
:53:42. > :53:49.Anna Sloan saying the previous shot, she didn't realise it was going to
:53:50. > :54:00.stay and sit there. Not too much damage done. Going to try and better
:54:01. > :54:07.the draw of the previous player, coming behind this. Utilising that
:54:08. > :54:24.yellow at the front of the house as a guard.
:54:25. > :54:39.Not quite finishing for her, is it? Just sitting out there. And you can
:54:40. > :54:48.see Eve Muirhead deciding to just come and hit this and roll across.
:54:49. > :54:51.Just needs to stay calm now. This sort of situation is one she will
:54:52. > :54:58.have played many times and got the right result out of it. A couple of
:54:59. > :55:06.good shots now... She wants to play a controlled weight here and hold
:55:07. > :55:16.her shooter in play. Yes, important to leave the shooter in an account
:55:17. > :55:18.-- and count. So Eve Muirhead, the British skip, she has played really
:55:19. > :55:37.well today. Watching this all the way down. And
:55:38. > :55:41.that is a pretty good shot again from Eve Muirhead. That was a well
:55:42. > :55:46.delivered and well-controlled stone. It has been the story of the
:55:47. > :55:51.day, perhaps with the exception of the first end. Eve Muirhead has been
:55:52. > :55:56.coming up with the shots all through this match, well supported by her
:55:57. > :56:00.team. She has given herself every opportunity of closing this out.
:56:01. > :56:07.Yes, that is an excellent shot from Eve Muirhead. Betty couldn't afford
:56:08. > :56:13.to ignore that shot and draw another one in because she wouldn't have got
:56:14. > :56:17.a shot out of it behind that yellow crossing the four foot, so she is
:56:18. > :56:21.going to have do hope to hit this and get a roll across. But if she
:56:22. > :56:26.leaves any of it showing for Eve, she will have to do a similar shot
:56:27. > :56:32.again to take the end. These are the nervous moments, where the
:56:33. > :56:40.experience of having been through this only time scans. Both skips
:56:41. > :56:43.with workshops to play. -- having been through this another time
:56:44. > :56:55.counts. Looking pretty straight. She wanted it to come across. Did
:56:56. > :56:59.her best. She played a very good shot but she has left the whole of
:57:00. > :57:05.the four foot open for Eve. Feeling pretty confident that she has been
:57:06. > :57:15.playing well enough that we just have to draw the one to be fully in
:57:16. > :57:25.the four foot. Just has to finish in here, and she has the whole of that
:57:26. > :57:30.area to finishing. Just has to stay calm. This is the shot of skips. Eve
:57:31. > :57:38.Muirhead, with the pressure on again. This for the match, the last
:57:39. > :57:46.stone. Just needs to draw this in. Need the right weight. She is not
:57:47. > :57:51.saying anything. The girls seem to be in control of this. It looks good
:57:52. > :57:55.from here. Eve Muirhead has played a great match today and if she was
:57:56. > :58:02.responsible solely for that bigshot that didn't come up against Canada,
:58:03. > :58:06.she has redeemed herself. Well done, Eve Muirhead. Great shot from the
:58:07. > :58:10.British skip. It has been tied but they have been in control all the
:58:11. > :58:16.way through and they have closed it out, 8-7 -- it has been tight. They
:58:17. > :58:21.now have two wins and two losses, a really good win from the British
:58:22. > :58:28.team. That will lift them up, with two Games to come against Japan and
:58:29. > :58:31.Korea, the chance to put themselves in a good position in the round
:58:32. > :58:34.robin. JONATHAN EDWARDS: A really good win
:58:35. > :58:38.there for Eve Muirhead and that will build her confidence towards the
:58:39. > :58:43.latter stages of this competition. Mixed fortunes inside the iceberg
:58:44. > :58:46.Skating Palace. Elise Christie made history by becoming the first
:58:47. > :58:50.British short track skating woman to make a final, but she was
:58:51. > :58:55.disqualified in the final. But she looks fantastic for her strongest
:58:56. > :58:57.event at 1,000m. For now on BBC One, goodbye.