:00:44. > :00:50.You always feel nervous before you compete in the skeleton. It is that
:00:51. > :00:55.adrenaline I really love. Elizabeth Yarnold of Great Britain going for
:00:56. > :00:58.gold. Your mind takes over the feeling, the interaction between you
:00:59. > :01:04.and the ice. I will try and be the best version of me I can. That is
:01:05. > :01:12.brilliant. Fingers crossed.
:01:13. > :01:19.The words of Lizzy Yarnold. She has the form, the fitness, the mental
:01:20. > :01:23.fortitude. All she needs is a slice of good fortune and she will be the
:01:24. > :01:29.Olympic champion. After her third run she has a lead of 0.78 seconds
:01:30. > :01:35.going into the fourth and final one. We are here on the northside of the
:01:36. > :01:45.mountains, darkness all around. Let up behind me, you can see one of the
:01:46. > :01:49.final bends on the course. The hottest athlete here is the
:01:50. > :01:53.25-year-old Lizzy Yarnold. She has been storming down these bends,
:01:54. > :02:02.downhill and uphill, the very radical horse -- a very rare course.
:02:03. > :02:06.She could be only the ten British athlete to win the Winter Olympic
:02:07. > :02:12.gold medal. She will have one minute of sliding, speeds of 85 mph, and
:02:13. > :02:15.crossing the finish line she will know whether she is the latest
:02:16. > :02:21.British athlete to succeed in this sport. The most successful sport for
:02:22. > :02:25.Winter Olympians. We have the reigning champion, Amy Williams, we
:02:26. > :02:27.will hear her thoughts in a moment. Let's see what happened in the third
:02:28. > :02:43.run. Here goes Lizzy Yarnold. The way she
:02:44. > :02:50.goes. She has got to be on form. It is a good start. Magnificent start.
:02:51. > :02:58.Her fastest start is so far. You couldn't ask for anything more on
:02:59. > :03:04.the second day. Good speed through the first few corners. Up the hill.
:03:05. > :03:17.If you haven't seen this track before, three big uphill sections,
:03:18. > :03:24.very steep. She is going well. That is magnificent speed. Tries to avoid
:03:25. > :03:31.tap there, she took the tap but didn't go into a big slide. Back
:03:32. > :03:41.down the hill for the final two right-handers, this will set the
:03:42. > :03:44.benchmark. That is good. It is tremendous, it is a track record,
:03:45. > :03:55.you couldn't ask for anything more in this penultimate run. She has
:03:56. > :04:04.done it, 57.91, that is brilliant. The ice is hard. Seven degrees below
:04:05. > :04:10.freezing. It is colder than yesterday by a couple of degrees.
:04:11. > :04:13.This little tap on the left-hand side, that is the only obvious that
:04:14. > :04:23.that wasn't perfection. She looked disappointed she just
:04:24. > :04:25.made the one mistake but set a new course record and she is out in
:04:26. > :04:34.front. She has a lead of over three
:04:35. > :04:41.quarters of the second from Pica space who finished fourth in frankly
:04:42. > :04:45.the -- Pikus-Pace. Elena Nikitina is in third place. It is all a little
:04:46. > :04:55.tighter, the other Russians, an American athlete. You will see
:04:56. > :05:03.Shelley Rudman who want the silver medal, it she is currently in 13th
:05:04. > :05:08.place. They will go in reverse order for the fourth and final one. Lizzy
:05:09. > :05:12.Yarnold will get the worst of the ice. Amy Williams, put into context
:05:13. > :05:23.how big a lead that is. I have never seen a lead that big. I
:05:24. > :05:30.think that proves how unique the track is. It is the best track I
:05:31. > :05:35.have ever seen, unique uphill sections, and some really steep
:05:36. > :05:39.downhill sections. It is vital we athletes get the technical bits of
:05:40. > :05:42.the track between five and 15 absolutely perfect to keep the
:05:43. > :05:47.speed. Amy is very good friends with Lizzy
:05:48. > :05:52.Yarnold, she is her landlady. They have been in touch constantly. Lizzy
:05:53. > :05:54.has the benefit of friends and family here supporting her. Matthew
:05:55. > :06:06.Pinsent is in amongst them. Judith and Clive, proud parents,
:06:07. > :06:13.nervous as well. Very excited. Fantastic. Today has been a long
:06:14. > :06:19.day. It is now eight o'clock, Russian time. A long day waiting,
:06:20. > :06:28.the best moment in the world. Fantastic. How do you think that
:06:29. > :06:33.third run went? Really well. Another track record, what more can you ask?
:06:34. > :06:37.Just got to look at all the other competitors, when they come in they
:06:38. > :06:41.are shaking their heads, they are chasing Lizzy, pushing themselves to
:06:42. > :06:51.the limits, their body language says it all. She is showing them a clean
:06:52. > :06:59.pair of heels. It is dream, she has had three dream runs. She was
:07:00. > :07:09.reliving and logging that run so she can locate it on the fourth one. You
:07:10. > :07:13.have got a huge lot of support here. We have, and even more support back
:07:14. > :07:17.at home, it is fantastic to know how many people are at home watching
:07:18. > :07:24.this. The grandmothers, Rita and Ursula, who have been with us all
:07:25. > :07:29.the way through this. It is a brilliantly embarrassing hack. It
:07:30. > :07:38.is! That is what fathers are here to do, embarrassed their children.
:07:39. > :07:45.There you go, I don't really care. I am a Crocodile Dundee lookalike.
:07:46. > :07:51.Enjoy the last run, we will be here throughout. Hopefully the boys can
:07:52. > :07:57.do slightly better. This is the price you have to pay.
:07:58. > :08:03.Clive and Judith Blair, and her sisters are here as well, and
:08:04. > :08:07.friends have flown over. Amy knows what it is like, the parallels are
:08:08. > :08:12.extraordinary between your success in Vancouver and what we hope will
:08:13. > :08:15.be successful Lizzy Yarnold. Let's hear from Amy about what will be
:08:16. > :08:21.going through her mind and what lies ahead.
:08:22. > :08:28.Stand on the start line, final day, Olympics, legs shaking so much. You
:08:29. > :08:34.cannot have a mistake. I took a deep breath, helmet on, I knew this was
:08:35. > :08:40.it. Think of the things you have to do. Helmet on, push.
:08:41. > :08:44.Amy Williams could become Olympic champion. It is hanging in there.
:08:45. > :08:53.Amy Williams really is going for gold. The last turn, surely it is
:08:54. > :09:00.gold for Great Britain. Oh, yes! Amy Williams is the queen of speed in
:09:01. > :09:04.Canada. Being told I had one, somebody saying you are in a big
:09:05. > :09:10.champion, the biggest feeling was that sense of relief, finally I have
:09:11. > :09:13.done it, I knew I could always win. She has already won a world
:09:14. > :09:15.championship. Now she is going for Olympic gold. She is half a second
:09:16. > :09:27.up. Lizzy has a similar story, I kind of
:09:28. > :09:32.see myself reflected in her. She watched me when gold and she knew
:09:33. > :09:38.she had four years to do the same. She has got to go away, keep calm,
:09:39. > :09:42.do what you always do, be consistent. Consistency will win
:09:43. > :09:46.medals. To know your name is in the history book is a strange feeling,
:09:47. > :09:50.it will always be there, I am standing here four years later
:09:51. > :09:52.knowing somebody else will take my title and I really hope she can do
:09:53. > :09:56.that and keep it within Great Britain. Any medal you bring home,
:09:57. > :10:05.you know you have got the nation behind you. If she can't win gold it
:10:06. > :10:06.would be amazing -- if she could win gold. I can't wait to see what
:10:07. > :10:37.happens. Part of the skills she has is in her
:10:38. > :10:40.start. Half of it is the mental battle is in your head. You can have
:10:41. > :10:45.ten athletes physically the same but the one who is mentally strong, that
:10:46. > :10:50.will poll and three. She has got a unique thing about, she is so strong
:10:51. > :10:57.mentally, nothing seems to affect her. -- that will pull her through.
:10:58. > :11:01.She will be going last on this one and you know who what that is like,
:11:02. > :11:08.you are waiting, the place empties around you. What do you do in those
:11:09. > :11:12.situations? It is strange. One minute it is really busy in the
:11:13. > :11:16.changing room and as everybody disappears you are there on your
:11:17. > :11:21.own, nothing to distract you. I just had a really good plan. I took
:11:22. > :11:24.myself to another bit of the changing room where there was
:11:25. > :11:29.nobody, I didn't want to see what other athletes were doing. I put my
:11:30. > :11:34.fingers in my ears when I heard of other times and only thought of my
:11:35. > :11:39.self. She doesn't really pay attention to anyone else. She should
:11:40. > :11:45.have a minute to minute plan of what she is doing, her warm up, mental
:11:46. > :11:51.preparation. That visualisation is really important. To practice those
:11:52. > :12:01.key corners in your head, to go out, enter your head, happy, smile. I
:12:02. > :12:05.hope she enjoys this very last run. She can enjoy it. With the advantage
:12:06. > :12:09.she has got, if she relaxes and enjoys at the gold medal will be
:12:10. > :12:15.hers and Great Britain's extraordinaire record will continue.
:12:16. > :12:25.You know skeleton was near the pics in 1928 and 1948? -- was in the
:12:26. > :12:30.Olympics. The first of them in 28 was David Carnegie, the 11th Earl of
:12:31. > :12:36.Northwest and in 48 was John Crammond, a stockbroker, qualified
:12:37. > :12:43.pilot and wrote about winter sports for the B Observer newspaper. Since
:12:44. > :12:51.it came back in 2002 Alex Cooper taking the bronze medal followed by
:12:52. > :13:09.Shelley Rudman taking a silver at Amy Williams taking bronze.
:13:10. > :13:17.This is a high octane sport, Great Britain on the verge of a medal.
:13:18. > :13:23.Here goes Alex Coomber for the last time. Come on, keep it going,
:13:24. > :13:30.cleanly. That means Great Britain has a medal. What a marvellous
:13:31. > :13:35.moment for Shelley Rudman in her first Olympic competition. This has
:13:36. > :13:40.got to be very special indeed for the Britain if she is going to
:13:41. > :13:44.emulate Alex Coomber who got a medal four years ago. She has trained hard
:13:45. > :13:54.for this. Keep it together, hold it together.
:13:55. > :13:59.That was superb. You couldn't have asked for anything more.
:14:00. > :14:11.Amy Williams, going for gold for Great Britain.
:14:12. > :14:17.She could become Olympic champion. And surely it is gold for Great
:14:18. > :14:22.Britain? Oh, yes! Amy Williams is the queen of speed.
:14:23. > :14:30.The things they all had in common was they were all crossover athletes
:14:31. > :14:35.from athletics. Alex Coomber, high jump and long jumper stop you were a
:14:36. > :14:41.400 metre runner. Lizzy Yarnold wanted to be a heptathlete. We have
:14:42. > :14:45.all come from that sprinting background, power, speed, the start
:14:46. > :14:51.of the run is the most important bit. The athletes, for six months in
:14:52. > :14:56.the year in the summer are practising that, it is for that
:14:57. > :15:03.explosive sprint. Then you get on the sled and you spend the winter
:15:04. > :15:14.learning how to slide. We find people with that sprint developing.
:15:15. > :15:22.Did Lizzy Black out once, because of the strength of the g-force? Near
:15:23. > :15:26.the bottom of the track you can get up to high pressure, if you go into
:15:27. > :15:32.the corner of one, straight up to the roof, you cannot control it.
:15:33. > :15:37.Your head is pushed into the ice, it hits down, only moving an inch. I
:15:38. > :15:40.have blacked out before. I have seen stars come out. You have just got to
:15:41. > :15:49.hang on tight and get down. Here there is one corner, 4.5, you can
:15:50. > :15:54.see the athletes taking their heads up, we do a lot of weight training,
:15:55. > :16:04.almost like rugby players, trying to strengthen the neck. You make it
:16:05. > :16:11.sound like such fun! If you would like to try any of those sports, go
:16:12. > :16:16.to our website and if you go to get inspired, you can find out ways to
:16:17. > :16:23.get involved. Also, see Q thoughts on Twitter. -- let us here. Letters
:16:24. > :16:47.hear more about Lizzy Yarnold from the woman herself. -- let us here.
:16:48. > :16:55.-- let us hear. Lizzy Yarnold, British skeleton. In 2008 I was
:16:56. > :16:59.involved in a talent search, it was for girls and my sister had been
:17:00. > :17:04.selected if you years before me and I had always been involved in every
:17:05. > :17:08.sport so I was desperate to get involved and I try to get involved
:17:09. > :17:12.in the pentathlon but was selected for the skeleton. You always feel
:17:13. > :17:16.nervous before competing or training, it is something where you
:17:17. > :17:23.need to be aware of that because it can be quite dangerous. It is nerve
:17:24. > :17:28.wracking but it is that thrill, I love the adrenaline, so that is why
:17:29. > :17:40.you get back to the top. I can do that corner better! So it can be
:17:41. > :17:45.faster. For any athlete, it is our dream, it has been since I was ten
:17:46. > :17:58.years old, this is what I was training for, every day of my life.
:17:59. > :18:05.And you can tell in the way she approaches this board that she does
:18:06. > :18:08.not just love it, she lives it. She was born for this moment and she and
:18:09. > :18:15.Shelley Rudman will prepare for their final run. She'll get onto her
:18:16. > :18:21.sled, named after Mervyn Sugden, he is retired but was an insurance
:18:22. > :18:26.underwriter who worked alongside Lizzy Yarnold and he gave her ?176
:18:27. > :18:35.for a sport bag and has supported her ever since. You can see her, on
:18:36. > :18:39.her own in the corner, warming up, shouting her eyes and going through
:18:40. > :18:43.every single corner. The other leaves are very good at visualising
:18:44. > :18:47.each corner and the psychology side is huge, you need to be able to go
:18:48. > :18:53.through every corner in your head, the more you can do that, walking
:18:54. > :18:56.the track, watching videos, the more you will memorise those corners so
:18:57. > :19:03.when you are actually on the sled, it is more normal. Shelley Rudman
:19:04. > :19:08.will go in eight place, the verse order, 20th place and last, that
:19:09. > :19:13.will be Lizzy Yarnold. With that massive lead over Noelle Pikus-Pace.
:19:14. > :19:16.Amy Williams will head to the commentary box, joining Colin Bryce
:19:17. > :19:27.and Paul Dickenson. Thank you very much indeed. The
:19:28. > :19:37.atmosphere at the finish is absolutely electric. Let me tell you
:19:38. > :19:47.that. They start record, that is yet to be broken. Lizzy Yarnold holds
:19:48. > :20:01.the track record. 57.91, she said that on her last slide. Right in the
:20:02. > :20:13.center, that is her sister. This is the perfect recipe for British
:20:14. > :20:19.victory. The perfect recipe for British sliding. It has been
:20:20. > :20:27.brilliant by Lizzy Yarnold, she is comfortably in the lead. We are
:20:28. > :20:33.talking metres of their lead. She would have to hit if you corners
:20:34. > :20:43.exceptionally hard to lose. The verse order. Maria Marinela Mazilu.
:20:44. > :20:48.She comes down this track. Giving away a massive margin. It is the
:20:49. > :20:55.aggregate of all four of them. Nearly five seconds. Ten athletes
:20:56. > :21:08.really stand no chance of getting into the medals. This big, sweeping
:21:09. > :21:17.right-hander. Coming around, that is up twice. Will she hit the left-hand
:21:18. > :21:27.wall? Yes, she does. Really steep up the hill. That was a nasty slide.
:21:28. > :21:36.You can see the ice coming up. That is good for her. But not great. Her
:21:37. > :21:51.fastest time so far. Absolutely superb. Well done indeed to the
:21:52. > :21:56.young lady. Just coming down here. You can see she just had enough to
:21:57. > :22:03.throw her right leg up. Up the hill, 15... You do not see the exit until
:22:04. > :22:26.you get past that 90 degrees. Travelling at 80 mph. Nozomi Komuro.
:22:27. > :22:40.And away we go. She will have to get her leg speed up to scratch. Her leg
:22:41. > :22:50.speed is good. 5.14. That is the word than the previous slider. This
:22:51. > :22:55.is a target. One of the slowest starters, Nozomi Komuro. And she can
:22:56. > :22:59.slide beautifully. She carries forward this advantage over the
:23:00. > :23:09.Romanian. Every slide has some kind of advantage over the three previous
:23:10. > :23:21.rounds. Six tenths over, this is good from the Japanese. Accelerating
:23:22. > :23:28.all the way and she just manages to catch the bride on her left
:23:29. > :23:40.shoulder, on her right shoulder. -- upright. 58.76. That is her fastest
:23:41. > :23:45.time so far, by a full half of a second. That is a great slide to
:23:46. > :23:55.finish the Olympic Games and she was into the lead for the time being. 18
:23:56. > :23:58.still to come in the skeleton. We can see the way she keeps fit
:23:59. > :24:16.together. Less drag at the back as the error flows over you, it flows
:24:17. > :24:23.smoothly around you. -- the air. 18th place at the moment. Marina
:24:24. > :24:29.Gilardoni. She achieved her less time on her last slide. So, getting
:24:30. > :24:40.better. With each time she comes down. 4.96, that is a good start. A
:24:41. > :24:49.magnificent start, she is the fastest starter in training, as good
:24:50. > :24:55.as Lizzy Yarnold. She is one for the future. She is second in the lead, a
:24:56. > :25:03.head of the Japanese growth. But she has that massive time deficit of
:25:04. > :25:08.over 3.5 seconds. She will not be pulling that back? Every athlete
:25:09. > :25:15.will just want to move that one extra position in front. She is
:25:16. > :25:19.still in the lead. That green figure means she is in the lead. That is
:25:20. > :25:34.the important thing, just scraping the right-hand side. Second in the
:25:35. > :25:39.lead, ahead of Nozomi Komuro. Indeed, into first place, for the
:25:40. > :25:48.time being anyway. This is fastest so far. This track is getting
:25:49. > :25:56.quicker. The conditions are perfect. The ice master has had his crew
:25:57. > :26:06.either, polishing it. Perfect conditions. The air temperature, it
:26:07. > :26:11.is minus, the ice is dutiful. -- beautiful. The equipment has been
:26:12. > :26:24.set up, that is why these speeds are up. Lucy Chaffer. From Australia.
:26:25. > :26:38.She has 5.15 three times. Consistent. Not a great start.
:26:39. > :26:44.Consistency shows she is doing her absolute best, anyway. Very unique
:26:45. > :26:57.to put down exactly the same start time. She was one minute outside her
:26:58. > :27:04.start time in the first run. She has got that since then. She has always
:27:05. > :27:10.been trying to play catch up. The difference between the two of them
:27:11. > :27:17.was quite small, around about two seconds going into this. She is back
:27:18. > :27:23.into the lead. Her speed will be crucial, here. Yes, that is a very
:27:24. > :27:32.good final run. Always great to finish on a good run. And into
:27:33. > :27:42.second place. Sitting pretty. That is an excellent time but Lucy
:27:43. > :27:55.Chaffer is a name for the future, that is for sure. The exit from
:27:56. > :28:02.corner number nine. Amy was talking about the G-force earlier. It turns
:28:03. > :28:09.on that sharp angle. The pressure forces you up to the woodwork. You
:28:10. > :28:14.have two steer to avoid hitting the woodwork and try to get as flat a
:28:15. > :28:27.line as possible. Well, Mellisa Hollingsworth. She is a good slider.
:28:28. > :28:35.See if she can move up. Some of those mistakes she made on that
:28:36. > :28:45.third run, she still in a enough place. She would like to have come a
:28:46. > :28:50.little bit higher in the rankings. Down on the best. But in the lead,
:28:51. > :28:56.ahead of Lucy Chaffer. She was carrying an advantage ahead of Lucy
:28:57. > :29:04.Chaffer but she is extending the lead. She was three close to the
:29:05. > :29:13.woodwork. But was a very brave line. -- very close. Really good run by
:29:14. > :29:26.Mellisa Hollingsworth. Copying those Russian lines. Coming around and she
:29:27. > :29:34.is in the lead. My goodness! That is very good. Over four tenths of a
:29:35. > :29:38.second. It is not the slide that Mellisa Hollingsworth would have
:29:39. > :29:46.wanted. She is in the aid, but we still have 15 women to go. -- in the
:29:47. > :29:51.lead. She perhaps might go to 12th place or 13th place. This woman was
:29:52. > :30:00.looking for gold in Vancouver. They were virtually hanging around her
:30:01. > :30:05.neck. I know! That is why she has been fighting for these last four
:30:06. > :30:14.years. She might stop after these Olympics. Who knows? Can I get that?
:30:15. > :30:23.Am I done? She does a lot of rodeo riding in the summer. That is what
:30:24. > :30:30.she will focus on. Shelley Rudman is warming up. Leda
:30:31. > :30:43.Bridger Lena is away. She carries forward an advantage
:30:44. > :30:52.over Mellisa Hollingsworth. No surprise she has gone, to be into
:30:53. > :30:56.the lead. Up the hill. Very good, clean lines. Tiny little clip
:30:57. > :31:07.there. It has not affected her. Really beautiful sliding. She is
:31:08. > :31:17.going well. Solid run to finish on here. The young athlete coming on
:31:18. > :31:25.three for Latvia. Will she be ahead? Yes, she is. The slimmest margin.
:31:26. > :31:31.Really tight. She has lost it on the line. Very close. Mellisa
:31:32. > :31:46.Hollingsworth stays in the leader 's enclosure. It will be very
:31:47. > :31:50.disappointing for this lady. I'm not sure it was a bad run by her, just
:31:51. > :31:59.magnificent from Mellisa Hollingsworth. The Canadian has been
:32:00. > :32:03.one of the heavyweights of skeleton over the last decade. She has been
:32:04. > :32:16.the girl everybody wants to be, everybody wants to beat.
:32:17. > :32:23.Soon she will be warming up, on the go.
:32:24. > :32:33.Katharine Eustace now is underway. She was born in London. Rides with
:32:34. > :32:42.her legs wide apart, that cannot be an advantage. It depends. Ideally
:32:43. > :32:50.you go into a nice point at the end. It lessens the drab. -- drag. But
:32:51. > :32:55.some athletes find it more stabilising to have them apart.
:32:56. > :33:05.Sometimes it is a better position. You will never know unless you try
:33:06. > :33:20.it. If you have got broad, big hips it may help. The lead she had has
:33:21. > :33:31.been reduced by some way. Will she stay in the lead? She is equal
:33:32. > :33:45.leader. My goodness. A very unique thing. How crazy is that? Six
:33:46. > :33:55.kilometres of ice. Ludicrous! That is how close they are. She had no
:33:56. > :34:04.option but to take the hit there. She took it softly. Allowed her body
:34:05. > :34:16.to absorb the impact. Shelley Rudman goes next. 5.01, her fastest start
:34:17. > :34:23.time. If she goes into the lead, if she gets a strongly here, it she can
:34:24. > :34:29.move up the needs that. She is a good competitor, especially when it
:34:30. > :34:34.comes to the last run. Shelley Rudman down in that position. Not a
:34:35. > :34:43.fast time by any stretch of the imagination. Her slowest start so
:34:44. > :34:48.far but fatigue starts to kick in, nerves, excitement, adrenaline all
:34:49. > :34:59.gone. She is a little bit tired there, no supplies. This is a good
:35:00. > :35:03.run. The time wasn't quite there at the start but clean lines now. She
:35:04. > :35:16.will be fighting to get into the top ten. She is decreasing in speed. She
:35:17. > :35:32.is just trying to stable little bit. She has lost her lead, I am afraid.
:35:33. > :35:35.Can she get it back? She cannot. Ireland is worth and used as lead at
:35:36. > :35:46.the moment. She is down in fourth place. -- Mellisa Hollingsworth and
:35:47. > :35:55.Katharine Eustace. Eight athletes down so far, she is in fourth. At
:35:56. > :36:09.worse she could be in 16th. Olympic silver medallist. She helped to pave
:36:10. > :36:20.the way for so many other athletes. She lost half a second from the list
:36:21. > :36:21.of Lynn 's worth. We cannot hang the gold around Lizzy Yarnold's neck
:36:22. > :36:36.yet. Michelle Steele of Australia, the
:36:37. > :36:47.way she goes. -- away she goes. Very good start. She just needs to hold
:36:48. > :37:01.on. She will be looking for a really clean run. She is ahead of Mellisa
:37:02. > :37:13.Hollingsworth. Surely she will hang onto that half a second she came in
:37:14. > :37:24.with. A little early into 11. She controls are well. Takes a slight
:37:25. > :37:34.hip. -- hit. Shouldn't be much to interrupt the speed she built up.
:37:35. > :37:45.She dropped dramatically. That just shows a tiny mistake affects the
:37:46. > :37:50.speed at the last corner. I cannot believe people are losing so much
:37:51. > :38:00.time in this final one. Hopefully the track is holding up. The track
:38:01. > :38:11.will be holding up. The athletes are making a few mistakes. There she is,
:38:12. > :38:15.skipping in the background, keeping her body temperature high. This is
:38:16. > :38:43.Marion Thees of Germany. Her best start time, 5.27. Just
:38:44. > :38:53.about there. That is actually the worst start we have seen so far. Her
:38:54. > :39:00.weakness. She doesn't have the power at the start. But you can see how
:39:01. > :39:10.phenomenal she drives to be in the position up there, even with that
:39:11. > :39:19.really bad start. She just hits the left. A little tap
:39:20. > :39:37.there. Puts her head down, feet together. What is going on says
:39:38. > :39:42.Mellisa Hollingsworth? This is one of those crazy things. The pressure
:39:43. > :39:49.to do really well on that final one can get to people. Melissa did have
:39:50. > :40:03.a very good run down. Katharine Eustace and Mellisa
:40:04. > :40:09.Hollingsworth have the lead. They are equal. Katharine Eustace
:40:10. > :40:29.absolutely equal with her. Now it is the chance for Janine
:40:30. > :40:38.Flock. What drama do we have here? She was 2.67 ahead of the leader.
:40:39. > :40:44.Almost a second ahead of Mellisa Hollingsworth. She carries a massive
:40:45. > :41:01.margin, she is a good starter as well. Let's see how much she can
:41:02. > :41:10.keep that lead. She has got to stay calm, keep clean.
:41:11. > :41:36.Up the hill where. A very small clip and now she has made a few mistakes.
:41:37. > :41:55.Her speed is not that either. This could be touch and go. Just ahead.
:41:56. > :42:00.She made those mistakes. 58.56, despite the problems. That was
:42:01. > :42:12.close. Smile on her face, you can see how happy she is. A little bit
:42:13. > :42:16.sloppy at the top. Trying to get a good look, she didn't look that
:42:17. > :42:25.comfortable. She got it together at the bottom again. Sending love to
:42:26. > :42:29.somebody. That is a good Valentine 's wish for anybody back at home if
:42:30. > :42:41.you are doing well on your Olympic race.
:42:42. > :42:46.Sophia Griebel now. She came to form with the last run, a blistering run.
:42:47. > :42:51.She needs a repeat of that this time, in order to take the lead and
:42:52. > :42:57.maybe stay in the lead for as long as possible. One tenth of a second
:42:58. > :43:08.difference between Sophia Griebel and Janine Flock. She doesn't start
:43:09. > :43:24.as quickly as the Austrian. Not good speed. She has gone behind.
:43:25. > :43:38.Just riding high that at the moment. She is behind. She will have to
:43:39. > :43:43.start to get the top speed up. That hit doesn't help things. That will
:43:44. > :43:53.cost her. Uphill section, will it be enough? She hit the right-hand wall
:43:54. > :44:06.very hard. Janine Flock is still in the lead. That guarantees Janine
:44:07. > :44:09.Flock the lead at the moment, at worst, ninth position. There are
:44:10. > :44:29.eight sliders to come. CLARE BALDING: If you are wanting to
:44:30. > :44:37.watch Pointless it is now on BBC Two.
:44:38. > :44:49.COMMENTATOR: The next athlete down is Anja Huber.
:44:50. > :45:04.She has progressed quite nicely. She needs a similar time if she is to go
:45:05. > :45:08.into the lead. She will be wanting to get another medal. She got bronze
:45:09. > :45:17.in Vancouver. She is always fighting to get the next best one but there
:45:18. > :45:26.is a big gap. What can she do? Almost half a second of Janine
:45:27. > :45:35.Flock. A massive start. That is what she needed. Just trying to get
:45:36. > :45:40.herself settled. Her head is quite high at the
:45:41. > :45:46.moment. Her shoulders just lifted up, her head could be a bit lower.
:45:47. > :46:01.Very good lines. High corner coming out. Great lines, good angle.
:46:02. > :46:12.A tap out of corner 11, that is common.
:46:13. > :46:31.She is coming down with 355.24, her fastest time so far. And she is in
:46:32. > :46:34.the lead by 0.79 seconds. Great job thereby Anya, she is one of my
:46:35. > :46:43.closest friends, she will be happy with that. How far will she be from
:46:44. > :46:50.the gold position? It is difficult to say, but she awaits it with
:46:51. > :46:58.interest. Just crashing into the corner of that wall, not too much
:46:59. > :47:07.damage done, though. Anja Huber in front in this picture in picture,
:47:08. > :47:11.and Janine Flock behind. Three different occasions where they push
:47:12. > :47:15.into the woodwork. Good effort by Anja Huber. She leads the Olympics
:47:16. > :47:22.now by nearly eight tenths of a second. Sarah Reid Canada. -- of
:47:23. > :47:41.Canada. She gets a good start. She is a former ballet dancer, and
:47:42. > :47:46.she has got fantastic positioning on the sled. She thinks she can feel
:47:47. > :47:51.the eyes better than anyone because of her ballet background. That is
:47:52. > :47:56.what it is like, such a unique thing to do and you have to feel it
:47:57. > :48:08.through your sled, you have to be stuck together let clue and get it
:48:09. > :48:21.down. A good slide here. Yes, very few taps. She has got the hard work
:48:22. > :48:28.in and look at it, it is paying off. She is half a second in the lead. We
:48:29. > :48:35.are very much in the medal hunt now. A great slide by Sarah Reid.
:48:36. > :48:40.You go to the next athlete, three tenths of a second and then tiny
:48:41. > :48:47.margins up to the bronze medal so who knows? This could get her
:48:48. > :48:51.towards the podium? That was her fastest run off her campaign, coming
:48:52. > :48:56.down in her fastest time, that is what you want. Always improving with
:48:57. > :49:04.every run. You can see how happy she is. Coming down in first place. We
:49:05. > :49:14.are down to six. Six athletes to go before the medals are awarded. What
:49:15. > :49:16.a chance Great Britain has got. Big hugs between the athlete there,
:49:17. > :49:22.great friendships are formed over the years and you ultimately plays
:49:23. > :49:31.for everybody to be doing so well. Maria Orlova goes next. She has got
:49:32. > :49:38.a real chance. Her best start was 5.02, on the start yesterday. What
:49:39. > :49:43.can she do with her last slide? Her hand came on the front of the sled
:49:44. > :49:48.but she just got it down in time. That was a clumsy start by Maria
:49:49. > :49:56.Orlova, she had a good margin over Sarah Reid at the start of it but
:49:57. > :50:01.she halved it with the ugly load. She's only just ahead. She just
:50:02. > :50:08.scraped the wall in an uphill section there.
:50:09. > :50:18.She is down on Sarah Reid, the young Canadian is staying ahead of her.
:50:19. > :50:23.She can still pull this back, the Russian. A slight tap there but the
:50:24. > :50:30.speed will be crucial at the bottom, she must hold her form. She seems to
:50:31. > :50:41.be dragging her right shoulder. This couldn't be any closer! Hundredth of
:50:42. > :50:49.a second in its will -- in it! That is how close skeleton is. She found
:50:50. > :50:53.little bits of speed, you thought she was down. Through the crucial
:50:54. > :50:54.corners and just managed to come through with that, hundredth of a
:50:55. > :51:03.second. We are live here on BBC One with the
:51:04. > :51:06.final run of the women's skeleton but if you are tuned in expecting to
:51:07. > :51:18.see Pointless, it is now on BBC Two. COMMENTATOR: Looking at the replay
:51:19. > :51:24.of Maria Orlova, and that was wonky, I think you can say coming
:51:25. > :51:31.off that wall. But it is there or thereabouts, she is in the lead and
:51:32. > :51:44.that is the main thing for her. Pity you lender -- her best start so far,
:51:45. > :51:58.for Katie Uhlaender. Let's see what you can do here. A big, strong,
:51:59. > :52:00.powerful start. She is a farmer from Kansas which is pretty different,
:52:01. > :52:09.very flat and very warm. She has got an advantage over Maria
:52:10. > :52:15.Orlova of around a 10th of a second at the start so she has improved on
:52:16. > :52:21.that. She has got a big lead here, and the time is gradually creeping.
:52:22. > :52:32.Who can get into the third or second position? She is wanting to get up
:52:33. > :52:45.there. This is a good slide. The target 0.48 of a second, and that
:52:46. > :52:51.was a perfect tap avoidance. She is going to take the lead. I don't know
:52:52. > :52:53.how much her lead will be... She has lost a lot of time coming down the
:52:54. > :53:09.home stretch and that was close. She looks worried there. Her fastest
:53:10. > :53:15.time of the tournament so far. She gave it her all, the relief and
:53:16. > :53:23.worry, all the emotions that you feel on the ice. World Cup overall
:53:24. > :53:27.champion a few years ago. She did similar in 2008. She has lost form
:53:28. > :53:31.and at the beginning of the season, she had a horrible concussion in
:53:32. > :53:40.Oldenburg, she has been struggling for fitness since then but that was
:53:41. > :53:47.a storming run. She might get on the podium. She is lapping it up there.
:53:48. > :53:59.You never know if you will do another Olympics and for her, she is
:54:00. > :54:03.enjoying every single minute. F102 can get anywhere close to her good
:54:04. > :54:23.mark, she could get on the rostrum. She has not got that much to play
:54:24. > :54:35.with, any mistake and Uhlaender could be in the lead. She is just
:54:36. > :54:43.haired of her and she is flying. -- just a head of her.
:54:44. > :54:53.I can hear some slight mistakes through the ear, the unknown sounds,
:54:54. > :54:55.but she is ahead of Uhlaender. She is only just behind and she can pull
:54:56. > :55:10.it back. That was too high, and she is 0.06
:55:11. > :55:17.seconds behind. She almost needed one more corner and she may have got
:55:18. > :55:25.into the lead. Uhlaender is guaranteed at least fourth place,
:55:26. > :55:32.and her father was a baseball superstar but sadly for her at the
:55:33. > :55:41.start of the Olympics cycle he passed away and she is sliding for
:55:42. > :55:46.him. She has got people behind her in her home country. I would love to
:55:47. > :55:50.see her up on the podium, she has worked so much and so hard over the
:55:51. > :55:58.years and she is still out there. Without the excitement on her face.
:55:59. > :56:03.We are getting excited about 0.02 of a second. When you consider that
:56:04. > :56:13.that athlete leads by 0.78 of a second, Lizzy Yarnold has a few
:56:14. > :56:18.nervous moments to wait. Elena Nikitina now. This is for a medal.
:56:19. > :56:25.She sits in the bronze medal position. After three runs,
:56:26. > :56:33.Uhlaender has put down a blinder though. A phenomenal start from the
:56:34. > :56:40.Russian. A blinding start. But that Bob will have taken a lot of speed
:56:41. > :56:45.from her. -- that bump. And again. She is leading but she is sliding
:56:46. > :56:53.all over the place. She has lost a lot of momentum that she had. She is
:56:54. > :56:58.skidding but at the same time, she is just in the lead. We have seen
:56:59. > :57:04.this happen with the other Russians, do they know some lines that the
:57:05. > :57:11.others do not at the bottom? She has stopped the rot. Will have to wait
:57:12. > :57:21.and see for the next checkmark, and she has got it. This is so close.
:57:22. > :57:30.For hundreds of a second, my goodness. Katie Uhlaender cannot
:57:31. > :57:35.believe it, four hundredths of a second, that is ridiculous.
:57:36. > :57:42.Telemetry that guarantees Elena Nikitina an Olympic medal. But of
:57:43. > :57:43.what colour, I am afraid Katie Uhlaender, it is most likely to be
:57:44. > :57:59.over for her now. Anything can happen, we have still
:58:00. > :58:04.got lazy to go. No matter what colour medal she gets, Elena
:58:05. > :58:05.Nikitina is delighted. But ten three macro has not won a medal for the
:58:06. > :58:26.time being. -- Uhlaender. The home ice factor, it has helped,
:58:27. > :58:36.Elena Nikitina has done well there. Noelle Pikus-Pace, she has done this
:58:37. > :58:43.twice and done 5.16 in the start and this time she gets 5.20. It is not
:58:44. > :58:58.as quick. She goes straight behind Elena Nikitina. She has lost so much
:58:59. > :59:04.at the start, Elena is so quick. He is behind and a tap. That is not
:59:05. > :59:14.good. Slightly messy from her, can she perfect those mistakes? She is
:59:15. > :59:21.hanging on in there. She is slightly ahead now. It really helps to have
:59:22. > :59:27.the extra body weight, she is a former shot-putter and track star,
:59:28. > :59:35.and she has got that muscle strength. She is putting the
:59:36. > :59:43.pressure on Lizzy Yarnold now, that was an amazing run. She is
:59:44. > :59:47.guaranteed a silver now. That was an awesome slides to finish on. Look at
:59:48. > :59:57.there! She knows she has got a medal. Oh, my goodness, America are
:59:58. > :00:03.first and third. The pressure on Lizzy Yarnold now... The fans at the
:00:04. > :00:07.back are absolutely silent, they are hoping that she has got a massive
:00:08. > :00:11.margin. She has got nearly a 10th of a second but that was a crazy slide,
:00:12. > :00:15.that was brilliant from the American. Lizzie does not have a
:00:16. > :00:19.clue that this is going on, she is in her own little world, and about
:00:20. > :00:27.to be calm and do the run of her life. 0.44 seconds ahead and that is
:00:28. > :00:31.a bit she will be thinking about. There are Noelle Pikus-Pace's family
:00:32. > :00:35.and children, and only that she has got a medal. Come on, Lizzy Yarnold.
:00:36. > :00:53.She goes for gold for Great Britain. Can she get the track record again?
:00:54. > :01:01.If she can, it is all over. That was a beautiful load by Lizzy Yarnold.
:01:02. > :01:08.She is in control. She is having the run of her life. I believe she can
:01:09. > :01:13.hang onto this. That was a horrible slide but she is still over one
:01:14. > :01:23.second ahead. Not a great slide at all. She is making mistakes. But...
:01:24. > :01:32.She is still in the lead by a comfortable margin. Come on, keep it
:01:33. > :01:38.together. Go on, Lizzy! She hit that hard on the left-hand side by the
:01:39. > :01:45.does not out, she is surely going to win the gold medal? ! Lizzy Yarnold
:01:46. > :01:53.is the Olympic champion! Oh, my goodness! That is brilliant.
:01:54. > :02:03.Unbelievable. Also work by Lizzy Yarnold. Lizzy Yarnold has taken
:02:04. > :02:13.everything that the rest of the world has had and has thrown at back
:02:14. > :02:26.in their faces. That is fantastic. That was not the best run. There are
:02:27. > :02:34.tears in my eyes. I am so proud of her. This is an emotional time for
:02:35. > :02:40.the whole of Great Britain. That is truly remarkable. We had never even
:02:41. > :02:56.heard of Lizzy Yarnold four years ago. She has got to make the most of
:02:57. > :03:00.this moment. And everything that follows behind, her life is going to
:03:01. > :03:07.change forever. Her name is in the history boots. Maybe she will come
:03:08. > :03:11.back in four years? I think she will, she has a lot more to prove,
:03:12. > :03:23.she could be one of the best in the world. Let us relive this moment.
:03:24. > :03:29.She did make some big mistakes but luckily for her, she had a huge
:03:30. > :03:37.amount of time to play with. And she kept it going. Shelley Rudman, she
:03:38. > :03:43.ends up in the 16th position. She can go to the medal party as well. I
:03:44. > :03:54.will join Clare Balding. I want to give her a big hug! Look at this,
:03:55. > :03:57.Lizzy Yarnold enjoying the moment. I wonder how the physique of the
:03:58. > :04:03.skeleton athlete will continue to develop. Alex Cameron was very
:04:04. > :04:10.slight and are getting bigger and bigger. She was much more powerful
:04:11. > :04:17.and then we have Noelle Pikus-Pace and Lizzy Yarnold, all exceptional,
:04:18. > :04:23.powerful athletes. There is mother and her father will be close by,
:04:24. > :04:31.that is for sure. And both children as well. Shelley Rudman. Great
:04:32. > :04:35.moments in the crowd as we look at the confirmation of the results.
:04:36. > :04:41.Lizzy Yarnold takes the gold medal, she is the Olympic champion. Noelle
:04:42. > :04:53.Pikus-Pace wins the silver. And Elena Nikitina wins the bronze
:04:54. > :05:00.medal. Hoarse I am! She didn't quite have the start that Katie had.
:05:01. > :05:07.Further down, Shelley Rudman, 16th position, ahead of the Austrian,
:05:08. > :05:13.Lucy Chaffer. In the last one she just lost it a touch. But she has
:05:14. > :05:18.got a medal from 2006, she has not quite got the hunger and the ability
:05:19. > :05:24.of this woman, who is just for nominal. Lizzy Yarnold. She was
:05:25. > :05:33.nearly one second ahead of the athlete in second place. That is a
:05:34. > :05:45.German wedding the luge contest margin! -- winning. A quarter of a
:05:46. > :05:57.second would be a massive margin but by one second, in skeleton, that is
:05:58. > :06:03.colossal! I was wondering when you would get round to that. Absolutely
:06:04. > :06:08.magical. She will be taken away and she will have some flowers presented
:06:09. > :06:15.to her. She has not even seen any other competitors. That was
:06:16. > :06:21.phenomenal. Just the scale of this achievement. It is unbelievable.
:06:22. > :06:27.Fantastic. And great news for Britain, we have a gold medal at the
:06:28. > :06:32.Olympics to add to the bronze medal. It has been fantastic so far but who
:06:33. > :06:39.knows what else could happen here? We have the two men in the skeleton
:06:40. > :06:45.tomorrow. And John Jackson in the bobsleigh. They are going for medals
:06:46. > :06:53.for sure. Just to confirm the result again. Lizzy Yarnold of Great
:06:54. > :07:00.Britain, 3.52 .89. Noelle Pikus-Pace in second place and Elena Nikitina
:07:01. > :07:09.is third. No doubt about the winner. Just one second away. High five,
:07:10. > :07:15.everybody! Amy has dashed away. It must be difficult for someone like
:07:16. > :07:23.Amy Williams, they are such friends but she has lost her title, she is
:07:24. > :07:28.no longer the Olympic champion. We have got to Olympic gold medallists
:07:29. > :07:37.in the skeleton. Lizzy Yarnold is the Olympic champion.
:07:38. > :07:43.We will wait for reaction from Lizzy Yarnold, Amy Williams is here with
:07:44. > :07:52.their friends. Anja Huber, you missed out. That is a really rough
:07:53. > :07:58.thing to happen? Katie, it was so close. I thought I had it. No
:07:59. > :08:04.offence to her, but her run was horrible! Lizzy did not have the
:08:05. > :08:14.best fourth run but she has such a big lead. You were talking about
:08:15. > :08:20.Elena Nikitina? Yes, they had to get that speed on those last few
:08:21. > :08:25.corners. She got lucky! I am really sorry for you, but Britain is seven
:08:26. > :08:35.bidding success again in the skeleton. Yes, we heard!
:08:36. > :08:41.Congratulations! Thank you to Katie Uhlaender, who finished just outside
:08:42. > :08:45.the medals. What is your reaction to the way that Lizzy Yarnold has dealt
:08:46. > :08:52.with this competition and how her fourth run went? She had already won
:08:53. > :08:57.as soon as she did that first run. She had such a big margin. No one
:08:58. > :09:02.was going to take that away. And that was not a very good run from
:09:03. > :09:06.her, she had that huge skid at the top and that cost to panic and she
:09:07. > :09:11.so tense, knowing she was in the lead going down. But she did not
:09:12. > :09:17.drop that much, she was very lucky and she had such a big lead and she
:09:18. > :09:22.is the Olympic champion! I cannot... I've been really emotional! I am so
:09:23. > :09:26.proud that we have kept this within great button. You can see the
:09:27. > :09:32.emotion. Lots of people will retire after these Olympics, hoping they
:09:33. > :09:40.have that medal, and they have not. Lizzy Yarnold, her name is on the
:09:41. > :09:50.history boots. -- boots. Her family is here. Roaring her home. , as all
:09:51. > :09:54.of the British fans were doing. And a very rare situation to come into
:09:55. > :09:59.the final run feeling that confident. Collins said she could
:10:00. > :10:04.crash and still win! Which obviously is not true but she had a very big
:10:05. > :10:09.margin and all that hard work, she said, I have done all of the hard
:10:10. > :10:14.work and I want to prove to the world how good I am and she has done
:10:15. > :10:20.that? All of the hard work is done years in advance, weeks and months
:10:21. > :10:23.and you come here and you cannot do anything more apart from going on
:10:24. > :10:29.performing. Keeping that consistency. And Lizzy is the world
:10:30. > :10:34.leader coming into this, that beautiful bubble of confidence with
:10:35. > :10:39.every race, every week, stronger and stronger, and her first Olympics,
:10:40. > :10:46.and she has shown the world that she is a good slider and has managed to
:10:47. > :10:51.maintain it. Noelle Pikus-Pace set a very strong pace with her run. Lizzy
:10:52. > :10:54.Yarnold at the top of the run, she would have tried to block that I'd.
:10:55. > :10:59.When she started, she knew she needed a solid start and to keep
:11:00. > :11:05.sliding smoothly. And she would have the gold medal. We are having
:11:06. > :11:09.another look. Talk through this. How much are you able to think,
:11:10. > :11:33.travelling at 85 mph macro? --... You have a different plan for every
:11:34. > :11:38.corner, you know how to get back onto the track and Lizzy had such a
:11:39. > :11:42.big lead, she was always going to hang onto it and managed to stay
:11:43. > :11:48.calm for those bottom corners. She would not have known she could keep
:11:49. > :11:52.that lead. In her head, those mistakes could have been enough to
:11:53. > :11:57.lose. Apologies if you lost the sound. We are hearing the voice of
:11:58. > :12:03.the Olympic champion from Vancouver, whose crime has been handed over to
:12:04. > :12:08.a woman who was inspired by her. Lizzy Yarnold, the new Olympic
:12:09. > :12:14.champion in the skeleton. And she has held onto an advantage she had
:12:15. > :12:17.from the very first run. She had a record-breaking third round and
:12:18. > :12:23.fourth run, that could be a glory slide. She is about to receive
:12:24. > :12:30.flowers, the minor presentation here. And her gold medal will be
:12:31. > :12:34.awarded tomorrow. You can see her reaction. And her family. And what a
:12:35. > :12:40.horrific moment for a 25-year-old who dreamt of being a heptathlete,
:12:41. > :12:51.she looked up to Denise Lewis. She was spotted in it talent scheme for
:12:52. > :12:54.girls and she was attracted to the skeleton and my goodness, the team
:12:55. > :12:59.has done such a brilliant jump because once again, Britain wins a
:13:00. > :13:08.medal. As it has done every time at the Olympic Games. Andy medallists
:13:09. > :13:22.will come forward to receive their flowers. And the Russians will go
:13:23. > :13:31.mad! -- and the. Elena Nikitina. Celebrating in style. She knocked
:13:32. > :13:40.Katie Uhlaender of the perch and she takes the bronze medal. -- off the
:13:41. > :13:58.perch. Andy flower presentation is being made. And in second place, for
:13:59. > :14:11.the USA, Noelle Pikus-Pace. -- and the flower.
:14:12. > :14:24.APPLAUSE. Noelle Pikus-Pace celebrates. And now the moment that
:14:25. > :14:34.body Katharine Eustace has said she has gone to bed thinking of for five
:14:35. > :14:42.years. Lizzy Yarnold from Great Britain is the Olympic champion.
:14:43. > :15:11.Representing Great Britain... ! The cheers ring out, she responds
:15:12. > :15:15.back to the crowd. And Daniel steel hands over her flowers. And
:15:16. > :15:20.tomorrow, she will get to celebrate it all over again when she is given
:15:21. > :15:23.the gold medal. Great Britain's 10th Winter Olympic champion. She is
:15:24. > :15:41.Lizzy Yarnold. What a fantastic moment, Amy. You
:15:42. > :15:45.have tears running down your cheeks because you know you are the only
:15:46. > :15:51.one here who knows exactly what that feels like. I know, I am crying for
:15:52. > :15:55.her, the whole team, everyone, all the hard work, everything that goes
:15:56. > :15:59.into it. I knows exactly what she is feeling there, it will be a complete
:16:00. > :16:03.blur for her and their hope she laps it up. If I could turn back time, I
:16:04. > :16:09.would really have that memory all over again. It is incredible moment
:16:10. > :16:14.for her, for the, for everyone who has had to get there. The coaches,
:16:15. > :16:22.the conditioning, the physios, the technology, everyone, the funding,
:16:23. > :16:26.UK Sport, Team GB, the lottery, everybody who has helped get behind
:16:27. > :16:31.her and put her on that podium. And I think a huge credit to her as
:16:32. > :16:35.well, her approach has been impeccable, she won four out of
:16:36. > :16:39.eight races in the World Series, World Cup champion, the final race
:16:40. > :16:42.came down to one month because of weather conditions and she knew she
:16:43. > :16:50.didn't have to push it in that soap she saved her energy, came here --
:16:51. > :16:57.sewed she says her energy. She put it into practice when it mattered
:16:58. > :17:04.most, she led from the front will . This is a terrific testament to the
:17:05. > :17:08.investment in British skeleton but also to the talent ID scout for
:17:09. > :17:13.binding such a perfect competitor for this sport, both in terms of her
:17:14. > :17:20.physique and her strength, and as Amy, you said, her technique on the
:17:21. > :17:24.sled but also a mental strength which has been extraordinary. She
:17:25. > :17:29.has got something in her that you cannot teach. She has worked very
:17:30. > :17:32.hard with the psychologist but she is very special and unique, she
:17:33. > :17:37.keeps her emotions in check, keeps calm, she has got something
:17:38. > :17:41.different within her and within five years, there she is, Olympic
:17:42. > :17:46.champion. That is pretty much unheard of in every sport. They say
:17:47. > :17:49.it would normally take about eight years to get anywhere near this
:17:50. > :18:00.level, and it has only been three in terms of ten competition. -- in
:18:01. > :18:04.terms of full-time competition. She had intensive teaching in the first
:18:05. > :18:07.year, getting hundreds of runs in, really good equipment, great
:18:08. > :18:12.coaching and that is what it is all about, getting the most amount of
:18:13. > :18:16.ice time, teaching the athletes how to slide, the theory and science
:18:17. > :18:19.behind it and developing them as fast as possible to make champions
:18:20. > :18:25.and that is what Great Britain is very good at. And the joy is that at
:18:26. > :18:30.only 25, as we watch her final run again, she could be back for two
:18:31. > :18:36.more Winter Olympics without blinking. She will be back, I am
:18:37. > :18:39.sure she will take a few weeks or a month or two off and then she will
:18:40. > :18:43.be back fighting, she loves the sport, it is her life now and you
:18:44. > :18:48.get so involved in that sport of being away for six months, the
:18:49. > :18:54.summer/Winter life and she loves this now, she will be on a roll and
:18:55. > :18:57.you will be fighting to keep those medals in contention and she could
:18:58. > :19:03.be here in four years time getting another medal. The great thing
:19:04. > :19:09.is... Andi Schmid and Woody, the two coaches, they were involved in my
:19:10. > :19:12.medal for much of years ago as well and the great thing is is that we
:19:13. > :19:16.have got awesome slide is coming up behind Lizzie, Roseburg Randall,
:19:17. > :19:22.Laura Dees, they came from the same development as her, but they are
:19:23. > :19:26.fighting behind as her and they will be fighting to be on the World Cup
:19:27. > :19:31.with Lizzy Yarnold next year and all trying to get as medals. In a sport
:19:32. > :19:36.that is not taken up by the majority of youngsters at home, and from a
:19:37. > :19:41.country that does not have a sliding track, we can celebrate two Olympic
:19:42. > :19:45.champions back-to-back. It is all in the strategic plan. The theory of
:19:46. > :19:49.how we gather athletes in the beginning, it is a speed sport,
:19:50. > :19:54.power, explosiveness. If you choose the right athletes to begin with,
:19:55. > :19:58.then in Great Britain we choose to work on the speed and teach people
:19:59. > :20:02.how to push fast and then go onto the ice and teach them how to slide.
:20:03. > :20:06.Other countries like Germany do it the other way round, they have got
:20:07. > :20:09.four tracks to train on, they get a bunch of people and teach them to
:20:10. > :20:12.slide and then they need to be fast and push them. If you can be the
:20:13. > :20:21.best Bush in the world like Lizzy, it proves you can teach people how
:20:22. > :20:27.to succeed -- the best pusher. If you can combine speed and technique,
:20:28. > :20:34.we can produce champions in Great Britain. There is a chance that
:20:35. > :20:38.somebody watching will know what she felt and what you did. And the
:20:39. > :20:41.deeper the pool of talent, the better Great Britain will get.
:20:42. > :20:47.Guess, as soon as These Games are over, back in micro-bath, they will
:20:48. > :20:54.do a huge talent ID. If you are a interested, get onto the website --
:20:55. > :21:00.back in Bath. We want good sprinters, people who are fast and
:21:01. > :21:04.powerful. It is a short sprint, you need the power and explosiveness and
:21:05. > :21:08.then we will teach you how to slide. If you are interested, get in
:21:09. > :21:11.contact! Lizzy Yarnold got that inspiration from watching Amy
:21:12. > :21:14.Williams in Vancouver, both of them now on a very select list of British
:21:15. > :21:34.Winter Olympics champions. The British ice hockey team have
:21:35. > :21:41.been got themselves in glory, they have played the team of Garmisch and
:21:42. > :21:48.beat Japan 2-1. This is the girl who gave Britain its first Olympic
:21:49. > :21:55.title. She has won the other big figure skating title. It looks like
:21:56. > :21:59.a good start, Dixon safely aboard. A really fast run by the Britons, they
:22:00. > :22:02.could be on their way to a gold medal.
:22:03. > :22:18.Superb artistry, superb athleticism. John Curry, he did not put a foot
:22:19. > :22:28.wrong. Robin Cousins brings his boat onto a round of applause conclusion.
:22:29. > :22:32.The great gold medallist of 1980. The people are standing and
:22:33. > :22:36.applauding, union Jacks flying around the rink. Jayne Torvill and
:22:37. > :22:44.Christopher Dean have won the gold medal. It is looking good. She has
:22:45. > :22:49.done it! It is Olympic gold for Great Britain!
:22:50. > :22:54.Surely it is gold for Great Britain. Oh, yes! Amy Williams is the queen
:22:55. > :23:03.of speed! Here goes Lizzy Yarnold, she will
:23:04. > :23:09.win the gold medal surely, she will do it... Come on, Lizzie, last
:23:10. > :23:17.corner. She is the Olympic champion! That is brilliant.
:23:18. > :23:24.CLAIRE BALDING: A gold medal to add to the bronze of Jenny Jones and
:23:25. > :23:27.this is how the medals table stands at the moment in these Winter
:23:28. > :23:33.Olympics will top Germany out in front thanks to their fantastic luge
:23:34. > :23:38.athletes. Switzerland having a very good Winter Olympics.
:23:39. > :23:44.Norway very strong in the cross-country skiing and Great
:23:45. > :23:49.Britain move up to 14th place by virtue of Lizzy Yarnold's gold
:23:50. > :23:53.medal. We will see all of today's news, the headline makers, the gold
:23:54. > :23:59.bubble that have been won in the highlights programme which will be
:24:00. > :24:03.on BBC Two at PM and Lizzy Yarnold, that is Noelle Pikus-Pace you can
:24:04. > :24:08.see there in the foreground, she is being interviewed by an American
:24:09. > :24:11.television and right behind, Lizzy Yarnold talking to the host
:24:12. > :24:17.broadcasters and then she will head down here to talk to you. I hope you
:24:18. > :24:20.have enjoyed the coverage so far as these Winter Olympics continue. We
:24:21. > :24:25.are about halfway through, the closing ceremony is on Sunday week
:24:26. > :24:28.and Elise Christie will be the applet to look out for strongly
:24:29. > :24:31.tomorrow, she goes out in the 1500 metres, she fell in the final of the
:24:32. > :24:35.500 metres short track speed skating. And she will also be in her
:24:36. > :24:43.strongest discipline of 1000 metres next week. Great Britain has already
:24:44. > :24:46.won two medals, the minimum target was three. If Elise Christie can add
:24:47. > :24:51.any, and that would be tremendous and exciting, it would be the most
:24:52. > :24:53.successful Winter Games for many a year and the curlers going strongly
:24:54. > :24:56.as well, the women getting better and better and the men as well. Here
:24:57. > :25:04.she comes. And that is a hub between Winter
:25:05. > :25:12.Olympics champions. -- eight couples. -- a hug. Let's get a
:25:13. > :25:18.reaction then from the new champion, Lizzy Yarnold. Hello and
:25:19. > :25:22.congratulations. Thank you, I don't think it will sink in for a long
:25:23. > :25:31.time! It must feel like an out of body experience. The forefront I was
:25:32. > :25:34.totally relaxed, same as Amy thought and it was a messy run but I am so
:25:35. > :25:40.thrilled that I got myself here after five years. Very hard work and
:25:41. > :25:44.as an athlete, you give up so much but on a day like today, for a
:25:45. > :25:49.victory like today, it is so much worth it. You said all the way
:25:50. > :25:53.along, "I have done the hard work, now I just have to show the world. "
:25:54. > :25:57.Yes, show the world what I am capable of and I wanted to do myself
:25:58. > :26:03.justice and I can't believe I won the race! I guess this is something
:26:04. > :26:10.that will continue to sink in, the medals ceremony tomorrow, and lovely
:26:11. > :26:13.that it is Valentine's Day today. Yes, romance in the air and my
:26:14. > :26:22.sisters, bed best friends and my family watching me. -- my best
:26:23. > :26:29.friends. The whole team behind me, massive thanks to them all and I am
:26:30. > :26:32.so chuffed am Olympic champion! You have had so much composure and
:26:33. > :26:41.confidence, you can now let rip! Della macro the Russian term for I
:26:42. > :26:46.am champion, I can now say it in Russian! I knew I could do it if I
:26:47. > :26:50.put in the hard work and dedication, I could do it and I have. Many
:26:51. > :26:54.congratulations to you, a final message to everybody watching? Thank
:26:55. > :26:58.you so much for all your support, I could not have done it without you
:26:59. > :27:02.all, follow your dreams and never give up. Never limit yourself to
:27:03. > :27:09.what you can achieve. Fabulous stuff, great performance, well done,
:27:10. > :27:13.Lizzie! And we will reflect further with Lizzy Yarnold in the highlights
:27:14. > :27:19.programme at seven o'clock on BBC Two, was beating her family as well.
:27:20. > :27:26.We will talk to you later, thank you, Lizzy. The tears are running
:27:27. > :27:31.again. I know, I can't control myself, it has only been here for
:27:32. > :27:35.matter years later that I got a gold medal, it is really weird and it
:27:36. > :27:42.will take time to fit Lizzy, and to see someone else in the skeleton
:27:43. > :27:46.race, you see the emotion, it is a whole lifetime to get here and to go
:27:47. > :27:49.and get your dreams like Lizzy has just done so it is a really
:27:50. > :27:56.emotional thing and to pass over my title, my name is there but it is
:27:57. > :28:01.still an emotional thing to do. We will be back on BBC Two, the news is
:28:02. > :28:05.coming your way on BBC One. Our headline for the Winter Olympics is
:28:06. > :28:08.that we have our 10th reddish Winter Olympics champion. Her name is Lizzy
:28:09. > :28:11.Yarnold. -- British Winter Olympics champion.
:28:12. > :28:20.COMMENTATOR: Another track record... This competition has got
:28:21. > :28:27.off my trip to a blistering start. , on, Lizzie.
:28:28. > :28:35.So far, this is unbelievable. Wow, that is just outside the track
:28:36. > :28:53.record. Her fastest start so far. Lizzy Yarnold goes for gold for
:28:54. > :28:59.Great Britain. A horrible slide... Come on, Lizzy, keep it together.
:29:00. > :29:01.Lizzy Yarnold is the Olympic champion... Yes!