:00:10. > :00:18.Hello and welcome to Lillehammer. This is the host city to the second
:00:19. > :00:25.ever win the youth Olympic Games. You can certainly see why they chose
:00:26. > :00:29.it. Beautifully covered in snow but with that comes freezing
:00:30. > :00:34.temperatures, I can tell you. It has not stopped more than 1000 teenagers
:00:35. > :00:40.from more than 71 countries to taste a week as elite athletes and maybe
:00:41. > :00:44.win some medals. Amongst them, 16 young people representing Team GB.
:00:45. > :01:00.This is the story of their Olympic Games.
:01:01. > :01:05.Winter sports are played on snow or ice, while Great Britain has
:01:06. > :01:10.traditionally enjoyed plenty of success on the ice, the same can not
:01:11. > :01:14.always be said for snow. One athlete here in Norway but that trend to
:01:15. > :01:18.make Winter youth Olympic history and the senior Winter Olympic
:01:19. > :01:32.medallist Jenny Jones was there. I am heading to Oslo to watch the
:01:33. > :01:38.halfpipe because I really want to see Madi Rowlands in action, she is
:01:39. > :01:42.only 15 years olds and is already making a name for herself. She won
:01:43. > :01:49.the British Slopestyle Championships in 2013, the youngest athlete to do
:01:50. > :01:55.that and she is going for a medal here. This is the first time I have
:01:56. > :01:58.seen the halfpipe and it is not for the faint-hearted. These girls will
:01:59. > :02:04.have to hold their nerve in this contest.
:02:05. > :02:24.There is Madi at go on, she is safe. Madi just put it down, a lovely 540
:02:25. > :02:36.and a brilliant 720. I am really excited for you, do you know why?
:02:37. > :02:45.Olympic champion, Madison Rowlands. Well done, how does that feel. What
:02:46. > :02:51.does it mean to you at this event? Everything, I am just so happy. You
:02:52. > :03:00.will have the phone your mum. Yes, I will. What will you do to celebrate?
:03:01. > :03:08.Have a lie in tomorrow. Smashed it. So happy. Did you know she could do
:03:09. > :03:15.it? The macro yes. But you didn't want to say. In practice, I knew it
:03:16. > :03:20.was there for the taking, that has been the hardest part, to keep a lid
:03:21. > :03:27.on it and not get ahead of ourselves. Were you trying not to
:03:28. > :03:33.get too excited? I was fine. She was good. I thought there would be more
:03:34. > :03:41.nerves. I don't get nervous. I think I was more nervous. How did you
:03:42. > :03:48.actually get into skiing in the first place? My family owned an
:03:49. > :03:53.apartment and they chucked me on a pair of skis at about two macro and
:03:54. > :04:00.I grew from there. What do you love about halfpipe? It is the height,
:04:01. > :04:07.altitude, it is an amazing feeling. In the result in the halfpipe here,
:04:08. > :04:13.do you set your sights on peon Jan? Definitely on an Olympic event but I
:04:14. > :04:19.am only 15 so we will see how it goes, if I get there, I do, if not,
:04:20. > :04:32.2022 will be fine. We wish you luck with the rest of the skiing. Thank
:04:33. > :04:38.you. While Madi Rowlands won of gold on skis, some others could not put
:04:39. > :04:45.in such great performances but Iain Innes and Yasmin Cooper did gain
:04:46. > :04:55.knowledge from the worlds most winter sports star. Lindsey Vonn
:04:56. > :05:10.leads the way. This lady is absolutely unstoppable right now. ,
:05:11. > :05:18.Hey, guys. Nice to meet you. How is it going? How are you enjoying this?
:05:19. > :05:23.Will occur it has been great. So cool. We have lots of questions for
:05:24. > :05:30.you. How old were you for your first World Cup start and how did it feel
:05:31. > :05:40.to make the World Cup team? I'd -- I was 16. My coach said I was too
:05:41. > :05:48.skinny but to be in the World Cup at 15. I almost didn't make the Olympic
:05:49. > :05:55.team because I didn't have the talent. That is another thing that
:05:56. > :05:59.motivates me. If you want me to do well, just tell me I can't do
:06:00. > :06:07.something. Which of your winds means the most to you? The Olympic gold
:06:08. > :06:11.medal was the biggest accomplishment of my career for many reasons.
:06:12. > :06:18.Mainly because my family gave up a lot for me to be a racer and I
:06:19. > :06:23.always had the dream to be an Olympic champion since I was seven.
:06:24. > :06:32.I cried, I never cry at races but I cried for hours afterwards. It meant
:06:33. > :06:36.a lot for me and my whole family. Does it help you to come to an event
:06:37. > :06:43.like this where it is not a full senior Olympics? It definitely would
:06:44. > :06:50.have helped me, when I got to the 2002 Olympics, it was shocking, the
:06:51. > :06:54.magnitude of it all. If I had this opportunity, it would have prepared
:06:55. > :07:01.me. You think it is like a normal race and it is not. It is different.
:07:02. > :07:07.I am 17 and just started my skiing career, if you could go back to your
:07:08. > :07:12.17-year-old self, what would you say? I would say to keep working
:07:13. > :07:21.hard. I always thought when I was racing, growing up, just be
:07:22. > :07:27.determined. You speak French? You speak German as well? It is great,
:07:28. > :07:34.it feels more like to Europe of it, you feel more involved. You have had
:07:35. > :07:40.multiple injuries, what motivates you to come back from them? Reid I
:07:41. > :07:46.love skiing, I want to win of course but I love what I do, the last
:07:47. > :07:51.injury I had, there was only a 50-50 chance I would come back. When you
:07:52. > :07:56.are faced with odds like that, it makes you appreciate what you do. I
:07:57. > :08:00.love skiing and that is what inspired me this time round.
:08:01. > :08:06.Everyone has injuries but you have to pick yourself back up and keep
:08:07. > :08:15.going. Would you say there is a secret to your success? There is no
:08:16. > :08:22.secret, it just takes hard work. Some others are not willing to do
:08:23. > :08:27.that. If I have bad races, it makes me a stronger racer and person.
:08:28. > :08:37.Every experience leads you down a certain path. One last question, can
:08:38. > :08:44.I have your number? LAUGHTER Thank you, I don't know if you are
:08:45. > :08:48.my age, buddy. After the sliding sports, Great Britain have a great
:08:49. > :08:53.deal of success, particularly in the skeleton, in the last four games
:08:54. > :08:57.they have brought home medals and with Lizzy Yarnold and Amy
:08:58. > :09:02.Williamson bringing back old. It looks like the future of the sport
:09:03. > :09:11.is in good hands. Sometimes you are scared. Trying to go faster every
:09:12. > :09:17.time but it is a great feeling. All of the little tweaks, trying to be
:09:18. > :09:28.more aerodynamic down at the finish and having a good time, amazing.
:09:29. > :09:36.Good times are sadly what Ashleigh Pittaway posted all week in
:09:37. > :09:54.practice. Now she had to do it when the pressure was on.
:09:55. > :10:01.And exciting point in the skeleton race, Ashleigh Pittaway was top of
:10:02. > :10:06.the leaderboard in the first race but it all lies on this second run.
:10:07. > :10:12.Going last she knew she would have to fend off German Hannah Neise to
:10:13. > :10:17.take the gold medal. Until two years ago, they were national team-mates
:10:18. > :10:19.until Ashleigh Pittaway switched from Germany, where she was born to
:10:20. > :10:33.Great Britain. LAUGHTER
:10:34. > :10:40.She has done it, Ashleigh Pittaway has won gold for Great Britain. How
:10:41. > :10:46.does it feel? Amazing, I am blown away by everything. So many people
:10:47. > :10:51.came to watch and it is amazing. I am blown away. Your nearest
:10:52. > :10:56.competitor, from Germany, you are really good friends? We are best
:10:57. > :11:00.friends and we are happy to be on the podium together, that was our
:11:01. > :11:04.dream we have been dreaming about that for four years. To be head
:11:05. > :11:10.together and now standing next to each other on the podium is amazing.
:11:11. > :11:16.How does it feel now you have the gold medal around your neck? Good,
:11:17. > :11:21.but heavy, it is very heavy and scratched a little bit but otherwise
:11:22. > :11:28.I am very proud and happy. I hope to be in the senior Olympics, maybe not
:11:29. > :11:32.2018 but 2022. Following in the Mendis footsteps, Lizzy Yarnold, Amy
:11:33. > :11:38.Williams, they have all done the best. Interesting, it is a lot of
:11:39. > :11:46.pressure but I have already done my job.
:11:47. > :11:52.Ice hockey is one winter sport which is hugely popular and although GB
:11:53. > :11:57.did not send a team head to Lillehammer, they had one athlete
:11:58. > :12:01.involved in the ice hockey skills challenge, her name is Verity Lewis
:12:02. > :12:14.and she explained what it is all about.
:12:15. > :12:19.All these skills look really difficult to me, how long have you
:12:20. > :12:26.been playing ice hockey? I have been playing since I was eight, seven
:12:27. > :12:31.years. How did you get into it? I went once with my family and
:12:32. > :12:36.afterwards we stayed to watch an ice hockey match and I was amazed by how
:12:37. > :12:44.fast it was and I really wanted to start. A new experience, what has
:12:45. > :12:48.the experience been like? It is a once-in-a-lifetime experience, the
:12:49. > :12:52.atmosphere is great. Everyone is so nice to each other. You make friends
:12:53. > :12:57.so easily, from other countries, getting to know other people is
:12:58. > :13:03.great. The ice hockey skills challenge, what does it consist of?
:13:04. > :13:11.Allen slap, skating agility, passing accuracy, shooting accuracy and puck
:13:12. > :13:16.control. What is the most difficult of the six skills? For me it is
:13:17. > :13:22.hardest shot in what I am quite small and it is hard to get a really
:13:23. > :13:31.good shot. Once in a few occasions I will. How far do you want to go?
:13:32. > :13:38.Soon I want to start playing hockey in Canada and then hopefully make it
:13:39. > :13:43.onto the GB women's team. I am already in the under 18 GB team but
:13:44. > :13:49.I hope to make the women's team and see how far we can get. I have a
:13:50. > :13:57.confession to make, I have never skated before in my life. That is
:13:58. > :14:04.all right. Bend your knees. Push out of the side and then go forwards.
:14:05. > :14:13.This is not a walking stick? I guess it can be used as a walking stick
:14:14. > :14:16.but not really. I am not as bad as I expected. One hand at the top grips
:14:17. > :14:25.the stick and then this one is loose. Then, backwards.
:14:26. > :14:35.That was pretty good. Start, on the back of your heel. Backwards behind
:14:36. > :14:49.you. It is like a pass, but a lot harder. That? Yes. This is not as
:14:50. > :14:55.easy as it looks. Thanks for the lesson. I am going to have a break.
:14:56. > :15:05.One more thing. Can you help me get off the ice? Sure thing. Let's go.
:15:06. > :15:10.Elsewhere, Team GB's mixed curlers won six of their seven group games
:15:11. > :15:16.to make the quarterfinals but they were stopped 9-5 by Russia. It was
:15:17. > :15:22.going really well, but we struggled in that game, Russia were better
:15:23. > :15:26.than us. I have another week in the village, I look forward to that.
:15:27. > :15:30.Disappointment for the team but the GB skip Ross Whyte had success in
:15:31. > :15:36.the mixed doubles where he was paired with China's Han Yu and won
:15:37. > :15:41.the silver medal. It is an incredible feeling. Not only is your
:15:42. > :15:46.team-mate from a different country, a different language, you cope?
:15:47. > :15:54.Curling is universal and luckily we can give signals. Going home a
:15:55. > :15:59.little disappointing but getting the medal is brilliant. Verity Lewis was
:16:00. > :16:05.close to making the final but missed the cut by one single point to
:16:06. > :16:14.finish 10th. Having already won ski halfpipe gold, Madi Rowlands was
:16:15. > :16:19.looking to do the double. But it was the bronze medal this time. I am so
:16:20. > :16:25.happy because I did not expect a place. You have a bronze medal to
:16:26. > :16:30.add to the gold medal, did you expect it? No. Practice was not too
:16:31. > :16:35.good, but I am happy, everything is fine. When it comes to bobsleigher
:16:36. > :16:39.you have probably heard of the two-man bob and four-man bob but at
:16:40. > :16:53.Lillehammer, for the first time in Olympic history, they have
:16:54. > :16:56.introduced the monobob. One person in a bobsleigh. Team GB never shy
:16:57. > :16:57.away from a new sport and they put up four athletes, including two
:16:58. > :17:04.world number ones. I played rugby for five years. It
:17:05. > :17:10.helped having the power, being able to push the weight. I was put
:17:11. > :17:17.forward for a trial and it went on from there. Kelsea Purchall has gone
:17:18. > :17:26.to the top of her sport so big hopes for her in Lillehammer.
:17:27. > :17:30.After her opening run, the 17-year-old found herself in fourth
:17:31. > :17:37.place. She followed that up with a solid second run to move into the
:17:38. > :17:43.middle spots. And after a tense wait, she was confirmed as a bronze
:17:44. > :17:47.medallists. It feels amazing. I cannot describe it, I am
:17:48. > :17:52.overwhelmed. I have had so much support from friends and family at
:17:53. > :17:56.home, from the coaches, of the Team GB members. The other number one,
:17:57. > :18:03.George Johnston, began the spotlight. I got to carry the flag
:18:04. > :18:07.at the opening ceremony. I have been followed through the games from
:18:08. > :18:11.being announced as the flag bearer through to competition and I talk to
:18:12. > :18:18.cameras a lot. At first it was getting used to it but now it is
:18:19. > :18:23.really fun. Come competition day, George put down a fine first run and
:18:24. > :18:28.at half way he was on course for a bronze medal. But glitches in run
:18:29. > :18:34.two meant the medal dream ended as he dropped to sixth, the frustration
:18:35. > :18:38.clear. Being ranked number one in the world and labelled a medal
:18:39. > :18:42.favourite by a lot of people and having the attention on me
:18:43. > :18:46.throughout the games, the expectation, the pressure got to me.
:18:47. > :18:53.After the first run and being in third place, I think I really
:18:54. > :19:00.started to get nervous and on the second run, I got a little bit too
:19:01. > :19:06.into it and when I got on the sled I was not able to calm down quick
:19:07. > :19:09.enough and I drove harder and then, due to those factors, achieved a
:19:10. > :19:13.slow time and fell out of the medals. No podium this time, but
:19:14. > :19:20.valuable lessons to take away. I have learned the biggest factor is
:19:21. > :19:25.not to think about the pressure and to enjoy being here. It has been a
:19:26. > :19:29.good experience and I would recommend it to anybody. I hope to
:19:30. > :19:35.go to the games but I know from the experience here, if I go to a senior
:19:36. > :19:40.games, I have learned to deal with the expectation and pressure better.
:19:41. > :19:45.If I look back at myself two years ago, I would not expect to be here
:19:46. > :19:49.now, coming from a rugby background. I thought I would stay in that sport
:19:50. > :19:55.and it has shifted quickly and I never expected it to happen.
:19:56. > :20:00.Slopestyle skiing is a new sport for the youth Winter Olympics. It is
:20:01. > :20:06.basically like skateboarding on a skate park but on slippery snow. You
:20:07. > :20:11.are judged on your skill, creativity and effort. Team GB put up Cal
:20:12. > :20:37.Sandieson will stop I am here to watch him train.
:20:38. > :20:56.# I've got soul. Wow, impressive. How was that? It
:20:57. > :21:02.was good. A little bit windy, but not out of normal. How do you feel?
:21:03. > :21:08.A bit tired but a late start tomorrow so it should be all right.
:21:09. > :21:13.What is the plan now? Probably go on the trampoline and eat a bit of food
:21:14. > :21:20.and then I will be done. Chilling out, and then I suppose trampoline
:21:21. > :21:24.is training. It is, for awareness. It is so impressive. How much effort
:21:25. > :21:31.has it taken you to get to that level? Robert the quite a lot. I
:21:32. > :21:35.have been skiing since I have been nine. Quite a while. You have to
:21:36. > :21:37.carry on in training and I will watch you on the trampoline. I want
:21:38. > :21:54.to see your best tricks. I am impressed. Let's hope the
:21:55. > :21:56.judges are also. Two runs to get on the podium with
:21:57. > :22:08.the best score counting. A good start until he was marked
:22:09. > :22:10.down for falling near the end. Sixth place at halfway. But room for
:22:11. > :22:39.improvement in run two. No slip-ups. But he was just out of
:22:40. > :22:45.the medals. Fourth place, how do you feel, it is amazing? Not bad, could
:22:46. > :22:49.have done better, hopefully, but it was really fun. I landed a pretty
:22:50. > :22:55.good run and I am happy with what I have done. The win to use Olympics
:22:56. > :23:00.are new. This is the second one and there have only been two summer
:23:01. > :23:05.games. At the ice hockey venue I caught up with the head of the
:23:06. > :23:08.Olympic movement to get his thoughts on Lillehammer and the use games
:23:09. > :23:13.format. -- use games.
:23:14. > :23:20.Thanks for coming outside the arena. It is a great sport but really
:23:21. > :23:26.noisy! We are in the Olympic Park, what have you made of the games? The
:23:27. > :23:31.games are going really great. You see excellent facilities. You see
:23:32. > :23:37.the weather, the athletes are happy, the organisation is flawless. How
:23:38. > :23:42.important is the Youth Olympic Games movement to the international
:23:43. > :23:48.Olympic Committee? Very important, with the Agenda 2020, one of our
:23:49. > :23:56.pillars is to approach the youth. We cannot just wait for the youth to
:23:57. > :24:00.come to us. We have to go to the platforms and areas where youth is.
:24:01. > :24:07.What do you hope the young people here take from these experiences?
:24:08. > :24:12.That they take the love and enthusiasm for sport and they take
:24:13. > :24:17.the social engagement with them, because if you speak here with the
:24:18. > :24:24.younger leaders, the change-makers, ambassadors, they are young people
:24:25. > :24:34.who make me optimistic for the future of sport. This is great to
:24:35. > :24:40.see. How do you see the future of the Youth Olympic Games movement,
:24:41. > :24:45.summer and winter, evolving? We have now had the first editions of this
:24:46. > :24:51.Youth Olympic Games. Now we are taking stock after this. We will
:24:52. > :24:57.make an evaluation of the four edition is. Then we will see.
:24:58. > :25:01.Nothing is as good that it cannot be improved. There are new sports,
:25:02. > :25:07.maybe we will see something like the monobob going into the senior games?
:25:08. > :25:12.That is one point we will have to do is discussed, how much can we take
:25:13. > :25:22.the Youth Olympic Games as a testing ground for the Olympic Games? We
:25:23. > :25:26.have seen encouraging new events. Thanks for your time. It is gold out
:25:27. > :25:32.here, I will let you get back inside to the hockey.
:25:33. > :25:37.The next board is the luge. Team GB have never won a medal in the luge.
:25:38. > :25:42.In the last senior Olympics no athlete was put forward and the
:25:43. > :25:46.sport receives no official funding in the UK, but a young man with the
:25:47. > :25:54.fitting title Mr GB, could be about to change that.
:25:55. > :26:10.Ve HE SPEAKS IN GERMAN. That blend of heritage could be the
:26:11. > :26:16.perfect recipe for helping Lucas in his sport. My mother is German, born
:26:17. > :26:22.and raised, and I grew up with the German language, it was one of my
:26:23. > :26:29.first languages. I am bilingual. Germany is the best luge nation and
:26:30. > :26:34.I travel and train with them. He has been sliding in Whistler since he
:26:35. > :26:38.was ten. One of the fastest, most technical tracks in the world, he
:26:39. > :26:43.has gone off the main slide in Whistler since he was 12. He came
:26:44. > :26:48.wanting to slide for his home country and he has so much
:26:49. > :26:57.potential. It helps Lucas is not afraid to go fast. Around 75 mph
:26:58. > :27:02.fast. I like the adrenaline rush. It is fun if you screw up and you have
:27:03. > :27:08.to think where you have got to be in tiptop shape. It is an all-round
:27:09. > :27:14.good sport. On this occasion he was not fast enough, although he set a
:27:15. > :27:19.new personal best time. I am pleased with myself, top ten is a good
:27:20. > :27:23.place. I can do better. My first round was not on point. I came out
:27:24. > :27:29.for the second run and killed it and had a really good run and it was
:27:30. > :27:39.awesome. His progress comes despite the fact that British luge must find
:27:40. > :27:41.its own money to keep going. There is a strange luxury to being part of
:27:42. > :27:45.an underfunded sport, it makes you tough and resilient. When you pay 35
:27:46. > :27:53.euros for a training track, you make sure the track is optimal and use it
:27:54. > :27:58.to the best. He has talent and the belief of his coach. The future is
:27:59. > :28:05.bright for Lucas, combined with his natural ability and what he has got.
:28:06. > :28:14.His arts training. If he makes a mistake he is instinctive in fixing
:28:15. > :28:21.it. We are excited about his prospect. That was Team GB's Winter
:28:22. > :28:26.Olympics. The athletes leave with medal
:28:27. > :28:30.successes but most important, they have lifelong memories, new friends
:28:31. > :28:36.and amazing experiences. And who knows, we might see these as future
:28:37. > :28:40.stars of the senior games in the not too distant future.