Kilde reads for Norway, James Crawford two hundredths behind in
second, with Johannes
second, with Johannes struts in third, ahead of Schwarz and
Morrissey are. STUDIO: Kilde topping the Alpine
combined. I think I recorded 133 kilometres there. All that is
protecting them is a thin piece of Lycra. It is not
protecting them is a thin piece of Lycra. It is not for me! Figure
skating now because we are getting much closer to the showdown between
Chen and Hanyu. A reigning three-time champion and the other a
double Olympic champion. It is the one everyone is talking about, Chen
and Hanyu. Nathan Chen the favourite for the title. Unbelievable
performance from Yuzuru Hanyu. How does he do that? That was
incredible. I have never seen anything like that. Unbelievable
skating. You can be truly great. I swear that man is not human. That is
how it is done. The big story of this Olympic Games. It was all set
to be the rivalry that defined these games, but after missing his opening
jump in the short programme on Tuesday, Hanyu was left shocked and
his medal hopes severely dented. Today he has it all to do in the
free programme. Will we see him land a historic quadruple axle as he
looks to recover? Nathan Chen's world record short programme has put
the three-time reigning world champion well on course to win his
first Olympic gold. The American was uncharacteristically emotional at
the end of his short programme, showing his relief after his
nightmare and PyeongChang. Will he complete his Olympic redemption? And
Chen's nearest challenger could be Hanyu's team-mate, 18-year-old
Kagiyama. His score in the short programme was a new personal best.
He lies in the second, but by Will Japan was back new teenage figure
skating star cope with the pressure today -- how will Japan's new
teenage figure skating star cope with the pressure? If you are up
right now, you are one of the lucky ones. This is the moment so many of
us have been waiting for. Nathan Chen dropped an Olympic record
scoring routine to top the rankings in the preliminary round. It is
looking like he has shaken off the demons of an error in PyeongChang.
His rival has not quite hit the same heights as he has done in the last
two Olympics and currently sits eighth in the competition. This is
set to be absolutely special. Enjoying this one for us in the
Capital Indoor
Enjoying this one for us in the Capital Indoor Stadium is a man who
knows a little thing or two about what it takes to win this event, the
1980s Olympic singles champion, Robin Cousins and Katherine Downes.
Enjoy, guys. COMMENTATOR: Thank you. Welcome to
the capital indoor arena where speculation swirls around the
outcome of the team event, specifically focusing on the Russian
team who won gold on Monday. Now, we can put aside the rumour,
conjecture, the disappointment and enjoy some scintillating skating. As
you mentioned, after that fizzing short programme competition a couple
of days ago, Nathan Chen stands on the brink of the Olympic title. The
American three-time world champion is five points clear of his nearest
rival, Yuma Kagiyama our of Japan. Shoma Uno in the bronze medal
position. The biggest Japanese star, defending champion, Yuzuru Hanyu is
18 points behind Chen. Can the great man pull himself back up towards the
middle positions? He said he could deploy the ultimate weapon, never
tried before quad axle in this free skate to salvage his Olympic hopes.
We will have all the answers, who is going to do what? You will end up on
the top of the podium? But first, it is Daniel Grassl, the 19-year-old
from Italy, the European silver medallist. Qualified in 12th spot
after the short programme.
Daniel has three quadruple jumps planned, and the other three most
difficult. Lutz, flip and loop. Sometimes gets a downgrade for under
rotation and those quads. Today he wants to make sure they are as good
as they can be. There is the first, quadruple lots. -- quadruple loots.
The yellow in the box shows it will be reviewed. Again, the technical
score accumulated is per element. But until it is ratified after the
reviews have come in, it is just a sample. There is the quad flip. From
where I am, that looked like a very clean landing.
clean landing. This is a quad loop. With the triple Salchow.
With the triple Salchow. The two clean boxes show they have already
been ratified. Triple Axel.
Jumps all have a set base value judges will give grades of
execution, quality control as I like to call it, which will elevate or
decrease that score. Triple Lutz, triple toe loop.
Triple flip, triple toe loop.
Triple Lutz. Value on the spins, as well. Looking at the number of
rotations and the variations in positions to elevate the base value
from a base level two one, two, three or four. Skaters will be
looking for a level four on spins and a leather four in all of the
features counted in the step sequence, as well. -- level four. It
is not just about what you're doing with your feet, how the body moves,
cleanliness of the terms, rotations -- cleanliness of the turns.
Daniel so far is level four for the two spins and the step sequence.
It is a big ballad to get things going. Interstellar in the Olympic
final. He will not know at this point, but there is an invalid
element, meaning that the spin did not do what it was required to do in
that combination at the end. So, no points for the big finish. No points
for that, but over 100 for the moment. Over 104 technical points at
this in time. Again, until all the elements have been reviewed and
ratified, the data will not count. It is just a guideline, that little
box in the corner. But that was a really good performance. One of his
best. Be some in the team event and the short programme. He always gets
the elements out, but they are questionable with a landing on the
rotations. He gets himself off of the ice and you can rotate very
easily, but sometimes just not quite quickly enough. No question for that
Lutz. Here is the flip. Yes.
Lutz. Here is the flip. Yes. And the Lutz was ratified as clean.
Lutz was ratified as clean. And if they are under rotated by a quarter,
that gets a queue, or if it is just less than a half, it is under
rotated, or if it is a half it is downgraded. You do not want to get a
quad downgraded to a triple or a triple downgraded to a double. There
is no question that that toe loop was on the queue. And it has been
given... Under rotation. More than a quarter, less than a half. Which
brings the base down. It is not invalidating the element. Again,
tiny little points here and there. It is incredibly complicated. Yes,
but it makes sense.
but it makes sense. A lot of work for the technical panel. Yes. But
they do get to watch everything in super slow mode. Judges can only get
a review in normal time. The tech panel will review until they are
clear, and they have a unanimous decision on any given element. We
should have a new leader. Big seas and's best for Daniel Grassl. 187.43
the Italian. That is what you get when the elements are clean. The new
marker to beat. 278.07. Now, there has been a real buzz of excitement
around the capital indoor arena, which is as full as I have seen it
so far at this Olympic Games, I would say a good couple of thousand
spectators in the stands today, the biggest crowd we have seen. You can
hear them making the noise for this man, Jin Boyang of China, two-time
world bronze medallist. Fourth at the PyeongChang games, the highest
placement ever for a Chinese man. A little bit further down the
standings here or years later at his home games. Will he produce? He was
very emotional after the short programme when things went much
better for him than they had in the team competition. Really want him to
be able to deliver the goods today. Has the quads, the first person ever
to do a quad to mark one and triple toe loop combination in a major
championships. -- quad Lutz. It is what he plans to open with.
Glorious. Huge. Such height on that take-off. And for his second of
three quads. Quad toe loop now. With a double toe loop. Very nice.
Triple Axel, triple Salchow.
Looking to get features, changing the edge, changing the positions,
but making sure you hold those positions for a set number of
rotations, a minimum of three is what you want.
And that is the third quadruple jump, a second toe loop.
Come on, get this second triple axle. Yes!
Push it through now, get that stamina moving.
We are ratcheting up the quality as we enter the top 12 in this men's
free skate. That is so lovely to see. There is no question he has
always been a great technician. We saw it when he first burst onto the
scene with the quads. They were really easy for him. But the last
few seasons, just not happened the way that it used to. As I say, he
was emotional after the short programme when it worked. And that
was superb, that was probably the best we have seen him in a good
three years. I would say so. And that is the best raw that we have
heard in the capital indoor arena at this Olympic Games. -- the best raw.
Imagine if it was full.
Imagine if it was full. He has been stuck with training, as well, very
few competitions. The Grand Prix of China was cancelled and moved, the
Olympic test event was moved, and he was not able to get to Europe to
compete. It has been a tough couple of seasons. But those quads, look at
the height and a length on that of jump. We talked earlier about
wanting to have a running edge on the way out. Boom.
the way out. Boom. Just about on that one.
that one. He rotates so quickly.
Mixed bag on components. A couple in the mid-8, skating skills and emit
eights. Transitions, which is the movement into and out of the
elements and in between, just in the high sevens. 8.5 for performance,
eat roughly four composition, and similar for interpretation of the
music. -- eight four composition. Just the one red box, which was the
triple flip, which was called
triple flip, which was called clean but a minus from the judges for a
not clean landing. Is a Chinese representative in this men's
competition, fourth at the Olympics in PyeongChang four years ago. A
season's best skate for Jin Boyang when it matters the most. 179.45.
270.43 overall.
270.43 overall. Not enough for him to pip Daniel Grassl, though. The
Italian still at the top of the standings.
standings. So, Kevin Aymoz, the five-time French national champion,
has been pushing for a medal medal for the last few years. Was the
favourite to win at the Europeans a couple of seasons ago, but blue that
at the free programme. A much more solid showing a couple of days ago
in the short programme here in Beijing.
And under rotated and down on that first quadruple toe loop.
A second attempt at the same court. Just the triple. Not the start he
wanted. Now he needs to make every element count. Next will be a triple
axel in combination.
Much stronger on that second triple axle.
Good fight on the landing of the triple flip. But having not done the
triple Lutz before it needed to do something to get the score. A triple
Sal ko after that flip.
Tricky. The shoulders slump. There is so much lovely skating in there.
That glorious slide towards the end of the sequence, such originality.
But he needs those two quads to work. Good thinking on his feet to
get that combination out towards the end. You need to be a bit of a
mathematician if you miss points early on to think where you can pick
them up without repeating yourself. Then you get an invalid element if
you repeat yourself. You have to think on your feet a bit, which he
did. I don't think it will be enough to hold his position, I think he
will drop a couple of paces. I think he will fall outside the top ten
places. He has been struggling with injury this season. It has not been
the most straightforward of preparation for these games. Ended
up in seventh at the Europeans. He wanted to be much higher than that.
On the podium.
He would have wanted a triple, triple they are on the axel with the
toe loop. He needed the triple Salchow that followed. He got it
out. It was not pretty, but he made it out. That is the step between the
two jumps. We used to call it a half loop. I don't know where the name
oil came from. It is the connecting movement between the two jobs that
make them a job sequence rather than a jump combination.
Dissecting the performance. She knows the feeling of being on
Olympic ice. She competed for Italy. He needs 185.08 to maintain his
tenth position, which would be a massive season's best for him. Given
the struggles we saw out there I think that is unlikely.
think that is unlikely. 161.80. He slots into third.
slots into third. He will be out of the top ten.
So far Canada, after that chase breathlessly across the world, he
landed in Beijing with all the required Cove in 19 tests passed
just 24 hours before competing in the short programme a couple of days
ago. It was as if he was defying his own expectation, that performance,
straight off the plane and qualifying in the top ten. His short
was terrific. Let's hope the day off this morning has not left him with a
bit of jet the warm up was not great. Two quadruples, the same for
both. There is the toe loop with a double. A double toe loop, a quad
toe loop, and now he wants a second quad toe loop.
A triple.
The triple axel was OK. He wanted the triple Salchow on the back of
that, just the double.
that, just the double. An easy, light triple loop.
light triple loop. Lovely flight on what we call a death drop. Forward
spin.
spin. Makes your legs burn just to look at it. Just level two, though.
That is the best jump so far, the second triple axel.
And a triple triple combination. Stamina has never been a problem for
Keegan Messing.
Finally a level four on a spin.
It is called a hydro blade. It looks pretty cool.
CHEERING
Effervescent and joyful. He has rediscovered his love of skating,
Keegan Messing. Before the world champions last year he was talking
about whether that might be his last major championship, but he decided
to aim for Beijing and claimed his first national title at the eighth
time of asking at the Canadian nationals this season, although the
airline lost his skates in transit to those championships. And then he
had this palaver getting to Beijing. But he is kind of unflappable. He
just gets out there and does his gig and does the job. He gave away some
big points in that, unfortunately. It was level two on the step
sequence and level two on one of the spins. But level four on the last
two spins. The choreographic sequence was great. That was with
the hydro blade. Is it going to be enough to hold a spot or will Daniel
Grassl go above yet another skater. I have a feeling that Daniel Grassl
might jump up even more now. That was the quad attempt. He bailed out
in the middle into the triple.
That is the Lutz to loop. That was probably the strongest of the combo
elements. There is the hydro blade. There are people who do that without
touching the ice. Without touching it? A few of them in the ice show.
And there we get to see little baby Wyatt born in July last year. Every
time Keegan skates.
172.37, a seasoned's best for the Canadian. The national champion. It
is enough to keep him up in third. There are the waiting medallist
positions. I am not sure those guys will be staying there much longer.
This is the last chapter in the rivalry between Nathan Chen and the
Enigma from Japan.
Enigma from Japan. Yuzuru Hanyu's dream of three consecutive Olympic
titles lies in tatters after the short programme, but if anyone can
drag himself up towards the podium from eight, it is this man who will
go for the first ever quad axel, a hugely risky play for a medal. He
attempted two in the warm up. One forwards on two feet and the other
was a nasty fall. People have been watching him online trying this jam.
He has never landed it, he has never done it, but with him you never
know. It is his plan first element of this free programme.
Is he going to go for it?
He did, but he is down. Down and under.
Risky, just 6.5 points.
And he is down on the quad Salchow as well. That has got to be a medal
gone for her new yuzu roof.
gone for her new yuzu roof. -- Yuzuru Hanyu.
A triple flip.
A triple axel triple loop combination, planned, which is the
highest and the hardest of the triple combinations we are going to
see.
see. He put the quad toe loop first, triple toe.
And the second to loop an oiler, triple Salchow.
The first triple axel.
Well, he had to go big to give himself any chance of moving up from
eighth after that short programme disappointment a couple of days ago.
The risk did not pay off for the great Yuzuru Hanyu. It came at the
expense of quad combinations and triple axel combinations that he can
do. Even with a clean triple axel it is still one point more than a quad
Lutz. We knew he has never done it clean. He will get downgraded. Do
you think he was just chasing that big Olympic moment? He thinks so
much about his legacy and about breaking records. These things
matter to him. I don't know. For me I would have gone with what I know,
I would want to be on the podium. No one will ever take away those two
Olympic gold medals he already has. Yes, I was so attempts at quad axel
is to show it is possible, but the risk. Maybe we will find out in the
press conference afterwards. It is the risk of doing something you have
never tried before and no one has ever done before and it is costly.
He had a downgrade also on the Salchow. It was on the half. That is
probably the best attempt he has had at it. This is the quad Salchow. He
must have landed that quad axel in training. No, never done it. Just to
come out in an Olympic final and give it a crack. That is madness,
isn't it? That is who he is. That is the Enigma.
the Enigma. He is not over his blades the way he is when he is
doing the quads with such ease. Even that double toe loop at the end was
tight. Brian said you can't teach him, you give him the information
and he does what he wants. He is his own entity. Fascinating. It is. His
legacy will speak for itself, there is no question. He has absolutely
done some of the most exquisite and wonderful performances. Undoubtedly
one of the greatest skaters of all time, the defending champion. The
first man to win back-to-back gold medals in 66 years. It is not going
to be three in a row for Yuzuru Hanyu. We have a new leader.
Hanyu. We have a new leader. 188.06. He put it all out there, deployed
the ultimate weapon and it rather backfired a little. Normally he can
do over 300.
Evgeni Semenenko. Not part of the Russian team over whom a swirl of
things gather, following legal issues the other day. He is not in
that team. Fourth at the Russian national Championships.
He had the performance of his career so far. This is his first year as a
senior, coming in as a very high ranked junior. His short was superb.
That was big. A good rotation on the quad, but hands down.
Much better on the quadruple Salchow.
And there is quad to, triple toe loop.
That was his best jumping pass so far with the axel oiler triple
Salchow.
And there is the second axel.
Triple loop.
There is something very darkly sinister about that performance. It
is definitely building on that short programme. He will be happy with
that. After that first quad you have two choices, get on with it and make
it better. The others were strong. Both triple axels were there. I find
him quite ungainly at times. In the short programme it was controlled.
He has a look about him. I am not a big fan about the music, the
synthesiser in the middle of the orchestra. It grates on you, it sets
your teeth off. Yes. You didn't give me the usual eye roll when you don't
approve of the music. Me? The three representatives from Russia in this
final are all teenagers. All 18. They have all got room to grow and
they have got plenty of ground work already done. All three of them are
very different, which again is wonderful.
wonderful. Evgeni Semenenko is the tallest of them. He was very lucky
not to go all the way down there. There was a growl from the Russian
commentary box when it was replayed. If the hands take the full weight of
the body that can be counted as a fault. But they do need to go all
the way down, so he did well to save that. There seems to be a lot of
spaghetti arms going on, sometimes you want a bit more control. In the
short programme, I don't want to see the effort of grinding the body into
the jumps. I want to see it a bit more effortless. It is his style, it
is who he is. They are always going to be moving, but sometimes it shows
you they are not quite in control as they would like to be. Is that
something you can polish up as you go into the next stage of your
career? You would want to refine it, absolutely.
Season's best for him, 178.37, but it is not enough to maintain his
spot in the he slips into third behind Daniel Grassl.
There is Hanyu in the gold medal chair for the time being. How long
will he stay there? Next six skaters on the ice, I'm sure we'll have
something to say about that.
STUDIO: Hanyu went big. It looked like the gamble did not quite pay
off, but it is the final, he had to push it to the limit. There will be
a short break in the men's free skate whilst they prepare the ice
for the final six competitors, which will include Hanyu's team-mate
Kagiyama and also Nathan Chen who will be the last two skate. But that
gives us a little time to bring you up-to-date with the men's skeleton.
The second run took place a little earlier. Here is what happened with
John Jackson and Joe Hunt. COMMENTATOR: Marcus Wyatt now really
needs to put a statement rundown for Great Britain. If you look at his
hoot under his helmet, you see how it fans out. That is an aerodynamic
thing the British have got going at the moment, which will cause a
little bit of controversy last time out. There were questions about it.
Was it legal? It is, it is just they are trying to push the boundaries of
development and it just creates a better aerodynamic profile under the
helmet and pushes the air out around the shoulders. It is a really big
moment for Marcus Wyatt, giving himself a lot to do. Joint 16th
after a run number one. If you cannot widen this gap massively
between himself and Heraskevych, it is promising early, then it really
will be curtains for his Olympic Games. That heavy bump early does
not help him. It does not. He just needed to control the steering a
little bit more. Now he is pulling away, but it is whether he can
maintain the speed. Like we have seen with the two British sides
already, they lose a little bit of speed at a faster part of the track
at the bottom. You will see how this goes. The line looks good as he
appears on the exit. He stays away from the wall, and I think this is
looking like a really good run. He should stay in front as he crosses
the line, unless he has a big issue down here, which he doesn't.
Hopefully he will still have green numbers at the end. What time does
he manage to achieve for Great Britain? 61.7. How has that
happened? He looked comfortably clear of Heraskevych there, even
into the last couple of corners and he has not gone past him. OK, well,
if this date is not to end any huge disappointment for Great Britain,
Matt Weston needs to find some form. First Olympic Games. He won his
first World Cup race in Innsbruck in November, where he dead heated with
the current leader, Christopher Grotheer, he will come a little bit
later on. Can you possibly find that sort of form? Training was a bit
slow, but then got a little bit better. Western's under way. That
was a better exit out of that groove at the top. They may have worked on
that. We do not have so much as a twitch or stop too much height on
the exit of four. That might be a common line. You are happy to take a
tap on the wall as long as it does not set you into a skid. It is maybe
not the optimum line, but it is the line he has chosen to use. You can
see he is working with his feet. The speed is not quite there. Compared
to the Austrians. Let see how he gets on. Another little tap on the
wall. Has he got enough track left to stay in front of some Mayor? It
is only too tense. He takes a bit of a knock and a budge. Has he got
enough over the line? Well, you were 0.5 seconds ahead of Meyer at one
stage, the Finnish debt level. He has lost half a second within 30
seconds. It is almost as if they are going through treacle at the bottom
end of the track, the British lads. I am at the Olympics! What an
opportunity for Christopher Grotheer. He goes next, he is our
leader after run number one. And it is worth illustrating, as well, that
he was miles clear. 3.5 tenths was his lead over the field after run
number one. He has twice been world champion. Number three in the world
rankings this year. This is a big, big moment in this men's skeleton.
You are looking at the current leader, Grotheer, who will start
with a huge lead over Axel Jungk. 0.43 the advantage now. Will that
grow or will the gap between the two of them shrink slightly? He was the
only slider on the first run that we hardly saw it move on the slide. He
was inch perfect. His style, he was relaxed, everything was in line. You
can say is he is coming round the corner, no movement, just little
shifts of the body to try to move the slide and put it where he wants,
but there is no toe tapping, no big steers. You can see why, his style
is beautiful. She is the only one who has been able to do that on both
fronts so far. A little bit close to the wall, but I do not think that
will cost him much time. Everybody else has been a little bit raggedy
here or there, over steering. This is just beautiful, this is classic
style. Look at his need at the halfway stage. He is seven tenths
clear of the field -- might look at his lead. We talked about earlier on
in the women's lose, we talked there, didn't we, about how the
Germans had one hand on the gold medal? And I think Grotheer is a
massive favourite to win the gold now. He is just beautiful to watch.
STUDIO: The skeleton is so death-defying, honestly. A lot of
respect for the guys that do that. They looked -- but that is it from
me. Now it is time for the final round of the men's free skate. Can
Nathan Chen actually do it? Back to Catherine and Robin.
COMMENTATOR: Good morning, everybody. The final group of six
skaters on the ice just completing the end of their warm up. We have
had an eye on Nathan Chen during this warm up, how is he doing? Very
calm and very collected, unlike a couple of the others who are not
having the best performance at all. Shoma Uno particularly struggling to
get triples and quads out. It feels a little bit frustrating, there is
definitely some tension out there. If there is going to be a mistake,
you want to get it out of you in the warm up. You can feel the tension in
the capital indoor arena here in the heart of Beijing. Such a highly
anticipated contest this one, this is the final group of six skaters.
The skaters compete in reverse order from the order in which they
qualified. There is Nathan Chen in the bright orange top. That means
that you will compete last, having come through the short programme at
the top of the standings. And I think
think with Isuzu Hanyu out of intention for the medals, there are
three or four fighting for the medals below Nathan Chen. It will be
a big ask for this guy, Jason Brown of the United States. Just the most
beautiful, lyrical, musical skater. Just as the one quad planned.
Sometimes that does not come off either, so we will see what he can
bring to Olympic ice after eight years away. Part of the team that
won bronze in Sochi. Came ninth individually back then. You he is
back in an Olympic final.
If Jason is going to go for the quad, it will be his opening jump.
Not feeling it. Went for the clean performance maybe.
Triple axel, double toe loop.
Crucial jump here. There is the second triple Axel.
Triple loop.
Triple flip, triple toe loop.
Every element so far clean as a whistle and plus grades of execution
from the judges.
Triple Lutz, Oiler, double Salchow, really wanted that to be a triple.
Just gorgeous. Beautiful skater. Absolutely glorious. Every element
level or further spins, level four or further steps, plus GOPs on all
of the jumps. Yes, there is no quad and no trouble, triple combinations.
Got to give a shout out to David Wilson, who is the choreographer of
that long programme, every move is designed to produce score, give you
points. Beautifully done. There is a quality and running edge. What does
it say about Jason Brown's talent that even without a quad in the
short programme, no quad in the free skate, he is coming into this
Olympic final in sixth spot? He is in the high nines on components.
Occasionally he will hit the town. There is 9.8, 9.6 9.75 --
occasionally hit the ten. Here is the replay, triple flip, just that
running edge away from the jump. We talked earlier about trying to come
away from the landing rather than sticking a landing and use that free
like to draw you away. But everything is aesthetically
pristine. He struggled for such a long time with even a triple axel.
They wouldn't make a good pair! Per synchronisation.
synchronisation. Triple Lutz, there is the Oiler, he wanted this to be
reachable Salchow, just the double. -- the triple Salchow. There is not
an ugly position anywhere in that performance.
Not a waiver on the spin.
Tracy Wilson, one of his coaching team, they are.
Biron must have gone back find the doors to check on their other
student who is in this final group.
Hanyu looks like he is having a good time. Let's look at these scores for
Jason Brown. 184 on the nose. A season's best in both the short
programme and the free skate. That is a combined total of 281.24. A
couple of points behind Yuzuru Hanyu, who has moved himself up from
eighth and is currently on the top of the pile for now. Five left to
skate. Morisi Kvitelashvili, well, he is having the time of his life,
isn't he, at the moment? 24th, last place, in the free skate in
PyeongChang four years ago, but your ears, the next Olympic cycle, and he
is skating in the full final group of the final.
It was tight, but he made it happen. Quad Salchow, double toe.
He has hit the triple Axel. Can he do the same with the quad jump? Iffy
on the landing. And if they undertake off. -- iffy on the
take-off.
Quadruple toe loop, I use the word loosely. There was quite a build-up
to that, wasn't there? Yes, there was. That was a costly double flap
rather than a triple in the combination. -- double flip.
combination. -- double flip. There is the flip.
Bought a performer. Selling that programme -- what a performer. I'm
not sure it is going to be enough to knock Yuzuru Hanyu off of the top
spot. No, but he did pull out the elements. Level fours on the spins.
It is that questionable take-off on the toe loop which we discussed in
the short programme and in the team event. We will watch for the
replace. Quad Salchow, he does jump and leave the ice before he rotates,
so the jumps are big. But it is a question of whether the toe hits or
the plate hits on that take-off for the toe loop. -- the blade hits. So
far he has been given credit for it, but all the skaters are saying it is
not a true take-off and it is not correct. We shall see on a replay.
There is the Salchow. It is a clear edge take-off on that left foot with
the double toe. He wanted a triple. Here are the axles. And there is the
toe loop, which from another angle would look exactly the same as the
Salchow. Just know toe pick at all. Maybe we will see the second one. Or
maybe not. There we go. That that is an edge jump. It is a repeat of the
Salchow. Three quadruple Salchow is of a variation. There is no topic.
How does he get away with it? You will have to ask the people
downstairs who are on the tech panel. But everybody talks about it.
Outreach. Be an instant minus from me. The judges do not make the call
and whether it is a Salchow or a toe loop, they only make a call on the
quality of the element in front of them. It is the technical panel who
make the decision. He would need a big season's best to get up to the
top of the standings. There is Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan still up
there, with Jason Brown and Daniel Grassl of Italy on the right-hand
side.
It is 170.644 Morisi Kvitelashvili. That is going to see him slip or
stop 268.62, he is in sixth. You should still finish his Olympics, he
will still finish his Olympics in the top ten. Which will be a best
ever finish for him at a major championship.
Junhwan Cha, 20 years old now, but four years ago in PyeongChang, he
was the youngest competitor in the men's event. 15 years old. That
incredible reception for him. He stepped up to the plate and
delivered a stunning short programme, just as he did here in
Beijing.
Skated an absolute blinder in the short programme. Beautiful quad
triple axles, he will want the same here. Opening with the quadruple toe
loop. That looked all wrong from the very start.
Will he compose himself back and go for the quad Salchow?
for the quad Salchow? Beautiful. That is how you pull yourself out of
that rut. Now, come on.
Beautiful triple Lutz, triple loop in the combination.
Lovely triple axel, double toe loop.
Beautiful second triple Axel.
Triple Lutz, Oiler, triple Salchow.
What a fightback from Junhwan Cha. If only, he says to himself. That
was quite a recovery from that heavy fall at the beginning. Very nasty
fall. Those are not the ones you're used to having in practice. That was
just off of the edge right at the last minute. But to pull back from
that with the cleaning performance. A beautiful quad Salchow and a
beautiful programme. Lovely choreography.
choreography. And just a nice likeness and ease across the ice. I
did not panic even though he had had that fall. Once that second quad had
happened, I was like he is going to be OK. There is a lovely quality.
Bring on Milan for him. He is already in fourth spot, it is not
bad. With that incredible short programme. I think he has got medal
potential. That is what I am saying. But not here. Just with the quads,
if you're under rotated, you can cheat the landing, that is one
thing, if you are slightly not quite on a full, that blade comes down
square and that is when it cannot help you. You cannot get out of it.
That was beautiful, triple Lutz, triple loop combo.
Encouragement from Brian behind the boards.
boards. I think it is going to be tight on the tech scores.
There is very little in it.
Yuzuru Hanyu gets it on the component scores, just. It is going
to be very close. Let's hear it then, judges. Do we have a new
leader? Has Yuzuru Hanyu moved down off that top spot? Do you have a
preference? I would like Yuzuru Hanyu to win a medal at the final
Olympics. That was not my question. In terms of the performance. Yes, I
do too.
Oh, it is not enough. Yuzuru Hanyu has got six points more. He is just
one point behind Yuzuru Hanyu. That was incredibly close. Yuzuru Hanyu
moves a step closer to the Olympic podium with three skaters left to
go. Shoma Uno, silver in PyeongChang four years ago. Will it be another
Olympic medal for the silky smooth showman from Japan? For so long
under the shadow of Yuzuru Hanyu. Is this the time to step up? The warm
up did not go his way at all. Let's hope he has shaken that off in the
hallway. And does what we know he can.
A familiar piece of skating music. Five quadruple jumps planned.
And there is the first, the quad loop. That did not show up at all in
the warm up and that was glorious.
And there is the quad Salchow. Possibly under and definitely on two
feat. No major deduction.
Oh, the pressure is getting to these guys. The quad flip not going his
way on that landing at all.
Triple axel.
A squeaky landing there. A quad toe loop.
There you go. A quad toe, a double toe loop.
Triple axel, oiler, triple flip is what he wanted. Just a single flip.
Oh, it is going to be so tight! Against the odds could Yuzuru Hanyu
be back on the Olympic podium? Well, he went completely off-piste from
what was planned. The quad flip that eluded him, along with the loop on
the warm up, he didn't even attempt. He mixed things around and thought I
need a triple flip and let me do it after the triple axel and just a
single, so that was an invalid element. It is going to be so tight,
isn't it? I think Yuzuru Hanyu has him.
There is the loop. The quad Salchow was definitely on two feet and on
the quarter.
That was fully rotated and good for him not to put the body down there.
I have to say, though, after that warm up I was a little bit
concerned. It is such a shame because he has been spot on with the
team event and coming out in the short programme and qualifying in
bronze medal position. In the practice he has been really strong.
Stefan Lambie, the coach, willing him on. He just gets a bit of
tension in his shoulders and he does not get the flight on the left and
the take-off.
He is up on components. It will be tight.
tight. I think there were six or seven points between them after the
shot. He might just do it, he needs 177.32 to push Yuzuru Hanyu out of
the medal positions. I think that might be enough.
Let's see, it is the moment of reckoning for Yuzuru Hanyu. And he
has done it.
has done it. 187.10 four Shoma Uno, and he pushes his team-mate, the
defending champion, Yuzuru Hanyu, out of the medal top spot. And if
all goes to plan for the next two skaters, out of the medal places.
293 on the nose, a full ten points clear of Yuzuru Hanyu.
clear of Yuzuru Hanyu. Yuma Kagiyama, the third of the Japanese
skaters next to come. 13 years old, the natural successor to Yuzuru
Hanyu. Now on the brink of his first Olympic podium.
If he matches with his music, he will be the gladiator of this
performance. Beautiful, light, easy and a very big quadruple Salchow.
He went for the quad loop.
The quad toe loop.
Triple axel, double toe loop.
Quad toe, oiler, double Salchow. He wanted the triple there, but he will
take the quad. Step sequence level four, spends level four so far.
four, spends level four so far. -- spins.
Triple flip, triple loop.
Triple axel. Are we looking at the Olympic silver medal performance? I
think we might be.
Absolutely spellbinding. What a skate.
skate. For the 18-year-old from Japan. Yuma Kagiyama. He is at his
first Olympic Games and he is going to come away with a medal, no
question about that. I think collectively that was better than
the P programme he put down in the team event. And completely off-piste
from what was planned. The quad loop was not in there. Then he went for
the second quad toe earlier than planned and got the combinations in.
Laurie Nicholl was the choreographer. Just finding
everything in its place. What is nice is we are not getting all of
the big tricks back to back. They are integrated within the programme
and the whole choreography, which comes into the component scores.
Some people will get the big elements out of the way first. If
they take the risk of putting the bigger elements later in the
programme there is a bonus to be had. It is not worth a lot, but
every little helps.
every little helps. Just that slight out of position on the landing of
that quad loop at the beginning. That was the only question. And it
has come up as Q. And we are over the 100 points for the first time in
this competition from a technical score point of view. What kind of
pressure will this be putting on Nathan Chen? He was only five points
behind Yuma Kagiyama at the end of the short programme. He will not be
thinking about points right now. Or anybody else. I cannot wait to see
what this little chap does next. I know he is 18, nearly 19, but we
have seen some really good juniors come through and in the coming
seasons. I am hoping Shoma Uno will be able to deliver that one final
performance in a few weeks. But this is the new superstar for Japan. No
question about that. Yuzuru Hanyu is on the left-hand side, applauding
his countryman. Shoma Uno sits in the gold-medal seat at the moment.
Junhwan Cha is in the bronze medal position.
position. Very proud dad sitting next to him him I'm sure. A two-time
Olympian himself. He needs 184.89 or higher. I don't think it is going to
be a problem. Yes, we are into the 300s. 201.934 Yuma Kagiyama.
300s. 201.934 Yuma Kagiyama. 310.05 is the market to beat.
One skater left. A world record score in the short programme leaves
Nathan Chen with one hand already on the gold-medal. Four minutes stand
between him and the Olympic title. Here he is. He has got to go clean.
There are five quadruple jumps planned.
This is for his place amongst the stars, America's rocket man.
And opening with an easy light quadruple flip and a triple toe
loop.
The second quadruple flip.
Quad Salchow.
Quad Lutz. He is on form. Oh, yes.
Quad number five with a single flip. It is a masterclass. Triple axel.
One more jump past to go. Triple Lutz, triple toe loop.
Lutz, triple toe loop. And now he can let loose.
Ladies and gentlemen, Olympic champion, Nathan Chen.
America's king of the quads. Nathan Chen, you are a rock star on ice.
The man who has had the rest of the world trailing in his way over the
past four years is finally, brightly, the Olympic champion.
Phenomenal, phenomenal. No one comes close, no one has come close at a
major championship over the last four years. And for Nathan Chen he
can finally relax. All the pressure, all the talk has been about this man
and for all the talk about the rivalry with Yuzuru Hanyu, it has
been advantage Nathan Chen since the last Olympics. It has been his
Olympic title to lose and he has not put a foot wrong. And the rivalry is
not in his head at all. It is obviously the hype around
everything. Nathan is only focused on one thing and that is what Nathan
needed to do. For a while they credited him with quad toe, oil,
triple flip and it was just a single.
single. He wants everyone to be ratified and they were. Five
quadruples. And that is the way you win the Olympic gold. That is when
he knew. You could see the punch, and that is when they knew. Team
USA, the silver medallists in the team event. There is the quad toe.
Do I get an oiler? Do I bother? But he knew he needed to do something.
Triple flip, triple toe loop.
Glorious to see. And who knows whether we will see him back
competing? Who knows if this is the last we will see of Nathan Chen
competing on ice? He will be returning to Yale university after
these games.
these games. He might go on a month-long party. So, it is a
Japanese one, 23 at the moment before we get the scores for Nathan
Chen.
By how much?
By over 20 points. 218.63. It is a new record for Nathan Chen. 332.60.
He is head and shoulders above the rest of the world, he is the Olympic
champion finally, finally. Fifth-place finish in PyeongChang
four years ago, but he has won three back-to-back world titles since
then. He has been the kingpin, the top of the heat, and now finally he
will be on the top of the podium at the Olympic Games. Robin, what you
make of it? That score is insane and it will stand for quite a few
seasons. It is very well deserved, it was a phenomenal championship.
Yuzuru Hanyu is going to be fourth. But Nathan was supreme and to win by
that margin, it is just phenomenal. 22 points clear of Yuma Kagiyama in
silver medal position. Shoma Uno closest to the camera, sorting out
his boots on the right-hand side. Japan take the silver and bronze,
but Nathan Chen can sit back now and take a few deep breaths and take all
in. He has had that mask welded to his face, so paranoid has he been
about catching COVID-19 and scuppering his chances of getting
this gold medal, the medal that he has had his eyes on before
PyeongChang. Quite a few of them have been wearing the mask during
training. When you take it off, how much easier is it to breathe? How
much freer do you feel? Probably not a bad training tool when you are not
at altitude. There is the confirmation that Nathan Chen is the
champion. They have written winner rather than gold medallist, which is
a bit of a cheat. What did they write for you? I don't know, I
wasn't watching. They will be doing a presentation in a few moments'
time. Let's have confirmation of the final standings. Nathan Chen is
finally and deservedly the Olympic champion. Yuma Kagiyama takes the
silver to add to the world silver that he won last year. Shoma Uno,
bronze medallist in PyeongChang is the bronze medallist here. Yuzuru
Hanyu rolled the dice, he went big, he went for the quad axel and he
finishes in fourth. That is genuinely one of the best
men's figure skating competitions we have ever seen at the Olympics.
Congratulations to Nathan Chen added Olympic champion to his world
Champion title. The world record performance. And thank you to team
for us awake and entertain from the small hours. We have plenty more
where that came from.
Great Britain play Italy just after six E in Kreling. After the thrills
and spills of the women's boarder cross, it is the turn of the men. We
will bring the conclusion of the women's ten kilometre cross-country
skiing at 7:30am. RB's Alexander Kilde is the one to watch in the
men's combined,. -- Norway's Alexander Kilde. Roughly 48 hours on
from the disappointment of Great Britain's mixed curling team missing
out on a bronze medal, but both Jennifer Dodds and Bruce Merritt are
back in action as the team competition gets under way. The men
get under way in about 30 minutes or so against Italy, but it was a super
tricky opening for Eve Muirhead and co against world champions
Switzerland earlier. It went down to extra end. The commentators are
Steve Cram and Rhona Howie. COMMENTATOR: 5-5 after the ten ends
of play. Great Britain have been pretty much in control of this
match, but they need to continue playing in the way in which they
have. And just give themselves a chance or even your head the chance
at the end. Just one needed now. We have to have a result in the final
end, somebody will score.
It was certainly an interesting tenth end. Results elsewhere- Sweden
ran out winners 8-5 in the end against Japan in a very close match.
Denmark picking up one in the final end to when 7-6 against the whole
nation, China. -- win 7-6. Just nudges it off at the centre line.
Not quite as much as she would have liked. Pretty clear objective here
for Britain, try to keep the front clear.
clear. Just want to give yourself the chance for the draw, back
yourself to have any sort of shot to draw in for the win.
Another guard put up by the Swiss. Melanie Barbezat has had a good
game. But Hailey Duff has matched her in her first Olympic experience.
She has played well in her first Olympic Games. First match.
Olympic Games. First match. Trying to maybe get the second one, is she?
She is going to catch the second one. Maybe not.
one. Maybe not. Those two guards still out there. So this is the one
chance Switzerland will probably have two come around and lie the
winning shot position. Because they know Britain are going to start
peeling.
Esther has thrown quite a few drawers heavy today. This one looks
better, actually. They do not think it is going to go that far back. We
will see how far it comes in and whether or not it can actually be
seen. Does not quite crawl round enough from a Swiss point of view.
--
a chance to remove both cards. Jen Dodds trying to clear things out for
Great Britain.
Great Britain. Just nudges that one back into the centre. These 50%
shots, they all add up. Just one small error after another can hurt
you. If you have a shot that does not quite work out, make sure the
next one is spot on. Do not quite get the coral around the guard the
first time, she has got two stones to work with this time.
to work with this time. Clockwise turn. It is going to go a little
long, is it? It is just going to go behind the T. Still going to clear
the front. These two guards are pretty close together so easier to
remove. Lets see if Jen can take these two out and hopefully not
leave a red in front of either.
leave a red in front of either. That is a better result. That red is
sitting out there in front.
sitting out there in front. How is your nerves?
your nerves? Just one guard out front, and it has a British guard,
so we can even run that back. I still think we are in a good
position at this end. Because even if Switzerland bring another one
right round here, then that red is close to the rings. If I were
Switzerland, I would probably put up another guard at this stage.
another guard at this stage. I agree with you.
with you. There is every opportunity for Britain to move those stones.
Big mistake from Tirinzoni.
Don't even need to have the microphone on, there is nobody any
here, you can hear Eve at the other end. Vicky Wright, two stones left
for her.
for her. That has helped an awful lot. Good shot, Vicky. Now it is
wide open, Switzerland are going to have two keep guarding this lonely
stone on the button. And the good thing for Britain is, as well, it is
just back tee, so even if Switzerland keep guarding, it would
be there. But I think you will see it moved before then. Tirinzoni will
want to make up for her last stone. Still three stones left for Great
Britain. Left well out there. Oh, my goodness. Will it stop? Again, a
bigger target for Britain.
bigger target for Britain. So, they will remove that again. I think you
will see them try to move the shot stone. You can see half of it.
They're on the right side, if you do not get the shot, as long as you get
the top one. It would be good to move it when you can.
Really nice. Well done by Vicky Wright. Now it is just the script
for Great Britain, and Alina Pat's for Switzerland. Great Britain with
a hammer. They will have the chance with the final stone to try to win
this match. It has opened up quite nicely for Great Britain. Maybe can
try to hit and roll in behind that guard. That was two per guards by
Tirinzoni. And she knows it. By the 11th end of the game, you should
really be getting the weight and line right.
line right. So, Alina Paetz will be trying to just hit this and roll in
mind that guard if she can. Keep trying to make it difficult for Eve.
There is an awful lot of on and off here. It is curling a lot. Oh,
goodness gracious. They were a bit lax with that at the end. But it is
a good shot. It has tucked in nicely at the end. But what was important,
they were quite lax sweeping it back, she had to make sure that that
red was knocked lying second shot. -- not lying second shot. Is Eve
going to make a play on that one? It has a bit sticking out.
Do you want to call a timeout? They do have a timeout in the extra end.
Eve is going to take the guard and take the second yellow on the back
12 out. This would bring the red into play so that it means Eve would
only need to nick the last stone. She does not need to stay. Dave
Murdoch has taken his time to come down. Lindstrom was having a quick
conversation before he headed down. A quick discussion.
A quick discussion. That is why I am so surprised at Alina diets than try
to suite the red further back. Although she got the hit and roll,
she could see the whole stone. To have that pressure to light a
couple. -- to lie a couple. I'm sure I saw Lindstrom look at...
If it is not lined, then we have got some more turn. Happy with that?
some more turn. Happy with that? It is just a bonus. The plan is to
remove this guard. Keep things as clear as possible for Eve with her
final stone. Already thinking she wants to play that outturn draw. She
is happy because that one is back T. And if they put the guard up again,
she has got plenty of room to come around.
She has to take this out. Now, that gives them an option to come off of
that one, as well. With her final shot, yes. Even if they play the
perfect guard, she can play the double off of that one. I was
looking at a Lindstrom, and I think that is what he was having a
conversation with Great Britain's alternate, Dave Murdoch, was down
there, and I think he was almost saying that. If that ends up pushing
that yellow out, there is always the chance to come and remove the one on
the forefront. It is certainly giving Eve that option now, the
double off of that one. The Swiss coach is taking a nice gentle walk.
He is probably thinking. As he walks, you can see, there is a great
overhead shot as he is walking down, he has been looking at that. I think
they are looking at how far they come in. To make it as hard as
possible, difficult as possible. They have recognised the fact that
she can come off of that yellow. She has got the full button to draw two.
He wants it coming further into the forefront so that if they do use
that yellow... I think Eve is still going to go for a turn draw, though.
I would put it there. Almost full for. If they are fighting for top
four, it makes the draw slightly harder. I think four is too much.
Then she just draws the button, so...
If I was Switzerland, I would be thinking do not give her the easy
draw. It is the outturn draw that Eve wants to play, so you have got
to stop that. And if you are leaving her that double to make, well, so be
it, you cannot cover every shot. You have got to cover the easiest shot.
Right now, even once that outturn draw to the button. That is why I
would say this needs to cover half of that yellow stone and also half
of the centre line to make the drawer harder. This will be the
final shot for Switzerland. Whatever happens here, Alina Paetz trying to
make Eve play the more difficult shot here. She herself has to get
this in just the right position, not too far, not too wide.
She is well short. Not good from their point of view, but that makes
life a little bit easier for Eve. She knows all she is to draw... I
see all she needs to do. Draw the button. Even if it over Carroll is a
little bit too much, she has got that yellow to fall and against. She
doesn't need to be white or along. -- wide or along. I will shut up
because I think she can hear me. It is so quiet in here. So, after ten
ends, all tied. This, the final shot in the extra end. Great Britain with
the hammer and an open run through to the button. A straightforward
draw for Eve Muirhead, she has done this so many times before. It would
be a brilliant way to start off their round robin competition at the
Olympic Games, to get a win over the other big champions. But this has to
be absolutely perfect. She is talking it in. It is up to the
sweepers, she said. It is up to them. Is it going to stop, I do not
think it is. It is too long, just by a foot or so. That means that
Switzerland get the win and that is hugely disappointing because that
was a match that Great Britain were always in control of. Are you ever
ask us to have the chance to draw in to the button at the end to take the
win. She did set that one off to stop you kind of always want to
leave it so there is a bit of work the sweepers can do, but they had to
lay off because it just had a little bit too much weight. After
struggling all the way through from my point of view, you can say what
that means to the Swiss. They have managed to somehow grasp a victory
from what looked like the jaws of defeat on two or three occasions. In
the eighth end, the tenth end, then in the extra end. Somehow Great
Britain have contrived to lose that one. That is going to hurt.
Britain have contrived to lose that one. That is going to hurt. It was a
very close match all the way, it looked like you are in control all
the way through, a little bit gutting to lose out in the end. It
was a really good game to kick off with and I do not think we can be
disappointed. Yes, it was a loss at the end of the day, but it came down
to that last shot. Unfortunately today that did not come off. Overall
as a team we need to be happy with that performance. If we can continue
a lot of that good play into the rest of the week, we will definitely
get a few wins. I will come back to you in a second, for the others, Jen
has already had a go, but Vicky, your first experience, how did you
feel out there? Felt good. A really strong performance. As Eve said, we
did play well and it was a strong start for all of us. Nice to get
back altogether after Jen playing mixed doubles. A lot of positives to
take forward from that game. Jan, a little bit different, back in the
team competition. It was not the result you wanted, but everybody
played pretty well. I was really happy with the way we played.
Especially for these two, their first time on the Olympic ice and
they played great. They had no nerves, no nothing, it was just like
we usually play. Just relaxed out there having fun. It was really nice
to be on ice with you guys for your first Olympics. Hailey, what about
you, was it everything you expected? Pretty much. It was really fun. It
actually felt really natural and how we have been playing for this entire
season, so that made it very easy. The girls made it very easy for me,
as well. Just acting how we normally would. Yeah, it was really good to
get that first Olympics. I don't want to keep you too long. Your back
here tonight, does not let up, against Sweden, the elephant
champions. It was going to be a tough day today, the world
champions, the elephant champions. But every team is probably feeling
similar out there -- backed the Olympic champions. If we play
similar, maybe just miss out the little slack shots here and there,
but overall we need to be pleased with that performance. I think there
is a lot we can chat about, but overall it was a good first day.
Tough luck for the first one, good luck tonight.
STUDIO: That was a close match. Let's cross live to the ice cube and
speak to Rona highway to get some reaction from that. Good morning
from us you are, good afternoon to you out there in Beijing. What is
your reaction to that game? It was so tight. Good morning to you. Yes,
it was a really tight game. To be fair, the first five ends were very
cagey from both sides. It is the first game of an Olympics, nobody is
taking big chances early on, just easing their way in. But the second
half, Britain played so well, we were two up after seven ends and
really in a good position. So disappointing not to get the result
at the end of the day, but an awful long way still to go with eight
other round-robin games. That is the thing about round-robin, it can
change. That is what that he would be hoping. In terms of the now
picking themselves up against their Sweden game at lunchtime, they are
going to have to try their best. Sweden come in as defending
champions. They are. Sweden were on form in their game earlier today,
but Eve knows that she beat that team recently at the European
Championships. If they play the way they played earlier on, they will be
in with a good chance in that game. They did play well and that is the
positive they can take forward. You know, they do not need to do much
different than they did this
know, they do not need to do much different than they did this
morning. Just a notch out here or there are going the right way and it
makes a big difference to the result. We are just watching some of
the pictures from the game earlier. We can see just how tight that was.
They look really positive, let's be honest, their post-match interview
with Steve. For them to be in that position, you can see they are in
good spirits.
position, you can see they are in good spirits. How much is that
helping? A huge amount. They were really good at communicating on the
ice, they are looked as though they were having fun. Three of them have
never been to an Olympics before, so they really were very positive and
they looked as though they were enjoying the game. The positive
thing is they put themselves in a position to win the game. It went to
an extra end, but they had a shot to play to win. They need to remember
that and remember all the good things they did, so that going
forward tonight it is going to be a tough game, but if they just play
well again, it will be no problem. This is it. I know I will get that
morning positivity from you. And of course the men are going to go very
soon, just after 6am, in fact. They're up against the Italians,
what what they have to do to make sure they can push this through? It
is the men's first game, both Britain and Italy set out in the
first round last night when the men played. For these two teams, it is
their first team on the ice. Again, there might be if you nerves from
both teams, but I think it is going to be a close-run thing. Hopefully
Britain just out firing. Thank you very much. We will let you go and
get some rest ahead of that game. We will speak to you soon. Curling is
one of those exports we completely get obsessed with every four years,
don't we question mark but as we have found out, it is not as easy as
they make it look! Today's challenge involves some vigorous brushing,
accuracy and even some shouting. We are in sterling to actually do some
curling. We have got some of the best in the business helping us out
today. Lets do this. Curling in sterling. I like that, it rhymes.
Drop your hips and put your back foot back.
foot back. Into that lunge and kick-off.
Hip low, drop, that's it.
It is the world's longest lunge.
Have you got one really big thigh?
Shall I go?
Nice.
That is good.
All I can do to sing the song, Let It Go, in my head!
God.
It's so slippy.
Are you ready for the challenge?
Let's do it.
Best of three stones, let's go.
OK.
Are you ready?
Ready, steady...
Line's good.
Come on, team!
Good start.
A wee bit of room. Come on, stone!
Oh!
Is that good news?
Yes, that's great.
Take her red out.
Whoa.
Curl.
It's a draw.
It's a draw!
No!
It's a tie, well done.
Well done to you.
Very formal!
Just to mark your card, we are going to show you the start of the men's
curling match over on BBC Two. They are up against the Italians. Before
heading to the bird across. If you remember the bird across from
yesterday, get ready, you may not even need your coffee. That match
will continue in full on the red button and you will not miss a thing
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