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Day six: Thursday, 13 February

Medals to be won today: Biathlon (men's individual), cross country skiing (women's classic), freestyle skiing (men's slopestyle), luge (team relay), short track speed skating (women's 500m), speed skating (women's 1,000m).

Britons in action: Lee Jackson (biathlon), Posy Musgrave (cross country skiing), GB curling teams, James Woods (freestyle skiing), Elise Christie, Jon Eley, Charlotte Gilmartin, Richard Shoebridge and Jack Whelbourne (short track), Shelley Rudman and Lizzy Yarnold (skeleton). Depending on earlier results: Elise Christie and Charlotte Gilmartin (short track).

Day in a sentence: Skeleton begins and James Woods goes for freeski gold as Russia launch their bid to win the Olympic men's ice hockey title.

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing
Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:

Scotty, it started on BBC2 while we were watching the men's curling on the red button. But the last bit was still on BBC2 after the curling finished.

Ah, thanks Fluffy. I`ll watch it on iplayer later.

 

What was the result in the women`s curling?

 

Watching the men`s match now. 

Scotty
Originally Posted by Scotty:
Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:

Scotty, it started on BBC2 while we were watching the men's curling on the red button. But the last bit was still on BBC2 after the curling finished.

Ah, thanks Fluffy. I`ll watch it on iplayer later.

 

What was the result in the women`s curling?

 

Watching the men`s match now. 

It was very tight, 7 all going into the last end. We had the hammer though and were able to make it pay and won  the match 8-7,

 

So 2 wins and 2 losses in four matches. Leaves us equal 5th at the moment. We need to be in the top 4 to get into the next stage. 5 matches still to play in this Round-Robin stage.

The men are 3-1 up (in matches) and lying third (on the table). The current match is their 5th and they're leading 3-0 after 3 ends....and looking good for winning the 4th!

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing
Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:

Hmmm....I think it might just have been a rehearsal and the official performance will be tomorrow, but I can't find a time....or confirmation.

Went to look for it .BBC site sates tomorrow 14th February 30 year to the day.

FM
Last edited by Former Member
Originally Posted by erinp:
 

Gutted I have missed it

Link not working for me .

 

from the link 

 

10:10PM, THU 13 FEB 2014

Torvill and Dean recreate 'Bolero' in Sarajevo 30 years on

 

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean's performance in Sarajevo today 

<cite>Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic</cite>

 

 

 

Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean have celebrated the 30th anniversary of their historic Olympic gold medal with an emotional performance of their legendary Bolero routine in front of 5,000 adoring spectators in Sarajevo.

 

The ice dancing legends arrived in the Bosnian capital this week in order to mark their record-breaking feat three decades on.

 

The pair performed the routine which won them gold on St Valentine's Day 1984 on Thursday, the eve of the anniversary, in front of a sold-out Olympic Hall Juan Antonio Samaranch, the scene of their greatest triumph.

 

"It was emotional but very uplifting," said Torvill.

 

The pair performed their routine flawlessly for a delighted audience in the Bosnian capital, resplendent in modernised versions of their famous purple outfits from 1984.

 

As the routine ended the crowd unanimously rose to their feet in applause, holding aloft cards bearing the perfect mark of '6.0' in recognition of their Olympic achievement.

 

Torvill and Dean made history in 1984 when their gold medal success saw them earn full marks from all nine judges, a feat never achieved either before or since, three decades on.

 

The duo were invited back to the city by the mayors of Sarajevo and East Sarajevo and will perform Bolero on the exact site of their triumph 30 years ago.

The Olympic Hall Zetra was destroyed in the Bosnian War but rebuilt in 1999 and renamed Olympic Hall Juan Antonio Samaranch in honour of the former International Olympic Committee president.

 

The performance also acts as the launch of a campaign to build a permanent ice rink in the city ahead of the 2017 European Youth Winter Olympic Festival.

 

Visibly choked when meeting media in the city on Thursday, Dean said:

"Today we had a very emotional moment when we met the flower girl who was picking up the flowers from the ice just before we were going out to skate 30 years ago.

"To personally hear her story really brought it home for us."

 

 

I am not sure it was actually shown TBH - will keep a look out for a vid on it 

MrsH

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