david ornstein reports from pyeongchang.at britain to unprecedented glory, lizzy yarnold and laura deas turning dreams into reality, rewriting the record books. commentator: lizzy yarnold next, the olympic champion, can she make history and win it again? yarnold went into her final slide in second place, but conjured an imperious display and the fastest time any woman has produced on this track to enter sporting folklore. that is a gold medal winning run, i'm sure of it. so it's gold for lizzy yarnold. she's defended her title and become the most decorated british winter olympian in history. she was joined on the podium by team—mate laura dees. the pair rounding off the most successful day their nation has ever seen at a winter games. as yarnold jumped into the crowd to join the celebrations, how did she feel? exhausted! now a back—to—back champion, the 29—year—old couldn't hide her delight. i'm just so relieved that i've done the race, been consistent and laura and i are on the podium together. for her parents, judith and c

david ornstein, bbc news, in pyeongchang. "deep and special pa rtnership". calls for a new "deep in a speech in germany, the prime minister warned that failing to work together would put everyone at risk. in response, the president of the european commission said he'd welcome a close security alliance — but that it must be negotiated separately from other brexit issues. but that it must be negotiated our political correspondent vicki young reports from munich. in defence and security the uk is a significant player and the prime minister hopes that will get her a special deal. she arrived in munich keen to lay out britain's contribution. generous spending on defence and expertise it wants to share even after brexit. and expertise it wants theresa may urged the eu to take a practical approach. this cannot be a time when any of us allow competition between partners, rigid institutional restrictions, or deep—seated ideology, to inhibit our cooperation and jeopardise the security of our citizens. and jeopardise the security she's

david ornstein, bbc news, pyeongchang. time for a look at the weather. here's stav. we are in

our sports correspondent david ornstein reports from pyeongchang.as back, her a wing tip hopes on the line. away they go. and christie goes down before they reach the very first corner. after crashing out of the 500 and 1500 metres, christie's bid for 1000 metre gold got off to the worst possible start. but having been tripped, she earned a reprieve, the heat would be rerun. an ankle injury meant her participation was only confirmed in the hour before the race, and although slow to get going, she fought back impressively. with half a lap to go, christie's in position to qualify here. battling through a physical contest to finish second and reached the quarterfinals. or so she thought. as christie was carried away in pain, her night would take another turn for the worse, the judges spotting two infringements and disqualifying the triple world champion. so it's heartbreak for elise christie yet again after failing to win a medal at the last olympics four years ago, history has repeated itself here in pyeongchang, her dreams ending in bitter disappoint

david ornstein, bbc news, pyeongchang. arrive in an hour's time. i have an early arrival with me. lizzy yarnold, you came back early with your gold medals from the skeleton. why are you sure you home before everybody else? skeleton. why are you sure you home before everybody else ?|j skeleton. why are you sure you home before everybody else? i had to come home early because of my chest infection. i needed to arrest. now i'm here ready to work on the team. what is that moment like, you've done it before, of course, when you come back here and are greeted by friends and family at the airport? it's completely overwhelming. you don't realise how much the nation are supporting you until you walk in here, and people are asking me for photographs and telling me they've watched the event and were screaming at the tv which means everything to us. what about broadly reflecting now on the success of the team and how they have done? now on the success of the team and how they have done ?|j now on the success of the team and how they h

david ornstein, bbc news, pyeongchang.tball, and chelsea have drawn 1—1 against barcelona in the first leg of their champions league tie at stamford bridge. chelsea were leading until an equaliser in the 75th minute from lionel messi. natalie pirks was watching the action. he's barcelona's little magician, lionel messi, scoring goals forfun — only never before against chelsea. commentator: here's hazard. instead, it was the blues creative maestro who almost caused some early damage. commentator: great little turn of pace. you always know barcelona will dominate, and so it came to pass. messi with a beautiful cross, paulinho wide with the header. the best chances though fell to chelsea, willian becoming all too familiar with the woodwork, not once... commentator: willian didn't need him. ..but twice. commentator: good position again. 0h, he's hit the other post now. prompted howls of disbelief from the chelsea bench. but if the first half you don't succeed, try and try again. commentator: it's another one! willian proving t

our sports correspondent david ornstein was at the finish line as germany clinched victory., the atmosphere is absolutely incredible. it is a gold medalfor the is absolutely incredible. it is a gold medal for the german is absolutely incredible. it is a gold medalfor the german pair. it was a dramatic ending because the americans thought they had it. right at the last, the germans put them, with canada in third place. for great britain, also a fantastic night, finishing in eighth place. which means it is the best ever finish for the british women's bobsleigh team in olympic history. women's bobsleigh came into the olympics in 2002. in four attempts, no british pair had done better than this one. that will be a fantastic boost for them and surely plenty more for them to come in the future olympic games. let's hearfrom them now. five months ago, we didn't know if we would even be here. so to get here is an achievement in itself. we've just loved every minute of it and we want to say thank you to eve ryo he and we want to say thank you to everyone who supported us. thanks to he

david ornstein with a rather magical south korean tea m with a rather magical south korean team behindficials at the international olympic committee are discussing whether to lift the diesussino whethertmliftihe status of russia. russian restricted status of russia. russian athletes have so far accounted for two of the failed drug tests at the winter olympics eibar and the ioc are under to maintain winter olympics eibar and the ioc are under- to maintain their are under pressure to maintain their suspension. one of the toughest suspension. one oftheioughest if not the toughest sanctions if not the toughest sanctions if not the toughest sanction is not to allow a country to compete at a winter olympic games. many people believed that the ioc would not stop the flag, would not stop the uniform, would not stop the flag, but we did not. and they have not taken part in these games, thatis have not taken part in these games, that is a pretty strong that—isa pretty strong'sancticrrt is that—isa pretty streng'sencticrrt is the ioc spokesman there, that is the ioc spokesman there, mark adams. a

our correspondent david ornstein reports from south korea. christie arrived in pyeongchang with high hopes of redemption following triple disqualification from sochi four yea rs disqualification from sochi four years ago and now a triple champion. the world record holder in this event the 500 metres. she sailed through the heat and the quarterfinal earlier today, the semifinal presented warning signs, a scrappy semifinal presented warning signs, a scrappy race and she finished second and then disaster struck in the final. not a great start and then on the penultimate lap with her in third place she slipped off, she said that she was pushed into the hoardings and left on the ice. afterwards she spoke to the bbc and she was devastated.” afterwards she spoke to the bbc and she was devastated. i was knocked over you know, i did not follow my own. five people in the final, it does not give you any benefit when someone does not give you any benefit when someone gets a penalty. it is just tough, i worked so hard for the 500. it has just been taken a

david ornstein watched a bittersweet day, in which team gb made history with their 5th medal.st accessible winter olympics of all time. the penultimate day of action in pyeongchang and a chance for the jumpers to show off their skills. an imposing rampfor jumpers to show off their skills. an imposing ramp for billy morgan in the big airfinals. complex tricks and a clean landing required to impress thejudges. and a clean landing required to impress the judges. morgan onlyjust qualified for the final, but on his second of three attempts he looked every bit the part. he holds it up! yes! it was huge. and he used the ha rd est yes! it was huge. and he used the hardest grab. that left on last chance to secure a spot in the medal positions. yes! billy morgan with the double grab front, that is massive! that is absolutely huge. billy morgan moves into bronze medal position, and it is a very long and nervous wait. canada was his biggest threat to walking away with bronze, but on his finaljump it all went wrong. an injury in december nearly ruled him out of these games, but the oldest

our sports correspondent david ornstein is in pyeongchang. david?r 500 and 1500 metre races it all came down to her third and final event. her favourite distance, came down to her third and final event. herfavourite distance, the 1000 metres. just three days after leaving the ice on a stretcher elise christie was back, her olympic hopes on the line. away they go. christie goes down before they reach the very first corner. christy's bid for 1000 metres gold got off to the worst possible start, but having been tripped she earned a reprieve. the heat would be rerun. clearly still troubled by an ankle injury, christie trailed her rivals. others she fought back impressively to finish second to qualify for the quarterfinals. —— although she fought back. as she was carried away and discomfort her night would take another turn for the worse, the judges spotting two infringements and disqualifying biscotti. heartbreakfor and disqualifying biscotti. heartbreak for elise christie yet again. afterfailing to win heartbreak for elise christie yet again. after fai

let's go live to our sports news correspondent david ornstein is in pyeongchang for us... come back for her next races? she has spent plenty of time with the sports psychologist after the devastation of sochi four years ago, when she crashed out or was disqualified in fact from the 500 metres, 1500 metres and 1000 metres and she received death threats for her role in one of the disqualifications. she considered quitting the sport and has had to pick herself up and will have to do so pick herself up and will have to do so again because on saturday she races in the 1500 metres and then next thursday her favourite events, the 1000 metres. it is devastating, it comes four years to the day after her disqualification in the 500 metres in sochi. you saw the motion, how raw it was in that interview, she really was on the floor and will need some picking up. for britain, it's not good news either, they are still waiting for their first manual of these olympics. she is one of their greatest medal hopes. —— first medal of these olympics. they will try and put this right because she h

our sports correspondent, david ornstein, reports from pyeongchang.ise christie was back, her olympic hopes on the line. commentator: away they go. and christie goes down before they reach the very first corner. after crashing out of the 500 and 1500 metres, christie's bid for 1000 metres gold got off to the worst possible start. but having been tripped, she earned a reprieve, the heat would be rerun. an ankle injury meant her participation was only confirmed in the hour before the race, and although slow to get going, she fought back impressively. commentator: with half a lap to go, christie's in position to qualify here. battling through a physical contest to finish second and reached the quarter—finals, or so she thought. as christie was carried away in pain, her night would take another turn for the worse, the judges spotting two infringements and disqualifying the triple world champion. so it's heartbreak for elise christie yet again after failing to win a medal at the last olympics, four years ago, history has repeated itself here in pyeongchang

there's been fantastic british support at the sliding centre and afterwards our correspondent david ornsteinyarnold's parents. completely unbelievable emotion that lizzy has achieved what she said she was going to achieve, and she's done it. it's just mind blowing, we will take days and weeks to get to realise and accept what she's done. you saw four years ago in sochi, now in pyeongchang, your daughter is the most decorated british winter olympian ever. has that started to sink in? it is not sinking in at all. i was terrified through all four runs. just wanted them over, is that awful to say? i wanted her to get to the end and be safe and fast. she is amazing under pressure, look what she has done. she said she would do this for our country and she has. let's hear now from the british bronze medallist laura deas, who will be joining lizzy yarnold on the podium. i can't believe it's happening, this is like a dream. i knew i could do it, and i thought it was going to be taken away at the last minute. when she came down behind me, i couldn't believe it was happening, i'm so pleased for lizzy a

so the uk‘s fifth medal makes this our most successful winter olympics, but as david ornstein explainedoptimism within team gb has always been high for these games. well, that was in line with the target set by uk sport. the government funding body who doubled theirfunding for the government funding body who doubled their funding for the last olympic cycle. some may say that was expected, that they would step up and win the record fifth medal. and it could even get better tonight with a possible sixth for the women's curlers who play a bronze medal match. some will say that is a fantastic achievement for a country that does not have a great deal of snow or ice, or pedigree in those sorts of events. of course, billy morgan becoming the first british man to win a medal on snow. jenny jones became the first british snowboarder to win a medal at the last olympics. so it is a fantastic achievement. it puts britain 18th in the medal table. so some context there because norway are way ahead ona there because norway are way ahead on a record of 38 medals. if we look down the list of athletes wh

david ornstein is in pyeongchang.t to the wire, meanwhile, the day will be remembered for the achievements ofa be remembered for the achievements of a teenage female figure skater. is 15 years of age, the new star of figure skating, dancing for a place in sporting legend, the young pretender, as they have called her, alina zagitova, unbeaten in her debut season, she now faces the biggest test of all, leaving competitors in a spin to stand on the verge of greatness. only one skater could deny her, her compatriot, training partner and archrival, evgenia medvedeva, the two—time reigning world champion looked set for glory, but the judges decided otherwise. commentator: heartbreakfor decided otherwise. commentator: heartbreak for evgenia medvedeva who thought she had done enough. alina zag itova thought she had done enough. alina zagitova could rejoice, second youngest figure skating champion in olympic history. cheering rigged the first gold medal of these games for an athlete from russia, competing here as neutrals afte

our correspondent david ornstein is there for us now.to say she is heartbroken but looking forward to her remaining events. she still has more medal opportunities and talking of medals of the biggest stars of winter sports was bidding earlier today to make history and he did not disappoint. he needs 95.25 and the run of his life. they call him the flying tomato. shaun white, he of red hair and snowboarding flair. he has landed it! oh, my goodness! with his final run, the american saved his best until last to stun his rivals and become the first snowboarder to win three olympic titles. i'm really proud to come out on top today and i'm really thankful for those guys honestly because they pushed me to get to this point, to be able to do these kinds of events. elsewhere, the weather continued to disrupt the games with the women's slalom and biathlon postponed, the latest events to fall foul of high winds. there were no such problems at the indoor venues where if the mere presence of north korean skaters on south korean ice was significant, t

well our sports correspondent david ornstein is in pyeongchang.rdinary day here, one that will live long in british olympic memory. the most successful in british winter olympic history. that's largely because of lizzy yarnold winning the gold medal here in the skeleton and defending her title. her parentsjoin me now. clive, can you sum up your emotions? it's unbelievable emotion, that lizzie has achieved what she said she would. she has done it and it is mind blowing. it would take days and weeks to get to realise and accept what she has done. it is mad. and judith, you saw it four years ago in sochi, now in pyeongchang. your daughter is the most decorated winter olympian ever. is that sinking in yet? not at all! i was terrified, through all four runs, i just wanted them overcome is that awful to say? i wanted them to get to the end, to be safe and fast. she is amazing under pressure, look at what she has done! she said she would do it for our country and she has. it hasn't sunk in, at all! and it wasn't an easy path, since sochi. today we have a

david ornstein, bbc news, pyeongchang. time for a look at the weather. here's stav.are in for some winter olympics temperatures? indeed we are, the story is unfolding. good afternoon. i'll start with the european map and the temperature contrast, you can see the blues pouring out from siberia into western russia, spreading across the continent and reaching oui’ across the continent and reaching our shores, particularly into next week you really will notice the bitterly cold conditions. it's going to feel extremely bitter, particularly if you add on the wind. widespread morning frosts. there's the chance of some snow in some areas, but uncertainty in that detail. keep tuned to the forecast the weather snow will fall. here and now, we have high pressure in control. its finance settled. a lot of dry weather around through the afternoon. the best of the sunshine across eastern side of england, eastern scotland and some glimmers elsewhere, but there will be a tough cloud and disappointingly chilly where you have the cloud. not too bad in the sunshine. 5—7dc. as we had thr

from football clubs, manchester city, crewe alexandra, and form look —— and here is my colleague david ornsteinent, can we just follow on what you have just said about the football clubs barry bennell was involved in because this case, as well as affecting the victims so terribly, it has rocked the football world as well. yes, it has, and in the aftermath of the initial allegations made against barry bennell there were a number of other people who came forward. allegations now involving more than 300 clubs. there are other cases currently being investigated. for legal reasons we can't go into too much depth about those. manchester city have released a statement in which they acknowledged the traumatic experience of the victims in this case. they have offered their sympathy. they are appointing aqc their sympathy. they are appointing a qc now to leader full their sympathy. they are appointing a qc now to leaderfull —— to their sympathy. they are appointing a qc now to leader full —— to lead their sympathy. they are appointing a qc now to leaderfull —— to lead a full independent investigation. th

for news of that and the other highlights from day 11, here's our sports correspondent david ornsteintres gold got off to the worst possible start, but having been tripped she earned a reprieve. the heat would be rerun. clearly still troubled by an ankle injury, christie trailed her rivals. she fought back impressively to finish second to qualify for the quarterfinals. as she was carried away and discomfort her night would take another turn for the worse, the judges spotting two infringements and disqualifying her. heartbreak for elise christie yet again. after failing to win a medal at the last olympics four years ago, history has repeated itself in the pyeongchang. herdreams ending in bitter disappointment. i am a bit shell—shocked. i worked so hard to come back from this injury. i think 1000 people would not have skated with my ankle the way it was. i can barely move my knee. the only thing i can say is i can promise britain i will fight back from this and i will come back for beijing. and hopefully i can do britain proud then. for the skater and her team it was a huge blow. clearl

david ornstein is in pyeongchang. sports have done it here. the celebrations behind us were wild short time ago, three medals in a winter games has never been done before by great britain. it was started by lizzie atkin this morning but it continued here at the sliding venue but it continued here at the sliding venue with lizzy yarnold winning the gold and laura deas, taking the bronze. lizzy yarnold with a spectacular performance to defend her olympic kampl daily—macro title. she becomes the first woman to do that in winter sports and becomes the most decorated winter olympian of all time. it is an incredible achievement and justifies scalloped's record funding from uk sport. with all the action of today, here is joel sport. with all the action of today, here isjoel lynch ski. weeks and months on snow and ice can come down to just an instant. at these games, a few seconds can turn joy to despair. this was elise christie's second medal shot. with a lap to go, she had a route to the final. she had to finish in the top

let's speak to our sports correspondent david ornstein who is in pyeongchang.peak to billy a few minutes ago at the sensation he got when he landed on his feet and he knew he'd done a good run, when he knew what that meant not just for him good run, when he knew what that meant notjust for him but for the whole team that. that's right, and it was all the more remarkable because he had fallen on all four of his training runs and his first running competition but then when it mattered most, the dujon c needed to score on, he nailed and he got that bronze medal. he came through a field of, on paper anyway, some far superior athletes, but many of them fell and he took that bronze medal. quite some history there as the first british male to ever win a medal in snowboarding and five british medals makes it a record for the team. it makes the doubled investment from sochi for this game is very justified, some investment from sochi for this game is veryjustified, some may say that's quite right, others will say it's clearly a good thing. it could get even better with t

let's speak to our sports correspondent david ornstein, who is in pyeongchang.bviously delighted but i bet tea m he is obviously delighted but i bet team gb as a whole is delighted as well with this medal - that's well with this medal haul. that's right, you mentioned the medal haul of five which takes them past 192a and of five which takes them past 1924 and 2014. there will possibly be an upgrade for the men's bobsleigh team from saatchi but as things stand, this is a record—breaking olympics for team gb. it also means that they have met the target given to them by uk sport, the people who fund so many of them. many will say they should have beaten the record set in sochi, but they have done and that's good news for them. 18th in the sochi, but they have done and that's good rtable. rthem. 18th in the sochi, but they have done and that's good rtable. norway 18th in the sochi, but they have done and that's good rtable. norway top| in the sochi, but they have done and that's good rtable. norway top it1 the sochi, but they have done and that's good rtable. norway

we will speak to david ornstein. he is in pyeongchang. spirits must be high.abulous news for great britain to wake up to. billy morgan, doing well in the big air. for those who have not seen it, it isa air. for those who have not seen it, it is a sight to behold. one big it is asightto babblifinertrig and it is ssightto beholdfinsfl-r'rg and multiple spins in the air. jump and multiple spins in the air. billy morgan got a jump to get a bronze medal performance no one had managed before. it takes great britain to the record of five medals in the winter olympics and hit the minimum target of five medals at these games. that doubled the funding, justifying the investment. you can also look at the medal table and see great britain in 18th, compared to at the and see great britain in 18th, compared to - at the top with compared to norway at the top with 14 compared to norway at the top with 1a medals. take nothing away from the performance of billy morgan. he is the oldest in the field, the old est by is the oldest in the field, the oldest by three years. some of his

david ornstein has the latest.he country's main sources of olympic success — the men taking silver in sochi four years ago. this, however, is a new team and they leave empty—handed, after an agonising defeat by switzerland. leading 5—4 with just two ends to go and a semifinals place at stake, the brits capitulated to lose 9—5. we had a good game today, but it wasn't to be, sadly. a couple of things didn't go our way and a couple of half shots and that's all it takes against a team as good as them. meanwhile there was confirmation today that the russian mixed doubles pair of alexander krushelnitskiy and his wife anastasia bryzgalova have been stripped of their curling bronze medal after krushelnitskiy was found guilty of doping. in the women's ice hockey there was incredible drama as the united states and canada went to a sudden—death shoot out. commentator: saved, the usa win gold. having claimed each of the last four titles, canada were left devastated as the usa celebrated a famous victory. david ornstein, bbc ne

elise christie has been competing in short track speed skating, the quarterfinal, david ornstein is ourouth koreans having ta ken receiving death threats from south koreans having taken up one of their athletes and we hear that thing you olympic record for her in the quarterfinal, she did not lead from the front but got herself out top and won comfortably in a new olympic record. she's the world record—holder espied this is not being her favourite event, but as the 1000 metres, herfinal event being her favourite event, but as the 1000 metres, her final event and she races in the 1500 bidders before then. the semifinal will be at 11am uk time and the finaljust after 12 noon uk time, looking good for elise christie and team gb as they search for the first gold medal at these pyeongchang winter olympics, the first medal at all, i should say. absolutely, david, she looks well on track, we will keep across that and thank you for the moment. as david said shortly after 11am the semifinals. england‘s up of reaching the g20 tri— nations final and by a thread after they were beaten by new zealan