there's not much that marcel hirscher hasn't won, at an olympic gold medal is one of them.s name, he played down the importance of winning here. the 28—year—old was well placed for a medal after the downhill and clinched victory with the fastest time in the slalem. back in austria house the relief was clear. it is the colour he admits he a lwa ys clear. it is the colour he admits he always dream doll. it is perfect to have this last big goal, to have this right now in my pocket. 0r better it hangs around my neck. the only, or not the only — the other good thing is the always pretty boring question is now it is over with, this last boring question. is your career perfect without a gold medal? this is what the media were a lwa ys medal? this is what the media were always asking me and now it is easier because now just always asking me and now it is easier because nowjust good questions are allowed. chloe kim was already celebrating before herfinal run in the halfpipe. with gold secured, the american born the south korean parents put on a snowboarding masterclass. despite her

marcel hirscher picks up his second gold of the winter olympics this time winning the giant slalom the oldest and the greatest — roger federer celebrates his world number one status with victory in rotterdam. and tottenham are forced into an fa cup replay after drawing with a team two divisions below them. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the winter olympics and day 10 is just underway in south korea but the news that austria's marcel hirscher won a second olympic gold medal with victory in the men's giant slalom dominated day 9 on sunday. he's been a dominant figure on the world cup skiing circuit but before pyeonchang his best olympic result was slalom silver in 2014. nick marshall mccormack rounds up the action. his trademark start is brilliant, and powerful. listen to the sweet sound of him carving his way down the mountain. marcel hirscher already had 55 world cup wins before today that his two gold medals here strengthened his claim to be regarded as the best mail ski racer of all time. the 28 your old one by 1.27 seconds from the norwegian, kristoffersen.

the austrian skier marcel hirscher has taken another gold.r going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home. the withdrawal completed in good order but the army defeated in the task it was sent to perform. malcolm was murdered and had a terrible effect on the morale of the people, terrible repercussions in the streets. as the airlift got underway, there was no let up in the eruption itself. lava streams from lower in the greater flow down to dc on the east of the island, away from the town for the time being, but it could start flowing again at time. the russians heralded their new generation space station with a spectacular night—time launch. this is bbc world news today, i'm karin giannone. the latest headlines: survivors of the latest school shooting in the united states are organising a march on the national capital to press for action on gun control. israel's prime minister says iran is the world's greatest threat. it responds by coldingham benjamin netanyahu responds by coldingham benjamin neta nyahu delusional.

marcel hirscher picks up his second gold of the winter olympics this time winning the giant slalom thenumber one status with victory in rotterdam. and tottenham are forced into an fa cup replay after drawing with a team two divisions below them. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the winter olympics and day 10 is just underway in south korea but the news that austria's marcel hirscher won a second olympic gold medal with victory in the men's giant slalom dominated day 9 on sunday. he's been a dominant figure on the world cup skiing circuit but before pyeonchang his best olympic result was slalom silver in 2014. nick marshall mccormack rounds up the action.

at his third winter olympics marcel hirscher at last wins gold, as he claims victory in the men's combinedmcilroy as the 1a time major winner prepares for his second tournament since returning from injury. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the opening leg ties in the round of 16 champions league fixtures. last year's beaten finalists juventus were held to a 2—2 draw against tottenham and manchester city eased past basel in switzerland. 0ur football reporterjohn bennett told me that mauricio pochetino's side are in a strong position ahead of the return leg in three weeks' time.

verge of claiming a semi—final place leading switzerland while the big news is that austria's marcel hirscher for a third gold medal at the games having never won one before these winter olympics in three previous attempts. all five of these curlers have the same last name, kim. they are from a town that is famous for making garlic. it is all on the website. you can read all about it. until next time. goodbye for now. a very cold spell of weather is on the way, it is just a little too early to say whether it's going to be particularly exceptional for the end of february and early march but one thing is for sure, it looks like temperatures could struggle to get above freezing, some time next week and there is snow on the way as well, just uncertain exactly how deep and where. but this high pressure continues to build as forecast, from scandinavia across western parts of europe. so the forecast so far is going according to plan. those easterly winds are starting to strengthen and they will keep strengthening as we go over the next few days. by the end of the night, early on thursday morning, no

austria's marcel hirscher made a surprise exits, using all of his experience, sweden's first alpine skiingnce 1980. he has waited a long time for the golden moment. a dream come true for me. i have been fighting my whole life for this. to be able to pull this off in my fourth olympics is simply amazing. and how about this from david wise of the usa? the defending champion crashed on his first two runs but the third was good enough for the half pipe gold. so, what is next? obviously a change of image. i was kind of planning on rocking the head during the olympics but i think will shaveit during the olympics but i think will shave it all off and donated to a cancer charity, so maybe we will even auction it off, i don't know, i don't know what kind of things people do but that is kind of my plan, i will get rid of it, get rid of the flow and go back to a clean cut kid. and the raising finale to theice cut kid. and the raising finale to the ice hockey, the penalty shoot—out the usa victorious, no fifth consecutive title for canada, helmets off to the us goaltender. —— a police officer has died

marcel hirscher already has the lead after one run in this event.continue back here live at the international broadcast center. great action again during the prime plus coverage including the men's giant slalom. they'll get going live for you in less than a half an hour. right now back to phoenix snow park, men's slopestyle final, first of three runs. todd

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and all eyes were on the men's giant slalom race, where the austrian skier marcel hirscher was lookinge glory at these games after winning his first gold on tuesday. and norway has climbed to the top of the medal table after the men's ski relay. they now have nine golds, and 25 total medals. and germany's right behind, pushed to second place now. they, too, have nine golds, but 17 total medals. so, did mr. hirscher achieve a double glory? let's go to amanda davies. she joins me now live with the latest from the olympics. hi there, amanda. >> hi, natalie. yeah, heading into the games the only question mark really against the ability of austrian ski sensation marcel hirscher was the fact that he hadn't won an olympic gold in his two previous games. but he quickly put any doubts to rest, strengthening his claims to being the world's best skier. having won his second gold in two races. it's been a glorious day here in pyeongchang. and the austrian followed up his victory from the combined last week with a really dominant performance in the giant slalom here on sunday. he absolutely crushed

but marcel hirscher, the overwhelming favourite, crashed out of the men's slalom skiing.skier ever to win a third gold at a single olympics. happier news for the usa's david wise, who won gold in the men's ski halfpipe final. to keep up to date and take a look at the medals table, go to the bbc sport website. so, we have business briefing coming up so, we have business briefing coming up next. we will have the decision about diesel cars in germany in a court decision today. in the meantime, i want to mention more tweets from people who have been sharing their views on guns. billy says of course it's not the answer to have teachers armed, it is trump defending the millions he got from the nra. take the guns away is the correct answer. thanks for your thoughts. keep sending them in. i'll see you soon. it is starting to feel a little bit colder but the big freeze is still days away. in fact, temperatures won't start dropping away properly until after the weekend. in the short term, the weather does not look bad at all with a bright day on the way on thursday with some sunshi

. >> reporter: the gold went to marcel hirscher who earlier in the week won the super combined here inyeongchang. >> a thursday surprise entry, it's john henry krueger. >> reporter: he took the silver medal in tin the final lapse. her mom in the audience clutching the terrible toul. and the south korea president in the stands cheering her on. >> here comes choi, starting to wind it up. >> reporter: the 19-year-old making moves to take home the gold in the women's 1500. >> nation watches and now the nation roars. >> reporter: betwemean while, t skater with the smile mamie biney promised to be back. let's take a look at the medal count. norway still dominating at the winter games. and despite picking up two silver medals. united states has just fallen out of the top five. willie. >> all right. keir simmons up in the mountains. we have those silver medal winners. nick goepper and jon henry krueger. welcome. >> thank you very much. >> the first two runs you admit weren't great. it all came down to the final run. did you feel the pressure, the heat, what was going on at that moment? >> i fe

. >>> day nine at the winter games, and south korea and all eyes were on austrian skier marcel hirscher secured his second gold. he had one in the men's giant slalom and one in the alpine combined. hirscher will be competing in his favorite event, the slalom, on thursday. >>> and former gold medalist lindsey vonn of the united states is dealinging with trolls on social media after not medaling in the women's super g race on saturday. leave the girl alone. but she can still go for gold in the downhill race next week. >>> here's a quick look at the medal count table. norway has climbed to the top of the medal chart. they lead the pack with nine golds, 25 total medals for them. cnn's paula hancocks sat down with the norwegian prime minister in south korea to discuss sports diplomacy at these games. >> how do you see the north korean engagement in this olympics? >> well, six months ago there was tension, people were saying i'm not sure we want to go to the olympics, because they were afraid of something happening. so for the olympics, the situation now, it's good that that tension is lower.

will be pleased overall because anything can happen in the olympics and to think people like marcel hirschery pleased. in a world cup event last year he managed the podium, second. that was a lwa ys managed the podium, second. that was always a possibility at these games. it was, yes, one podium and he was leading the race in finland, which was the first slalom race of the season but unfortunately made a mistake on the second running of the bottom. anything can happen and on the day it doesn't always go to form. to finish ninth, we're really pleased. not surprised you're so proud because when you compare how he started to those countries where snow is right on their doorstep, how much of an achievement is it and what is possible as well? a massive achievement, no one expected him to do as well as he has given his background, he only started skiing on snow when he was 12. when he was second in kids bill, it was a big deal in austria and they sent a film crew to film him because they were so crew to film him because they were so surprised about where he came from and they were surprised with t

old she took gold with a score of 90 a point to 5%, a long awaited first olympic gold medal for marcel hirscherat three per cent — close to its six year high of three point one per cent in november — and some way off the government‘s target of two per cent. the conservative mp and financial secretary to the treasury, mel stride, is in westminster. when is the squeeze on living standards owing to end? the obr forecast is that it will decrease down to the target or around the target of 2%, the pressure will start to come off this year, in terms of real wages increasing, faster than the rate at which prices are increasing, we anticipate kicking in 2019 onwards, we are seeing a surge of inflation coming through at the moment which will fade away. ayew embarrassed it's been the worst decade for living standards in 200 years? -- are you embarrassed? standards in 200 years? -- are you embarrassed ? after the standards in 200 years? -- are you embarrassed? after the crisis of 2008 and all that crisis brought it and the level of debt at that time, we have reduced the level of deficit is 0.75 by 20 ten,

he beat the favourite marcel hirscher to gold after the austrian made a surprise error early on in hisng bronze in the downhill ski yesterday, lindsey vonn didn't make it to the podium in the combined event. the american led the way going into the final slalom run, but slipped up handing gold to switzerland's michelle gisin. that could be vonn's final individual 0lympic run. there was a tense finish to the women's ice hockey final. the united states won a dramatic penalty shoot—out in the women's final to take gold and stop canada from winning theirfifth straight title... usa keeper maddie rooney was the hero, sparking wild american celebrations. wu dajing has won gold in the men's 500 metres short track skating. the chinese athlete led from the front and set a new world record 39.584 seconds. and the womens' 1,000 metres short track skating final has just taken place. dutch skater suzanne schulting claimed the gold. also going on is the women's 4 x 6 kilometres biathlon relay. you can follow that on the bbc sport website and app. russian curler alexander krushelnitsky has today been s

the austrian, marcel hirscher, is now under the big champion.ing. they beat norway in the bronze medal match to seal third place in the mixed doubles. canada face switzerland for gold later this morning. cricket is underway in wellington right now, with england facing new zealand in a t20 international. the tourists won the toss and decided to have a bowl. and early on it looked like they'd got it wrong. martin guptil picking apart the opening bowlers with some big boundaries but england have made a breakthrough. colin munro trying to go big too but he was caught out. all credit to chris jordan that brilliant catch. new zealand continued very well indeed. kane williamson made 72 as they posted an impressive total of 196. chelsea emphatically ended their losing streak in the premier league last night, beating the bottom side west brom by three goals to nil at stamford bridge. the result reduces the pressure on chelsea manager antonio conte, who had eden hazard to thank for the win. the belgian scored two of the three goals, victor moses got the o