Ed Leigh
Snowboarding commentator on BBC TV

His arm was raised the moment he landed.

A small hand grab, and short on the rails... the judges are taking their time.

You can see the body language there - he is guaranteed the bronze.

An Olympic medal is on the line for Mark McMorris.

Here comes the Canadian...

Huge finish, arms raised, he thinks he may have done enough there!

It's 88.53 - and into bronze!

Red Gerard drops out of the top three.

Tim Warwood
Reporter on BBC TV

That will have taken the wind out of his sails. Four rotations - the only thing thing that would have saved Sean Fitzsimons there would have been a bed.

Another fall! Sean FitzSimons hopes are over.

Only Mark McMorris, in fourth, and Su Yiming, second, can deny Max Parrot gold.

Ed Leigh
Snowboarding commentator on BBC TV

Staale Sandbech has been promising us a glorious run since the beginning. We need to see his magnum opus.

Yet again he can't finish it. He takes a bow, matador style.

Fallen warrior. He's come so close, and that's what's so heartbreaking about this.

Three to go.

Upwards of 90.96 required for gold.

American Sean FitzSimons next up.

It's Staale Sandbech up next.

The Norwegian has nothing to lose in last position.

Looking good... No! Down he goes.

Ed Leigh
Snowboarding commentator on BBC TV

Core strength amongst these guys are at tumble-dryer levels of rotation.

Red Gerard drops in.

The American has bronze at present... and he's going to have to hope for that.

An early mistake ends his hopes of gold.

Tim Warwood
Reporter on BBC TV

Takeru Otsuka cannot make that landing. He's got some big old tricks but he's not been able to land them.

You just feel robbed. You want to see everyone land their best run.

Ah, this is proving to be a really frustrating final round.

Takeru Otsaku goes for it again, but he just can't keep his balance.

Now, here comes the defending champion!

Ed Leigh
Snowboarding commentator on BBC TV

Emiliano Lauzi has gone for it!

Landing on that fourth section - it was like someone had dropped him out of the sky! Ridiculous.

Not to be for Emiliano Lauzi.

It's fifth for the Italian courtesy of his solid first run.

Japan's Takeru Otsuka will look to land a clean run next after attempting some bold tricks in his first two attempts.

Ed Leigh
Snowboarding commentator on BBC TV

Sebastien Toutant 100% has the tricks - but can he find the consistency.

Look at the frustration, but it didn't really start well.

Big disappointment too for Sebastien Toutant.

The Canadian hits the deck. Over to Emiliano Lauzi...

Ed Leigh
Snowboarding commentator on BBC TV

Mons Roisland just can't lace these jumps together.

He was coming in at a really odd angle.

Mons Roisland can't trouble the medal positions.

Eight to go! Sebastien Toutant prepares for action.

Ed Leigh
Snowboarding commentator on BBC TV

Max Parrot comes off the rails early and it's gone. He's all over the place.

He did the angry parent in Run 2, and he put the chocolates out of reach of everybody, and you had a lot of angry kids!

Now... it is like the judges put it out of reach.

Max Parrot must now sit and wait.

He can't produce anything with his final run, so stays top with his second run score of 90.96.

Ed Leigh
Snowboarding commentator on BBC TV

Chris Corning will score high with the judges for that big rail section.

The rails at the top are as good as three bells on a one-armed bandit!