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Bronze for Team GB's Jenny Jones at Sochi Games

Team GB's Jenny Jones has won Britain's first medal at the Sochi Olympic Games. She came third in women's snowboarding slopestyle, taking the bronze medal. She is the first Britain to ever win a medal on snow.

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BBC admits Sochi commentary team became overexcited

The BBC has admitted that "excitement got the better of" their commentary team during Jenny Jones' bronze medal winning slopestyle final at the Sochi Winter Olympics after more than 300 complaints from viewers.

Ed Leigh, Tim Warwood and fellow snowboarder Aimee Fuller were heard cheering when other competitors fell during Jones' medal pursuit, prompting around 303 complaints from viewers unhappy at the standard of commentary.

Viewers heard Warwood say "I can't look, someone else commentate" as the British hopeful was about to start her run, before Fuller screamed "go on the Jones" after the score for her second attempt initially put her into a gold medal position.

Tim Warwood, Aimee Fuller and Ed Leigh have received a mixed reaction to their snowboarding commentary. Credit: Twitter/Tim Warwood

Fuller also cheered when Austrian snowboarder Anna Glasser suffered a bad landing which boosted Jones' medal hopes, before saying: "Are we supposed to do that? Probably not."

All three commentators began crying once Jones' triumph was confirmed.

A BBC spokeswoman said: "This was a truly historic occasion for Team GB and the commentary team were understandably very excited, however we acknowledge that on occasion this excitement got the better of them and this is something that we will work on for future events."

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