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They’re resurfacing the ice before the semis of the women’s 1000m, all eyes on Italy’s Arianna Fontana; the final is at 11.41am.
We’ll soon have run two of the two-man bob under way; this is how the stand after the first:
Photograph: Guardian
Incidentally, Edelman of Israel is the brother of Alex Edelman, the comedian.
Canada have belted China 10-5 in the women’s curling, but remain joint-seventh in the table with GB; Sweden lead Switzerland 5-4 playing the 10th.
Godspeed.
Coming up at 10.57, we’ve got the semis of the women’s 1000m short track. Arianna Fontana looked really good in the quarters, and ready to add to her 13 Olympic medals; there’ll be some atmosphere in the arena when she comes out.
Enjoyed this.
For the avoidance of doubt, I’m pretty sure I could take Willy if I had to.
Updated at 05.31 EST
Today’s briefing:
For those wondering, it’s Teun Boer of the Nertherlasnds who moves on. Back with the curling, Canada now lead China 9-5, and that one is five to over, while Sweden are up 5-3 on Canada.
Goodness me, in the men’s 500m, Dandjinou of Canada leads the first heat, everyone else falls, and VAR will decide who accompanies him into the next round.
The fourth quarter is coming to a close, Sarault of Canada leading at the bell, and coming to the line, other Velzeboer has Confortola of Italy sneaking up behind her … and she nabs the second spot. The fastest loser to progress is Gong of China, the other spot taken by Krylova.
Updated at 05.19 EST
In the third quarter of the women’s 1000m, Velzeboer of the Nertherlands wins, with Kim of South Korea second.
Updated at 05.15 EST
Otherwise, Sweden lead Switzerland – who meet GB later – 4-3 playing the eighth, while Canada are up 7-5 on China at the same stage.
The curling is nearly finished, a Hail Mary from Denmark not quite working and, after GB’s next go, the handshake comes. They win 7-2 and, though it’s unlikely, still have a chance of making the knockouts.
Back with the curling, GB lead Denmark 6-2 playing the eighth while, in the skating, Zhang is disqualified for not giving Krylova enough room – she crashed out as I was watching the curling and now moves into the semis.
Oh, but Desmet hits the front at the bell, Brunelle of Canada follows, and both Chinese are skated out of ut.
The races come thick and fast, Gong of China leading the second, but Zhang, also of China, and Desmet of Belgium also doing well.
Yup, Fontana of Italy, who took bronze in this event in 2018, comes around the outside to win, Choi of South Korea second; Boutin of Canada must wait and see.
0ff goes our first race, with Arianna Fontana, the local hero involved. She’s won medals in the last six Games, most recently relay gold here, and she’s well placed at the bell, crowd going wild.
In the women’s 1000m, we’ve got four quarters, five racers in each, top two to go through with the best third-places.
Also going on:
Coming up next: the quarter-final of the women’s 1000m short track, at 10am, with the semis at 10.57 and the finals at 11.41. In between times, we’ve the men’s 500m heats and 5000m relay.
In the curling, GB women now lead Denmark 6-2 playing the eighth; Canada are up 7-3 on China playing the seventh; and Sweden lead Switzerland 4-3 at the same stage.
Ryding tells BBC he couldn’t see what was under his feet and couldn’t trust the surface; Major has been going well in training, but the course is “quite arhythmical” so it’s hard to get anything going. Both chaps should be involved in the second run.
Chemmy explains that it’s getting warmer, which is making skiing harder, the snow eating into the surface. It’s not possible to recover from mistakes, so you have to be solid, but if you’re too solid, you’re slow.
It’s a really strange thing: our commentators praise a run, then we see the clock and the time is nowhere near the leaders. That tells us how hard it is out there, but we’ve also had the best guys now, so the top few is extremely unlikely to change.
Billy Major of GB attacks the course and this is really good stuff. The weather is against him, but he’ll be happy with 12th, 2.52 off the lead. He’ll hope to be around for the second run.
The top 30, by the way, will contest the second run, going in reverse order. Which, in theory, is better for the leaders as they know what they have to do to win, but in the conditions, perhaps taking first shy is better.
There are martials tidying the course after each run, but the way the snurr is coming down, the work they can do is surely limited. No one is getting near Meillard in second, never mind McGrath in first.
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Back with the curling and GB have forced further in front. They lead Denmark 5-2 playing the seventh, while Canada are up 4-3 on China with Sweden and Switzerland, first and third in the pool, locked at 3-3.
Updated at 04.42 EST
Solberg of Norway looks like he’s going nicely, but he’s still well off the lad at every checkpoint. Increasingly, it looks like getting out first was a big advantage, Atle Lie McGrath still in front, as Sala of Italy joins the growing list of those who didn’t finish.
Visibility isn’t great as Dave “The Rocket” Ryding” sets off for his penultimate Olympic run. The GB veteran isn’t likely to trouble the podium, but he’ll want to make the second run, and he finishes 13th, 3.74 off the lead.
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Denmark have pulled one back in the curling, so now trail GB 3-2 playing with sixth. The standings are as below:
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Gstrein of Austria launches himself into the blizzard and he’s skiing with decent control. I wonder if this is one of those situations where you’re lucky if you get out early, but he finishes 0.94 off the lead and goes third.
Conditions are not easy here, Pinheiro Braathen, the Brazilian who won the giant slalom, unable to get to the bottom, likewise Hallberg of Finland, while Amiez of France is a chunky 4.04 off the lead. Norway’s McGrath still leads, Meillard of Switzerland 0.59 behind.
In the women’s curling, GB lead Denmark 3-1 playing the fifth; Switzerland lead Sweden 2-1 playing the fourth; and Canada lead Chins 4-2 playing the fifth.
Britain’s Rebecca Morrison, Sophie Sinclair and Jennifer Dodds in action during the women’s curling round robin session against Denmark. Photograph: Fatima Shbair/APShare
Updated at 04.36 EST
Gosh, Noel’s making hard work of this, the snow huffing down and he manages to ski his way out of trouble and stay on his feet, just, but finishes 1.96s off the lead. I think we can say he won’t be retaining his title. Next out, Kristoffersen, Norway’s best-ever slalomer … and he finishes a huge 1.59 off the lead.
Let’s get straight into the men’s slalom; there’s a field of … er …. 90?! McGrath of Norway leads with 56.14 but here comes Rassat of France, one of the favourites … and he misses a gate. Next up is Noel, also of France and the defending champion.
Updated at 04.05 EST
Preamble
Buongiorno a tutti e benvenuti alle Olimpiadi invernali 2026 – decimo giorno!
It’s another ludicrously rammed day in Milan-Cortina, featuring six medal events and plenty else to keep us entertained from morning and into the night.
We begin with some light curling, GB women – more or less out of contention to move into the knockouts – encounter Denmark, while pool leaders Sweden meet third-placed Switzerland.
Then it’s into skiing, with run one of the men’s slalom– the second follows at lunchtime, Clement Noel, Henrik Kristoffersen and Loic Meillard the names to look out for – while the two-man bobsleigh also gets going. Mid-morning sees the quarter-finals of the women’s 1000m short track, semis and final to follow, then we’ve an afternoon of men’s curling, GB taking on Norway and Canada and Sweden both in action after weekend rancour.
Late afternoon, we’ll absorb into the women’s ice hockey semi-final between USA and Sweden then, this evening, we’ve more women’s curling – GB face Switzerland – along with the medal rounds of the women’s big air, Kirsty Muir involved but Eileen Gu the one to beat and Flora Tabanelli the young local hero; the mixed pairs, free program figure skating with Anastasia Vaipan-Law and Luke Digby going for GB but Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan the favourites; the women’s monobob in which 40-year-old Kaillie Humphries seeks her third Olympic gold; and the men’s super team, large hill ski jump. Then, finally, we’ll finish with the second women’s ice hockey semi, in which Switzerland seek to upset Canada.
Esattamente! Andiamo!
Updated at 04.28 EST