Righteo, it's time to wave goodbye but there's no need to make it a tearful farewell because there will be more of the same tomorrow. It's an early start if you want to catch Britain's curlers (05:00 GMT) battling it out for a place in the semi-finals and Vanessa-Mae (05:30 GMT) swapping a Stradivarius for skis. There will be live coverage of those events on the Red Button and this website and, of course, there will be live text commentary throughout the day. Bye for now.

Richard Conway
BBC Radio 5 live sports news correspondent in Sochi

On Twitter, external: Spoke to Aussie David Morris after he won silver in ski aerials. Me: 'What were you thinking before final run?' Him: 'Agggghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!'

Vanessa-Mae is comfortably the lowest-ranked racer in the field, at 2,253rd in the world, but some of skiing's biggest names are looking forward to competing alongside her.

"I find it thrilling that people like that [are here]," said Germany's Maria Hofl-Riesch, a three-time Olympic champion who won the super-combined event and was second in the super-G in Sochi.

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It would be lax not to mention that violin virtuoso Vanessa-Mae will make her Olympic debut in the women's giant slalom from 05:30 GMT on Tuesday. She will compete for Thailand under her father's name Vanakorn after qualifying for the Games last month.

Penny Coomes and Nick Buckland finished 10th in the figure skating and the British pair have been chatting to Clare Balding.

"I went out there and gave the performances everything," says Coomes. "I couldn't feel my body or legs afterwards. I am a perfectionist and I am hungry for my medal.

"Myself and Nick have taken this season as a positive and want to push ourselves for the future."

BBC Radio 5 live

If you're worried about filling the time between now and the crunch curling clash at 05:00 GMT, 5 live can use up three minutes with their 'Pint-sized' look back at day 10 in Sochi., external If you listen to it 180 times, it will be time for GB v Norway.

Medals to be won: Alpine skiing (women's giant slalom), biathlon (men's mass start), freestyle skiing (men's ski halfpipe), Nordic combined (men's large hill), short track speed skating (women's relay), snowboard (men's snowboard cross), speed skating (men's 10,000m).

Britons in action: Paula Walker and Bex Wilson (bobsleigh), GB curling men, Murray Buchan and James Machon (freestyle skiing), Elise Christie, Jon Eley and Jack Whelbourne (short track).

Day in a sentence: A violinist on skis and a 10km skate to glory.

Dan Mason, external: So sad that Elise Christie has suffered abuse on Twitter. She has achieved what most people can only dream about.

Cheesycupcakes, external: Poor Elise Christie. Competing and doing her best for OUR country and she's subject to cyber bullying. Disgraceful

andy james, external‏: Elise Christie make Britain proud and put the bullies in their place!

There will be a number of Britons in action on Tuesday, including Murray Buchan and James Machon in the ski halfpipe qualification and Paula Walker and Rebekah Wilson in the two-woman bobsleigh. For those interested in such things, Walker's partner is John Jackson, who is pilot for Britain's leading four-man crew.

Wilf O’Reilly
Former Olympic short track speed skater on BBC TV

"I thought Elise Christie looked good and was relaxed in training. She was with the Chinese and the Brits were in the mix too.

"I would probably say she is as good as Wilf O'Reilly and people who have been at the top. She was poor on the first and second day and bounced back to win bronze in the World Championships. Tomorrow, I am confident it will be the road to recovery en route to a gold medal for Elise.

"She is drawn in the outside lane in the seventh heat and it is business as usual. She needs to do what she has done. The trainers have not tried to change anything, which is a temptation, but she will skate nine laps and qualify for the finals."

British speed skater (and Elise Christie's boyfriend) Jack Whelbourne on Twitter:, external "I would like to tweet on behalf of Elise Christie we are very grateful that there is enough #TweeterLove to help put a smile on her face xx"

Christie goes in the 1,000m heats from 09:30 GMT on Tuesday.

Talking about the Norwegians' trousers... A Facebook page , externaldevoted to their trousers has attracted over 551,000 likes, which is about a tenth of the country's population.

Britain could have guaranteed their place in the semi-finals with victory over Norway in their penultimate round-robin game on Sunday but lost 7-6 to the men with the crazy pantaloons. But the Norwegians don't put style over substance, of course, because they are the reigning Olympic silver medallists.

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Britain's women are through to the semi-finals but David Murdoch and his team aren't yet and they will need to sleep well this evening ahead of Tuesday's play-off match against Norway. Those of us setting our alarms for 05:00 GMT perhaps face a restless night as we anxiously wait to discover what sort of patterns the Norwegians will have on their trousers.

Steve Cram
BBC Sport curling commentator

"Both Canada and Sweden are teams Eve Muirhead knows well and has beaten in the past, but they've beaten her - and in the round-robin here. If you're going to win the gold medal, you're going to have to beat them both. That match against Canada in the round-robin was close, and if Eve had a shot to win it against Canada again, in the semi-final, I'd go for it."

Jackie Lockhart
2002 world curling gold medallist on BBC TV

"The result for Great Britain's women against Denmark was disappointing. It was scrappy and not the game we were expecting to see. Denmark were all over us and then the momentum changed, but in the closing ends it wasn't what I was looking for. Skip Eve Muirhead probably lost it in the 10th end trying to hit an inch of a stone. It is frustrating but look at the positives, they are still in the competition.

"The boys' dynamics has been good and the momentum for them seems to be going up. They face Norway and will have a bit more in them."

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Canada's women remain on course for a fourth straight Olympic title after a 3-1 win over Switzerland in the semi-finals. The champions were three up in the first period and eased to victory, and a final against the USA. The best two teams in the world by far are fierce rivals, with a six-game warm-up series twice interrupted by brawls. Tune in at 17:00 on Thursday for round seven - otherwise known as the gold medal match.

Germany's total of 1041.1 is enough to topple Austria and the four-man team of Andreas Wank, Marinus Kraus, Andreas Wellinger and Severin Freund secured gold with panache. Austria (1038.4 points) were unable to retain their title and settle for silver, while Japan (1024.9 points) clinch bronze.

Jack Walker, external: Japan are arguably the best Asian country at the Winter Games

Phil, external: Bit disappointed that team ski jump isn't synchronised ski jump...

Tim Warwood
BBC Sport snowboarding and freestyle skiing commentator

"Germany take the gold and become the first team to win three Olympic team golds. The Austrians won in 1998, 2006 and 2010 but have failed tonight."