Summary

  • Winter Olympics day six - watch live coverage (UK only)

  • Use the Get Involved button to send us your questions for our snowboard commentators Ed Leigh and Tim Warwood. They will answer them on BBC Two later

  • Nine medals in total to be won on Thursday, including women's snowboard halfpipe, luge team relay & speed skating events

  • GB men's curlers comprehensively beat Sweden 6-3 in a rematch of 2022 Olympic final to earn second round robin win; women start campaign against China (18:05)

  • Explainer: How does curling work?

  • Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych banned from skeleton over helmet featuring images of athletes killed during Russia's invasion of his country - and tells BBC he feels "emptiness"

  • Matt Weston is overnight leader in skeleton after two runs as Team GB chase first medal of Games, with final two runs tomorrow evening

  • Double joy for host nation Italy as Federica Brignone wins alpine skiing women's Super-G gold and Francesca Lollobrigida is victorious in women's 5000 speed skating, her second gold of Games

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  1. curling

    Postpublished at 18:22 GMT

    Curling - GB women 0-0 China

    Richard Winton
    BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

    Team GB blank the first end against last year's world bronze medallists. They were only going to score one anyway, so perhaps no harm in giving that up and keeping the hammer. Means they get to throw last in the second end, too.

  2. Postpublished at 18:21 GMT

    Right we're going to slide from one event to another. GB women's curling match with China has just got going.

    And the women's snowboarding halfpipe is set to begin in about 10 minute's time.

  3. Postpublished at 18:21 GMT

    John Hunt
    Sliding commentator on BBC Two

    Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt now have a total of eight Olympic medals, what an amazing end to their careers.

  4. Germany rapid in team eventpublished at 18:19 GMT

    Luge - mixed team

    Jess Anderson
    BBC Sport in Cortina

    The finish house gets pretty packed with these sliding events, particularly this team one!

    Once they have finished their run the teams gather around screens to watch their fellow competitors and it’s a lively atmosphere with everyone cheering each other on.

    Germany, the dominant force in these sliding sports, take the gold medal and all pile on each other on the track.

    I always think it must be so fun to compete in these events when usually you’re flying solo - quite literally.

  5. gold-medal

    Gold medal - Germanypublished at 18:18 GMT

    Luge - mixed relay

    Never in doubt! Germany win the luge mixed relay for the fourth consecutive Winter Olympics.

    They finish more than half a second ahead of second-place Austria and Italy take bronze.

    Germany's Tobias Arlt and Tobias Wendl are seven-time gold medal winners.

  6. Postpublished at 18:13 GMT

    Luge - mixed relay

    Off we go! Germany push off to start the final run of the mixed relay final.

    Can they beat Austria's time? You can watch their run on BBC Red Button and at the top of this page.

  7. Postpublished at 18:13 GMT

    John Hunt
    Sliding commentator on BBC Two

    Italy have won themselves a fourth medal in luge this week. They are just happy to get a medal here, not all of them got a medal in the other events earlier in the week.

  8. Kirkby's inspirational glovespublished at 18:12 GMT

    Luge - mixed relay

    Sophia KirkbyImage source, Getty Images

    Austria are the new leaders in the mixed luge with Italy second and Latvia third.

    Only Germany are left to go.

    Meanwhile USA's Sophia Kirkby just showed off her gloves with messages from her parents written on them after competing in the mixed relay.

    Team USA are fourth.

  9. Postpublished at 18:08 GMT

    Luge - mixed relay

    Jess Anderson
    BBC Sport in Cortina

    Team Ukraine have just taken a picture in the competition area, holding up the Ukrainian flag and their helmets aloft in solidarity with their compatriot Vladyslav Heraskevych.

    Team Ukraine hold helmets aloft at lugeImage source, BBC Sport
  10. curling

    'Several versions of success' but women dream of medalpublished at 18:05 GMT

    Curling - GB women v China

    Richard Winton
    BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

    Rebecca MorrisonImage source, Getty Images

    Team GB's women curlers finally get their campaign underway in Cortina tonight and have "several versions of what success looks like" but are dreaming of a medal, says lead Rebecca Morrison.

    Britain are the defending champions in the event after winning gold in Beijing four years ago, but only Jen Dodds remains from that rink.

    Consequently, they're not considered among the favourites, but European silver in November, following on from a sixth-place finish in the Worlds earlier in the year, suggests they're not far away.

    "We've talked about this as a team and we would love to come away with a medal," Morrison told BBC Sport. "We know that's a huge ask, so we've also been very real and said we're not measuring success by a medal.

    "If we play amazingly and are happy with our performance, we don't want to come away and feel devastated just because we don't have some hardware."

  11. Team Ukraine make statementpublished at 18:02 GMT

    Luge - mixed relay

    Jess Anderson
    BBC Sport in Cortina

    UkraineImage source, Getty Images

    Well we thought the Ukrainian luge team might make some sort of statement this evening and they have.

    The team of six athletes took a knee and raised their helmets above their head at the end of their run after their friend and team-mate Vladyslav Heraskevych and was banned from competition this morning.

    Team Ukraine are currently going well and sit in second place.

  12. curling

    What's the oddest thing in your suitcase?published at 17:59 GMT

    Curling - GB women v China

    Richard Winton
    BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

    Often, that question delivers dreary answers. But not with this bunch.

    Let's start with Rebecca Morrison. She used to travel everywhere with a toy Shrek that had her own face pasted on to it. It's not with her in Italy, but she's has brought "some yarn and a crochet hook... it was fine at customs because it's not too stabby".

    Sophie Sinclair has her piglet hot water bottle, which she's had since childhood and sleeps with every night. Jen Dodds brought her dressing gown and slippers. And Sophie Jackson has a Christmas teddy bear that her mum bought her last year.

  13. 'We were relentless today'published at 17:55 GMT

    Curling - GB men 6-3 Sweden

    Bruce Mouat spoke to BBC Sport after victory against Sweden: "All four of us were shooting well and it's really nice to see. We haven't trained together for a month, so to come back like this with the flow is exactly what we wanted."

    On the noisy atmosphere in the arena: "We are having a great time, our family and friends are all here so they're probably contributing to that! But the German spectators are probably the loudest I have ever heard. It is quite cool to be a part of it."

    Grant Hardie added: "Everbody keeps reminding us that they beat us in the last Olympic final! We had that motivation to beat them first time. We're quite fortunate that Niklas [Edin] had an off day and we took advantage of that. We were quite relentless today, all four of us were close to the top of our game and it made it very difficult for him to make the shots he had to make."

    Grant Hardie in actionImage source, Getty Images
  14. Postpublished at 17:53 GMT

    John Hunt
    Sliding commentator on BBC Two

    That was one of the worst mistakes down the ramp we've seen. You can see how much speed was knocked out of the sled when it banged into the wall.

    In this event it just takes one mistake and the whole team is out of it. It's like in a running relay when someone drops the baton, you can just pack your bags and go home after that.

  15. Postpublished at 17:52 GMT

    Back to the luge and oh no, a huge mistake from Poland's Mateusz Sochowicz who starts his push off but immediately swerves into a wall and looses all his momentum!

    After four teams, Ukraine lead with a time of 3:46:17.

  16. Postpublished at 17:49 GMT

    Curling - GB men 6-3 Sweden

    Vicky Wright
    Olympic gold medallist curler on BBC One

    It was a fantastic peformance by the boys, they came out against the Olmypic champions and put up a strong performance agaisnt them. They were phenomenal from the first shot.

    They want to get revenge - always have a close match against Sweden and they are one of the best teams in the world. To come out with that much authority is huge for them.

    [Bruce Mouat] was absolutely perfect. He was shooting at 90% going in to the last end. To have that performance on the back of finishing fourth last week is really important to build his confidence.

  17. Postpublished at 17:46 GMT

    GB Men's curlingImage source, Getty Images

    We'll have some curling to bring you in little bit as Team GB's women take to the ice against China.

    Earlier today the men were ruthless in a 6-3 victory over Sweden.

  18. Postpublished at 17:42 GMT

    John Hunt
    Sliding commentator on BBC Two

    Luge is all about finding your rhythm and letting the sled do all the work.

  19. Get Involved - Have your say!published at 17:41 GMT

    Click 'Get Involved' at the top of this page to have your say

    The women's halfpipe final starts at 18:30 GMT and we are giving you the opportunity to send us your questions for our commentators Ed Leigh and Tim Warwood.

    You might have questions around how it works, how the judges score, or simply names of tricks - but now is the time to ask!

    They'll answer some of them on BBC Two when the event gets under way.

    You can get in touch by clicking the 'Get Involved' tab at the top of this page!

  20. Postpublished at 17:37 GMT

    Luge - mixed relay

    ZOOOOOM! And just like that Romania finish with a time of three minutes and 49 seconds.

    We'll come back every now and again to update you on the luge, but remember if you're in the UK you can watch it all live.