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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

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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."

Jess Anderson
BBC Sport in Cortina

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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.

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.

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."

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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.

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.

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.

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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.

John Hunt
Sliding commentator on BBC Two

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

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!

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.