Great Britain's women's team begin the defence of their curling title with a nervy 3-2 victory over Denmark

Great Britain's men's curlers get off to a great start in their quest for a medal, beating Italy 7-5 in their opening game

And the British men follow that victory by beating New Zealand 10-5 in their second match

Meanwhile, British boarder Lesley McKenna misses out on the final of the women's half-pipe after crashing out in qualifying

Russia's Svetlana Ishmouratova misses only one target out of 20 on her way to gold medal in the women's 15km biathlon

Russia's Olga Pyleva finishes second, but is stripped of her silver medal and banned for two years after failing a drugs test

Back in the half-pipe, America's Hannah Teter takes gold from team-mate Gretchen Bleiler with Norway's Kjersti Buaas third

Another gold medal goes to America when Joey Cheek sprints his way to victory in the men's 500m speed skating

'Grandma Luge' Anne Abernathy, 52, from the US Virgin Islands, pulls out after breaking her wrist in practice

The Germans dominate with Sylke Otto leading from Silke Kraushaar and Tatjana Huefner after the opening two runs

Competition has to be halted for several minutes though after Samantha Retrosi is injured following a huge crash

America's female downhill star Lindsey Kildow is taken to hospital with back injuries after crashing on a training run

Canada's Allison Forsyth is also taken to hospital after a crash while defending champion Carole Montillet-Carles also falls

In the pairs figure skating, favourites Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin produce a flawless free routine to take gold

China's Zhang Hao and Zhang Dan take second despite Zhang Dan falling heavily early on in their free routine