GB curling skip David Murdoch relaxes after a tense 6-5 win over Switzerland leaves Britain on track for a semi-final spot Americans Shani Davis and Joey Cheek take gold and silver in the men's 1000m speed skating with Erben Wennemars in third Thomas Morgenstern takes gold in the large hill ski jump with Andreas Kofler and Lars Bystoel taking silver and bronze Britain's Finlay Mickel lies in seventh place before the men's super-G event is postponed because of the poor conditions With 17 racers out of 63 having completed their opening runs, officials decide to completely restart the competition Kjetil Andre Aamodt goes on to retain his super-G title, while Mickel finishes 22nd and GB's Roger Cruickshank 37th Croatia's Janica Kostelic overhauls Marlies Schild's slalom lead to take gold after the downhill in the women's combined Vincent Defrasne denies Ole Einar Bjoerndalen gold in the 12.5km biathlon, passing the Norwegian on the home straight Rhona Martin's GB curlers recover from Friday's defeat by Canada to secure a comfortable 9-5 win against Italy But the team suffer a major blow to their hopes of reaching the semi-finals when they lose 8-4 to Norway Russia's women claim gold in the 4 x 5km cross-country relay with a time of 54mins 47.7secs, ahead of Germany and Italy Germany's Kati Wilhelm and Martina Glagow take gold and silver in the 10km biathlon ahead of Russia's Albina Akhatova Switzerland beat defending champions Canada 2-0 in the preliminary rounds of the men's ice hockey competition
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