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Rio Ferdinand once said he didn’t feel right in the morning until he’d done a rondo, and we’re getting to that point with curling – which is just as well, given that’s how we open today, and there’s more to come mid-morning.
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In between times, we’ve got men’s large hill ski jumping as part of the Nordic combined along with women’s aerials, then Germany play France and Switzerland take on Italy for a spot in the men’s ice hockey quarter-finals.
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But the centrepiece of our early activity comes at high noon, with the final of the women’s snowboard slopestyle. Mia Brookes didn’t qualify, but Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, New Zealand’s reigning champion, absolutely did, likewise Melissa Peperkamp of the Netherlands; they’ll take some beating.
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Into the afternoon, we’ve the quallies of the men’s aerials, medals to be handed out in the men’s large hill 10km cross-country and 4×7.5km biathlon relay, then a whole world of speed skating, building to the men and women’s team pursuit final around teatime.
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There’s a short break thereafter, which we’ll use to reflect om what we’ve seen and prepare for what’s to come, then it’s into women’s singles figure skating and run three of the men’s two-man bob, German driver Francesco Friedrich going for a record fifth gold. Currently, though, he sits second behind his teammate, Johannes Lochner.
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Next, a must-win match in the curling, with Great Britain facing Canada, after which we’ve the final of the men’s big air and the conclusion of that two-man bob.
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Esattamente! Andiamo!
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Key events
Goodness me, Yamamoto of Japan rinses a jump of 136.5. He now leads on 150.0.
Heinis of France is in the air, it feels hein just looking at him, and he jumps 129, giving him 133.8 points; he moves above Karhumaa and into the lead.
I’ve also got the curling on and, if you’ll excuse my parochialism, I’m not watching pool leaders Switzerland monstering defending champions Sweden, rather USA v China, for reasons of relevance to GB. The Americans now lead 2-1 playing the fifth.
Currently, Karhumaa of Finland leads with 129.5; Yachi of Japan is second with 129.3, Vrhovnik of Slovenia third with 121.9.
Nordic combined is the only event which is men only. The rationale, I believe, is that there’s low participation, lack of viewing interest and competitors coming from a narrow range of countries, but looking at the list, I’m seeing Finland, Japan, China, France, Slovenia, Poland, Ukraine, Estonia, Kazakhstan, USA, Italy, Czechia, Germany, Norway and Austria, so.
BBC are showing us yesterday’s action, so I’m on TNT for the Nordic combined – this is the large hill ski jump bit. And, because they’re using the Gundersen method, all but the winner will have time penalties in the cross-country bit.
In as far as all this relates to GB men, they could do with USA failing to beat China – and Germany failing to beat Czechia, but that looks unlikely.
Now, with that in mind:
Czechia 1-3 Germany, playing the fifth
USA 1-1 China, playing the fourth
Switzerland 4-1 Sweden, playing the fifth
Let’s start with some curling latest…
Preamble
Buongiorno a tutti e benvenuti alle Olimpiadi invernali 2026 – undicesimo giorno!
Rio Ferdinand once said he didn’t feel right in the morning until he’d done a rondo, and we’re getting to that point with curling – which is just as well, given that’s how we open today, and there’s more to come mid-morning.
In between times, we’ve got men’s large hill ski jumping as part of the Nordic combined along with women’s aerials, then Germany play France and Switzerland take on Italy for a spot in the men’s ice hockey quarter-finals.
But the centrepiece of our early activity comes at high noon, with the final of the women’s snowboard slopestyle. Mia Brookes didn’t qualify, but Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, New Zealand’s reigning champion, absolutely did, likewise Melissa Peperkamp of the Netherlands; they’ll take some beating.
Into the afternoon, we’ve the quallies of the men’s aerials, medals to be handed out in the men’s large hill 10km cross-country and 4×7.5km biathlon relay, then a whole world of speed skating, building to the men and women’s team pursuit final around teatime.
There’s a short break thereafter, which we’ll use to reflect om what we’ve seen and prepare for what’s to come, then it’s into women’s singles figure skating and run three of the men’s two-man bob, German driver Francesco Friedrich going for a record fifth gold. Currently, though, he sits second behind his teammate, Johannes Lochner.
Next, a must-win match in the curling, with Great Britain facing Canada, after which we’ve the final of the men’s big air and the conclusion of that two-man bob.
Esattamente! Andiamo!
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