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Summary of day five in Pyeongchang
The day was disrupted rather by the weather issues that have proved problematic for a fair chunk of the games, but some gold medals have been dished out. Here’s what has happened on day five:
- Shaun White won his third gold medal in the snowboard halfpipe, beating off competition from Australia’s Scotty James and Japan’s Ayumu Hirano.
- Eric Frenzel retained his Nordic skiing title by coming back in the cross-country section and edging out Akito Watabe, meaning it was the same one-two as in Sochi four years ago.
- Jorien Ter Mors claimed the women’s 1,000m speed skating gold, making it five out of five for the Dutch so far in this games in the speed skating.
- German pair Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt beat Austria’s Peter Penz and Georg Fischler and favourites Sascha Benecken and Toni Eggert for the men’s doubles luge gold medal.
- Great Britain lost 5-4 to gold favourites Canada in their round robin curling match.
- Slovenia and Slovakia produced upsets on the ice hockey rink, beating the USA and the Olympic Athletes from Russia, 3-2 in both games.
- The combined Korean team lost 4-1 to Japan, but did score their first ever goal since it was announced the countries would compete as one, the American-born Randi Griffin finding the net.
- Figure skater Harley Windsor made history by becoming the first ever indigenous Australian athlete to compete at the winter Olympics.
Probably should have mentioned earlier that there was a double upset in the men’s ice hockey - as well as the USA losing to Slovenia, Slovakia beat the favourites for the gold medal, ‘Russia’, 3-2. Lovely scenes.
And we’re out with a bang, then. The live action for day five is done, finishing quite nicely with the USA D-team losing to Slovenia. A summary of what’s occurred shall follow.
Slovenia beat USA 3-2 in the ice hockey!
Thirty-eight seconds into overtime and Jan Mursak buries the sudden-death winner! That’s Slovenia’s first-ever win over USA, who blew a 2-0 lead. What an upset, even without the NHL players.
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Slovenia have equalised with just under two minutes to go in the third period! We’re heading into overtime as things stand!
Slovenia have also hit the pipework and are definitely in the ascendency here – that’s the horn, into overtime we go! Three on three for five minutes.
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Interesting: in the men’s hockey, Slovenia have just pulled one back through Blaz Gregorc. Upset ahoy? (Probably not, but we have to keep up the excitement in these things).
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The other curling matches are done too: Korea 2-7 Sweden, Switzerland 4-7 Italy, Norway 4-6 Japan.
Canada beat Great Britain 5-4 in the curling
A last attempt to claw their way back goes awry, and the match finishes with the Canadians holding onto their lead. Reminder: this is a group game, so Britain aren’t out, but obviously the defeat isn’t ideal in terms of qualification for the next round.
A bit more on that Jamaican bobsleigh story, apparently Sandra Kiriasis quit because she was asked to change her role. Must have been quite a change to quit on the eve of the whole thing starting.
“I have never known such disappointment in this sport, in my life,” Kiriasis told the BBC. “The athletes have told me they don’t understand why this has happened as they have no problem with me and we have a good relationship.”
The curling is into its final end with Canada 5-4 up, which means that they don’t actually have to score at all. They can just knock everything GB try out of the way and claim the victory. Last couple of stones now...
Blimey...
Jamaican officials confirm the women’s bobsleigh coach has quit just before their Winter Olympics debut. Though deny report German coach Sandra Kiriasis owned the sled and that the team could now pull out of event. 🇯🇲 #pyeongchang
— tariq panja (@tariqpanja) February 14, 2018
Think of the summer Olympics. Think of the most summer sport possible. You’re probably thinking of beach volleyball. Now stop thinking about it - those thoughts are impure and you’ll go blind.
Anyway, the point is that you could never have something like that in the winter games, right? Oh you fool, how very wrong you are! Courtesy of Reuters:
A snow volleyball exhibition on Wednesday showcased a sport organisers hope will one day be included in the Winter Olympics.
“We can show the world it’s possible,” said Brazilian beach volleyball player Emanuel Rego who won gold in the 2004 Summer Games and didn’t mind the cold and windy conditions in Pyeongchang. “It doesn’t matter if it’s a little bit cold or a little bit hot, you can play volleyball anywhere,” he said.
Organisers of the exhibition match said they hoped it would follow the path of beach volleyball which has been an Olympic sport since the 1996 Summer Games. Rego was joined by volleyball players from Brazil, Serbia, China, South Korea and Austria. The first Snow Volleyball European Championships will be held in Austria in March with 24 men’s and 24 women’s teams competing.
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GB edge back towards Canada in the curling. It’s 5-4 now, but they’re in the ninth end, and time is running out.
Men’s hockey update, with both games into the second period: no further score in Slovakia vs OAR (still 2-2), but the USA have extended their lead over Slovenia to 2-0.
Probably should have plugged this earlier, but here’s DJ Gallo’s piece on whether the NHL killed hockey at the Olympics.
Canada have gone 5-3 up in the curling over Great Britain, and they’re looking good to further extend their lead in the eighth end.
Wendl and Arlt win gold in the men's doubles luge
And there it is: the Tobiai come down the track with few problems, and secure the gold medal. Congratulations Mr Arlt, and congratulations...
