Anyway, I guess that’s us for another day – join us tomorrow for more! Bye...
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Meanwhile, my colleague, Ed Aarons, sends word that Adam Pengilly, a British IOC member, has been advised to go home after an altercation which left a security guard injured. It sounds like a guard tried to block his way, he ran past, and the guard fell ands hurt himself. Full story to follow presently, but for now you can read about it here.
In the men’s ice hockey, Czech Republic lead Korea 2-1 while Canada are 4-1 up on Switzerland - both are playing the third period.
Elsewhere, Canada and Sweden are locked at 6-6, also playing an extra end.
GB are now second in the table behind Japan, who are 2-0. They really needed that – a second defeat and they were in all sorts.
AND THERE IT IS! GB BEAT CHINA 8-7 IN THE WOMEN'S CURLING
And after an extra end too!
With one stane apiece remaining, it’s still one to China in the house ... but they run too far with their final effort, leaving it dead centre. If GB can play off it, they win...
So at 7-7, End 11, we have a Chinese timeout. They have one stone in the house, two left to play, and GB have the hammer.
Japan have beaten Korea 7-5...
Right then, scran is done, so I, I being Daniel Harris, am back.
Here comes End 11 ...
China’s captain, Wang Bingyu, plays a marvellous draw with the final shot of the 10th end, and a tie means we will play another end. Great Britain, though, will have the hammer. Eve Muirhead and co are still very much in this.
Down on Sheet D, where Korea are vying with Japan, there is whooping and cheering but Muirhead is a picture of focus, as Great Britain attempt to topple China here.
The Great Britain team are all smiles out there on the ice at the moment, as Sloan sends another China stone packing. With only a couple of shots left each in this end, this really is the business end of things.
A good first shot from Lauren Gray puts Great Britain into a healthy position as China ready themselves to respond.
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Muirhead earns Great Britain another shot and, with the 10th end to play, they nudge themselves into a 7-6 lead. China have the hammer but trail.
A great effort by China, with an ambitious shot from the skipper but surely Great Britain will take a point in this ninth end now. The worst that can happen is that they would be level-pegging going into the final end ...
As Great Britain take a time out in the curling, take a break from the action by having a wander through our gallery of day six in Pyeongchang:
Back to the curling, where Anna Sloan has just played a lovely shot to give Great Britain half a chance of picking up a point or two in this ninth end.
Germany win luge relay gold!
Geisenberger, Ludwig, Wendl and Arlt seal victory in 2.24.517mins. Canada take silver and Austria, who got under way with David Gleirscher, take bronze. That is Germany’s ninth gold of the Games.
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Muirhead plays two brilliant shots, to counteract the work of Bingyu Wang, the China captain. China have one shot to respond, but with no room for error, they take their time over getting out of a bit of pickle. But when Wang eventually delivers the final shot of the eighth end, they hit the jackpot so to speak. China lead 6-5.
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In the men’s ice hockey, Czech Republic lead Korea 2-1 while Canada are romping away with the lead, 4-0 up over Switzerland, also in Group A.
Hello! Let’s get straight into things. And at the Gangneung Curling Centre, Eve Muirhead’s Great Britain team trailed China 5-3 but have pulled level to 5-5. They are on the eighth end. Still to come? There is men’s biathlon and in the luge relay, Latvia currently lead the way.
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Anyhow, I’m off for a scran; Ben Fisher will guide you through the next part of the day.
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Meanwhile, in the curling, China lead GB 5-3, playing End 7; GB have the hammer.
That really was an incredible performance from Bloemen, who smashed the Olympic record which Bergsma had only just set. Bloemen is loving the moment, greeting into his hands, and well he might.
Ted-Jan Bloemen wins gold for Canada in the men's 10,000m speedskating!
Bergsma gets silver for Netherlands, Tumolero bronze for Italy.
“Speedskating reminds of the old description of football paraphrased: They all have a turn, then the Dutch win,” emailed Mike MacKenzie.
He has since thought better of it, emailing: “Speedskating reminds of the old description of football paraphrased: They all have a turn, then the Dutch win. But once in a great while a Canadian wins!”
A former Dutch Canadian, but who’s splitting hairs.
Sven Kramer is 11.81 seconds outside Bloemen’s time! He’s not even going to get a medal unless he can lift it! Bloemen is already celebrating!
In the biathlon, Boe of Norway still leads.
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Kramer is 3.01 down on Bloemen – which is a chunk, but not insurmountable by any means.
Email! “I don’t know if you know,” begins
Biggie Smalls
Dennis Verweij “that this morning, the Dutch press released a story in which Bergsma’s coach Anema received an official warning letter from the Dutch skating federation for match fixing in the 2014 Sochi games. But this was never released to the public until the story dropped today. The reason for the match fixing seems to be that as associate also with the French national skating federation, Anema approached the Dutch national coach, Koops, to ask that the Dutch to skate slower during the team pursuit so not to over take the french team. This is so the French team could save some face and not lose their funding.”
I did not - thanks very much.
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With 18 laps to go, Kramer is more than a second outside Bloemen...
This is worth your time...
Sven Kramer has won every Olympic event but this one - “I don’t race to race, I race to win,” or commentator quotes him as saying. He’s going to have to go some...
In the women’s curling, GB have closed to 3-4 against China, but need a double-point End or a steal. They’re playing the sixth.
Ted Bloemen breaks the 10,000m Olympic record in the men's speedskating!
He shaves 2.21s off the mark Bergsman just set, and doesn’t he just love it! What can Sven Kramer do about it? He’s about to set off in the final pair...
He’s flagging but he’s pushing!
Bloemen is going for gold! He takes the ball at -2.1s!
Well Bloemen is piling into Bergsman! He’s 2.4s inside him at 9200m!
With about half the field in the clubhouse, Boe of Norway still leads the men’s biathlon.
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Ted-Jan Bloemen, who came second to Kramer in the 5000m, is underway. Nicola Tumolero of Italy is also on the ice.
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But still in the hutch is Sven Kramer, who is no slouch himself. Good luck old mate.
Jorrit Bergsma breaks the 10,000m Olympic record in the men's speedskating!
He is 13.56s inside the previous leader, finishing in 12:41.98. My word.
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This is staggering from Bergsma, who hasn’t even got to the sprinting at the end yet.
Bergsma is taking this event apart. He’s -11.23 with eight laps to go!
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Bergsma is -8,.93 inside Lee! It might be time to start thinking about records...
Excellent from China’s skip; thanks to her final stone, they pick up three from that End 4, and lead gb 4-2.
In the biathlon, Johannes Bo of Norway now leads
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In the curling, GB are in strife; they’ve got one go left this end, but China have the hammer and three stanes in the hoose to their none.
Right, we’re back underway in the speedskating ... well we were then we weren’t a long hold on set leading to a false start. Ghiotto of Italy and Bergsma of Netherlands are back on the line.
We’re about to get going again in the speedskating, crowd still buzzing after Lee’s wild run. Can anyone catch him?
The @TeamGB #Curling side got a huge win against Japan to bounce back from yesterday's loss! 🥌 🇬🇧#PyeongChang2018 pic.twitter.com/aG4V9u0qWN
— Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) February 15, 2018
GB took the third End with the hammer to lead 2-1. Can they steal?
The speedskating is halfway through, so they’re taking a break – to polish the ice or somesuch would be my guess.
Fredrik Lindstroem of Sweden leads the men’s 20km individual biathlon for the now.
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Lee is absolutely flying - “I just love endurance, something just happens to me,” he recently said. OPh man! He is inside the time by -3.97! The crowd love that! They are absolutely going for it!
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China have equalised against GB’s women in the curling. They’re now 1-1 playing the third End.
Next up we’ve got a little and large affair: Lee of South Korea, who is a whippy type, and Geisreiter of Germany, who is an obelisk.
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Belchos picks it up with two laps to go, finding another gear as his coach berates him. And what an effort! He’s -0.42, so takes the lead and that was a serious amount of suffering he endured at the end there.
Belchos is now +0.62 with four laps to go. Swings still leads.
Back in the 10,000m, Belchos is bousting, 4.29 seconds inside Swings’ time at 13 laps. Bokko is bushed.
GB have just taken the first end 1-0, with the hammer.
The men’s biathletes are just getting going, so all of a sudden there’s all sorts going on. Good.
Belchos of Canada and Bokko of Norway are underway, while GB’s women’s curlers, who lost to USA earlier today, are playing End 1 against China.
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Tsuchiya has closed the gap a bit as the distance begins to bite, but Swings puts it in too and finishes in 13:03.53, 6.67s ahead.
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Tsuchiya of Japan is nearly nine seconds behind Swings of Belgium with nine laps to go. Neither of these is expected to contest the medals.
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Right then, the men’s 10,000m speedskating is underway. That involves six heats of two and 25 laps of the track.
We’re not far off live sport, I’m pleased to report. This is what we’ve got for you:
- Women’s aerials in the freestyle skiing 11am GMT
- Women’s and men’s preliminary ice hockey 12.10pm GMT
- Luge team relay – luge team relay! – for medals 12.30pm GMT
- Ski jumping from 11am GMT
- Men’s 10,000m speedskating final 11am GMT
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Tangentially, I didn’t realise that our venue’s full name was “PyeongChang Wednesday afternoon”. You live and learn.
I just don’t know anymore, I really do not. After winning gold, Shaun White apparently let a bit of Old Glory drag on the snow. This from the Washington Post:
“However, that happy moment was marred for more than a few viewers because of the way the 31-year-old handled the flag. At a news conference in PyeongChang Wednesday afternoon, the four-time Olympian said he wasn’t aware he’d let the flag touch the ground.
‘I remember being handed the flag. I was trying to put my gloves on and hold the flag and the board,’ he said. ‘Honestly, if there was anything, I definitely didn’t mean any disrespect. The flag that’s flying on my house right now is way up there. Sorry for that. But I’m definitely proud — very proud — to be a part of Team USA and being an American and to be representing for everyone back home.’”
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And here they are yesterday.
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I have recently been alerted to the Norway men’s curling team’s troosers.
In the women’s ice hockey prelims, Finland have beaten OAR 5-1. Top of that group are USA and Canada, who are both 2 and 0.
More on that...
Oh. Other Shaun White stuff.
NBC’s botched attempt to ignore the sexual harassment allegations against Shaun White https://t.co/9UuwWTNWb3 pic.twitter.com/3B5Rhsfg9q
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) February 15, 2018
In the men’s ice hockey, Sweden have beaten Norway 4-0. Earlier today and also in that group, Germany beat Finald 5-2.
Fancy something to read? I interviewed Zoe Gillings-Brier, GB’s top snowboard crosser, who is terrifyingly impervious to fear.
In the third period of that men’s ice hockey, which has been confiscated from our tv screens in favour of an ice skating rerun, Sweden now lead Norway 4-0.
Aw!
'David Beckham is the man!' - Bromance alert! 😍
— Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK) February 15, 2018
Who else is wishing they were friends with @ShaunWhite and David Beckham? 🙋♂️🙋♀️ pic.twitter.com/OJZuexl1GR
Did you know that... Chimene “Chemmy” Alcott-Crawford is named after Sophia Loren’s character in El Cid?
