Winter Olympics: Day 12

Karen Miller, with the Royal Canadian Mounted police is seen during a parade at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver
Photograph: Gerry Broome/AP

Japan's Hiroki Hirako competes in the Men's 10,000m speed skating
Photograph: Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP/Getty Images

Belarus's Darya Domracheva competes in the women's Biathlon 4x6km relay at the Whistler Olympic Park
Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images

Germany's Eric Frenzel soars through the air during the large hill ski jumping portion of the Nordic Combined Team event
Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

A dejected Alexis Contin of France is pictured in front of the time recorded by Germany's Marco Weber after they finished the men's 10,000m speed skating
Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters

Silver medallist Ivan Skobrev of Russia kisses the podium during the flower ceremony for the men's 10,000 metres speed skating race
Photograph: Andy Clark/Reuters

Mari Motohashi delivers a stone during Japan's 6-10 defeat to Sweden in their women's curling round robin match. Things didn't get better for the Japan team as they lost 7-5 to Denmark in their next match which means they are knocked out of the competition Photograph: Jae C. Hong/AP

Which might explain the glum look on the faces of these Japanese curling fans. The countries who made it through to the women's semi finals are China, Sweden, Canada and Switzerland
Photograph: Tannen Maury/EPA

Canada's Ashleigh McIvor, centre, leads France's Marion Josserand, right, and Norway's Hedda Berntsen en route to taking the gold medal in the women's ski cross finals
Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

Ashleigh McIvor displays her gold medal during the medal ceremony Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters

Chile's Jorge Mandru gets it all wrong as he crashes into a gate during the first run of the Men's giant slalom Photograph: Gero Breloer/AP

Germany's John Tripp slams Canada's Chris Pronger against the glass during their qualification play-off in the men's ice hockey Photograph: Hans Deryk/Reuters

He was right, Canada trounced Germany 8-2 to make it to the quarter-finals Photograph: Larry W. Smith/EPA

Ryan Bedford shows off his patriotic stars and stripes Olympic hairdo before competing in the men's 10,000m speedskating Photograph: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

Great Britain skip David Murdoch looks on as Norway's Christoffer Svae, left, Haavard Vad Petersson, right, and Thomas Ulsrud, center, play their stone during the Men's Curling round robin match. The British team needed a win to make it through to the semi-finals but the Norwegian's 9-5 victory meant that Murdoch and his team must face Sweden in a playoff for a place in the semis Photograph: PA Wire/PA

Canada's Helen Upperton and Shelley-Ann Brown take their positions in the bob as they start their first run of the Women's two man bobsleigh competition. They finished the day in fourth place with their compatriots Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse leading the field Photograph: Cj Gunther/EPA

France's Sylvie Becaert is first up back on her skis after firing in the prone position during the women's biathlon 4 x 6km relay, but her lead didn't last long as the Russian team came back strongly to take the gold medal. The French team finished 32.8 seconds behind the Russians to take silver Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images

General view of the men's 10,000 metre speed skating race Photograph: Chris Carlson/AP

Overwhelming pre-race favourite Sven Kramer makes an amateurish mistake in failing to switch lanes just past the midway point of the Mens 10,000m race, and was consequently disqualified Photograph: Jerry Lampen/Reuters

South Korea's Seung-Hoon Lee of Korea streaks ahead of the Netherland's Arjen van de Kieft whilst on his way to winning gold in the Men's 10,000 m Speed Skating with a new olympic record time of 12:58.55 Photograph: Friso Gentsch/EPA

And over in Seoul Lee Seung-hoon's family and relatives celebrate as they watch him take gold Photograph: Yonhap/Reuters

Great Britain's Nicola Minichello and Gillian Cooke speed past spectators during their second run in the first heat of the Womens Two man Bobsled competition. The reigning world champions put in two disappointing runs to finish the day in 10th place and their hopes of a gold medal look slim Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

Switzerland's Carlo Janka sweeps past a gate on his way to winning the gold medal in the men's giant slalom event Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

South Korea's Yu-Na Kim performs in the Ladies' Figure Skating Short Program Photograph: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP/Getty Images

Seoul residents outside an electronics store watch TV screens broadcasting South Korea's figure skater Kim Yu-Na. Strong gold medal favorite Kim Yu-Na scored a record high 78.50 points in the women's figure skating short program Photograph: Yonhap/AFP/Getty Images

Tomas Rolinek, number 60, of the Czech Republic fires to puck past Latvia's goalkeeper Edgars Masalskis to score the opening goal in their hockey Men's Play-off qualification match. This spurred the Czech team on as they won the match 3-2 and take a place in the semi-finals Photograph: Harry How/Getty Images