Dwell updates from Specific Sport on the Winter Olympics as Crew GB sit twelfth within the medal desk with three golds, however have come near extra with 5 4th locations
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It’s day 11 of the Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina, with extra medals on provide throughout quite a lot of sports activities all through the day.
Crew GB shall be seeking to bounce again from the heartbreak of Kirsty Muir ending fourth for the second time at these Video games, after once more coming so near the rostrum within the ladies’s freestyle snowboarding large air last. The Winter X Video games champion additionally narrowly missed a bronze medal within the ladies’s slopestyle competitors.
Britain now has a report 5 fourth locations, together with its historic three gold medals at these Olympics. They continue to be twelfth within the medal desk with six days of competitors nonetheless to return.
A few of GB’s finest remaining hopes of extra success come within the curling, with their males’s and ladies’s groups nonetheless in rivalry for a spot within the semi-finals. Nevertheless, the game continues to be affected by accusations of dishonest after an argument involving the Canadian roller Marc Kennedy, with Britain additionally being caught breaking the identical rule.
We can have all the newest motion from the eleventh day of motion in dwell updates all through the day, so keep proper right here.
6 days in the past15:36 Isaac Seelochan
Canadians confronted
Canada’s curling crew have been known as “cheats” by a Swedish newspaper who even despatched a photographer to attempt to show their case. Swedish outlet Aftonbladet say they despatched a photographer to attempt to seize photographs of the Canadian’s double-touching – a banned act – of their Winter Olympics match in opposition to Czechia on Monday.
(Picture: Getty) 6 days in the past14:45 Isaac Seelochan
Secret five-word remark caught
A recent viral allegation from a outstanding Redditor garnered greater than 2.5 million views on X after suggesting the Swedish curling squad ‘pre-planned’ their dishonest accusation in opposition to the Canadians.
They captured a sizzling microphone second of the Scandinavian crew saying, “It is nice, Magnus is recording,” amongst themselves.
(Picture: Getty) 6 days in the past14:00 Matthew Abbott
Girls's curling underway as Crew GB watch on
There are 4 ladies’s curling matches now underway.
Sweden v Canada Italy v Japan Denmark v United States South Korea v Switzerland
Crew GB should not in motion right this moment, however might do with a favour from unbeaten Sweden to maintain Canada inside a win of themselves within the round-robin standings.
6 days in the past13:31 Matthew Abbott
Norway win right this moment's first gold as Jens Luraas Oftebro turns into double Olympic champion
Jens Luraas Oftebro has received one other gold medal for Norway, this time within the particular person massive hill Nordic mixed cross-country snowboarding and ski leaping. He received the conventional hill final week and is now a double Olympic champion.
As within the regular Johannes Lamparter of Austria took silver. Finland additionally received bronze, however as an alternative of Eero Hirvonen, it was Ilkka Herola.
Jens Luraas Oftebro has received each Nordic mixed occasions at these Olympics, the conventional and huge hill (Picture: Getty) 6 days in the past13:00 Matthew Abbott
Hazel Irving on the Winter Olympics schedule chaos
If you’re simply tuning in and also you had been anticipating to see the ladies’s snowboard slopestyle last, I am afraid it’s off. Now, that is the scene in Livigno; there was an actual dump of snow there. Improbable for powder snowboarding, however not nice in case you are both a snowboarder or certainly an aerials athlete.
Now the boys’s and ladies’s aerials had been because of go off, the ladies’s this morning, but it surely’s not occurring. Positively not occurring, these occasions are cancelled till tomorrow, and I am afraid the ladies’s slopestyle last, which we had been very a lot wanting ahead to, isn’t occurring both, so it seems to be like tomorrow goes to be an especially busy day.
TNT Sports activities’ on-site reporter Lutalo Muhammad has shared an replace about what Crew GB’s Mia Brookes is doing along with her day.
I believe there’s just one particular person on the earth who’s at present completely happy about this climate and the delay, and that is Nice Britain’s Mia Brookes. We ran into her on our means in, and she or he mentioned, ‘ what, LT, had I made the ultimate, I would miss out on these silky slopes.’ So she’s flying down on this pillowy snow, and I am truly awfully jealous, so nice to see her in good spirits; she was along with her mum and pa.”
Mia Brookes missed out on qualifying for the ladies’s snowboard slopestyle last because the X Video games champ (Picture: Getty) 6 days in the past12:00 Matthew Abbott
BBC make announcement on Winter Olympics chaos as occasion cancelled amid 'emergency assembly'
The BBC have introduced the postponement of the ladies’s snowboard slopestyle last because of heavy snow in Livigno. A call from the Worldwide Ski and Snowboard Federation (FIS) has adopted athletes being unable to finish follow runs.
TNT Sports activities have additionally acknowledged that qualifying for the ladies’s freestyle snowboarding aerials last is postponed. Their reporter, Lutalo Muhammad, mentioned that the Olympic Broadcasting Providers (OBS) had been internet hosting an emergency assembly, and presenter Orla Chennaoui added: “I’ve simply heard from our producer right here that the occasion has been postponed.”
BBC make announcement on Winter Olympics chaos as occasion cancelled amid ’emergency assembly’
6 days in the past11:00 Matthew Abbott
Crew GB males's curling enhance as China shock United States
Crew GB’s males’s crew have acquired a favour within the curling round-robin standings with out even taking part in right this moment after China received 8-5 in opposition to the USA. Which means Crew USA be a part of Britain in fourth place after beforehand being in third. Czechia beating Germany additionally stops the latter additionally transferring into joint-fourth.
China beating the US advantages Crew GB within the round-robin standings earlier than they play Canada (Picture: Getty)
Crew GB hero Matt Weston has revealed that he’s set to go underneath the knife for an damage that just about ended his possibilities of competing on the Winter Olympics. Weston turned essentially the most profitable Crew GB athlete in a single Winter Video games when he bagged a second gold medal over the weekend.
Matt Weston to have surgical procedure after Winter Olympics as Crew GB hero reveals damage hell
Matt Weston turned the primary British athlete to ever take two golds in a single Winter Olympic Video games (Picture: Getty) 6 days in the past10:00 Matthew Abbott
TNT pressured to apologise over Lance Armstrong remark in Winter Olympics dishonest storm
TNT Sport’s Winter Olympics pundit Chris Dixon has apologised after evaluating the controversial Canadian roller Marc Kennedy to Lance Armstrong throughout Day 11’s version of Buongiorno Milano. The previous British biathlete introduced up the banned bicycle owner, who was stripped of his Tour de France titles after being discovered to have used performance-enhancing medicine, throughout a dialogue in regards to the dishonest allegations Kennedy faces.
TNT pressured to apologise over Lance Armstrong remark in Winter Olympics dishonest storm
Scott Dixon introduced up Lance Armstrong throughout a dialogue in regards to the curling on Buongiorno Milano (Picture: Getty) 7 days in the past09:00 Matthew Abbott
Kirsty Muir's on the spot response to Winter Olympics heartbreak as Clare Balding weighs in
Kirsty Muir suffered her second fourth-place end of the Milan and Cortina Winter Olympics. The Scot missed out on a medal within the ladies’s freestyle Huge Air competitors at Livigno Snow Park only a week after struggling the identical expertise within the slopestyle last on the similar venue.
Kirsty Muir’s on the spot response to Winter Olympics heartbreak as Clare Balding weighs in
Kirsty Muir accounts for 2 of Crew GB’s 5 fourth place finishes at these Winter Olympic Video games (Picture: Getty) 7 days in the past08:30 Matthew Abbott
Lindsey Vonn's four-word hospital restoration message as she shares new well being replace
Lindsey Vonn has supplied an replace on her restoration after struggling a leg damage on the Winter Olympics, saying she’s ‘coming again to life’ after spending time in hospital.
Lindsey Vonn’s four-word hospital restoration message as she shares new well being replace
Lindsey Vonn continues to share updates on her situation after crashing throughout these Winter Olympics (Picture: Getty) 7 days in the past08:00 Matthew Abbott
Males's curling replace as Crew GB sit out of morning session
Crew GB should not curling this morning as they sit out of the ninth males’s round-robin session.
The unbeaten Swiss crew performs Sweden, whereas the USA tackle China, and the winless Czech Republic faces Germany.
Crew Mouat are again in motion this night in opposition to a Canadian crew who’ve misplaced simply as soon as, to top-of-the-table Switzerland.
(Picture: Getty) 7 days in the past07:30 Matthew Abbott
BBC pundit emotionally leaves as Clare Balding makes announcement
Lizzie Yarnold’s time as a BBC pundit for the Video games was abruptly introduced dwell on air, and the double Olympic champion will take no additional half of their protection. Clare Balding wished Yarnold a fond farewell
BBC Winter Olympics pundit emotionally leaves as Clare Balding makes announcement
Lizzie Yarnold interviewed Crew GB gold medalist Matt Weston earlier than emotionally leaving these Video games (Picture: Getty)
Crew GB got here so near profitable one other medal once more final evening after Kirsty Muir completed fourth within the delayed ladies’s freestyle snowboarding large air last. The boys’s competitors is certainly one of seven medal occasions on Day 11.
Girls’s snowboard slopestyle additionally finishes right this moment, and, as with the boys’s large air last, there shall be no British illustration after Winter X Video games champion Mia Brookes didn’t qualify.
The bobsleigh two-man heats additionally proceed this night, with Crew GB’s sled of Brad Corridor and Taylor Lawrence 0.40 seconds exterior the medals.
(Picture: Getty) 7 days in the past22:51 Connor O’Neill
Girls's curling newest
Britain’s ladies’s crew secured a 7-2 victory over Denmark within the first of their two curling matches on Monday, however suffered a defeat within the second contest in opposition to Switzerland.
After defeat by the hands of Sweden on Sunday, Rebecca Morrison’s rink returned to profitable type on Monday morning because the groups shook arms after the eighth finish.
Their victorious spell swiftly ended within the night although, because the British crew had been crushed 10-6 by Switzerland.
Having fought again to 6-6 forward of the ninth finish, a four-point rating for Switzerland sealed their success.
The British ladies now have to win their three remaining video games in opposition to the USA, Japan and Italy to have any likelihood of reaching the semi-finals.
(Picture: Getty) 7 days in the past22:25 Connor O’Neill
Kirsty Muir response
Chatting with the BBC, Muir mentioned: “I loved it quite a bit. I used to be having a very nice time in follow and we had the lengthy break and I used to be having a good time then as nicely and I obtained again into it rapidly and I’m actually happy with myself for placing the 2 tips down that I did and in addition going for it in that third 4 as a result of I’ve by no means landed that trick earlier than however I simply needed to go for it. I crashed however I’m nonetheless happy with myself.
“I used to be desirous to do the 16 with a blunt seize, a distinct seize, but it surely simply didn’t occur. It’s a fairly tough seize!
“When the scores got here in for the opposite women I knew I needed to give it one thing actually, actually good to get on that podium so I’m stoked that I did attempt that.
“I like snowboarding with the women. They’re my besties and I’m simply stoked. I’m stoked for Meg, she skied unbelievably.
“I can’t actually course of what number of have been [inspired] however I’m simply so grateful for the assist again dwelling. I hope everybody has seen how cool our sport is. Simply a lot love and thanks to everybody again dwelling.”
Kirsty Muir on the Olympic Winter Video games (Picture: Getty)
1. Megan Oldham
2. Eileen Gu
3. Flora Tabanellie
4. Kirsty Muir
week in the past20:48 Connor O’Neill
Heartbreak for Kirsty Muir
Heartbreak for Kirsty Muir as she falls on her last bounce and can miss out on a medal consequently. Megan Oldham goes to assert gold.
week in the past20:21 Connor O’Neill
Gold medal place
It is Kirsty Muir’s time to leap, and she or he has simply delivered an unbelievable bounce to place herself within the gold medal place. She simply scored 93 from the judges.
week in the past20:03 Connor O’Neill
Kirsty Muir replace
So after her first bounce, Crew GB’s Kirsty Muir finds herself in ninth place with a rating of 81.75. She might want to enhance if she is to get a medal.
week in the past19:52 Connor O’Neill
Crew GB's Kirsty Muir in motion
After a prolonged delay we’re underway with the freestyle snowboarding ladies’s large air last. Crew GB’s Kirsty Muir has an opportunity of securing a medal, as Switzerland’s Mathilde Gremaud has withdrawn.
Talking on commentary simply now, Tim Warwood mentioned: “Kirsty [Muir] is not afraid of those situations, she’ll take it in her stride.”
week in the past19:15 Isaac Seelochan
Determine skating underway
The determine skating occasion has begun in Milan tonight
The occasion options 19 pairs who will full their brief programme on Sunday evening, with 16 progressing to right this moment’s free skate.
The scores from each skates are mixed and the pair with the very best whole rating will clinch the gold medal.
Crew GB’s Anastasia Vaipan-Regulation and Luke Digby are at present sitting in thirteenth place and are scheduled to take to the ice at 19:31.
The beginning of the ladies’s large air last has been delayed because of a blizzard.
It was because of begin at 18:30 GMT, but it surely has been postponed. One other replace is predicted quickly on whether or not it might go forward tonight.
(Picture: Getty) week in the past17:32 Isaac Seelochan
Rule U-turn made as Crew GB in dishonest storm
The Winter Olympics curling has been marred by allegations of dishonest, resulting in intervention from the game’s governing physique following vehement objections from gamers. Claims of double touching have sparked controversy in Cortina after a heated conflict between Canada and Sweden final week.
Canadian star Marc Kennedy discovered himself embroiled within the dispute after allegedly making contact along with his stones post-release. Sweden did not maintain again their emotions, with Kennedy retorting by telling his opponent to “f*** off”.
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Crew GB males's roller points rallying cry after shock defeat
Hammy McMillan is adamant that Crew GB are taking part in nicely and doing many issues proper regardless of dropping their final two video games.
Dropping a recreation there means we have to win our subsequent two undoubtedly to ensure we’re within the semis. A few the groups dropped factors there. Look – we’re taking part in nicely, I do know we have misplaced a number of video games, however we’re taking part in nicely, and we have achieved numerous the fitting issues, and we have simply obtained to search out that inch.”
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It was an excellent battle however fairly disenchanted we did not get the win there. An enormous mistake from me within the eighth finish which sealed it for them. Fairly disenchanted.
We have been across the block a wee bit, we all know what it is prefer to attempt to bounce again in a recreation after large errors so there’s nothing new there. It is simply clearly disappointing to make these errors on a stage like this the place you have been working for it for fairly some time.
(Picture: Getty) week in the past15:51 Matthew Abbott
Norway shock Crew GB males's curling crew as Bruce Mouat's rink lose two on the spin and three general
Crew GB have misplaced their second consecutive round-robin match after being surprisingly crushed by Norway this afternoon. Their match went right down to the ultimate finish, and the Norwegians received it 6-8 with their last stone after having the hammer. GB have simply two extra matches to play, in opposition to Canada and the USA.
The highest-rank world champions and reigning silver medalists are removed from assured of a semi-final spot (Picture: Getty) week in the past14:41 Matthew Abbott
Dave Ryding says it nonetheless seems like the fitting time to retire
Dave Ryding is displaying no indicators of adjusting his thoughts about retiring on the finish of this season.
I used to be proud, I actually tried all the things proper till my final flip. I used to be quoted on the BBC as saying I might ski till my legs fell off, and I form of really feel like they’ve this 12 months.
One season possibly too many, however I needed to give it a go. I actually went in as at all times and I’m proud. It feels proper, I really feel prepared, and I’m wanting ahead to the long run.
Dave Ryding introduced earlier than the Winter Olympics that he can be retiring from snowboarding this season (Picture: Getty) week in the past14:00 Matthew Abbott
Billy Main pays tribute to Dave Ryding after seventeenth and 18th finishes for Crew GB pair within the slalom
Dave Ryding completed seventeenth general, with Billy Main one place forward of his GB teammate.
Main mentioned of Ryding:
He is undoubtedly certainly one of my finest mates, and I am certain that may go on for a few years after he is achieved with racing and as I transfer on. I’ve nonetheless obtained some time left in ski racing, I do not know if I am going to make it to 39, that is fairly a factor to do.
Billy Main completed a spot in entrance of certainly one of his finest mates Dave Ryding within the males’s slalom right this moment (Picture: Getty) week in the past13:33 Matthew Abbott
Dave Ryding bows out of Winter Olympics as Crew GB miss out on any males's alpine snowboarding slalom medals
Dave Ryding moved into the gold-medal place along with his last Winter Olympic slalom run, however the 39-year-old dropped off the rostrum and down the standings. Billy Main, in the meantime, might now replicate his good first run within the second, with a disappointing displaying. Atle Lie McGrath received gold for Switzerland.
Dave Ryding is extensively thought-about to be the best British skier of all time after 5 Olympics (Picture: Getty) week in the past12:51 Matthew Abbott
It's yet one more velocity skating gold for the Netherlands as Xandra Velzeboer wins ladies's 1000m last
Xandra Velzeboer has doubled up by profitable the ladies’s 1000m short-track velocity skating last days after additionally doing so throughout half that distance. Her time of 28.437 seconds beat Courtney Sarault of Canada (silver) and Kim Gil-li (bronze), with Italian legend Arianna Fontana simply lacking out on a podium place.
Xandra Velzeboer now has three Olympic gold medals after profitable the three,000 metre relay in Beijing (Picture: Getty)
Brad Corridor and Taylor Lawrence of Crew GB are down in eighth, 1.64 seconds off the lead, after warmth two, with Germany’s Johannes Lochner and Georg Fleischhauer at present within the gold medal place. It’s at this stage a German one-two-three, with Alexander Schuller and Francesco Friedrich second and Adam Ammour and Alexander Schaller third.
Brad Corridor and Taylor Lawrence can have a lot to do from right here if they’re to win any kind of medal (Picture: Getty) week in the past11:47 Amie Wilson
Bobsleigh run two
Crew GB have simply accomplished their second run on the two-man bob, however they might most likely have needed higher.
Their time is now one minute 51.54 seconds, but it surely’s solely sufficient for third, which means that they might end day one in tenth place.
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Crew GB athlete crashes out once more
It was one other morning to overlook for Crew GB’s Niall Traecy as he once more crashed out within the heats of the 500m occasion within the velocity skating.
On Monday, Treacy competed in warmth 8 alongside Andrew Heo, Xiajun Lin and Jongun Rim. Within the last stretch, after beforehand dropping management and falling to the bottom, the 25-year-old crashed to substantiate his fourth-placed spot.
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Crew GB have been in motion within the two-man bobsleigh.
GB are represented by Brad Corridor and Taylor Lawrence, who accomplished their run in a time of 55.65 seconds.
That leaves them in eighth place general, 0.97 seconds behind Germany’s Johannes Lochner and Georg Fleischhauer who lead.
Germany are additionally in second and third.
The second run is because of begin quickly at 10.57am.
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Crew GB curling end result
Crew GB’s ladies curling crew have picked up a a lot wanted win on this morning’s spherical robin conflict vs Denmark.
Britain made a steal within the eight finish to take the rating to 7-2. That led to handshakes from Denmark.
GB are subsequent in motion at 6:05pm after they tackle Switzerland of their subsequent spherical robin match.
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Males's slalom chaos
Situations imply that there are numerous skiers not ending the primary run of the boys’s slalom last, and due to this fact ruling them out of the second run.
Crew GB have had three skiers competing. Dave Ryding, competing in his fifth olympics, ending 3.74 second behind the chief, and at present sits in seventeenth place.
Laurie Taylor was second to go, however crashed out after straddling a gate.
Billy Main was third and completed with a runtime of 58.66 seconds, placing him into twelfth place.
(Picture: Getty) week in the past09:15 Amie Wilson
Curling replace
Crew GB are retaining the lead within the ladies’s curling spherical robin conflict in opposition to Denmark.
After taking a 2-0 lead after the primary, Denmark took a rating within the second, with the third finish blanked.
GB had been capable of prolong their lead within the fourth finish by taking one level, with Denmark having the hammer within the fifth, they took certainly one of their very own.
It means the rating on the midway level is 3-2 to Nice Britain.
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Ski jumper disqualified
Austrian ski jumper Daniel Tschofenig was disqualified from the Winter Olympics last over the weekend, as a result of his sneakers had been too large.
He had initially certified for the ultimate, however later found his disqualification. Chatting with Austrian broadcaster ORF, he mentioned: “I used new sneakers throughout coaching.
“I wasn’t actually proud of them, however I saved them anyway.
“Sadly, I used to be naive and did not test the sizes. That was extremely silly of me.”
(Picture: Getty) week in the past08:18 Amie Wilson
Crew GB in motion
Motion of day 10 has now began, with Crew GB’s ladies’s curling crew in motion in opposition to Denmark.
They’ve began the match positively by taking a 2-0 lead after the primary finish.
The sport might be an important one within the crew’s hopes of qualifying for the semi-final following defeat in opposition to Sweden yesterday.
This is a have a look at simply a few of the issues occurring right this moment:
week in the past06:48 Amie Wilson
BBC apology
BBC had been pressured into an apology with commentator John Hunt left livid on the camerawork for Crew GB’s historic gold within the combined crew skeleton.
Simply as Matt Weston was able to go down the slope for the ultimate run of the occasion, the digital camera moved away from him and as an alternative confirmed the official behind him.
Reacting dwell on BBC, Hunt mentioned: “Oh what are they doing, what are they taking part in at, that is horrible!”
Including: “That is an awesome begin, sorry in regards to the footage… however Matt’s on his means.”
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Crew GB had been dragged into the curling dishonest storm on Sunday, with officers preserving an keen eye on video games.
It got here after an X-rated row between Canada and Sweden, with Canada’s Marc Kennedy accused of dishonest by touching the stone after he launched it.
Crew GB had been, nonetheless, pulled up for a similar throughout their win over Germany on Sunday. Bobby Lammie had a stone eliminated after touching it after launch.
Nevertheless, it seems it was unintended, and there was no fallout from the incident, with the crew accepting the choice.
Crew GB went on to win the sport 9-4.
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