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The Winter Olympics continues at this time as Staff GB might face an enormous semi-final conflict within the males’s curling (Picture: Getty)
The Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics is into day 13, with athletes hoping to seize extra medals on provide in quite a lot of sports activities all through the day.
9 gold medals had been awarded on Wednesday, with Norwegian cross-country skier Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo – probably the most embellished athlete within the historical past of the Winter Olympics – successful a type of. Klaebo gained his tenth gold by claiming high spot within the crew freestyle dash alongside Einar Hedegart.
Elsewhere, Mikaela Shiffrin returned to victory after a protracted absence from the Olympic podium, whereas Arianna Fontana grew to become probably the most profitable Italian athlete in Olympic historical past together with her medal within the girls’s brief observe velocity skating crew occasion.
Thursday is anticipated to be one other action-packed day within the Video games, with medals at stake and Staff GB in curling motion within the afternoon. Certainly, the ladies’s crew tackle Italy (1:05pm), whereas the boys are hoping for a serving to hand to seal their spot within the semi-final, needing both Italy or Norway to lose their match on Thursday morning.
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6 days in the past06:52 Jack Staplehurst
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This is a take a look at the medal desk on the finish of day 19 of motion in Milano-Cortina.
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Gold medal
Ning Zhongyan can scarcely consider his victory within the 1500m velocity skating over Jordan Stolz and Kjeld Nuis. Stolz has a silver so as to add to 2 golds.
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It is a massive recreation for Staff GB’s males’s curling crew tonight at 6.35pm as they face Switzerland within the semi-final. Let’s hope they’ve higher luck than the ladies this afternoon.
Qualification for the gold medal match is on the road whereas the loser tonight will play for bronze on Friday.
BetTom have priced up the sport with Staff GB at 13/10 to win with the Swiss crew favourites at 12/25. We’ll have all of the stay protection right here tonight.
7 days in the past16:34 Scott Trotter
Brutal
Staff GB are out of the curling because the USA declare a win and progress to the ultimate 4, with a ultimate draw in opposition to the Swiss within the additional finish.
7 days in the past16:17 Scott Trotter
Nonetheless in it!
All the time favored the Swiss. They declare three within the ultimate finish in opposition to USA to power a further finish.
Switzerland need to steal for GB to progress to the curling semi-final.
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GB take the win over Italy and now wait and see if Switzerland can declare three of their ultimate finish.
It would not look on, although, and GB are set to complete sixth and miss out on the semi-finals.
Two stones stay for the Swiss.
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An opportunity?
USA have the hammer however regardless of being 5-3 down Switzerland have compelled a possibility. However the rowdy Individuals ship a formidable shot to all however clear the hazard.
US set to take an additional level.
GB are main 7-3 of their match.
7 days in the past15:13 Scott Trotter
USA chants
Sounds prefer it’s going fairly properly for the US, which is unhealthy information for GB. They will solely do their job and nonetheless lead Italy, 4-3.
Chants of U-S-A can often be heard and are being inspired by Switzerland’s opponents.
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5 ends down and GB steal one to increase their lead over Italy to guide 4-1.
The USA at present lead Switzerland 3-1, nevertheless. GB want a turnaround there.
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Resignation
Paolo Petrecca was the opening ceremony commentator who confused Mariah Carey with actress Matilda De Angelis, and the San Siro with Roma’s Stadio Olimpico. Now he has handed in his resignation.
Petrecca, head of Rai Sport, made quite a few on-air errors and prompted a quick strike by information journalists.
Mariah Carey carried out in Milan (Picture: Getty) 7 days in the past14:04 Scott Trotter
Curling lead
Staff GB’s girls want a win in opposition to Italy this afternoon and require Switzerland to defeat the USA.
After two ends, it is 1-0 to GB at present.
GB want a win (Picture: Getty)
Spanish ski mountaineering ace Oriol Cardona Coll has gained the Winter Olympics gold medal. On the age of 31 years previous, he was the oldest participant within the ultimate.
He turns into the primary ever gold medallist within the historical past of the occasion, which is making its competitors debut in Italy. Impartial star Nikita Filippov took the silver medal, whereas Thibault Anselmet of France secured the bronze.
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Energy cur causes havoc in Cortina
BBC alpine snowboarding commentator Matt Chilton has revealed an influence minimize precipitated chaos on the Winter Olympics. He was on the air waves for the boys’s ski mountaineering semi-finals.
With the race happening over a big distance, spectators watch a lot of the occasions on a giant tv display screen which is assembled on website. Nevertheless, the display screen went off, inflicting audible groans across the neighborhood.
Chilton, who was on commentary responsibility, additionally stated his display screen went off. He stated: That semi-final was a bit dramatic. There was an influence minimize in the course of it.
“There was big groan from the grand stand as the photographs on the enormous display screen vanished.
“They vanished from my display screen within the commentary field too, I used to be trying by my binoculars for 30 seconds!”
(Picture: Getty) 7 days in the past12:32 Patrick Austen-Hardy
What’s ski mountaineering?
Forward of the finals of the ski mountaineering – which was added into the Olympic programme forward of this 12 months’s video games – Specific Sport has a helpful explainer for you.
At first, the members start the race with strips of cloth related to the underside of the skis, to make sure there may be extra grip. When the primary part is over, the skis are eliminated and positioned onto their backpacks, to allow them to sort out a set of stairs.
For the ultimate ascent, the skis are clicked again on and its a case of get to the underside as quick as you presumably can, whereas slaloming by curves and gates.
Every gate should be handed within the appropriate order. Whoever will get to the underside whereas finishing each stage is the victory – straightforward, proper?
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Forward of the ski mountaineering semi-finals this afternoon. we have now a quick explainer of how the finalists are determined.
Within the skimo, because it’s generally referred to, two semi-finals will happen. The highest two athletes in every semi-final will undergo to the ultimate.
At 12.55, the ladies’s ultimate will happen, adopted by the boys’s ultimate which can start 20 minutes later at 1.15pm.
Sadly, there will likely be no British involvement within the race, however skimo medal favourites Emily Harrop (France), Marianne Fatton (Switzerland), Giulia Murada (Italy), Tatjana Paller (Germany) and Margot Ravinel (France) will all be concerned.
(Picture: Getty) 7 days in the past11:38 Kieran King
Winter Olympics tantrum
BBC commentator Matt Chilton claimed that Iwona Januszyk has “having fairly the tantrum” within the aftermath of Thursday morning’s girls’s dash; an occasion she completed final in.
Learn the total story right here.
Iwona Januszyk in motion (Picture: Getty) 7 days in the past11:30 Kieran King
Winter Olympics presenter points apology
Channel 9 star Danika Mason has gone viral on social media after slurring her means by a stay cross from the Winter Olympics in Italy. A scenario that led the Australian Prime Minister to weigh in.
Mason stated she had ‘misjudged the scenario’ by ingesting earlier than occurring air, including that the altitude, the chilly and the very fact she hadn’t eaten dinner had additionally performed an element. Admitting she was ’embarrassed’, Mason stated: “I need to take full accountability, it isn’t the usual I set myself.”
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese defended the presenter, saying he was ‘professional‑Danika’ and insisting there was ‘nothing to see right here’, suggesting she had merely been affected by jet lag.
Learn the total story right here.
The Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) are assured all occasions will likely be accomplished in full earlier than the closing ceremony on Sunday, regardless of a number of delays as a result of climate.
The IOC level to the Nagano Video games in 1998, the place heavy snow, thick fog and rain precipitated fixed rescheduling.
The lads’s downhill happened 5 days after it was initially scheduled, and the ladies’s occasion was delayed by two days. Excessive winds noticed ski-jumping delayed, whereas the bobsleigh competitors was decreased from 4 runs to a few due to poor visibility.
Nevertheless, all occasions had been accomplished and medals awarded inside the scheduled dates of the Video games.
“Snow is an occupational hazard,” IOC spokesperson Mark Adams informed the BBC on Thursday morning “They [snowsport organisers] are used to delays and modifications. There are issues with regards to snow, we’re used to these.”
7 days in the past11:00 Kieran King
BBC pause protection to breaking information
The BBC paused its Winter Olympics protection on Day 13 of the Video games to convey viewers on BBC One the breaking information that Thames Valley Police say they’ve arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of misconduct in public workplace.
Hazel Irving stated on BBC: “We will pause our protection from the Olympic Winter Video games on this thirteenth day, and we’ll be again with you in just some moments’ time, however in the intervening time, we’re heading again to London for some breaking information, and we’ll see you once more very quickly.”
A BBC Sport graphic additionally appeared on display screen, studying: “Protection continues shortly on BBC One.” A minute or so later, Irving returned, saying: “Welcome again to the Winter Olympics, Day 13,” earlier than persevering with with protection of the curling.
7 days in the past10:46 Kieran King
Males’s curling ultimate desk
Staff GB are by to the semi-final of the boys’s curling after Switzerland beat Italy 9-5 this morning.
GB, who completed fourth within the spherical robin desk, are set to face the undefeated Swiss at 6:05pm tonight.
In the meantime, Norway beat Canada 8-6 within the different match-up this morning and the 2 nations will meet one another once more within the semi-final this night.
Swizterland – P9, W9, L0 Canada – P9, W7, L2 Norway – P9, W5, L4 Nice Britain – P9, W5, L4 USA – P9, W4, L5 Italy – P9, W4, L5
Switzerland have topped the spherical robin within the males’s curling (Picture: Getty)
Jutta Leerdam will NOT be punished for exhibiting off her white Nike bra after claiming gold within the girls’s 1000m velocity skating final week.
After crossing the ending line, Leerdam, 27, unzipped her orange skinsuit and confirmed off white underwear, which is sponsored by the US sportswear giants.
There had been speak that Leerdam might be sanctioned for the act, however the Worldwide Olympic Committee (IOC) didn’t contemplate that to interrupt any media-related guidelines.
7 days in the past10:18 Kieran King
Ski mountaineering newest
Jon Kistler, Nikita Flippov, Maximilian Drion, Arno Lietha, Thibault Anselmet and Hans-Inge Klette are the others to robotically qualify for the semi-finals by the heats within the males’s dash on the ski mountaineering.
USA’s Cameron Smith is among the many three fortunate losers.
7 days in the past10:04 Kieran King
Kennedy hits again at dishonest declare
Canadian curling star Marc Kennedy claims he was arrange by ‘premeditated’ cameras designed to catch him ‘in an act’ of dishonest. Kennedy was accused of a double contact by the Swedish crew final Friday and acquired a verbal warning from World Curling for ‘inappropriate language.’
The 44-year-old erupted right into a foul‑mouthed tirade at Oskar Eriksson, after the Swedish star accused him of creating contact along with his stone past the hog line.
In response, Kennedy pointed to himself in disbelief earlier than shouting: “I haven’t carried out it as soon as. You may f*** off”, prompting Eriksson to fireside again: “I’ll present you a video after the sport. I’ll present you a video the place it’s two metres over the hog line.” Canada went on to win the match 8-6.
After the match, Kennedy acquired a verbal warning from World Curling for utilizing foul language, although he was not formally charged with dishonest by the governing physique.
Talking the following day, Kennedy stated: “I most likely might have dealt with it higher. However we’re human on the market and there’s quite a lot of emotion.
“I’m not going to apologise for defending my team-mates and standing up for myself. I’ve curled my entire life, by no means as soon as with the intention of gaining a bonus by dishonest.”
Learn the total story right here.
Marc Kennedy (Picture: Getty)
Switzerland at the moment are 7-3 up in opposition to Italy after seven ends on the Cortina Curling Olympic Stadium.
That may be a big increase for Staff GB, who want considered one of Italy or Norway to lose this morning.
Norway are, nevertheless, 7-5 up in opposition to Canada and searching on the right track to guide their place within the semi-final.
Switzerland are 7-3 up in opposition to Italy (Picture: Getty) 7 days in the past09:43 Kieran King
Ski mountaineering males’s dash
Spain duo Oriol Cardona Coll and Ot Ferrer Martinez, in addition to France’s Pablo Giner Dalmasso are by to the semi-final after the primary warmth of the boys’s dash in ski moutaineering.
The second warmth is developing quickly…
7 days in the past09:30 Kieran King
Italy struggling – excellent news for Staff GB
On the Cortina Curling Centre, Italy at the moment are 4-1 behind Switzerland within the sixth finish.
Some good noise from a bunch of schoolchildren backing the hosts, however issues are getting tense.
A reminder that Staff GB want Italy – or Norway – to lose of their ultimate spherical robin matches this morning.
Norway, in the meantime, are 7-2 up in opposition to Canada.
Switzerland’s world champion Marianne Fatton, France’s English-born Margot Ravinel, Slovakia’s Marianna Jagercikova, Guila Murada of Italy and Spain duo Ana Alonso Rodriguez and Maria Costa Diez are the others which might be by from from the three heats of the ladies’s dash in ski mountaneering.
Subsequent up is the boys’s heats.
7 days in the past09:08 Kieran King
Ski mountaineering first warmth
The ladies’s ski mountaineering sprints heats are underway and it was a cushty win for Emily Harrop of France.
She cruised to victory and was adopted by to the following spherical by Germany’s Tatjana Paller and Switzerland’s Caroline Ulrich. Anna Gibson of the USA, in the meantime, completed fifth out of sixth within the first warmth and isn’t anticipated to advance into the semi-final.
France’s Emily Harrop (Picture: Getty) 7 days in the past09:00 Kieran King
Combined begin for Staff GB males’s curlers
The ultimate matches of the boys’s spherical robin have began and it is blended information for Staff GB to date.
Italy dropped two factors to Switzerland within the first finish. If the host nation loses then GB will progress.
Nevertheless, Norway picked up THREE within the opening finish in opposition to Canada. Bear in mind, GB are hoping to see Norway lose that match.
GB, nevertheless, do solely want ONE of Italy or Norway to lose to guide their passage into the semi-final.
Resulting from heavy snowfall in Livigno and anticipated worsening circumstances all through the day, the boys’s free ski halfpipe qualification has formally been postposed.
As of now, girls’s halfpipe {qualifications} are nonetheless scheduled for tonight.
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Hamilton urged to think about bobsleigh transfer
Lewis Hamilton has been urged by the Jamaican bobsleigh crew to think about a shock transfer to bobsleigh to compete within the Winter Olympics.
Revealing Jamaica’s curiosity in Hamilton, Sky Sports activities reporter Geraint Hughes stated: “[Tyquendo] Tracey is a large F1 fan – an enormous fan of Lewis Hamilton. And regardless that Lewis is getting on in age, 41 years, he nonetheless believes Hamilton could be fast sufficient initially and might be an excellent driver.
“Truly, in bobsleigh they’re known as a pilot, as you pilot the sled down all of the twists and activates the ice.
“Such F1 driver — he might switch these expertise to bobsleigh. Tracey is satisfied of it. And since bobsleigh is fairly quick, fairly furry, fairly dicey — they rise up to round 100 miles an hour.
“Lewis Hamilton — that’s hen feed. He’s used to double that and extra. So Jamaica are followers of Lewis Hamilton and would love him to think about switching to the Winter Olympics after his F1 profession and coming over to bobsleigh.”
Lewis Hamilton (Picture: Getty) week in the past07:30 Kieran King
Thursday schedule for Staff GB athletes
Freestyle snowboarding
10.30am – Males’s Freeski Halfpipe Qual. Run 1 (Gus Kenworthy, Liam Richards)11.27am – Males’s Freeski Halfpipe Qual. Run 2 (Gus Kenworthy, Liam Richards)
7.30pm – Girls’s Freeski Halfpipe Qual. Run 1 (Zoe Atkin)8.27pm – Girls’s Freeski Halfpipe Qual. Run 2 (Zoe Atkin)
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