And that is a wrap for the live sport today, as the final two men’s matches in Group B of the ice hockey come to an end. Denmark have beaten Switzerland 5-3. The Czech Republic faced a late comeback from the ROC to tie up the game at 5-5, but the Czech team scored an overtime winner with thirty seconds to go to edge it 6-5. The Russians hadn’t let in a single goal before today.
That concludes the group. Russia are top and go straight through to the quarter-finals. The Czech Republic and Switzerland finished third and fourth, and go through to the play-off round.
Denmark have to wait. Six points and a goal difference of +1 is unlikely to be the best second-placed record and put them straight through to the quarters, with Canada set to face China in their last game where they will expect to score heavily, but you never, never know.
That is the end of the action today. I will see you here tomorrow, we’ll be back with you when Sunday’s action starts in Beijing. Here is what we have to look forward to …
What to look out for next
Times are all in local Beijing time. For Sydney it is +3 hours, for London it is -8 hours, for New York it is -13 hours and San Francisco is -16 hours.
Tomorrow – Sunday 13 February
- 9.05am and 2.05pm and 8.05pm Curling – various men’s and women’s round robin matches, with Team GB and the US involved in every session 🥌
- 9.30am and 11am Bobsleigh – heats one and two of the women’s monobob
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10.15am and 1.45pm Alpine skiing – it is the men’s giant slalom. Benjamin Alexander will take part – Jamaica’s first ever Alpine skier 🥇
- 12.10pm and 4.40pm and 9.10pm Ice hockey – the US face Germany in the final game of the day 🏒
- 3pm Cross-country skiing – the men’s 4x10km which would last approximately 1,057 hours if they were doing it at the pace I could cover 10km on skis 🥇
- 5pm and 6.45pm Biathlon – they are absolutely spoiling us with the biathlon on Sunday. The women do their 10km pursuit first and then the men do their 12.5km pursuit 🥇
- 7pm-8.14pm Short track speed skating – the women’s 3,000m relay and the men’s 500m race 🥇
- 9.56pm Speed skating – the women’s 500m 🥇
Until then, take care, stay safe.
The rhythm dance component of the ice dance figure skating finished with Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron on top with 90.83 for France. The Russian Olympic Committee’s Victoria Sinitsina and Nikita Katsalapov are placed second with 88.85, and US pair Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue are in third place. The British pair of Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson qualified in tenth place. They skate again in the free dance element on Monday when the medals will be distributed.
