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Winter Olympics 2022 - GB keep women’s curling semi-final hopes alive by thrashing Japan

Team GB’s women have kept alive their hopes of reaching the curling semi-finals at the Winter Olympics in Beijing, after thrashing Japan 10-4 with an end to spare. Eve Muirhead’s rink will need to beat hosts China on Wednesday and follow that up with victory over the Russian Olympic Committee to have a realistic chance of making the last four. Ad/> Both teams went into the game in a similar situation, in what was a re-match of the bronze medal tie from Pyeongchang, which Japan won.

Winter Olympics: GB women's curlers beat Japan to retrieve play-off hopes

A dominant 10-4 win against Japan gave Great Britain's women's curlers a chance of reaching the play-offs at the Winter Olympics.

Winter Olympics 2022 - Norway steal men’s biathlon relay gold after ROC fall apart in final shoot

The Russian Olympic Committee threw away a huge lead in the final leg of the men’s biathlon relay to hand gold to Norway at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. Eduard Latypov was wasteful in the final standing shoot, blowing a lead of nearly a minute over Norway while Vetle Sjaastad Christiansen was faultless with the rifle to surge the Norwegians into the lead. France had been 44.8 seconds behind Latypov but also came out ahead after the final shoot to claim silver as the Russians settled for bronze.

Winter Olympics day 11: snowboard big air, women’s downhill skiing and ice hockey – live!

LIVE – Updated at 08:18

Winter Olympics 2022 - Switzerland’s Andri Ragettli finishes best in slopestyle qualifications as Team GB’s Woods drops

Andri Ragettli came out on top of the freeski slopestyle qualifications with a field-best score of 85.08 as he headed into Wednesday's final. He was joined by big air gold medallist 21-year-old Birk Ruud, and American rider Nicholas Goepper who proceeded in the top three positions.

Winter Olympics 2022: Muir and Summerhayes miss out on medals, latest news and results

Kirsty Muir and Katie Summerhayes both finished outside the medals in the slopestyle final to extend Team GB’s wait for a first medal at these Winter Olympics.

Winter Olympics 2022 - 'It’s the biggest dream of my life' - Switzerland’s Suter reacts to downhill gold

It was a special moment for Swiss rider Corinne Suter as she out rode a phenomenal Sofia Goggia to claim gold medal and her first Olympic podium finish. The 27-year-old from Schwyz, Switzerland crossed the finish line in a time of 1:31.87, 0.16 seconds ahead of Goggia to dismantle an all-Italian podium. Ad/> Speaking to BBC Sport after her run, she admitted that she had nothing to say shortly after fulfilling a lifelong dream.

Winter Olympics LIVE: Team GB face Japan in curling before Kamila Valieva returns to ice

LIVE – Updated at 07:06

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Winter Olympics 2022 - GB keep women’s curling semi-final hopes alive by thrashing Japan

Winter Olympics: GB women's curlers beat Japan to retrieve play-off hopes

Winter Olympics 2022 - Norway steal men’s biathlon relay gold after ROC fall apart in final shoot

Winter Olympics day 11: snowboard big air, women’s downhill skiing and ice hockey – live!

Winter Olympics 2022 - Switzerland’s Andri Ragettli finishes best in slopestyle qualifications as Team GB’s Woods drops

Winter Olympics 2022: Muir and Summerhayes miss out on medals, latest news and results

Winter Olympics 2022 - 'It’s the biggest dream of my life' - Switzerland’s Suter reacts to downhill gold

Winter Olympics LIVE: Team GB face Japan in curling before Kamila Valieva returns to ice