Winter Olympics 2022 day eight: skeleton, women’s curling and more – live!

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Beijing 2022 liveblog: Join Martin Belam for updates from day eight of the winter Games.

There are no more medals going anywhere today, so here’s how the medal table stands at the moment: Germany top it with eight gold, five silver and one bronze. Norway are second with eight gold, three silver and six bronze. The US are third with five gold, five silver and one bronze.

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There’s still a couple of ice hockey matches going on. Denmark now lead Switzerland 4-2. The Czech Republic have extended their leads against the Russian athletes, and the score there is also 4-2.

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.

There have been a couple of very emotional interviews with the British skeleton sliders after their disappointing results today. Laura Deas finished 19th, and Brogan Crowley finished 22nd, failing to qualify for the final. A tearful Crowley told the BBC:

I’ve come a long way in the last four years. It’s been a hard four years, and I’m so proud of where I’ve got to because a few years ago, I didn’t even think I’d be here. And without the support of my family and friends at home, I honestly, I wouldn’t be here right now. So I’m proud of where I am, and I hope that I can come back in the future and achieve a