Winter Olympics day 11: ice hockey, nordic combined and more – live!

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Live updates: There are plenty of medals up for grabs in Beijing on Day 11. Join Luke McLaughlin for the latest news and action.

Men’s ice hockey: Into the third period and Switzerland still hold a 3-1 lead against Czech Republic in their playoff encounter.

The cross-country skiing in the Nordic combined – men’s Gundersen Large Hill/10km is about to begin.

But why is it called ‘Gundersen’? Wiki has the answer:

“The Gundersen method is a method in the Nordic combined developed by Gunder Gundersen, a Nordic combined athlete from Norway, that was first used in the 1980s. This technique turned the cross-country skiing part of the Nordic combined from a points-based system, where all athletes ski in an interval start manner and whoever earned the most points with the ski jumping part of the Nordic combined won the event, to a pursuit race for the cross country skiing part where whoever crossed the finish line first in the cross country skiing part of the Nordic combined event won the competition.”

Exciting format! Good work, Gunder.

The organisers of the Paris 2024 Olympics said on Tuesday they want to make sure the doping case of Russian teenage figure skater Kamila Valieva, which has rocked the Beijing Olympics, does not cast a shadow on their own Summer Games.

“Paris 2024 is 100% committed to the fight against doping and is working in close coordination with all stakeholders to ensure the fairness of the competitions in 2024 and the protection of athletes,” they said in a statement. “We must use this situation [the Valieva case] to make sure that it does not happen again. Our top priority will be the development and execution of an effective anti-doping program that protects the rights of