Winter Olympics day 14: pairs figure skating and latest news – live!

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In the mixed pairs figure skating, there were due to be 20 pairs, but it seems the Hungarian duo have withdrawn. So that makes 19 – I achieved grade ‘C’ in GCSE maths, you know. Anyway, the Georgian team are out there now – Karina Safina and Luka Berulava – sporting grey sequinned outfits.

“How good was that for starters?” asks Simon Reed on Eurosport, at the end of their routine.

Overnight (if you happen to be in the UK or Europe), Eileen Gu was at it again, winning freeski halfpipe gold:

“The overriding emotion is just this deep-seated sense of gratitude and resolution, just like this all coming together, years and years in the making and it’s like letting out a deep breath,” she said.

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Coming up in a few minutes: The short program in the mixed pairs figure skating.

Johannes Thingnes Boe’s brilliant skiing more than made up for some errant shooting in difficult conditions to win gold in the men’s 15km mass start, setting a new record with Norway’s 15th gold of the Beijing Games. With Boe blowing kisses to the TV cameras as he crossed the line, the Norwegians have now taken more gold medals at a single Games than any other nation, breaking the previous record of 14 that they shared with Germany and Canada.

Martin Ponsiluoma of Sweden finished 40.3sec after Boe to take the silver, with fellow Norwegian Vetle Sjåstad Christiansen picking up the bronze medal 1min 12.5sec after his countryman. France’s Quentin Fillon Maillet missed his chance to take a sixth medal and become the most