Winter Olympics LIVE: Cancer survivor Max Parrot wins gold for Canada as Mikaela Shiffrin sees shock exit

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Snowboarder Max Parrot soared in men’s snowboard slopestyle on Monday, as the cancer survivor won gold for Canada.

An upgrade from the silver he earned at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games, Parrot was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma- a type of blood cancer- in December 2018, forcing him to miss the whole of next season. But three years later, he stands atop the Olympic podium, alongside his compatriot Mark McMorris who earned bronze.

The Russian skating team also kickstarted the day with gold win in the women’s free skating, thanks to their 15-year-old star Kamila Valieva, who topped the scoreboard with 178.92 points. Team USA secured a silver in the game, after Karen Chen out-scored China’s Zhu Yi, while Japan won the bronze.

Giant slalom saw a shock exit of two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin is out of giant slalom after the 26-year-old lost an edge on the fifth gate of the first run and skied out.

Meanwhile, Team Great Britain qualified for the semi-finals of the curling mixed doubles despite losing 6-2 to Norway in the penultimate fixture of the round robin stage. In the end, though, it didn’t matter as results elsewhere confirmed Team GB’s place in the last four.

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Peltola of Finland taking some risks here, his hand brushes the surface on landing, pressure rising to squeeze into that top 12, it's only enough for 25th.

Impressive from New Zealand’s Ben Barclay, who is up to fifth. Max Moffatt of Canada next, on the outside in 16th currently. It’s 64.00 and up to sixth, he’s happy.

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The competition is hotting up now, time running out for some of these athletes who need a solid second run.

Sweden’s Magnusson, after 88.0, only