Winter Olympics LIVE: Dave Ryding aims to win Team GB’s first ever alpine ski medal in slalom

LIVE – Updated at 04:37

Dave Ryding became the first British skier to win a World Cup event less than one month before the start of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and now he will try and repeat the feat in the men’s slalom event.

Ryding, 35, took top spot in Kitzbühel, Austria, in January and hopes to make history in his fourth Games.

Alain Baxter seemed to have won Britain’s first ever Olympic skiing medal when he finished third in the men’s slalom at the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. But he was later stripped of his bronze medal for using a decongestant that contained a banned stimulant.

Elsewhere, Colby Stevenson, who took silver in the freestyle skiing big air event last week, is aiming to become the first American to win multiple medals in Beijing when he goes in. the men’s slopestyle final, his best event.

Stevenson has fought back from a near-fatal 2016 car accident to reach the very top of his sport.

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Johannes Strolz of Austria is leading the men’s ski slalom after recording a time of 53.92 seconds in the first run.

Team GB’s hopes of breaking their medal drought remain with Dave Ryding in this event, but he is placed 16th after the first run with a disappointing time of 55.13 seconds.

Behind Strolz by just 0.02 seconds is Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway in the silver medal position, while World champion Sebastian Foss-Solevaag of Norway is third, 0.06 behind the leader.

Team GB are out of the women’s curling, after Eve Muirhead and her team lost to the hosts 8-4 in the round robin, ensuring they cannot now reach the semi-finals.

Meanwhile, Canada, who beat Team USA 8-7, move ahead of the Americans in the race for the four-team playoff.

Switzerland have qualified