Key occasions
James Wallace
Wow. Nothing like some late night time Olympic drama. Earlier than you hit the hay, spare a thought for Sweden’s goalkeeper Jacob Markström who stopped 38 of 40 pictures this night however finally ends up on the dropping facet and together with his medal hopes dashed. Lovely, merciless sport.
Friday’s males’s Ice Hockey semi-finals are confirmed as Canada vs Finland and USA vs Slovakia.
That’s me executed, i’m off for one thing icy and chilly however a lot much less strenuous. Thanks in your firm, we’ll be again tomorrow with all of the motion from day 13. Goodnight!
GOAL! Quinn Hughes wins it for the USA with a humdinger! In off the put up from a beautiful shimmy and strike. Hughes’ crew mates mob him whereas Sweden are left heartbroken.
A merciless blow for Sweden however that purpose deserved to win the match. Hughes is such a slippery buyer and he makes it depend with the additional ice obtainable to him in time beyond regulation, it solely took three minutes of time beyond regulation however it’s USA who undergo to the semi finals.
Remaining rating: USA 2-1 Sweden.
Ice Hockey – Males’s Quarter Finals: USA 1-1 Sweden. There’s a lot spare ice on the market now it’s three on three. USA have two clear pictures however they handle to place each straight into the center of Jacob Markström. The group are on edge, it’s all about maintaining maintain of the puck, the opposite crew can’t rating in case you have it.
GOAL! Mika Zibanejad rescues Sweden with 90 seconds left on the clock! He strikes from the left and it’s a matter of centimetres nevertheless it squeezes contained in the put up.
We’re heading to time beyond regulation! USA 1-1 Sweden. It’ll be three on three from right here. Recreation on!
Ice Hockey – Males’s Quarter Finals: USA 1-0 Sweden. Sweden hit the put up with two minutes to go on the clock! So near an equaliser and the USA appear blissful to sit down again and try to journey out the ultimate moments…
Ice Hockey – Males’s Quarter Finals: USA 1-0 Sweden. Epic defending from the US as Sweden give it every little thing within the last minutes! “Determined however clear headed defending”
Ice Hockey – Males’s Quarter Finals: USA 1-0 Sweden. “It feels a bit determined from Sweden proper now” says the television commentator. “They nonetheless have time.” I’m no ice skating professional however that is frenetic and fairly scrappy doo. The USA have lower than ten minutes to hold on.
Ice Hockey – Males’s Quarter Finals: USA 1-0 Sweden. Shut! So shut! The USA almost wrap it with an in depth strike however one way or the other Sweden’s keeper Jacob Markström retains it out from level clean vary. The puck disappears from view and it looks as if it’s about to hit the again of the online however it’s lodged between Markström ankles! Phew. Simply over ten minutes left for the Swedes to get an equaliser.
Ice Hockey – Males’s Quarter Finals: USA 1-0 Sweden with twenty minutes left to play. It has been one thing of a cagey affair. Can the Swedes discover the purpose that may take us into our third time beyond regulation of the day?
Some extra dangerous information for Sweden as Victor Hedman, their alternate captain and defensive rock is confirmed to have picked up an harm within the heat up and won’t be match to take the ice in any respect this night.
Good and shifting. Right here’s my US colleague Bryan Armen Graham on Mikaela Shiffrin:
“Loads can occur in 12 years. Should you’re Mikaela Shiffrin, as an adolescent you possibly can turn out to be the youngest ever person to win the Olympic slalom, stack a pair extra medals on the subsequent Olympics, turn out to be the most successful World Cup skier of all time with a file 108 victories, go 10 extra Olympic races in a row over three Winter Video games with out reaching the rostrum, overcome the 2 greatest crashes of your profession and subsequent battles with self-doubt and post-traumatic stress dysfunction and eroding belief in your individual snowboarding, after which convey all of it full circle with a second Olympic slalom gold.”
Ice Hockey – Males’s Quarter Finals: In spite of everything that nonsense from me – USA rating! Dylan Larkin with the essential contact, identify of a poet, reflexes of a poacher! Towards the run of play, USA have the lead and it rocks Sweden, for the following couple of minutes it’s all USA and the gang roar them on! USA 1-0 Sweden.
Ice Hockey – Males’s Quarter Finals: Sweden are trying the extra dominant facet thus far, the digicam cuts to some American followers dressed head to toe within the star spangled banner, they chat U-S-A! U-S-A! however their eyes give them away, they’re fearful. Sweden swarm once more… nonetheless 0-0 within the second.
Ice Hockey – Males’s Quarter Finals: All sq. between USA and Sweden after the primary quarter, the can’t even be cut up by pictures on goad – either side have had ten on course with out getting the puck into the online. But.
🥇 Canada’s Steven Dubois wins Gold within the males’s 500m Brief Observe Pace Skating
Dubois clinches an in depth race and holds his arms out extensive while staring to the heavens!
Jens Van ‘t Wout misses out on a 3rd Gold of those video games however he does get bronze and shares the rostrum together with his older brother, Melle, who took silver.
Canada’s a lot vaunted Will Dandjinou finishes the video games empty handed after being penalised for tripping
Ladies’s Curling: Nice Britain polish off Japan 9-3 to cap a superb day for them that sees their hopes of a semi-final berth nonetheless alive. Jen Dodds has been talking to the BBC:
That was a a lot better efficiency tonight. That’s the correct crew arsenal on the market tonight. We’ve the expertise to win ugly, which we confirmed this morning. Tonight is how we prefer to carry out.
When you could have the final stone at the beginning of the sport, your share of successful goes up. Roll on tomorrow.
It’s simply having fun with the atmosphere. The followers, GB, another nations supporting their crew has been unbelievable on the market. Tomorrow goes to be additional cool.”
🥇 Gold for South Korea in Brief Observe Pace Skating – ladies’s 3000m relay
What a race! The Canadian crew slip with simply a few laps to go, Italy swoop in to go first and it seems like Fontana goes to get one other golden second… however then South Korea make a transfer on the final and so they take the gold!
Brief Observe Pace Skating – ladies’s 3000m relay: 27 laps of carnage arising, can house grown hero Arianna Fontana get her second gold and third medal of those video games? If she does make the rostrum it is going to be her 14th medal and she or he’ll be only one behind Marit Bjoergen’s all-time Winter Olympic file of 15 medals.
Ladies’s Curling: Simply popping again as Nice Britain go 8-3 up in opposition to Japan with three ends to play. Within the bag?
Ladies’s Curling: Rebecca Morrison’s gimlet eye strikes once more! Nice Britain are 6-1 up and in command on the half manner stage of their should win match.
I’m simply going to slip into the kitchen and seize some meals forward of the USA v Sweden Ice hockey (which might properly go late). You wouldn’t need me to starve now would you? Again quickly.
Ladies’s Curling: Japan’s Sayaka Yoshimura is feeling the warmth on the ice… she has the possibility to get a simple couple of factors with an open goal however doesn’t put sufficient juice onto the stone! Regardless of some livid brushing it comes up brief and the possibility for 2 simple factors goes begging, Japan simply take the one.
Sean Ingle on Adeliia Petrosian:
First got here the reverberating cheers. Then a deluge of soppy toys lobbed from the stands. However throughout the face of the good Russian skater Adeliia Petrosian there was solely the faintest of smiles. For now.
To date at these Winter Olympics, a Russian is but to win a medal. However there’s a risk that would change on Thursday when the 18‑yr‑previous Petrosian, who sits in fifth after the brief programme, takes to the ice once more shortly after 9pm.”
Ladies’s Curling: Nice Britain’s assured begin continues as they steal a degree within the third finish.
Males’s Ice Hockey: Canada’s time beyond regulation hero Mitch Marner has been reflecting on that breathless 4-3 win over the Czech Republic:
Groups solely get higher because the match goes on, so we knew it was going to be a difficult sport. They made it actually exhausting to create probabilities in tight, they made it exhausting to get by means of the impartial zone, and I believed as quickly as we stopped turning over the puck or giving them gimmes, our offence received going and our gamers began working a little bit extra.
I believe any time beyond regulation purpose simply feels good to attain. Clearly, it’s a fairly particular feeling to do it within the Olympics. It’s a do or die sport. There have been so many little moments that resulted in that one second. Huge saves by (Jordan Binnington), huge purpose by (Nick) Suzuki there to maintain us tied, after which once more Binnington with an enormous save on Nečas there ultimately of the third to take us into time beyond regulation. I’m simply blissful to do my half in that sport.”
Ladies’s Curling: Nerve settler within the second finish. Nice Britain take a 3-0 lead courtesy of a Jen Dodd’s double wipeout and Morrison slides as much as end the job.
Workforce GB have to win this sport and their sport in opposition to house nation Italy tomorrow with the intention to be in with an opportunity of constructing the semi-finals. Even when they do this 5 wins may nonetheless not be sufficient to see them make the ultimate 4. All they will do is win and hope different outcomes land their manner.
Ladies’s Curling: It’s nonetheless 0-0 between Nice Britain and Japan. In case you missed it, Workforce GB saved their slim hopes alive with a positively sinful final gasp stone from Rebecca Morrison of their sport earlier at this time, they snatched and 8-7 victory in opposition to the USA in consequence. I reckon I’ve watched Morrison’s shot ten instances now. Granite is the phrase alright.
Phew. Time to get the breath again with a peak at a few of these stunning snaps from Day 12:
Ice Hockey: Canada steal it! Mitch Marner spares his crew’s blushes with an early strike in time beyond regulation and the Canadians swarm! They’ve gained it! Canada had been out of it at 3-2 down with just some minutes left within the match however now squeak by means of to the semi-finals. To say the Czech Republic gamers are devastated could be an understatement.
Ladies’s Curling: Nice Britain have simply began their essential match in opposition to Japan. They’re all essential matches from right here, solely a win will hold their semi last hopes alive. Workforce GB have the hammer first up.
Ice Hockey: Drama! Canada draw degree at 3-3! Nick Suzuki flicks in from shut vary and the roof almost comes off the sector! Two minutes left in common time. Chants of CA-NA-DA ring across the stadium, we might be going to time beyond regulation on this one!
Within the different quarter last Switzerland are 2-0 up in opposition to the mighty Finland, bish and bash – the Swiss notch two targets within the underneath two minutes.
Ice Hockey: As I hit ship on that replace Ondrej Palat slots house for the Czech Republic! Martin Nečas and Tomáš Hertl and break away on the proper hand flank and pull again for the unmarked Palat who finishes off in fashion to place his facet 3-2 up with minutes left to play! About seven minutes for the Canadians to seek out an equaliser…
Ice Hockey: The Czech Republic are placing some critical warmth on the Canadian purpose within the third quarter however have didn’t convert three probabilities within the final couple of minutes. They’re nonetheless locked in at 2-2, Canada seeking to hit their opponents on the counter assault however in the meanwhile there’s nothing to separate them.
We’ll even be bringing you reside updates from the massive ice hockey bout between the USA and Sweden after 8pm GMT this night, The US are hoping to interrupt their gold medal drout, they haven’t bagged the massive one since Lake Placid in 1980.
Thanks Tanya. Howdy everybody. Who’s BANG up for some curling, brief observe and ice hockey? Effectively good ruddy job, here’s what is arising this night: All instances GMT.
18:05-20:00 – Ladies’s curling – together with Nice Britain v Japan
19:15-21:00: Brief observe velocity skating – ladies’s 3,000m relay
20:32-21:00: Brief observe velocity skating – males’s 500m
We’ve received the boys’s ice hockey quarter finals too – Canada and Czech Republic are at the moment tied 2-2 on the finish of the second quarter. It’s dangerous information for the the Canadian captain Sidney Crosby who has crashed out injured.
Time for me handy over to Jim, who will slip and slide you thru the night. Thanks in your firm – bye!
Males’s ice hockey quarter finals: Canada draw degree! Nathan MacKinnon with the shot, pin-point and excessive over the goalie’s shoulder, bouncing off the put up, into the highest proper nook.
Males’s curling: After my self-inflicted confusion over the semi-final locations, a giant thanks to Beau Dure who writes: “It’s properly charted here by the official folks. We within the US curling neighborhood are fairly nervous.”
In case you missed it, Mr Winter, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, picked up Olympics medal quantity 10 earlier at this time, as Norway gained an thrilling cross-country crew dash.
Males’s ice hockey quarter finals: Canada are piling on the stress, and one purpose try bounces off the put up. Captain Sidney Crosby is knocked to the bottom as soon as after which double shoulder barged which seems painful – and unlawful to this ice hockey debutant, however doesn’t appear to be. He goes off for some magic spray.
Utterly irrelevant to the motion, however I do benefit from the referees casually skating backwards across the rink of their black and white striped shirts.
Males’s ice hockey quarter finals: all eyes are on the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Enviornment, the place, within the one stay little bit of sport, favourites Canada are in a spot of hassle, nonetheless 2-1 behind to Czechia.
We’ve hit a small however peaceable lull till issues velocity up once more this night. Set your sails for:
17.10 GMT Males’s ice hockey, quarter last 3: Finland v Switzerland
18.05 GMT Ladies’s curling – together with Workforce GB v Japan
19.51 GMT Brief observe velocity skating – ladies’s 3,000m relay finals
20.10 GMT Males’s ice hockey, quarter last 4: USA v Sweden
20.27 GMT Brief observe velocity skating – males’s 500m finals
An e-mail! Howdy Lydia Wright.
“Loving the stay updates, it has been nice all day! I’m simply confused about why the Workforce GB males want Italy or Norway to win one in all their matches tomorrow? If Canada and Switzerland win, gained’t the desk keep the identical?”
Arghg, apologies Lydia, I’m complicated myself and everybody else. I’ll return and tweak the entries. You’re fairly proper, GB want both Italy or Norway to lose, in any other case they will each leapfrog Workforce GB who’re at the moment third.
Males’s ice hockey quarter finals: the Boston Bruins’ David Pastrnák places Czechia 2-1 forward with a pitch excellent lofted drive into the purpose. A lot observe taking by the boys in fits standing behind the Canadian crew. It’s the primary time Canada have been behind on this match.
Males’s ice hockey quarter finals: one of many Canadians has misplaced a stick, Czechia cost on purpose however can’t capitalise. Some confusion as a Canadian participant impedes a Czech – he does cost him into the wall to be honest – and is put within the sin bin. An influence play for Canada.
Males’s ice hockey quarter finals: Czechia draw degree! A primary purpose of the match for Lukáš Sedlák.
Males’s ice hockey quarter finals: gold medal favourites Canada lead Czechia 1-0 within the first interval, 19 yr previous Macklin Celebrini slotting the puck by means of the legs of the goalie.
Slovakia are already by means of after beating Germany 6-2.
Ukraine will boycott the opening ceremony of subsequent month’s Winter Olympics after the Worldwide Paralympic Committee’s resolution to permit Russian and Belarussian athletes to compete underneath their nation’s flags.
No medals for the superb wolfhound, Nazgul. My canine glances up from the couch, closes her eyes and shuffles right into a tighter ball.
Males’s Curling: Czechia, who’re backside of the standings, at the moment lead China 9-5, as elsewhere in northern Italy, everybody pauses for a cup of tea.
🥇Gold for France within the ladies’s biathlon 4x6km relay
Ladies’s biathlon relay: whereas had been in any other case distracted by the snowboarding, France snared one other relay gold. They fought again from a gradual first leg and the colorful Julia Simon, winner of the 15km biathlon, introduced it house.
Sweden gained silver and Norway the bronze.
Males’s Curling: Workforce GB stay to breathe one other day with the information that Switzerland have crushed Norway. Now they want both Italy to lose to Switzerland or Norway to lose to Canada tomorrow morning.
🥇Gold for 19 yr previous Marie Fukada within the ladies’s slopestyle
Ladies’s snowboarding slopestyle last: it seems good to me, and the “execution is ideal” however the commentators are hesitant. And it’s 87.48 – sufficient for defending champion Zoi Sadowski Synnot to leapfrog into silver, however not sufficient to catch Marie Fukada (87.48)
Japan’s Kokomo Murase (85.80) picks up bronze and Annika Morgan slips out of the medals. Hugs all spherical.
