"Good morning! We're racing towards the finishing line now in Milan, stylish snow suit in one hand, espresso in the other. Nine golds hang glistening on the line to be claimed . The final snowboarding events swoosh onto our screens soon, with the men's and women's slopestyle; while out on the mountains, cowbells and exhaution in the cross-country team sprint skiing. Ice-hockey punctuates the day, with the men's quarter-finals expect the usual brutality: Slovakia v Germany, Canada v Czechia, Finland v Switzerland, and USA v Sweden."
"A new leader in the slalom and it's the woman with a point to prove, Mikaela Shiffrin who slides over the line with an advantage of 0.82 seconds. The stars and stripes in the crowd wave cheerfully. Share Forget-me-not skies and icing sugar snow in the mountains, where run one of the women's slalom has already started. Switzerland's Camille Rast, the slalom world champion, is currently the quickest. She puts handfuls of snow down the back of her neck before she starts an unpalatable pick-me-up."
Milan and the mountain venues hosted a busy day of Milano Cortina Winter Olympics action across multiple disciplines. Mikaela Shiffrin took a new lead in the women's slalom with a 0.82-second advantage after the first run. Camille Rast posted the early fastest time in the first slalom run. Marion Chevrier fell after taking risky lines and straddled a control gate. GB women's curling trailed USA 3-2; Denmark led China 6-3; South Korea dominated Sweden 8-0. The final snowboarding slopestyle events and cross-country team sprint took place, and men's ice-hockey quarter-finals featured Slovakia v Germany, Canada v Czechia, Finland v Switzerland, USA v Sweden.
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