#mixed-doubles-curling

#mixed-doubles-curling

We begin our coverage with the downhill aspect of the women's team combined, a new event that those who enjoyed it yesterday know is a terrific addition; the slalom section comes later in the day. In the meantime, we've got the men's slopestyle final in the freeski, USA's Alex Hall hoping to retain his title; his mum is from nearby Bologna, so he'll have family watching, presumably a far scarier proposition than twizzling upside down a million miles in the air.

Shiffrin will ski for the first time at this Olympics in the women's team combined event, which is making its Olympic debut. She will ski a slalom run, and teammate Breezy Johnson -- who won gold in downhill Sunday -- will ski a downhill run. The pair won the world title in this event last year. Team USA will take on longtime rival Canada in women's hockey with both sides so far undefeated in Milan.

Francis Jobin in the men's snowboarding big air qualifications at Livigno Snow Park on Thursday. Jobin, in his Olympics debut, is the sole Canadian to make it to the final 12. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images via Reuters) Canadian men's downhill skier Jack Crawford missed the podium in the final at Bormio's Stelvio course. At 10 a.m. ET, Canadian Isabelle Weidemann will compete for gold in the 3000-metre speed skating final. Abigail Strate will compete in ski jumping normal hill at 12:45 p.m. ET.

Curling fans, rejoice! It is only fitting that the one sport played every single day of the Winter Olympics is the one that opens proceedings at Milano Cortina. Dubbed chess on ice, curling may not have the brute force of ice hockey or the airtime of snowboarding, but it is a huge test in precision, patience and handling pressure. Enter mixed doubles, which has its own subplot straight out of a romcom, with husband-and-wife pairings representing Norway, Canada and Switzerland.