Day 11 proved to be a mixed one on the GB front with no medals but some good finishes starting with Rowan Cheshire finishing seventh in the Women's Ski Halfpipe final which was won by Cassie Sharpe (CAN), Marie Martinod (FRA) took silver while Brita Sigourney (USA) claimed bronze. The duo of Penny Coomes and Nick Buckland finished 11th in the Ice Dance which saw Canadian pair Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir taking the gold, Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron (FRA) earning silver while bronze went to the siblings Maia and Alex Shibutani (USA).
After missing out in her previous two events, Elise Christie saw her hopes of a first Olympic medal dashed as she was disqualified in the heats of the 1000m Speed Skating, starting with an injury, she fell at the start via a trip but finished the restart in second before being yellow carded for two infringements.
Over in Curling, both rinks took a step closer to the semi-finals, the women claimed an 8-6 win over Japan while the men eased to a 10-3 win over Norway inside eight ends. GB bobsled duo Mica McNeill and Mica Moore sit sixth after the first half of the competition with a gap of just 0.46 behind the leading pair of Elana Meyers Taylor and Lauren Gibbs (USA).
A world record in the Women's 3000m Short-Track Speed Skating Relay from Netherlands saw them claim only bronze, they only made the B final yet out paced all of those in the A final with two teams disqualified leaving South Korea with gold and Italy with silver. Martin Fourcade became France's most decorated Olympian by anchoring his side to gold in the Biathlon Mixed Relay, Norway collected silver with Italy claiming bronze.
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