Day five saw the GB focus switch to Curling with both the Men's and Women's rinks getting their medal chase underway.
The men got off to a great start with a 6-5 overtime win over Switzerland before slipping to defeat with a 6-4 loss to Canada. They trailed 4-1 early on and pulled the gap back to 5-4 before losing in the final end. A superb start for the women's team of Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Adams and Lauren Gray as they stormed to a 10-3 opening win over Olympic Athletes from Russia.
The weather on the slopes caused postponements with the Women's Biathlon and Women's Slalom moved to days six and seven. Four events on day five saw medals decided with the first being the exciting Men's Halfpipe with Shaun White (USA) winning gold and becoming the first snowboarder to win three Olympic titles. Silver went to Ayumu Hirano (JPN) while Scotty James (AUS) claimed bronze.
A successful title defence in the Men's Nordic Combined as Eric Frenzel (GER) took gold ahead of Akito Watabe (JPN) who claimed silver and Lukas Klapfe (AUT) who collected bronze. The Dutch continued their dominance in speed skating as Jorien Ter Mors won gold in Olympic record time in the Women's 1000m. Japan claimed a 2-3 with Nao Kodaira claiming silver and Miho Takagi collecting bronze.
Another title defence for Germany saw Tobias' Wendl and Arlt claim gold in the Luge Doubles, Austrian duo Peter Penz and Georg Fischler took bronze while Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken claimed bronze.
The men got off to a great start with a 6-5 overtime win over Switzerland before slipping to defeat with a 6-4 loss to Canada. They trailed 4-1 early on and pulled the gap back to 5-4 before losing in the final end. A superb start for the women's team of Eve Muirhead, Anna Sloan, Vicki Adams and Lauren Gray as they stormed to a 10-3 opening win over Olympic Athletes from Russia.
The weather on the slopes caused postponements with the Women's Biathlon and Women's Slalom moved to days six and seven. Four events on day five saw medals decided with the first being the exciting Men's Halfpipe with Shaun White (USA) winning gold and becoming the first snowboarder to win three Olympic titles. Silver went to Ayumu Hirano (JPN) while Scotty James (AUS) claimed bronze.
A successful title defence in the Men's Nordic Combined as Eric Frenzel (GER) took gold ahead of Akito Watabe (JPN) who claimed silver and Lukas Klapfe (AUT) who collected bronze. The Dutch continued their dominance in speed skating as Jorien Ter Mors won gold in Olympic record time in the Women's 1000m. Japan claimed a 2-3 with Nao Kodaira claiming silver and Miho Takagi collecting bronze.
Another title defence for Germany saw Tobias' Wendl and Arlt claim gold in the Luge Doubles, Austrian duo Peter Penz and Georg Fischler took bronze while Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken claimed bronze.
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