Friday 16 February 2018

Pyeongchang 2018 Day Seven

Day seven saw GB success in the early hours as Dom Parsons took the bronze in the Men's Skeleton with Korea's Yun Sungbin storming to gold with a track record and Nikita Tregubov (OAR) earning the silver. GB's Jerry Rice benefited from the mistakes of others to finish 10th thereby improving on his 12th spot after the first two runs. The medal for Dom Parsons saw him become the first British man to medal in Skeleton since 1948.

In the Women's Skeleton, GB's Lizzy Yarnold sits third after two runs with compatriot Laura Deas in fourth while in the Men's Curling, GB suffered an 8-6 defeat to Sweden.

Gold for Austria's Matthias Mayer in the Men's Super-G as Beat Feuz (SWI) collected the silver and Norway's Kjetil Jansrud earning the bronze. The Women's Snowboard Cross final saw Michaela Moioli (ITA) winning gold ahead of Juila Pereira de Sousa (FRA) who collected the silver while defending champion Eva Samkova (CZE).

Success for Sweden in the Women's Slalom with Frida Hansdotter claiming the gold, Wendy Holdener (SWI) collected silver with Katharina Gallhuber (AUT) claiming bronze. In the Men's 15km Cross-country Skiing Free, Dario Cologna (SWI) won gold ahead of Simen Hegstad Krueger (NOR) with Denis Spitsov (OAR) claiming the bronze.

The Netherlands continued their domination in the Speed Skating with Esmee Visser winning the Women's 5000m, Martina Sablikova (CZE) took the silver ahead of Natalia Voronina (OAR) who claimed the bronze. Over in the Women's Aerials,there was success for Belarus with Hanna Huskova winning gold with the Chinese duo of Xin Zhang and Fanyu Kong claiming silver and bronze.


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