A busy weekend at home has meant a three-day summary for Pyeonchang 2018 in one post starting with day eight which some dubbed as 'Super Saturday' for GB. The day began with a first British medal on skis as Izzy Atkin claimed bronze behind Swiss duo Sarah Hoefflin and Mathilde Gremaud in the Women's Slopestyle, fellow Brit, Katie Summerhayes finished seventh.
Double success in the Women's Skeleton for GB as Lizzy Yarnold successfully defended her title from 2014 to become the first Briton to retain a Winter Games title, Germany's Jacqueline Loelling claimed bronze ahead of GB's Laura Deas who on here Olympic debut collected the bronze. The medal haul meant that GB had won three individuals medals on a single day for the first time, eclipsing the two won in 1924. Mixed fortunes in Curling with the women's rink beating Denmark 7-6 before losing out 7-4 to South Korea whose men's team also handed a loss to GB with an 11-5 score.
Elsewhere, Ester Ledecka (CZE) raced to a surprise gold in the Women's Super-G with a 0.01s win over defending champion Anna Veith (AUT) while Tina Weirather (LIE) claimed the bronze. In the Men's Figure Skating, Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) became the first man since 1952 to defend the title as he claimed gold ahead compatriot Shoma Uno who took silver and Javier Fernandez (SPA) who collected the bronze.
Norway won gold in the Women's 4x5km Relay which meant Marit Bjorgen equalled the record for most decorated Winter Olympian with compatriot Ole Einar Bjorndalen, Sweden claimed silver while Olympic Athletes from Russia collected bronze. World record holder Choi Min-jeong (KOR) won gold in the Women's 1500m Short-Track final finishing ahead of Li Jinyu (CHN) who took silver and Kim Boutin (CAN) who claimed bronze.
Gold for Samuel Girard (CAN) in the Men's 1000m Speed Skating while John-Henry Krueger (USA) earned silver and Seo Yira (KOR) claimed bronze. Joy for Polish ski jumper Kamil Stoch as he retained his Large Individual title, Andrea Wellinger (GER) claimed silver while Robert Johansson (NOR) took bronze.
Day Nine
Double success in the Women's Skeleton for GB as Lizzy Yarnold successfully defended her title from 2014 to become the first Briton to retain a Winter Games title, Germany's Jacqueline Loelling claimed bronze ahead of GB's Laura Deas who on here Olympic debut collected the bronze. The medal haul meant that GB had won three individuals medals on a single day for the first time, eclipsing the two won in 1924. Mixed fortunes in Curling with the women's rink beating Denmark 7-6 before losing out 7-4 to South Korea whose men's team also handed a loss to GB with an 11-5 score.
Elsewhere, Ester Ledecka (CZE) raced to a surprise gold in the Women's Super-G with a 0.01s win over defending champion Anna Veith (AUT) while Tina Weirather (LIE) claimed the bronze. In the Men's Figure Skating, Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) became the first man since 1952 to defend the title as he claimed gold ahead compatriot Shoma Uno who took silver and Javier Fernandez (SPA) who collected the bronze.
Norway won gold in the Women's 4x5km Relay which meant Marit Bjorgen equalled the record for most decorated Winter Olympian with compatriot Ole Einar Bjorndalen, Sweden claimed silver while Olympic Athletes from Russia collected bronze. World record holder Choi Min-jeong (KOR) won gold in the Women's 1500m Short-Track final finishing ahead of Li Jinyu (CHN) who took silver and Kim Boutin (CAN) who claimed bronze.
Gold for Samuel Girard (CAN) in the Men's 1000m Speed Skating while John-Henry Krueger (USA) earned silver and Seo Yira (KOR) claimed bronze. Joy for Polish ski jumper Kamil Stoch as he retained his Large Individual title, Andrea Wellinger (GER) claimed silver while Robert Johansson (NOR) took bronze.
Day Nine
After the success of day eight, GB's medal hopes saw James Woods just missing out as he finished fourth in the Men's Ski Slopestyle as Oystein Braaten (NOR) won gold, Nick Goepper (USA) collected silver and Alex Beaulieu-Marchand (CAN) who took the bronze.
GB's two-man bobsled sat seventh after their first two runs while there was controversy for the GB women in Curling as they lost 8-6 to Sweden in an extra end after the final stone from skip Eve Muirhead was let go after the hog line leaving the shot void. The Men had better luck as they secured a 7-6 win over Italy with the tie also going to an extra end with skip Kyle Smith scoring the vital point.
A second gold for the games for Austrian skier Marcel Hirscher as he won the Men's Giant Slalom with Henrik Kristoffersen (NOR) taking silver and Alexis Pinturault (FRA) collecting bronze. Norway put on a skiing masterclass as they won the Men's 4x10km Relay with Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo leading the way, Olympic Athletes from Russia claimed silver while France took bronze.
In the Men's Aerials Freestyle, gold for Oleksandr Abramenko (UKR) as he scored 128.51 points in the final to finish ahead of Jia Zongyang (CHN) who collected silver with 128.05 and Ilia Burov (OAR) taking bronze with 122.17.
An epic finish in the Men's Biathlon 15km Mass Start saw Martin Fourcade (FRA) claim gold after a photo finish with Simon Schempp (GER) who took the silver, Fourcade thought he had missed out on the title but the photo showed he won by mere millimetres to win his fourth gold while Emil Hegle Svendsen (NOR) collected bronze.
An upset for the hosts as Japan's Nao Kodaira won gold in the Women's 500m Speed Skating with Lee Sang-hwa (KOR) taking silver and Karolina Erbanova (CZE) claiming bronze.
Day Ten
Success in the Ice Dance for GB as Penny Coomes and Nick Buckland safely advanced to the final day of the competition with a score of 68.36 placing them in tenth. Out on the snow, Rowan Cheshire qualified for the final of the Women's Ski Halfpipe while compatriot Molly Summerhayes missed out.
Aimee Fuller missed out on reaching the final of the Women's Snowboard Big Air after falling on both runs while in the Curling, the women claimed a last-gasp 8-7 win over Switzerland and the men winning 7-6 over Denmark.
The two-man bobsled pair of Brad Hall and Joel Fearon ended in 12th after falling further behind the pack in the final two runs with the gold shared between the Canadian duo Justin Kripps/Alexander Kopacz and German pair Francesco Friedrich/Thorsten Margis who posted the exact same time of 3:16.86 with Latvia takin bronze.
Double success for Norway with a gold and Olympic record for Havard Lorentzen in the Men's 500m Speed Skating, Cha Min-kyu (KOR) taking silver and Gao Tingyu (CHN) claiming bronze and gold in the Men's Team Ski Jumping as the quartet of Daniel Andre Tande, Andreas Stjernen, Johann Andre Forfang and Robert Johansson claiming the title ahead of Germany's Karl Geiger, Stephan Leyhe, Richard Freitag and Andreas Wellinger who took silver and the Polish foursome of Maciej Kot, Stefan Hula, Dawid Kubacki and Kamil Stoch who collected bronze.
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