After the superb opening ceremony on Friday, the action began with Day One and a bad start on the GB front.
The trio of Billy Morgan, Rowan Coultas and Jamie Nicholls all missed out on reaching the Men's Slopestyle final. The first gold of the games came in the Women's 7.5km+7.5km Skiathon as Sweden's Charlotte Kalla claimed the title with silver going to Marit Bjoergen (NOR) making her the most decorated female in Winter Olympic history and bronze was taken by Krista Parmakoski (FIN).
Good news for GB saw Elise Christie storm into the quarter finals of the Women's 500m Short Track Speed Skating but fellow Brits Kat Thomson and Charlotte Gilmartin failed to reach the next stage. The hosts South Korea claimed their first gold as Lim Hyo-jun won the Men's 1500m Short Track title with Sjinkie Knegt (NED) collecting silver and Semen Elistratov taking the bronze.
A 1-2-3 for the Netherlands in the Women's 3000m Speed Skating, gold for Carlijn Achtereekte, Ireen Wust claiming silver and Antoinette de Jong taking bronze. Gold for Laura Dahlmeier in the Women's Biathlon 7.5km sprint with silver for Marte Olsbu (NOR) and Veronika Vitkova (CZE) collecting bronze. Germany claimed another gold as Andreas Wellinger won the Men's normal hill ski jump with silver and bronze going to the Norwegian duo of Johann Andre Forfang and Robert Johansson.
The trio of Billy Morgan, Rowan Coultas and Jamie Nicholls all missed out on reaching the Men's Slopestyle final. The first gold of the games came in the Women's 7.5km+7.5km Skiathon as Sweden's Charlotte Kalla claimed the title with silver going to Marit Bjoergen (NOR) making her the most decorated female in Winter Olympic history and bronze was taken by Krista Parmakoski (FIN).
Good news for GB saw Elise Christie storm into the quarter finals of the Women's 500m Short Track Speed Skating but fellow Brits Kat Thomson and Charlotte Gilmartin failed to reach the next stage. The hosts South Korea claimed their first gold as Lim Hyo-jun won the Men's 1500m Short Track title with Sjinkie Knegt (NED) collecting silver and Semen Elistratov taking the bronze.
A 1-2-3 for the Netherlands in the Women's 3000m Speed Skating, gold for Carlijn Achtereekte, Ireen Wust claiming silver and Antoinette de Jong taking bronze. Gold for Laura Dahlmeier in the Women's Biathlon 7.5km sprint with silver for Marte Olsbu (NOR) and Veronika Vitkova (CZE) collecting bronze. Germany claimed another gold as Andreas Wellinger won the Men's normal hill ski jump with silver and bronze going to the Norwegian duo of Johann Andre Forfang and Robert Johansson.
Day Two
Starting on the GB front, Andrew Musgrave recorded the best British performance in an Olympic Cross Country event with a seventh place finish as Simen Hegstad Kruger led a Norwegian 1-2-3 ahead of Martin Johnsrud Sundby and Hans Christer Holund in the Men's 15km+15km Skiathon.
The first gold of the games for the USA saw 17-year-old snowboarder Red Gerard claim the title in Men's Slopestyle as Canadian duo Max Parrot and Mark McMorris collected silver and bronze. A hat-trick title for Sven Kramer (NED) in the Men's 5000m with silver going to Ted-Jan Bloemen (CAN) while Sverre Lunde Pedersen (NOR) took bronze.
In the Men's Luge, David Gleirscher (AUT) won a first gold in 50 years for Austria with defending champion Felix Loch (GER) missing out on a medal as Chris Mazdzer (USA) took silver and Johannes Ludwig (GER) collecting bronze. A first ever gold for France in the Women's Moguls with teenager Perrine Laffont scoring 78.65 to take the title with defending champion Justine Dufour-Lapointe (CAN) taking silver with a score of 78.56 and the 77.40 by Yulia Galysheva (KAZ) enough to claim bronze.
Another success in the snow for Germany as Arnd Peiffer won the Men's 10km Biathlon sprint with Michal Krcmar (CZE) collecting silver and Dominik Windisch (ITA) while favourites for medals Johnannes Thingnes Bo (NOR) and Martin Fourcade (FRA) missed out after three failed shots in the opening shoot.
In the Men's Luge, David Gleirscher (AUT) won a first gold in 50 years for Austria with defending champion Felix Loch (GER) missing out on a medal as Chris Mazdzer (USA) took silver and Johannes Ludwig (GER) collecting bronze. A first ever gold for France in the Women's Moguls with teenager Perrine Laffont scoring 78.65 to take the title with defending champion Justine Dufour-Lapointe (CAN) taking silver with a score of 78.56 and the 77.40 by Yulia Galysheva (KAZ) enough to claim bronze.
Another success in the snow for Germany as Arnd Peiffer won the Men's 10km Biathlon sprint with Michal Krcmar (CZE) collecting silver and Dominik Windisch (ITA) while favourites for medals Johnannes Thingnes Bo (NOR) and Martin Fourcade (FRA) missed out after three failed shots in the opening shoot.
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