2026 Winter Olympics 2026: Team GB lose crunch men’s curling tie, Norway’s Frostad wins big air

 Norway continued their dominance at the top of the medal table with 14 golds, adding the Nordic combined and the men’s ski big air

France won the biathlon relay gold

Italy won the men’s team pursuit speed skating, while Canada won the women’s

Germany filled the podium for the two-man bob

The tussle is tight in the men’s team curling

Sweden are about to advance beyond Latvia in the men’s hockey qualifier, by the by.

go one, two, four in the standings, with Alysa Liu of the USA in third.

Chiba looks to be having a lot more fun out there than most, skating to Donna Summer rather than something super serious and operatic and vast like so many skaters, and has a cheerful expression on her face the whole time. She’s tiny, and flings herself around the ice, going for a double axel and a triple lutz, no deductions, and banking a 74. There’s a slight judge query on one of the elements.

So it’s an exceptional round for the Japanese team, but the story of it is Nakai Ami, the most junior member, who produced the only flawless performance, and did so with such style. Could she possibly back that up in the free skate? Is that wishful thinking?

Schizas, Safonova, Variakojyte, Feigin, and Spours are the five who’ll miss out on progressing to the free skate, which will be on Thursday.

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