Rich

I think it was a great performance by the Brits. The medals we didn't get are just the other side of the coin of the medals we did get. I feel sorry for individuals who missed out, especially Muir who got the wrong side of it twice but in general it's just a function of high level sport. The snowboard cross was my favourite moment, partly because it provided the reward for a great career that Bankes deserved. Dave Ryding very briefly being in gold was a great and fitting moment. Musgrave my underappreciated hero. I agree that speed skating is a sport we could do better in but unless there's a change in the funding model, it will never happen. Bobsleigh was the biggest disappointment for me. I don't know whether it was our sleds on that particular course or whether our pilots were just poor but the sleds hit more walls and did far more sliding sideways than is acceptable.

Gutted. Sadly, they let it slip away at the end and the roll of the stones seemed to be against them.

BIG day in prospect! Super exciting. Double screens at 6pm!

Oh dear. I should have looked more closely than just the result you posted.

Agonisingly close. Fair play to the Swiss, they gave it a real go at the end. Bobsleigh practice much more respectable today.

Bobsleigh training results from yesterday look really worrying from a British perspective. I know they've had some injuries and are being cautious of pushing too hard but will Hall actually be learning anything when the sled will be moving much faster in the competition? Won't his timing be off? This is on top of the fact the 2-man didn't really reflect that well on his driving ability as they were sliding all over the place. I know the actual sled isn't the quality of the German and American sleds, but I thought it was the next best?

As with all the skeleton athletes this week, he's seemed like a great competitor who competes in the right way.

The logic of going hard after all types of skating has been obvious for years. I'm pretty sure Clive Woodward was suggesting it when he worked for the BOA 15-20 to years ago. Unfortunately, while success is rightly rewarded, untapped potential isn't (same reason we'll stay crap at Basketball). I've spent the last week thinking, 'If I won the Euro millions'...😂 And, realistically, it's going to take a wealthy benefactor to build us our facility. Either that or share a Winter Olympics with Andorra or somewhere - they can do the snow and we'll do the ice. I can only dream!

Going back to earlier, I think men's bobsleigh needs to be limited to two entrants per nation. It's a great event to watch but it's very expensive and one nation winning all the medals is a real disincentive to the rest of the world to spend on it. It feels like German investment in the sport is rewarded not only by their own success but also by suppressing any rivals. I'll be cheering for anybody to break their monopoly.

I think this must be it.

I was praying that it would be done before Kirsty had her third jump but not to be. But she performed brilliantly imo. I might be completely wrong but she looks more nervous than her competitors and that definitely makes it tough. Gu is insanely comfortable in that competition environment. The target minimum of four is looking a bit precarious, but if it's not met by one I hope the powers that be reflect that what we need to do is build the base in winter sport not keep flipping and flopping when things go wrong.

I don't think the curlers need to raise their level much but they do need to do it pretty quickly now. I don't know what the qualification rules are in terms of the mixed but doing both all the way to the medal matches seems to be a pretty demanding challenge (I know it worked out fine last time).

What do we reckon, 3 more decent chances of a medal? Muir, Atkin and the men's curlers? Bobsleigh at a stretch, I guess and the women curlers if they go on an pretty unlikely winning run.

Gold is the only colour to wear this year!

My jaw is on the floor for that one. Very disappointing for her.