Seth Bennett
BBC Sport ice hockey commentator

"The hosts Russia are a genuine medal threat after heavy investment in the women's team in the last few years. This is the strongest Russian side that has ever entered a tournament with over 50 players trying out for the squad.

"They are aided by former NHL star Alexei Yashin who is the team's general manager. The former Ottawa Senator's forward trains with the team every day passing on the knowledge he gained in his 850 games playing in the best team in the world.

"Player to watch - Yekaterina Pashkevich, after 7 years of retirement, the 41-year-old returned to play in the World Championships last year where the team won bronze."

Brent Pope
BBC Sport ice hockey commentator

"It was great action and the crowd was going to be behind Russia. The Germans will be relieved and had they conceded, they would have thought the game was going to go away from them, they will be feeling decent though. They can regroup and come out again."

Russia and Germany are locked at 0-0 in their women's preliminary Group B match after the first period. For ice hockey novices out there, we've still got two 20-minute periods to go.

Russia will enter the final day of the team figure skating competition with a six-point lead over Canada with just three events - men, women and ice dance - remaining.

Three-time world champion Patrick Chan of Canada and short program winner Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan will not skate in the men's free skate portion, instead saving their energy for the individual men's competition.

Russia's Evgeni Plushenko, a three-time Olympic medalist, becomes the favourite in the men's long program.

You can watch live coverage of those events from 15:00 GMT.

Anna Thompson
BBC Sport in Sochi

"Jenny Jones will receive her bronze at a ceremony on the Medals Plaza, which is smack bang in the middle of the Olympic Park in Sochi. Alongside Jones' and the other slopestyle medallists, there are five other events being awarded - biathlon, ladies moguls, men's downhill, speed skating and cross country. It all kicks off at 14:30 GMT, with Jones not expected on the podium until two hours later. There will be a pre-show DJ and cultural presentations - can't wait!"

Image source, Reuters

Attention now switches to the Shayba Arena where hosts Russia are taking on Germany in a women's Group B preliminary round tie. With six minutes to go in the opening period, the score is still locked at 0-0.

The double Dutch success in the Adler Arena sees the Netherlands rise up into second in the medal table with four medals, including two golds. Norway lead the way with six medals, of which two are gold.

Hugh Porter
BBC short track and speed skating commentator

"The flying Dutchwoman, they say she is the queen of the ice. She takes the second gold medal for her country at this Olympics."

Wilf O’Reilly
Former Olympic short track speed skater on BBC TV

"Irene Wust becoming the most successful Dutch female skater ever is an amazing feat in itself. She cannot believe it and it is a magnificent performance by her. She is in great form at the moment and completely annihilated the competition."

Irene Wust, dressed in orange, hugs her team as the final pairing fail to beat her time. The Dutchwoman is the Olympic champion, with defending champion Martina Sablikova settling for silver and Olga Graf winning Russia's first medal of the Games with bronze.

Felicity Taylor, external: Seeing the Dutch dominate the long track speed skating is a bit like watching Team GB dominate the track cycling.

Sophie Hartfield, external: In danger of becoming seriously addicted to the Winter Olympics!!

Wilf O’Reilly
Former Olympic short track speed skater on BBC TV

"What a superb bit of skating by Irene Wust. She said at the start she wanted to skate a technically good race and boy did she do that."

We've just seen what looks like the gold medal winning speed skate in the women's 3,000m as Dutchwoman Irene Wust, who won gold over the distance at the 2006 Games, beats defending champion Martina Sablikova's time by just over one and a half seconds.

The Netherlands' success in the Adler Arena looks set to continue, following a 1-2-3 in the men's 5,000m yesterday.

Whether it's figure skating or biathlon, speed skating or ski jumping which tickles your fancy, you can watch it all here on the BBC.

Coverage on BBC Two resumes at 14:10 GMT, with highlights of the men's 30km skiathlon and women's speed skating, plus live coverage of the women's 7.5km sprint biathlon, figure skating team final and men's luge final. There will also be additional coverage on the Red Button.

If you want to follow one specific event all the way through, why not check out one of our streams, available online, on Connected TVs, mobiles and the BBC Sport app. Click here for a full schedule with timings.

Wilf O’Reilly
Former Olympic short track speed skater on BBC TV

"Martina Sablikova has really has thrown the gauntlet down for the skaters still to come. The coach congratulates a magnificent performance and that will guarantee her a podium place."

The competition is really hotting up over at the Adler Arena as the women's 3,000m speed skating competition draws to a conclusion. Martina Sablikova, who won both long-distance events at the Vancouver Games, has set the bar with a four minutes 01.95 seconds. The Czech's closest rival Irene Wust of the Netherlands has just taken to the ice...

While we're on the topic of skeleton, Britain's Lizzie Yarnold and Shelley Rudman will begin their campaigns for gold on Thursday, where they will complete their first two runs.

The duo will return on Friday, Valentine's Day, to complete four more runs. The slider with the best aggregate time will win gold.

"I just want to go out there and show the world what I can do," said Yarnold, who won the World Cup skeleton title.

"I just really enjoy competing and that's the only way that I'll keep doing well, to relax, enjoy it and embrace the pressure. It's a real honour that people can think we can do so well."

Rob Hodgetts
BBC Sport in Sochi

"British slider Lizzy Yarnold's team-mate Shelley Rudman, who won silver in Turin in 2006, added Jones's medal has united the British team.

"Rudman, the reigning skeleton world champion said: 'It was incredible, there's a really good vibe in the Team GB camp and I think it's really uplifted the whole team. We're really proud.'"

Rob Hodgetts
BBC Sport in Sochi

"Britain's skeleton World Cup champion Lizzy Yarnold says watching Jenny Jones win snowboard slopestyle bronze has spurred her to clinch gold in her first Olympics in Sochi.

"The 25-year-old won four of the eight World Cup events to clinch the title this season but amid growing speculation - she has been fastest in training so far in Russia - she insists the only pressure she feels comes from within.

"Yarnold said: 'I was at slopestyle and I was in awe of Jenny. It brought tears to my eyes. It's what we train very day for.'"

Jenny Jones' parents Helen and Peter said they could both do with a drink after watching their daughter make history in the women's slopestyle, winning bronze.

Peter said: "I need a whisky." Helen added: "I think we both need a drink and a long sleep. It's been great coming out here.

On Jones's success Helen added: "It's absolutely unbelievable, she has never disappointed us. We have always been proud of her but blimey this is the icing on the cake."

Peter added: "We saw her win the first X Games gold medal which was good because we thought we may put the kiss of death on her. Here, we just wanted her to get to the final - that was the target.

"We thought it [the second run] was good, but the wait was absolutely agonising I can't tell you how terrible we felt."