The Dutch fans - of which there are many in the Adler Arena - go crazy as Michel Mulder inches into the lead, demoting his brother Ronald to second. They were born just 10 minutes apart and in this race, separated by 0.15 seconds. Just two more skaters to go.

Dutchman Ronald Mulder sets the benchmark in the men's 500m with an aggregate time of 69.46 seconds. Just four more skaters to go.

Rob Hodgetts
BBC Sport in Sochi

"So we've got 20 skiers through to the first bumps final with defending champion Alex Bilodeau of Canada leading the standings and going last.

"Twelve go through from that one and then the top six will compete in the final final. Clear? But Aussie Dale Begg-Smith, champion in Turin and second in Vancouver is out after crashing in second qualification."

Steve Cram
BBC Sport curling commentator

"GB and Sweden are tied at 2-2 after four ends and it has been a pretty even game so far so it's a fair reflection. But the British men will be reasonably content with the way it has gone."

Afternoon all, Lawrence Barretto here again to take you through to the end of day three of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi. I'm heading straight over to the Adler Arena where we're approaching the business end of the men's 500m. It's the second of two races, with the aggregate times deciding the medal winners.

Image source, @jennamccorkell

British figure skater Jenna McCorkell on Twitter:, external Ice hockey stadium at night. Pretty cool.

Rob Hodgetts
BBC Sport in Sochi

"Ben Cavet sticks down an impressive second run to qualify for the men's moguls final.

"The French Briton went huge off the first jump and strung together some neat, fast turns in the middle of the course. He admits he lost his rhythm in the lower section and changed his line before the second air, which cost him points.

"That felt good until two control gates from the bottom jump when I got a bit tense," he said. "I didn't absorb the bumps that well and I got out of control.

"The problem on the first run was the snow was sticky and I didn't have enough speed so I took more speed this time. I was quite tense at the top."

Gaz:, external Love watching curling. My favourite Winter Olympics event.

Danny Smith:, external Curling is the best Olympic sport, come on GB.

British short track speed skater Elise Christie won her heat earlier and so qualified for the quarter-finals. "Great to get out there and race today, looking forward to the next round on Thursday!" she says on Facebook., external "Also, a huge well done to Jack [Whelbourne] for making the final and setting a new British record! ‪#‎GoTeamGB"

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Team GB have updated us on Jack Whelbourne, who crashed in the 1,500m short track speed skating final earlier. "He was taken for a precautionary x-ray of his right ankle. The x-ray revealed no fracture and Whelbourne will now be monitored further in the coming days, when a decision will be made as to his ability to compete in further events."

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Germany's Natalie Geisenberger holds a commanding lead of 0.465 seconds over the rest of the field after the first of four runs in the women's luge singles event.

Geisenberger, the second woman out on the course and the current world champion, clocked 49.891secs and leads American Erin Hamlin with Tatjana Huefner of Germany third fastest after a time of 50.393secs and Russian Tatyana Ivanova in fourth

The second run starts at 16:20 GMT.

There are biathletes still crossing the line while Martin Fourcade, flashing a cheeky smile to the cameras, removes his top and packs away those Olympic-winning skis. But enough about the biathlon because there's some luge and curling going on in Sochi.

Mark Holstead:, external Come on GBR men let's have another good win after this morning's.

James Greenwood:, external Slyly watching the curling in lectures. Thanks BBC. Come on GB.

Steve Cram
BBC Sport curling commentator

"It's a 2-1 lead for Sweden after two ends, but it has not been a bad start for Great Britain."

A bunch of tired-looking athletes, gasping for breath, are now crossing the finishing line. There'll be plenty of lactic in those legs. Czech Republic's Ondrej Moravec takes silver while France's Jean Guillaume Beatrix will join his compatriot on the podium to collect the bronze.

Such is his handsome lead, Martin Fourcade takes a moment to raise his arms in the air as he approaches the final 100m. He glides over the finishing line and triumphantly removes his skis. Ole Einar Bjoerndalen was fourth.

Martin Fourcade, pumping up the hill, seems to have all-but secured the gold medal. Ole Einar Bjorndalen is fourth and about 10 seconds adrift of France's Jean Guillaume Beatrix in third.

Cheeky, Martin, cheeky. Martin Fourcade punches the air in delight after hitting the target and then skis away with a wide smile on his face. The gold medal must surely be his, non? Ole Einar Bjoerndalen is still in contention and could secure that 13th Olympic medal.

Martin Fourcade now has a 150m lead over his rivals but enough about the 12.5km pursuit for one second because Britain lead Sweden 1-0 after the first end.

There's just 2km remaining in the biathlon pursuit and France's Martin Fourcade has a four-second lead over Austria's Dominik Landertinger. Norway's Ole Einar Bjoerndalen has dropped to sixth so may have to settle for just the 12 Winter Olympic medals.