Finland edge a 4-3 overtime Group A victory over Switzerland with Finnish captain Jenni Hiirikoski scoring the winner.

The four Group A teams are given a free pass to the knockout phase due to a new format that ensures the top nations advance.

The win means Finland will play the lower of the two Group B seeds, while Switzerland will face the Group B winners in the quarter-finals.

In the final Group A match, Canada and USA, who are already through to the semi-finals, play each other in what many consider to be a dress rehearsal for the final at 12:30 GMT.

British skeleton slider Shelley Rudman finished fifth and third in her final training runs before her competition starts on Thursday.

Speaking about her performance afterwards, the 2006 Winter Olympic silver medallist said: "I feel like it has taken a lot to get to this point to be here in Sochi, I know I couldn't have done any more.

"I've been trying to get to grips with the two uphill curves, so I will do a lot of analysis again tonight and then tomorrow what will be, will be."

Steve Cram
BBC Sport curling commentator

"This was always going to be a tight match and it is panning out that way. The GB team will be much happier after getting a two. There's a first apology from the Canadian skip to her team after getting it wrong."

"Yes, yes, yes, yeeeeeees," shouts GB skip Eve Muirhead as she watches her final stone slide down the ice. It's inch perfect, knocking the Canadian boulder out of the house to take a two and level up the match at 3-3.

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American Kelly Clark is the overwhelming favourite to win the women's halfpipe and she's just climbed up into top spot in the qualification standings after her second run.

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The weather has been a talking point as temperatures soared in Sochi. No snow has fallen since the Games opened on Friday and several skiers have described the snow as "mushy".

And it appears things aren't going to improve with the latest BBC forecast suggesting temperatures will hit 17C in the coastal cluster, where the Olympic Park is situated, and 8C in the mountains.

Jackie Lockhart
2002 world curling gold medallist on BBC TV

"Britain shouldn't panic yet, a simple two will put us back in the game. The girls are experienced enough to know that - they need to stay calm."

Steve Cram
BBC Sport curling commentator

"A little opportunity missed to limit Canada to one. All good in the Canada camp but Great Britain need to tighten it up a bit in a few shots. It is something which Canada skip Jennifer Jones is always going to take advantage of. She had a 100% rate yesterday and is operating at 96% today."

Eve Muirhead gets the pace all wrong with her final stone as it skates through to leave Canada with a simple draw for a two. The Canadian skip makes no mistake and GB find themselves 3-1 down after three ends.

Norway are sitting pretty at the top of the medal table with 11 medals, including four golds. Canada are second, ahead of Germany, Netherlands and Switzerland. Great Britain are 21st.

You can see the full table - with a breakdown of the medals - here.

The IOC says it has cancelled its daily trouble-shooting meetings with Sochi organisers "until further notice" because the Olympics are running so smoothly.

IOC President Thomas Bach says: "We are now four days into the games and are very satisfied with the way they are unfolding."

The International Olympic Committee has lifted a 14-month suspension imposed on the Indian Olympic Association (IOA).

The IOA was banned from taking part in Olympic competition amid allegations of corrupt officials, but the appointment of Narayna Ramachandran as its new president on Monday has led to the national body being reinstated.

The decision to lift the ban during the ongoing Winter Games means India's three athletes in Sochi, who have been competing as independents under the Olympic flag, will now compete under the Indian flag, which will also be raised in the Olympic Village to mark the move.

Ollie Williams
BBC Sport at the Ice Cube Curling Centre in Sochi

"Britain are now level at 1-1 with Canada, but Anna Sloan has had a nervy start for the GB team and BBC commentator Steve Cram says: 'She just needs to calm down. It hasn't been the best of starts here and she's bound to be frustrated. There is some pressure on her - she doesn't want to keep giving opportunities to the Canadian skip'."

The women's halfpipe qualification is up and running at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, with Spain's Queralt Castellet leading early on with a score of 93.25. Favourite Kelly Clark, who is the reigning X Games champion for the fourth year running, is second on 92.25. You can follow that in the video console at the top of the page.

Steve Cram
BBC Sport curling commentator

"What we are seeing already, this Canadian team have started where they left off in their last game. Eve Muirhead and her team will say they let them in there which opened the door for Canada."

Ollie Williams
BBC Sport at the Ice Cube Curling Centre in Sochi

"Eve Muirhead and friends try to hold their concentration while cheers for Russia's women, who are playing Japan, echo around Sochi's Ice Cube. GB left their last stone a fraction short and Canada have a useful early lead, after one end, in what is one of the biggest round-robin games GB will play."

We have a new leader in the Nordic Combined ski jump as Akito Watabe produces a stunning jump of 130m and a score of 130 that equates to a 21-second lead for the cross country ski over next best Evgeniy Klimov.

However, the Japanese skier is bumped down to second as favourite Eric Frenzel, who has dominated the overall World Cup for the last two seasons and is the reigning world champion in the large hill, goes top with a score of 131.5. That'll give him a six-second advantage over Watabe in the 10km cross country ski.

Sarah Louise:, external Russia, you have the most outstanding and beautiful ice skaters.

Paul Mills:, external Right - I'm booking a fortnight's leave in four years time!

There's some tension at the Shayba Arena as Switzerland score late in the third period to level the score at 3-3 against Finland. Whatever the result, both teams have already missed out on an automatic semi-final berth and will instead play a quarter-final against Group B opponents. You can follow that match in the video stream at the top of the page.

Nick Hope
BBC Sport at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park in Sochi

"Great Britain's James Woods competes his final training runs ahead of tomorrow's ski Slopestyle event, but the hip injury he sustained last week is clearly causing problems.

"He told me: 'I'm not 100%, some things are hurting. I am a little upset because I wanted to be given the opportunity to perform at 100% and I have to hope it doesn't hold me back too much. It's the same for a lot of competitors and I'm just going to give it all I can.'"