Ed Leigh
BBC Sport snowboarding and freestyle skiing commentator

"Perfect rail section, using the butter box, and it was nice through the cannon, though he sat down slightly on the ten. A beautiful run from James Woods. The rail section is an absolute master class."

A wild roar from James Woods as he finishes his first run. It looked good and a 86.60 mark sees him ease to second. "Boom" says Woods after he sees his score.

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One of the favourites Nicholas Goepper has opted to strut his stuff without the aide of sticks and the American skis and jumps with freedom. He jubilantly raises his arms as he completes an awesome run and is awarded 92.40 for his efforts which is good enough for top spot. James Woods next.

As we've mentioned a number of times already, James Woods injured his hip last week during training and the pain from that injury shot through his body during the second run. The Sheffield skier, though, will carry on through the pain.

"I've worked a lot to get here," he told BBC Sport in the build-up to the competition. "I want to come across the best I can and I'm not going to throw the towel in."

For those of you who don't know much about James Woods then I can tell you he became Britain's first freestyle skiing World Championships medallist in 20 years when he won slopestyle silver in Norway last year. He also secured bronze at the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colarado, so he's pretty good at this skiing and jumping malarkey.

Stoo Kay:, external It's 2 plank time! C'mon James Woods we're all watching and rooting for you.

Andrew Smith:, external Awesome two runs from Lizzie Yarnold. Great start to two days of runs. Hoping for more of the same tomorrow.

Charles:, external Hope James Woods is able to give it his best shot in slopestyle final. Go Woodsy!

Team GB have posted a birdseye view of the extreme park on Instagram., external James Woods will shortly strut his stuff there in the ski slopestyle final. The Briton qualified with the third highest score and consequently will be the 10th of 12 skiers to go in the first run.

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Whoa! That was bodacious by the dreadlocked Swede Henrik Harlaut. He skis backwards up a ramp, acrobatically twists and turns in orbit and, somehow, stays on his feet on landing. Harlaut is happy with that effort, but the judges only award him 83.80.

It seems Britain's Olympic sports talent spotters have a Simon Cowell-like Midas touch. Back in 1992, Pat Sharples spotted a 12-year-old Sheffield skater and saw in him a potential Olympian. Ten years on and Sharples was proven right because his protégé, James Woods, is considered as one of Britain's brightest medal prospects. Woods is getting ready for the men's ski slopesyle final, as are we.

Amy Williams
2010 Olympic skeleton champion on BBC TV

"Amazing. I couldn't be happier. She took the tap, but importantly didn't skid. The four tenths of a second is a huge lead. It's going to be close. It's going to give Lizzy so much confidence, though. It's actually a joy to see her slide. She's got to be consistent. There is no reason why she can't win gold for us."

A rip-roaring start by Lizzy Yarnold, the former heptathlete who caught the skeleton bug in 2008 during a UK Sport Girls4 Gold talent search. Those talent spotters obviously know a hit when they see one.

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Lizzy Yarnold's overall time of 1:56.89 ensures she leads the skeleton at the halfway point. Her team-mate Shelley Rudman (+1.90) is 11th.

A phenomenal start by Lizzy Yarnold. The Briton gliding down the track at breakneck speed and she leaps to the top of the leaderboard with a 58.46 second, which is 0.19 seconds quicker than her nearest rival, America's Noelle Pikus-Pace.

It looks like Lizzy Yarnold is wearing fisherman's waders, but whatever they are I'm sure they'll be chucked to the side shortly because those pantaloons will cause some drag. Yarnold and her sled Mervyn are next on the track.

Rob Hodgetts
BBC Sport in Sochi

"I'm pleased, it wasn't too bad, I was a little off my lines," says Shelley Rudman after her second run. "On the first run it was almost pre-race nerves but I'm happy with the second run. I made a big mistake on the first run, a real time bleeder. I'm really pleased my start improved for the second run. I'm happy, I just hope to move up a little bit. Tomorrow I'd like to have a tidy run and walk off the track happy. It's been a difficult two years getting here."

Lizzy Yarnold is warming up behind the scenes, skipping to ensure those limbs are loose and lithe. The Briton will have her work cut out to silence a raucous crowd. The Russians are cock-a-hoop because two of their women - Olga Potylitsina and Maria Orlova - occupy the top two spots.

Anja Huber points a celebratory finger in the air as she watches Sarah Reid, the Canadian with the kitsch helmet, wobble as she approaches the finishing line. A hundredth of a second separating Reid and Huber, who is now second overall after Russia's Olga Potylitsina takes the lead and wows the partisan crowd.

Matthew Pinsent
BBC Sport reporter in Sochi

Yarnold's top speed of 78.8 mph in the first heat is a track record. Results sheet reflects her overall track record too.

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Shelley Rudman has been overtaken by Germany's Sophia Griebel and you'd think the Briton will fall further down the leaderboard as the first-heat leaders take to the track. Nine sliders to go and Rudman is second after two runs.

Amy Williams
2010 Olympic skeleton champion on BBC TV

"Shelley is getting better and better and learning the track. She's keeping clean lines and she's corrected the mistake she made on the first run. You always want to be creeping up, so she'll be happy with that."