Lotte Smiseth Sejersted has taken off her skis as we've got a delayed start to the second run of the women's giant slalom. The competitors are jumping up and down to try to keep warm as they await their turn on the run.

The top 30 will run in reverse order, which means Lotte Smiseth Sejersted of Norway goes out first with leader Tina Maze of Slovenia going 30th. Violinist Vanessa-Mae goes 74th (and last).

Rob Hodgetts
BBC Sport at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort in Sochi

"Now snowing quite heavily at the top but still pouring with rain at the finish in the mountains above Rosa Khutor ahead of the second run of the women's Olympic giant slalom.

"Slovenia's Tina Maze, the joint downhill champion, leads by 0.52 seconds from Sweden's Jessica Lindell-Vikarby with Italy's Nadia Fanchini third, 0.65secs back. Violinist Vanessa-Mae, competing under her Thai father's name Vanakorn, will go last of the 74 racers to have made it through to the second run and will start 26.98secs adrift. 'I'm just happy to have made it down,' she said."

Nick Hope
BBC Sport at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park in Sochi

"The Norwegian ski federation says that a number of its athletes have been suffering from allergic reactions in the athletes village.

"Askel Lund Svindal, the 2010 super-G Olympic champion, has apparently been cleaning the floor and all surfaces in his room each day in a bid to stave off irritation to his eyes, nose and throat.

"Svindal had a cortisone injection after competing in the downhill event at the weekend, where he was fourth - he then pulled out of the giant slalom which is due to take place on Wednesday.

"Some Swedish residents in the athletes' village, neighbours of the Norwegians, have complained of similar symptoms."

Jenny Jones, Britain's first medallist at the 2014 Winter Olympics, tells BBC Breakfast that a bunch of tea leaves are her lucky charm.

"For a few years I had tea leaves that I kept because when I first landed a backflip I had a tea bag in my bra," she said. "I gathered the tea leaves up and put them in a tin as a lucky charm. But it's all about practice, really."

Germany are playing Japan at the Shayba Arena to decide who will finish seventh and eighth overall in the in women's ice hockey competition. The score is locked 1-1 after the first period.

The second and final run of the women's giant slalom run will get under way at 09:30 GMT, with violinist-turned-skier Vanessa-Mae the last of 74 to go. The two times will be added together to determine the medallists. Vanessa-Mae will not be in contention, though, as she's 26.98 seconds off the pace.

Slovenia lead Austria 2-0 after the first period in their men's qualification play-off at the Bolshoy Ice Dome. The winner of this match faces Sweden in the quarter-finals. Follow it live in the video stream at the top of the page.

Olympic bronze medallist Jenny Jones will be answering your questions on the BBC Sport Facebook page, external at 09:30 GMT today.

If you want to ask her a question, you can post it now on the page. You can also see her chatting to Bill and Louise on the Breakfast sofa shortly on BBC One.

Short track speed skater Elise Christie is the next Brit in action. She goes in heat seven of her favoured event - the 1,000m - at 09:54 GMT. The 23-year-old came into the Games in great form, but her Sochi experience has been tainted by disqualifications and revelations she has been the victim of online bullying.

She will need all her focus to block that out during today's racing. If Christie gets through the heats, the final rounds take place on Friday.

Peter in Coventry: Been lying in bed feeling quite ill since 6am. On the plus side, it meant I could watch that curling match. What an unbelievable finish there from Murdoch!

Tony: Thanks for giving us a lift on a dreary day. Well done Team GB. In the words of Del Boy, "he who dares...". Brilliant.

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Defeat for Norway in the men's curling means I will no longer have a reason to put an image of their sensational trousers in the live text. Sad times.

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Great Britain curling skip David Murdoch, speaking on BBC Two following victory over Norway which sees them progress to the semi-finals: "It's just tremendous - it's great to get into the semi-finals.

"We've had fantastic support through the week and that game was absolutely incredible. We weighed up our chances and we guessed we had a chance to win the game; we're not scared of playing shots like that because it was a chance of getting into the semi-finals.

"We've got a good record against Sweden and they've been in great form by winning most of their games, but you can see now we're really coming into our game."

British skeleton gold medallist Lizzy Yarnold on Twitter:, external Congrats David Murdoch and the team! Kept us all on tenterhooks right until the last stone. Very proud, lads. #GoTeamGB

Brian Muir:, external Must get on with the day now the curling is over. Well done Team GB - what a final shot!

Graham H:, external Late for work again! Curse you #bbcsochi!

Curling was again the most mentioned Winter Olympic sport on Twitter yesterday.

Germany's gold in team ski jumping provided the most tweets per minute with a peak of 6,900 and Canada's silver medal in ice dance, the pairing of Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, attracted about 5,000 tweets per minute.

Snowboarder Shaun White still remains the most followed athlete to have competed in Russia with 1.36 million followers on Twitter.

So both British curling teams will be in action tomorrow with skip Eve Muirhead leading her team out against unbeaten Canada at 10:00 GMT. Sweden take on Switzerland in the other semi-final.

The men's curling team, skipped by David Murdoch, will follow at 15:00 GMT against Sweden. The second semi-final sees Canada play China.

Britain's Olympic slopestyle bronze medallist Jenny Jones speaking on BBC Radio 5 live

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"It's starting to sink in now I'm back and people are congratulating me all the time. It's very sweet.

"It felt like forever; I was aware I would drop down the list but I was unsure how far - it's very unusual for so many girls to fall when they did. I love to think that kids want to get involved - go to the dry slope or the snow domes and just try it out... make sure you get yourself a lesson.

"I was working as a chalet maid for a year or two and went snowboarding as much as I could; I just had summer jobs so I could snowboard through the winter. Over time I just tried to get better and better and then looked at starting competing."

Rob Hodgetts
BBC Sport at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort in Sochi

"Vanessa-Mae told BBC Sport: 'It's so cool. You've got the elite skiers of the world and then you've got some mad old woman like me trying to make it down. I think it's great the Olympics is here - it gives you the chance to try something new later in life. If you do everything when you're young, you leave no fun until the end.'

"Mae, who has sold 10 million albums worldwide, said she was inspired by her fellow Olympians. 'I love some of the girls like Tina Maze, Lara Gut, Anna Fenninger... and Bode Miller - he comes back stronger; is not the youngest guy in the circuit but he's got so much talent.

"'You really realise what they give up for their sport. I had no idea to be a great skier like they are you have to be so good at so many other things. That's brought me a new-found respect for sportsmen. I'm happy I discovered that in my life.'"

Rob Hodgetts
BBC Sport at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort in Sochi

"Violinist Vanessa-Mae is delighted the Olympics gives a "mad old woman" like her the chance to fulfil her dreams and ski against the world's best skiers.

"The 35-year-old Mae, competing for Thailand under her father's name Vanakorn, finished last of the finishers, 27 seconds adrift of leader Tina Maze, after the first run of the women's giant slalom.

"Fifteen of the 89 starters failed to finish, including combined bronze medallist Julia Mancuso."