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More from Lizzy Yarnold: "I can't believe I won, I feel happy, it really has been an amazing race."

"It's unexplainable the feeling, the feelings that I'm going through. I'm sure it won't sink in for another few days, I'm just over the moon. I'm just so proud that I put in all the work for the past five years and it's all worked out."

"I came here wanting to do my own best and do myself justice and I'm so proud for Great Britain and everyone who supported me."

"I was bold enough to learn a Russian term, which is 'I'm a champion'."

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Team GB have joined in the celebrations of Lizzy Yarnold's victory, posting a special picture hailing her achievement on their Instagram account., external

Team GB chef de mission Mike Hay: "This is a fantastic moment for Lizzy and I know every member of our Team GB delegation is thrilled for her.

"What we have seen during the past two days of competition is an athlete at the very top of her sport. Through hard work, determination, unwavering self-belief and an outstanding support system, Lizzy has earned a title very few athletes can claim: she is the Olympic champion."

Robin Cousins
1980 Olympic figure skating champion on BBC TV

"Yuzuru Hanyu made the rotation for the quad in the air, but caught his heel a bit when landing. The pressure was new for him, but he pulled his focus back.

"He did not have major experience at an international level coming into the Olympics."

It's 178.64 for Hanyu, good enough to take him to gold-medal position with 280.09. But, it's way down on his best and within the reach of Canada's Patrick Chan.

With less than half an hour until Today at the Games begins on BBC Two at 19:00 GMT, the men's figure skating is reaching a conclusion with only four athletes still to go in the free programme. Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu, who set a world-record 10.45 in the short programme yesterday, has just put in a disappointing routine, falling twice. Scores to come...

Lizzy Yarnold's gold medal has already started inspiring the next generation. Ruby and Stanley Walsh practise their starts on skateboards in the kitchen of their Cheshire home.

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Amy Williams
2010 Olympic skeleton champion on BBC TV

"It is all in the strategic plan. A speed sport, power, explosiveness. If you choose the right athletes to begin with. If you can be the best pusher in the world first, it proves you can teach them to then go down the track.

"Great Britain are going to do a huge talent ID back in Bath when they get home. Power and explosiveness and then we will teach you how to slide."

Have a look at this brilliant composite image of Lizzy Yarnold as she slid to skeleton gold. On first look, I thought it was the wrong way round, but, in terms of this image, she is sliding right to left, head-first.

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All over in what is perhaps the most baffling event of the Games. Belarussian Alla Tsuper (what a sensational name) has won gold in the women's aerials - a sport where landing without injury seems to be a success. China's Mengtau Xu wins silver, and Australia's Lydia Lassila the bronze.

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Amy Williams
2010 Olympic skeleton champion on BBC TV

"Every single day you go to the gym lifting those weights in two or three sessions a day, every bit of food you eat, hours you go to bed, all those sacrifices, missing celebrations, missing New Years Eves, it is all worth it for this one moment.

"As a winning athlete, you do not regret missing out on those moments."

1988: Born October 31 in Sevenoaks, Kent.

2008: Joins the Great Britain skeleton programme after attending a Girls4Gold talent search programme.

2010: Starts competing for the Great Britain squad, winning two races on the third-tier Europa Cup circuit.

January 2012: Wins gold in only her second World Cup race in St Moritz - and one week later is crowned world junior champion in Innsbruck.

February 2012: Wins the bronze medal at the World Championships in Lake Placid.

2014: Is crowned overall World Cup champion after dominating the 2013-14 season, winning four of the seven races and finishing on the podium in three of the other four.

February 2014: Wins Winter Olympic gold in Sochi, setting a new track record along the way.

Dan Johnston:, external Proof that a positive attitude can bring you things you never imagined!! Well done Lizzy!!

The success of Lizzy Yarnold was the fourth of six gold medals up for grabs in Sochi today. You can watch finals in the flying craziness of the women's aerials and graceful elegance of the men's figure skating at the top of this page right now.

As Amy Williams tells you, Lizzy Yarnold will not actually receive her gold medal until tomorrow. The medal ceremony - when the Union flag is raised, God Save The Queen is played and we all feel incredibly patriotic - will be at about 16:30 GMT and covered across the BBC.

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Amy Williams
2010 Olympic skeleton champion on BBC TV

"It has only just hit me what I did. It takes four years. For Lizzy, she will go to bed tonight, wake up, be on a media frenzy and tomorrow night she will get that medal.

"To watch her get that medal, it is coming back to Great Britain and that is where we want it to be."

Aaaahhhh, Lizzy Yarnold said she was so pleased to have won her gold medal on Valentine's Day and this is why. Her coach, James Roach, is also her boyfriend. Team Yarnold winning gold on Valentine's Day? What could be more romantic than that?

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Give winter sports a try you say, Minister? Well, if you fancy a go, head on over to our Get Inspired page and you'll find out how to try all the Winter Olympic sports.

Minister for Sport Helen Grant: "Huge congratulations to Lizzy Yarnold on her incredible win. On the back of Jenny Jones' fantastic bronze, it's Team GB's women leading the way and already it's our best Winter Olympics since Salt Lake City in 2002. The likes of Lizzy and Jenny are such positive role models for young women and I am sure they will have inspired many to go and give winter sports a try."

1. She listens to grime music, such as Wiley and Dizzee Rascal, before her runs.

2. According to her official FIBT biography, she is nicknamed 'She Ra'.

3. Her sled is named Mervyn after one of her long-time sponsors, Mervyn Sugden.

4. She was ranked 54th in shot put in Great Britain in 2010.

5. Her hobbies include knitting and listening to the Archers.