Peculiar Curio: Come on Elise! Bring it home girl!

C Gray: I've become so invested in Elise Christie's story through the documentary etc. I’m so nervous now for her!

J Slats: Fingers crossed for Elise Christie today - really hoping she smashes the 500m out the park and brings home the gold.

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Commentator on BBC TV

That might be enough for Britain's Andrew Young because most of the big names have gone through already. We will have to keep an eye on these times.

Andrew Young is through in a time of 3:21.50 - will that be enough?

This is your 40-minute warning.

Elise Christie's quarter-final is scheduled for 10:02 GMT, the semi-finals start at 11:11 and the final is due at 12:09.

Posy Musgrave
Commentator on BBC TV

It's the technically best skiers who will make it through - not just the fastest. And I think it's nice to be rewarded for that.

Austrian skiing great Marcel Hirscher won a long-awaited first Olympic gold medal with victory in the men's combined event in Pyeongchang this morning, and he's pretty happy about it.

On whether the win cements his legacy as one of the greats:

"For sure. I'm super-happy because now this stupid question is gone away. If I'm thinking that my career is perfect without a gold medal, now this question is zzz, deleted."

We're off! Top 30 go through. British athlete Andrew Young is wearing number 18.

Defending champion Lizzy Yarnold was fastest on the fourth run of skeleton training this morning - after Great Britain team-mate Laura Deas set the quickest time on the third run.

"We knew we could be very good here together and it's about being strong as a team," Yarnold said.

"Training runs are great because you can try different lines and have a bit of fun. I'm becoming more comfortable with each run.

"I'm pushing myself and trying different things because that is what training is for. It's a joy to slide on. It's very fast and the ice is so smooth and wonderful, it's such a good quality track. You can hear the air rushing past you."

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Posy Musgrave
Commentator on BBC TV

Andrew Young just wants to get through to the quarter-finals here. To reach the top 30 will be a good result for him. He needs to put everything on the line in this first run.

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Norway’s Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo leads the World Cup sprint standings and is on course for the overall title as well. At the beginning of the season, the 21-year-old said the sprint was probably his best chance of Olympic glory, and his subsequent form has rubber-stamped that prediction.

He has won five of the World Cup sprints this season, including all three classic ones. His three consecutive classic wins equalled a World Cup record while only four men have ever won five or more sprint races in a season.

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I won't be able to tell you enough today - Elise Christie's quarter-final is scheduled for 10:02 GMT, the semi-finals start at 11:11 and the final is due at 12:09.

The qualifying in the men's cross country is just about to start.

There is British interest in Andrew Young, who is competing at his third Olympics. He finished 60th in the sprint in 2010 and then 42nd in 2014 but is in line for further improvement in 2018.

Young was the first Briton to win a World Cup sprint medal when he took bronze in Toblach, Italy in 2015. The 25-year-old battled illness at the start of this season but finished in the top 10 in the World Cup sprint in Lenzerheide, Switzerland at the end of December.

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This is interesting - the athletes get to pick which quarter-final they race in. There are five in total, with the 12 fastest qualifiers getting to pick first.

Do you wait until later, or go for an early one? More recovery time now, or less for a possible semi-final?

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Simon Brotherton speaking from Pyeongchang: "If Elise Christie can get up and running and get something today, who knows what will happen for the rest of the week?

"She had a good start in the heats and she is really in with a good chance today."

Austrian star Marcel Hirscher wins a long-awaited Olympic gold in the men's alpine combined, following up 12th place in the downhill with the fastest slalom run to clinch victory. French rivals Alexis Pinturault and Victor Muffat-Jeandet won silver and bronze, respectively.

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Cast your mind back to the last Winter Olympics in Sochi four years ago. Elise Christie was disqualified in all three of her events and suffered online abuse and death threats after a collision with a South Korean skater.

After making her Olympic debut at Vancouver 2010, the Scot used therapy to overcome her struggles following Sochi, and is ready and raring to go for her ultimate comeback in South Korea.

Christie finally has the chance to write a happier chapter in Olympic history, entering these Games with medal potential at all three distances - 500m, 1,000m and 1500m.

Christie is well aware that the home crowd will be against her in the sport's spiritual home - all the more reason to get behind her.

Caroline Chapman
BBC Sport in Pyeongchang

Britain's Jerry Rice has also been in skeleton training today, finishing 19th in his first run and 14th in his second.

The 28-year-old will make his Olympic debut on Thursday and says of his experience so far: "It's been awesome. I'm a first-time Olympian so it's been a really good environment.

"Laura, Lizzy and Dom are brilliant to have around. They're all really willing to share any knowledge and advice. They've got nine or more years behind them and are veterans of the sport so it's great."

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30 women go through from this stage to the quarters - Stina Nilsson of Sweden will lead the pack with her time of 3:08.74.

The first quarter final takes place at 11:00 GMT.