We have mentioned Ghana's Akwasi Frimpong competing in the men's skeleton. He is last, but looks like he is having a brilliant time.

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Headlines so far on day six...

• Great Britain's Dom Parsons is fourth after two heats in the men's skeleton, with the final two heats taking place tomorrow. Another Brit, Jerry Rice, is 12th.
• Britain's women's curling team lose 7-4 to the United States. Eve Muirhead's team have now won one and lost one of their two matches.
• The first gold medal of the day has gone to Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal, with his team-mate Kjetil Jansrund second and Switzerland's Beat Feuz in third in the men's downhill.
• Italy's Manuela Moelgg leads after the first of two runs in the ladies' giant slalom, with American Mikaela Shiffrin in second. The second runs get going from 04:45 GMT.

Anna Thompson
BBC Sport in Pyeongchang

Great Britain's women curlers lost their second match at the Winter Olympics, going down 7-4 to USA.

Anna Sloan has been speaking about the defeat.

She said: "That was a bit of a scrappy game from us. They managed the ice conditions better and we need to debrief and come back firing now.

"We struggled the whole way through, we just were not quite getting there. It’s a long week and they got the better of us in a game of inches.

"The ice is good and consistent but we need to get on top of it as a team."

Laura Kane
BBC Sport in Pyeongchang

These Australia fans are here to cheer on Cameron Bolton in the snowboard cross and tell me the curly wigs are in tribute to his own shaggy hairstyle. Having checked him out I concur.

He finished 11th in his seeding run and the knockout phase starts at 0430 GMT.

After having to endure extreme temperatures over the last week today is like spring. Beautiful sunshine and it's only -1C - and most importantly there's no wind!

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Caroline Chapman
BBC Sport in Pyeongchang

The British media have been very interested in speaking to New Zealand's Rhys Thornbury after his second heat, where he's currently placed eighth.

Why? He's sort-of one of ours.

Thornbury is a weapons technician in the RAF, based at Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. He only started in skeleton in 2011, having gained a scholarship through the British forces.

"I haven't been doing it as long as these other guys so their experience shows," said the 28-year-old, who has dual New Zealand-British citizenship.

"I watched the 2014 Games on the TV. To be here in 2018 and fighting for top 10, it feels great. A lot of my air force colleagues have come out to cheer and it really spurs me on."

And these are the medal positions in the men's downhill. A pretty good day for Norway, a gold and a silver.

Matt Chilton
Commentator on BBC TV

Svindal has a smile on his face. He's got the job done.

It's a Norwegian one-two with Switzerland getting among the medals, Beat Feuz has bronze.

We also have a couple of ice hockey matches going on at the moment.

There is a men's preliminary round Group C match between Finland and Germany, with Finland 2-1 up in the first period.

In the women's preliminary round Group A, it is still scoreless in the tie between the United States and Canada.

Before the tournament, USA ice hockey player Hilary Knight described the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang as "gold or bust" for the women's team and you can watch that below.

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Commentator on BBC TV

It seems Aksel Lund Svindal has crowned his career with the Olympic downhill title. What a way to bow out!

But he won't be celebrating yet. He'll be waiting to watch the next three racers, but after that he'll maybe give an interview or two and enjoy the moment.

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Italian duo Valentina Marchei and Ondrej Hotarek are currently leading the charge for gold in the figure skating pair skating free skating, with six pairs still to go.

That is our offering on the BBC Red Button at the moment.

Hear the vikings roar!

Is Aksel Lund Svindal heading to his first Olympic title since Vancouver 2010?

Someone’s already called it on his Wikipedia page, but - although the main contenders have put down their runs - the competition isn’t over yet.

Watch live on BBC One now.

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Earlier today we saw the North Korea team out in force as they wave flags at the finish during the women's giant slalom.

Kim Ryon-Hyang is competing for North Korea, but is in last place of the 67 that finished after run one, although she has done better than 11 athletes who did not finish, one who was disqualified and two who did not start.

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Nick Hope
BBC Sport in Pyeongchang

The downhill is brilliant but brutal

So much speed, power and jeopardy has helped make men’s downhill the traditional ‘blue riband’ Olympic event.

It could be argued that freestyle sports have taken the focus away from the iconic competition but is still among the most dramatic and exciting events to watch.

Unlike earlier in the week - when high winds forced a postponement - the skies are clear and the world’s best are putting on a show early on for the impressive crowd.

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Great Britain's Dom Parson scores one of the fastest times in the men's skeleton. He records a time three hundredths of a second slower than the leader Latvia's Martins Dukers' first run and leaves himself in real medal contention.

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Watch as Great Britain lose in a tense final end to US in the women's curling. GB women's curling team have now won one and lost one of their opening two games in the opening round-robin stage.

It's been a great start to proceedings for Team GB's Dom Parsons.

Great Britain are hoping to win five medals at this Games, what would be a team record but at the moment they have none.

But we have a genuine medal hope in the skeleton, with Dom Parsons just outside the top three after two runs.

Now for a nervy wait until runs three and four tomorrow. Heat three gets going at 00:30 GMT on Friday.

The gold medal is looking in the bag for Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal. He still leads. Not many left to stop him before a gold medal is his.