Dutch skater Esmee Visser has just clocked 6 minutes 50.23 seconds to take the lead, nudging her compatriot Annouk van der Weijden into the silver-medal position.

Just four more to go

Alex Coomber
Olympic bronze medalist skeleton racer on BBC TV

Laura might be a bit angry with herself for not getting it right this time, but she's got three more runs. Each time you go down, you can generally improve.

Here's how it looks for the British duo after the first of four runs.

The second is at 12:30 GMT today, and the final two are tomorrow.

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BBC Sport in Pyeongchang

It was a bumpy ride, but Simidele Adeagbo makes history as Nigeria’s first ever Winter Olympian!

She only took up skeleton 6 months ago and is 20th out of 20 but her participation here could be a huge moment for the way winter sport is viewed in Africa.

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Alex Coomber
Olympic bronze medalist skeleton racer on BBC TV

Lizzy stayed calm even when she made a few mistakes. She got down nice and safely which is where you want to be after the first run. She has been here before and will go away pretty satisfied.

Britain's Thomas Muirhead is after a 'nailer'. What's one of those? Me neither. Even that isn't in our glossary.

Let's find out... ahhh, it's a bish, bash, wallop type of throw. He uses the force of a sledgehammer to smash one Swedish RED stone out of the way, his yellow fella pitching up in the white ring of the 'bullseye'. That's my technical term, by the way.

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Lizzy Yarnold did look a little shaky as she immediately came off the sled - a GB team member came over to lend her an arm and help her off the track.

She looked OK, though - there was a smile and a brief wave to the British fans watching on in Pyeongchang.

Leo Bennett: Looks like Lizzy Yarnold started off the opposite groove than the others, maybe made a difference? Other groove seemed to be pushing everyone out slightly...

Set your watches, folks: run two is at 12:30 GMT.

That is that for the first run - and it's Lizzy Yarnold who leads the way!

1. Yarnold (GB) - 51.66
2. Loellin (Ger) - 51.74
3. Janine Flock (Aus) 51.81

Laura Deas, who had a good run, is in sixth with 52.00.

The house is resembling a packed bar at the moment. Shoulder to shoulder, jostling for position. Two yellow British stones are tucked behind two of their red Swedish rivals, which are staring back to the top of the sheet.

I keep getting confused by the Swedes not having the yellows. That's not affected these updates, though. I hope...

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Alex Coomber
Olympic bronze medalist skeleton racer on BBC TV

Laura has been more consistent this year but she has not been in this high pressure situation before. She was not expecting to have any expectation on her and now she has and how she deals with that mentally is something we will find out later.

Lizzy, on the other hand, has been here before and she knows how to deal with it, but she has not had the performances behind her. They are in opposite camps at the moment.

Three sliders to go. Yarnold's still in first, Deas sixth...

Here's America's Kendall Wesenberg, being supported by a man who has whipped his top off. It's -1 right now in Pyeonchang. A brave soul.

It's long! Way long from Sweden skip Niklas Edin. That means Great Britain steal a point and lead 3-1 after three ends.

Excellent stuff so far from the Brits. Remember, Sweden are the World silver medallists and European champions.

We are down to the business end in the women's aerials and the six-woman final, which starts shortly, will feature two Chinese skiers: Kong Fanyu, who topped the scoring in Final 2 with 97.29 and Zhang Xin, Belarus duo Alla Tsuper, the defending champion, and Hanna Huskova plus Australian Laura Peel and American Madison Olson.

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There's no brakes on the skeleton sleds, which means you stop yourself with your feet. Ouchie.

Chris Whitaker: Get in! Great first run from Lizzy Yarnold..with a bit of scope for improvement too. Bodes well!!:)

James Stevenson: Fantastic start from Lizzy Yarnold. Takes the lead and the track record. Hope she is okay for run two later.

Lee Fergusson: Yes Lizzy Yarnold!! Great first run and into top place!!

Right then. GB skip Kyle Smith glides down the ice first, his face a picture of concentration. Like mine in the supermarket when I'm trying to decide what to choose for dinner.

Smith dribbles his penultimate stone down into the house, plonking it in front of Sweden's.

Sweden's Oskar Eriksson taps the ice with his stick. "Just here, pal, just here," is the gist of what he is saying to skip Niklas Edin.

That's alright. Better than Smith's final effort which leaves the Scot grimacing and Edin licking his lips thinking about two points...

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