There are only two pairs to skate, so Papadakis and Cizeron are guaranteed a medal. They can only be denied gold by teams from Canada and the USA...

Caroline Chapman
BBC Sport in Pyeongchang

Wow. After a difficult day in the short dance, France's Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron have scored 123.35 in the free dance to move into the gold medal position.

The perfect way to get over a horrid wardrobe malfunction, if you ask me.

Caroline Chapman
BBC Sport in Pyeongchang

Look out, it's Coldplay medley time. It had to come at some point, didn't it?

Maia and Alex Shibutani (siblings) who are of Japanese decent, born and bred in the USA, are former World Championship silver medallists.

They've already picked up team bronze in Pyeongchang and have just moved top of the pile with a score of 114.86 - a season's best.

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Nick Buckland on BBC One: "Sometimes a score can dampen your reaction. We both felt that we did enough today - we need to remember that.

"It's been a long journey. I'm pleased that we managed to get here and put a performance out like we have done these last two days. It's something to be really proud of and we have to take away the resilience we have shown."

On whether that was their last performance: "We plan to do the World Championships in about four weeks or so. That might be our last competitive skate. We never say never and we'll focus on that now."

Derek Rust: Penny and Nick you need to hear again Baron Pierre de Coubertin famous words: 'The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.'

Penny Coomes on BBC One: "I'm so happy to be back and I really enjoyed myself. The audience were great, we had a great skate and soaked it all up and i'm happy with the whole experience. We gave it everything but the score is disappointing for us and not what we came here to do.

"I think it takes someone special to be an Olympic athlete. It's not easy, this is the glamorous side of it and it's certainly not easy. Sometimes you're so,so tired but this is what makes it all worth it and you have to get yourself through all those hard days.

"Our mums are brilliant, they're our number one fans. Before we got UK sport funding they were taking us into the rinks at 5am and paying for everything - we're so lucky to have them, they have our backs 100 percent."

Jo: Penny and Nick your scores may not have been what you wanted (or what I thought you deserved!) but you're definitely champions as far as I'm concerned.

If you were with us yesterday or, frankly, not living under a rock, you'll know that France's Gabriella Papadakis had a slight, erm, wardrobe problem.

No chances of those issues today. Her blue dress may be backless, but there are no straps to come undone.

Caroline Chapman
BBC Sport in Pyeongchang

We have a new leader! After a very dramatic post-dance embrace on the ice, OAR representatives Ekatarina Bobrova and Dmitri Soloviev score a massive 111.45 to take them clear of the two Canadian pairs.

Britain's Penny Coomes and Nick Buckland down to sixth now.

Simon Scott-Daniels: Okay, so I’m biased and have only the haziest knowledge of ice dance scoring, but I think Penny and Nick deserved more...

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The free dance will continue - we're six pairs away from crowning the Olympic champions.

From 04:15 GMT we'll have the qualifying runs in the men's halfpipe - no fewer than three Britons dropping in that one.

At 05:05, GB's women's curlers will meet Japan, knowing that victory would be a large step towards a place in the semi-finals.

There were tears, though, from Madison Chock. It was a helluva tumble. Down in unison. You don't often see both skaters in a heap on the ice during their routine.

Ouch!published at 03:24 Greenwich Mean Time 20 February 2018

03:24 GMT 20 February 2018

Ice dance

Caroline Chapman
BBC Sport in Pyeongchang

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We have our first fallers. American duo Madison Chock and Evan Bates come out of a lift and face plant the ice.

They recover to finish their routine to 'Imagine' and get a rowdy reception from the crowd.

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Manning: Hold your heads high Penny Coombes and Nick Butland. Fantastic achievement making it to the Olympics and showing us that lovely routine. Your determination is the real inspiration. You should be very proud of yourselves.

Caroline Chapman
BBC Sport in Pyeongchang

British couple Penny Coomes and Nick Buckland were in the middle of a Canadian sandwich on the starting list, and now Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje have moved top and shifted the Brits down to fourth.

Caroline Chapman
BBC Sport in Pyeongchang

They try and smile as the cameras fixate on them during the scoring, but you can tell it's a little forced.

Coomes and Buckland finished 20th in Vancouver and 10th at Sochi. They'll hopefully better that in Pyeongchang, with eight to go, but the slim medal chances look gone.

Kat Downes
Commentator on BBC TV

They can't do anymore now, after everything they've been through, twenty months of rehabilitation and hard work. They stay behind the Canadians with the Italians also above them, they have dropped a position and you can see disappointment creeping in.

Maybe it won't be the top 10 finish they had hoped for.