Not long now until the curling mixed doubles semi-final featuring the British pairing of Jen Dodds and Bruce Mouat.

From 12:05 GMT they take on Norway, who beat the British duo 6-2 in the group stage on Sunday.

A win would guarantee Britain's first medal of the Beijing Games.

Despite the defeat against the Norwegians, Dodds and Mouat qualified for the last four with a game to spare and finished off their group-stage campaign with an 8-4 win over the USA earlier today.

"It was our best team performance of the week and exactly the way we want to go into the semi-finals," Mouat said.

Italy, who won all seven of their group matches, take on Sweden in the other semi.

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Need some motivation at the start of a new working week?

Look no further than Max Parrot. The Canadian has made a stunning comeback from cancer to win snowboarding slopestyle gold.

"I used to take life for granted and I don't anymore," said Parrot after his incredible victory.

"Every time I strap my feet onto the snowboard I appreciate it so much more."

Read more about his triumph here.

Katie Falkingham
BBC Sport in Zhangjiakou

The mixed team event is making its Olympic debut today, but it's nothing new in the world of ski jumping.

It made its World Cup debut in 2012, and first featured at the World Championships the following year.

It takes place on the normal hill, and each team consists of four athletes - two women and two men. They compete in the order of woman-man-woman-man.

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What are you planning for lunch? A baked potato? Soup and a sandwich?

That wouldn't be enough to fuel Canadian cross-country skier Remi Drolet, who is consuming the equivalent of almost two dozen plates of pasta a day in order to compete at the Winter Olympics.

"I have something to eat every 15-20 minutes," he adds. "Just to make sure my muscle glycogen is as full as possible. Time just disappears from you, because you're always eating."

Ed Leigh
Snowboarding commentator on BBC TV

James Woods did not qualify for the big air final earlier but what about his chances in the slopestyle?

He has a chance. He's almost at the sunset of his career. But he is one of those people, his presence in the start gate alone is going to add pressure to everyone else there.

He's got a lot of tricks that other people don't have, maybe not the big spins but he's still go a lot of firepower and he can make his presence felt.

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Great scenes earlier when 41-year-old Frenchman Johan Clarey took silver to become the oldest Olympic medallist in alpine skiing.

"I knew I only had one chance left in my career to get a medal in the Olympics," said Clarey after being edged out by Switzerland's Beat Feuz.

"When you are a medallist, whether you are 20 or 41 it doesn't matter."

Earlier, speed skater Ireen Wust became the first person to win an individual gold medal at five different Winter Olympics by retaining her 1,500m title in stunning fashion.

"It's insane," she told reporters. "A lot of emotions, especially the good ones."

It is a record-extending 12th Olympic speed skating medal for 35-year-old Wust, who is retiring next month.

What an incredible achievement.

Right time for a quick recap on what has already happened on day three:

• British teenager Kirsty Muir qualifies for ski big air final
• Russian teenager Valieva lands historic quad jump
• Parrot wins snowboard slopestyle gold three years after cancer diagnosis
• GB's Dodds & Mouat warm up for Norway semi-final with USA win
• Feuz beats record-breaking Clarey, 41, to men's downhill gold
• Hector wins women's giant slalom gold

Ellia Smeding earlier became Team GB's first female long track speed skater at the Winter Olympics in 42 years.

And she has been reflecting on her achievement and debut at the Games.

“There are things that maybe could have gone a bit better, but I am just super excited to now officially be an Olympian and (to have) represented Great Britain for the first time in 42 years," she said.

“I still have the 1000m in 10 days, and it’s nice to have this race (today’s 1500m) to learn.

"What is the setting? How am I going to feel the external pressures and get used to that? Hopefully I can use this experience that I have got now to put on an even better race.”

Apparently the Canadians managed to overcome the delay to the start of their match against the Russian Olympic Committee earlier by dancing.

Asked how they stayed in tip-top shape, forward, Brianne Jenner said: "We danced. I'm not kidding.

"We were just focused on staying prepared, staying loose in the room. We didn't know when the puck was going to drop, we just wanted to stay ready."

Canada face Olympic champions the United States on Tuesday.

IOC president Thomas Bach is at the finishing line to see the conclusion of this gruelling event.

One by one each competitor crosses the line before collapsing to the ground in exhaustion.

Germany's Denise Herrmann is in the gold medal position but she is being made to wait before she can celebrate.

If you fancy a quick recap of the blue-riband event in men's Alpine skiing, you know what to do.

Wilf O’Reilly
Former British short track speed skater on BBC TV

That was certainly a knockout blow from Ireen Wust and what a blow it was.

An Olympic record, half a second inside the previous Olympic record and almost half a second in front of the second-placed skater.

She said, 'I've got nothing to lose, I'm going to set an extremely good time and I'm going to let the rest of the people try and beat that time' and she's done exactly that.

Miho Takagi took the silver and Antoinette de Jong followed up her bronze medal in the 3,000m in Pyeongchang with another third place in the shorter distance.

Team GB's Ellia Smeding ended up in 27th.

Simon Brotherton
Commentator on BBC TV

We have witnessed something really special here today.

For the sixth time in her career, Ireen Wust from the Netherlands has claimed the gold medal in the Olympic Games.

She has won a gold medal at the last five Games, this is her swansong, Beijing 2022 and what a way to go out.

Sonia Oxley
BBC Sport in Beijing

Wust has done it! She takes the gold to become the first person to win a gold medal at five different Winter Olympics!

Incredible!

Miho Takagi is absolutely powering towards the finish. Can she snatch gold?

No. She's over four tenths of a second off Ireen Wust's time.