Electric start by Miho Takagi and and Russian Elizaveta Golubeva. Both are inside Ireen Wust's time.

Sonia Oxley
BBC Sport in Beijing

The mighty Wust is guaranteed a medal - it will be a record-extending 12th Olympic medal for the Dutchwoman!

Just one pairing to go but it does feature world record holder Miho Takagi.

What colour will it be?

Brittany Bowe, now up for the US.

The 33-year-old is the only skater besides Miho Takagi (still to come) to have won a 1500m World Cup race event this season, albeit her victory in Calgary came in a race her rival skipped.

She is miles down mind and finishes over two seconds outside Ireen Wust's time, in eighth.

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

Ireen Wust really has thrown the gauntlet down for the skaters coming afterwards now.

She was saying earlier today that she wanted a very, very fast time. She has in fact skated an Olympic record.

Simon Brotherton
Commentator on BBC TV

Ireen Wust with a new Olympic record time 1:53.28 and by over a second and a half she goes into the lead.

Another incredible performance from her.

Are France on the way towards a third medal of these Games?

Anais Chevalier-Bouchet has come from nowhere to storm into the lead.

Having secured two silvers, France have gold in their sights.

Sonia Oxley
BBC Sport in Beijing

Ireen Wust has just set an Olympic record!

One minute 53.28. Wow!

That's the way to do it in your fifth and final Games!

Ireen Wust is absolutely flying. She is inside the leading time and well in the mix for gold if she holds her form.

Sonia Oxley
BBC Sport in Beijing

Defending champion Ireen Wust is on the ice now - can the Dutchwoman add to her record 11 Olympic speed skating medals?

Dutch duo Antoinette de Jong 1:54.82 and Marijke Groenewould 1:54.97 leading the way in the women's 1500m.

Could we see a Netherlands clean sweep? Reigning champion and five-time world champion Ireen Wust up next also for the Netherlands.

Makayla Gerken Schofield became the first Briton to reach a moguls finals at a Winter Olympics as Australia's Jakara Anthony won the gold medal.

Older sister Leonie, 23, failed to advance beyond the second qualification round on Sunday and both have been chatting about their achievements and the sibling pride they share on BBC TV.

"I don't think I've taken it in yet, I'm still struggling to speak about it, very speechless but it's been amazing," said Makayla Gerken Schofield.

Leonie Gerken Schofield added: "It was incredible, for me there was no room for disappointment, it was a great evening, we both had so much fun.

"To see Makayla in the finals, I had tears in my eyes, it was one the best evenings of my life and I'm really proud of her.

"It's feels surreal to be here but for me this it's gave me the fire to keep going."

Norway's Marte Olsbu Roiseland won a pair of silver medals in Pyeongchang, in the sprint and mixed relay, but arrives in China on the back of terrific World Cup form.

She's going well but Germany's Denise Herrmann is showing off her excellent shooting skills and has established a decent lead in the battle for gold.

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More from Russian women's hockey player Anna Shibanova on the masks situation in their 6-1 defeat by Canada: "We were allowed to take off the masks [in the third period] so we finished the game without masks, but the Canadians decided to continue wearing them.

"It is not a nice feeling. There's not enough air.

"You go on the bench and pull the mask to the side to breathe, but everyone is in the same conditions. The Canadians played the whole game in masks."

Canada's 6-1 Group A win over the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) got off to a chaotic and confusing start earlier.

The match started an hour late and when it did get going, players from both sides wore face masks initially.

Six members of the ROC squad were placed in isolation last week after testing positive for Covid-19 and it appeared as though there were issues over the timeliness of test results.

Anna Shibanova, who played in defence for the Russian side, said: "It is out of our control. At the laboratory, they were not ready to give our PCR test results.

"We did the tests in the morning, everything was fine, we went to the game. This is out of our control. We were told to play in masks and that's what we did.

"We wanted to play, but everything was unclear. We were asked to wait, we waited. We were asked to wait more, we waited more. Then there was the decision that we should put on masks. We put them on without any issue and came out.

"In the warm-up everybody came out without masks and after the warm-up they told us to wear masks. That part was unclear."

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Sonia Oxley
BBC Sport in Beijing

They dim the lights and start some dramatic music and flashing lights at the speed skating before the next group gets under way.

Definitely adds a little something to the anticipation!

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Let's check in with the women's 15km biathlon.

It's a gruelling event involving cross-country skiing and each biathlete stopping at the shooting range four times.

Germany's Denise Herrmann, who won Olympic bronze in the cross-country relay at Sochi 2014, has made a strong start along with Italy's Dorothea Wierer.

Read more about Max Parrot's win - and his recovery from cancer - here.

Ellia Smeding is currently 13th from the first 16 athletes to go as we reach a bit of a half time, so to speak.

Simon Brotherton
Commentator on BBC TV

Ekaterina Sloeva is such a talented sportswoman.

She also competed a few years ago in 2014 in the World Junior Road Cycling Championships and in international ice hockey at under-18 level.

BBC Red Button

Now then if you fancy mixing things up press the red button on your TV remote right now to watch the women's 15km biathlon which has just started.

Sisters Hanna and Elvira Oberg, from Sweden, are favourites and even finished on the podium together at recent World Cup events.

Hanna, 26, won individual gold in 2018. Elvira, 22, is ahead of Hanna in this season's rankings. Austria's Lisa Theresa Hauser, extraordinarily accurate in a sport that combines shooting and skiing, is also a big contender.