Steve Cram
Curling commentator on BBC TV

An historic moment for Italy - a gold medal must've been beyond all of their thoughts when they entered this competition.

Stefania Constantini has been absolutely brilliant. They're full of talent and ability and have been a perfect pair.

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Canadian Trinity Ellis goes second, 0.457 seconds down on Ashley Farquharson.

Now then, world champion Julia Taubitz is up next... And that is the lead for the German!

American Farquharson is then bumped down to third as Latvia's Kendija Aparjode produces a fast run to mark the halfway point of this final run.

That's looking like a really good fourth run by Ashley Farquharson, who retains top spot as both Italian Nina Zoeggeler and Canadian Natalie Corless fall short.

And still the young American debutant leads, as Latvian Elina Ieva Vitola slots into fifth place. Memorable moments for the 22-year-old at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre!

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It was a gold run worthy of Bob Holness from the Italian duo, who won all nine of their round-robin matches as well as the semi-final and final.

Only two other teams have done that in recent times.

Norway's Kristin Skaslien and Magnus Nedregotten won bronze in 2018, but they had their eyes on a bigger upgrade, all the way to the top step. The married couple are both wearing 1000-yard stares as their missed opportunity sinks in.

South Korean Aileen Christina Frisch manages to slide across the finish line beside her sledge after a crash coming into turn 14.

It's good enough to place just above Tove Kohala, but Canadian Makena Hodgson then leapfrogs Frisch in the early stages of this deciding round.

What can American Ashley Farquharson do? The 22-year-old Olympic debutant ensures she'll finish no lower than 17th as she moves to the top.

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Rhona Howie
Olympic gold medallist curler on BBC TV

Italy don't need to score, they're two up, they don't need to score they just need to eliminate yellow ones.

Sweden's Tove Kohala is the first to take on the fourth and final run of the women's singles luge, having qualified in 20th place.

A reminder that German Natalie Geisenberger, the most decorated female luge athlete of all time, leads after three runs as she aims to win an unprecedented third consecutive title.

Ohhhh! Is that a big miss? Italy's Amos Mosaner streaks a stone past its Norwegian counterpart without making contact.

And is that another? Magnus Nedregotten lets his effort leak out the house!

Nail-biting stuff as the errors start to crop up everywhere...

Interesting tactics from Italy, who fling one of their red stones off the end of the rink deliberately.

They want to leave the way clear to budge any Norwegian granite left in the house.

Emma Nordin has given Sweden an early lead to put them on course for the quarter-finals.

Any form of victory is good enough for Sweden, while Denmark need to win in regulation time and claim all three points.

In the other game, Sanni Nrantala has fired Finland in front against ROC.

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Norway's Magnus Nedregotten took a time-out to try and compute the advanced physics involved in the various plants required with his pair's penultimate stone.

A decent effort, Norway lying two. Italy play it defensive, guarding up against three rather than chasing their tail.

And Kristin Skaslien cannot improve on the two.

Italy have the hammer and, if they want it, a power play in the final end.

Norwegian Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo defended his men's cross-country freestyle sprint title for his fourth Olympic gold.

The 2018 runner-up, Italian Federico Pellegrino, again took silver, with Russian Olympic Committee's Alexander Terentev winning bronze.

The final two games of the Women's preliminary round are under way. This is how the two tables look going into the final round of games.

All six teams from Group A qualify for the quarter-finals with the top three from Group B going through.

The ROC, third in Group A, are taking on sixth-placed Finland. In Group B Sweden are playing Denmark with both sides needing a victory in order to leapfrog China into third place.

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Steve Cram
Curling commentator on BBC TV

There's always a lot of hand gestures from the Italian pair and they are working so well together and have done throughout this competition.

Italy don't need to take any silly risks here - the Norwegians must be thinking 'really?! give us a break!'

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Italy are relentless and remorseless as they zero in on gold. Norway will have to be channel Tommy pinball wizard if they want to overhaul Italy from here.

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Ireland's Elsa Desmond has just brought an end to the third run in the luge women's singles.

German Natalie Geisenberger, the most decorated female luge athlete of all time, leads going into the fourth and final run.

It means the 34-year-old, who planned to retire after Pyeongchang, is on course to win an unprecedented third consecutive title.

She has four Olympic golds to her name - also winning the team relay title at the last two Games - and four world singles titles.

Can anyone deny her in Beijing? Compatriot Anna Berreiter is best placed to do so at 0.330 behind, with Russian Olympic Committee athlete Tatyana Ivanova in third.

The final run, in which the athletes race in reverse ranking order, begins at 13:35 GMT.

Sports presenter John Watson went a little off-piste in a live segment on BBC Breakfast on Tuesday morning.

He was attempting to get down a dry ski slope in Aberdeen, after Team GB athlete Kirsty Muir finished fifth in the women's big air event at the Winter Olympics.

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Norway's Kristin Skaslien swings a stone in on the button to take a point from the end and nibble into the Italian lead.

But is that enough to take from their power-play joker?

Italy have a three point lead and the hammer going into the final three ends...

Italy's Amos Mosaner has 100% accuracy from his play so far in this final. Flawless.

He and team-mate Stefania Constantini are lying two despite Norway playing their power play in the fifth end. One stone each to come.

This could be decisive...