Canada beat the United States 4-2 to top Group B in the women's ice hockey.

USA finish runners-up, with both teams through to Friday's quarter-finals.

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The men's Euros, the men's 100m gold, Eurovision...is a historic first ever Olympic curling gold also in the post for Italy?

It would be their first curling medal of any colour in Olympic history actually...

Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner are 6-2 up at the half-way stage. One more big end and the big end might fall out of Norway's challenge.

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Earlier, Cornelius Kersten became the first male British speed skater to feature at the Winter Olympics in 30 years.

Kersten finished 19th in the men's 1500m, though the 1000m is his preferred distance.

Reflecting on the race, he said: "It felt good. In the last few days I was feeling ready and then when you get here you're soaking up the experience.

"Then I was like 'It's game time now, get ready to go'. We had a game plan for the race and we set that out, and most of that worked out.

"It was just a really nice way to start off my races at these Games. For what I'd planned, that all worked out so I was really happy about that."

Kersten's partner Ellia Smeding just beat him to becoming GB's first long track speed skating Olympian since 1992.

On their achievements, Kersten added: "It means the world to me. I've said before that it's a childhood dream come true to be here.

"At that start line I was a bit emotional as well. I was thinking back to everything we'd worked for. Just helping to put long track back on the map [for Team GB] again, I'm really proud to be able to do that.

"And especially being able to go through this experience with Ellia makes it even more special."

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Italy are really turning the screw since offering up two points in the opening end.

They are asking all the questions in the fourth end, and are lying two with one stone each remaining.

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It takes a superb final stone from Kristin Skaslien to restrict Italy to just one point after a dominant performance in the third end from the unbeaten underdogs.

Sweden's gold medallist Jonna Sundling hugged her compatriot and runner-up Maja Dahlqvist after the women's cross-country freestyle sprint final.

The country's hopes of a clean sweep were denied, with Emma Ribom finishing sixth as American Jessie Diggins took the bronze.

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Head of sports analysis, Nielsen Gracenote

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Kjeld Nuis is the first skater to win back-to-back Olympic titles in the men's 1500m for 28 years, and the fourth ever.

Norwegian legend Johan Olav Koss won successive golds in the event in 1992 and 1994.

It is 62 years since this double was done in two Olympics which were four years apart - Soviet skater Yevgeny Grishin achieving the 1500m double in 1956 and 1960.

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More chirrup around the sheet than in your average Australian slip cordon.

The Italian pair are in constant, high-volume, urgent communication when the stone is in motion.

They are looking well place to take something out of this third end as well...

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No improving on the situation for Italy, but they have done well enough to pull the match back level.

The rink DJ sticks on a prime slice of Bananarama's Robert de Niro's Waiting to celebrate.

Nice stuff.

Norway's Kristin Skaslien might be in the market for damage limitation with the final stone...

The Italians are lying two. And she can't change that situation...

Now can Italy bank some more points with their final stone. Stefania Constantini is going to try something a little John Virgo...

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Curling commentator on BBC TV

Opportunity building here for the Italians - this is what we see so often in mixed doubles. Stones coming in on top of each other and then you have to look at the angles and see what's possible.

A slight precarious position here for Norway - after that two in the first they wouldn't want to give a big score back to the Italians in the second if they can help it.

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With three stones left for each team, things are looking pretty good for Italy, lying two in the second end.

It is a crowd scene in the house though. Packed tighter than a teenage party gone viral.

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Norway take an early lead after the first end with Stefania Constantini leaking the final stone a little right. The 22-year-old is the least experienced of the four players on the ice. Will she find the spotlight too toasty with gold on the line?

Katie Falkingham
BBC Sport in Zhangjiakou

We are off in the men's cross-country sprint final...

Norway's king of the sprint Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo needs to pull something out of the bag in the final if he is to retain his Olympic title from 2018.

Of the four automatic qualifiers for the final, he set the slowest time in the semi-finals.

He is the most successful male sprinter in World Cup history.

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Here we go then. Gold on the line on the ice with Italy's surprise package Stefania Constantini and Amos Mosaner taking on the Norwegian 2018 bronze medallists Kristin Skaslien and Magnus Nedregotten.

We have had a little preview of this match during the round-robin stage, where Italy won 11-8.

Sweden's Jonna Sundling is setting the pace ahead of her two compatriots as they look for a clean sweep in the women's cross-country sprint final.

Russian Olympic Committee's Alexander Terentev was fastest qualifier as he won the second men's semi-final after Italian Federico Pellegrino took the first.