It's all change at the front! What drama!

German Vinzenz Geiger comes through as Johannes Rydzek and Lukas Greiderer implode at the front!

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Some more info on 1500m world record holder Sjinkie Knegt.

In December 2018, the father-of-two suffered a serious injury to his left leg in an accident with a forklift truck.

The following month, lighting a wood-burning stove resulted in burns to his face, chest, legs and feet. He was in hospital for seven weeks, the start of a long and painful recovery process – he later set up a foundation to support people who have suffered severe burns.

It would be some story if he goes on to win gold.

Italian Yuri Confortola is in this fifth quarter-final in the men's 1500m and he is at his fifth Olympic Games.

Sjinkie Knegt - world record holder - is flying for the Netherlands, job done in 2 minutes and 12 seconds. He took control halfway through and held his place.

My experienced man Confortola is fourth and that, my friends, is not enough.

Johannes Rydzek and Lukas Greiderer make their move!

Julian Schmid had taken it on at the front but he can't maintain that effort and he is well and truly paying for it now.

Vinzenz Geiger has moved into bronze position after 8.5km, about 15 seconds behind, but he has several on his tail.

The chase is on!

Japan's Ryota Yamamoto has been left behind.

Some effort there to dig deep and cling on to the medal fight, but he was never going to be able to keep that up.

Having led after the jump, Yamamoto is now down to 10th after being passed by the next group out on the course.

The medals currently look set to be contested between German pair Johannes Rydzek and Julian Schmid, and Austrian Lukas Greiderer, who hold a gap of about 18 seconds to the chasing pack with 7.5km covered.

Ollie Williams
Commentator on BBC TV

Germany are a dominant force in this sport and Austria have a long history as well.

Japan's Ryota Yamamoto began the cross country stage of the Nordic combined with a 38 second lead courtesy of his superior jumping earlier this morning.

However, it didn't take the immediate chasing pack to close the gap to Yamamoto.

Germans Johannes Rydzek and Julian Schmid, along with Austrian Lukas Greiderer, have joined him at the front - but the Japanese athlete is just about clinging on to them for the time being.

The next group are about 30 seconds back after 3.5km of this 10km cross country.

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Daeheon Hwang takes the third quarter-final but no one has put it down like Hungary's Shaolin Sandor Liu and that Olympic record in his quarter so far.

Great Britain's Farrell Treacy is in the sixth and last quarter-final.

The Solihull-born skater is making his second appearance at the Winter Games after also competing in PyeongChang, where he reached the 1000m quarter-finals but crashed out in the first round of the 1500m.

BBC Radio 1 presenters Mollie King and Matt Edmondson went head-to-head in a speed skating challenge before the Winter Olympics.

After Team GB athletes Kat Thomson and Niall Treacy put them through their paces, they hit the ice for a race around the rink.

How do you start the quarter-finals of the 1500m short-track? With an Olympic record of course.

Shaolin Sandor Liu of Hungary puts it down in 2:09.13. Canada's Dion Pascal gets through with him, as does Russian Olympic Committee athlete Denis Airapetian.

We have short track speed skaters on the ice ladies and gents.

Quarter-finals are underway and Great Britain's Farrell Tracey will be in the mix when his race starts in a short while.

Chance for Switzerland....but over!

The Swiss go all rush goalie on us as the netminder comes out to join the attack in the closing stages.

Gregory Hofman manages to carve out late opportunity, but fizzes the puck over the bar and the Russian Olympic Committee hold on.

What a breathless encounter that was. Superb stuff.

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Petra Vlhova won Slovakia's first ever alpine skiing gold earlier, coming from eighth after run one to take the top prize in the women's slalom. She did the Rafa Nadal thing whereby she tried chewing her medal.

“After the first run I was a bit down, angry and sad," she said. "I started to not believe in myself. But I’m lucky because I have the best team ever and I have the best coach and my brother; they gave me a lot of power.

“They were just saying to me, 'you are so strong you can do everything just to feel free, just to ski how you know, and that’s it. Nothing more, and then what happens, happens. Just try it'.

"I tried it and I am here with the gold medal.

“Right now it’s difficult to explain or to describe all those feelings I have inside.

“I think you need to dream big and then everything is possible.

“For me, for my country, for my family, for my team, this is something huge. We are really happy and proud.”

Oh my, how on earth have Switzerland not scored there?

The chance they have been waiting for all game falls to Fabrice Herzog. He has an open net a yard or two out - but the puck smacks off the post, flashes across goal and spins away.

Agonising.

Kent Simpson
Commentator on BBC TV

The ROC just make you work so hard for anything on the ice, any time and space, any open shot.

The Swiss are working so hard, creating some wonderful plays and just when your think they might have a chance the ROC are still there.

In his first of three runs in the freestyle skiing big air earlier today, Norway's gold medallist Birk Ruud executed the most impressive jump of the day, a switch left 1980 mute, giving himself an ultimately unbeatable score of 95.75.

“I have done the trick many times,” he said, pointing to his head to mean only ever in his mind, an injury having prevented him from doing it in practice.

“It was the first time doing it ever, here at the Olympics. I wanted to keep it as a surprise to put on a good show.

“There is a lot of stuff happening in the world, so to be able to put on a good show for the people is what I wanted to do. I am very happy about that.”

Oof.

Yannick Weber has just been caught right in the chin by a flying stick.

It was accidental, but I don't think that's much consolation right now.

Six minutes left and the Russian Olympic Committee still hang on to a 1-0 lead.

And while we're on images... dear me...

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I do love that last image.

"He got the ball ref."

You can say that again...

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