we re under way. the first day of the games and the first gold up for grabs, in the gruelling sport of cross country skiing. and as the rest faded, norway s theresejohaug defied the 20 conditions to seal her place in olympic history. and at last! but britain s hopes of an early lift off didn t quite materialise. four years ago, katie 0rmerod was due to compete in pyeongchang before shattering her heel on the eve of the games. after a string of operations, she bounced back to become a global contender. but some costly errors meant she failed to qualify for tomorrow s slopestyle final. after all she s been through, though, at least she got down safely. all i wanted was to do my best today. you know, this course is really challenging and i definitely put it down when i needed to today. even though i m not in the finals, i landed, which is better than not landing! not to be, then, for katie 0rmerod. she still has a second snowboarding event to come here, but her hopes of bringing britain
negative press around, and it won t bring her back, i know it won t bring her back, but i ve got to do it for her. it s day ten of the winter olympics, and team gb has still to win a medal. it s 30 years since great britain returned from a winter games empty handed, and the ambition this time round was three to seven medals. but not all hope is lost, with some promising contenders still to compete. here s our sports correspondent andy swiss. team gb s kirst muir. ten days, zero medals. britain have hardly soared so far at these games, but could kirsty muir finally give them lift off? atjust 17, muir is the team s youngest athlete, but she cruised through to the slopestyle final in sixth place and hopes even better is to come. solid run for kirsty muir from aberdeen. i feel like i definitely
coy, it has been another terrific performance for the ice princess. not quite gold but still pretty impressive. impressive. the free slopestyle final for women. eileen gu, she is capturing the hearts of spectators here. biggest crowd in the snow park. folks wanting to snap the pictures and already winning the gold in the big air competition. gu puts down another solid performance to win a silver. she was holding heart hands above her head. the 18-year-old has another opportunity to win another medal. the lowest scoring qualifier to olympic champ. she already won bronze at these games in big air competition. she adds to her silver from four years ago.
by norway in the women s15km skiathlon. britain s katie 0rmerod missed out on the snowboard slopestyle final but there was more success for team gb s curlers. 0ur sports correspondent andy swiss reports from beijing. we re under way. the first day of the games and the first gold up for grabs, in the gruelling sport of cross country skiing. and as the rest faded, norway s theresejohaug defied the 20 conditions to seal her place in olympic history. and at last! but britain s hopes of an early lift off didn t quite materialise. four years ago, katie 0rmerod was due to compete in pyeongchang before shattering her heel on the eve of the games. after a string of operations, she bounced back to become a global contender. but some costly errors meant she failed to qualify for tomorrow s slopestyle final. after all she s been through, though, at least she got down safely. all i wanted was to do my best today.
plan for brad hall and nick gleeson in the two man bobsleigh event. they lost time from their first run and after their first two they re currently 11th. it s been a good day for britain s men s curling team. they got their fifth win of the round robin stage with a very close victory over switzerland winning 6 5 with the final stone. team gb s women are in action right now in their round robin match. they re facing canada one of the favourites for gold before the games begun. and it s canada who lead 6 3 in the final end. there s finally been some good news for team gb on the slopes where there ll be two brits in tomorrow s slopestyle final. 17 year old kirsty muir