Kong Fanyu moves into bronze medal position. Only Australia's Danielle Scott can now deny China a sweep of the medals...

1. Xu Mengtao (China) - 112.90
2. Shao Qi (China) - 101.90
3. Kong Fanyu (China) - 101.31
4. Kaila Kuhn (USA) - 99.16
5. Winter Vinecki (USA) - 90.58

Ouch! USA's Kaila Kuhn ends up kneeing herself in the face on landing.

Extremely painful but she's into the medal positions for now...

1. Xu Mengtao (China) - 112.90
2. Shao Qi (China) - 101.90
3. Kaila Kuhn (USA) - 99.16
4. Winter Vinecki (USA) - 90.58

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Here come the top 10. Austria's Katharina Truppe is straight into the lead, knocking Melanie Meillard off her perch.

So, one minute 41.10 seconds is the new time to beat.

Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

This American rink are new to this level, coming off consecutive defeats, and know that Britain will have something to prove. They do have the hammer, though. How will they handle this occasion?

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Three athletes have gone so far in Final 2 and the experienced Xu Mengtao, at the age of 35, is in the gold medal position as it stands.

It's good but will it be enough to stay at the top of the standings?

1. Xu Mengtao (China) - 112.90
2. Shai Qi (China) - 101.90
3. Winter Vinecki (USA) - 90.58

Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

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So, the British lads are on Sheet A. Next to them, Norway are playing unbeaten Switzerland. And at the far end of the rink, hosts Italy are facing already-qualified Canada.

You ready? It's going to be a tense couple of hours...

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Finally, Paula Moltzan's leading time has been beaten. Switzerland's Melanie Meillard goes 0.04 seconds faster to take top spot.

Caitlin McFarlane of France, meanwhile, has pushed Laurence St-Germain out of the bronze-medal position.

Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

The equation comes in two parts. First, Bruce Mouat's rink must beat the United States. Fail to do that, and they can get on a plane home tonight.

But should they record their first victory in four matches, attention will turn to elsewhere in this arena. In simple terms, GB need one of Italy or Norway to lose both of their last two matches.

Sounds fanciful, perhaps, but both of those nations must face unbeaten Switzerland and Canada, who have only lost once. Both of those teams have already qualified for the semi-finals, so how will they perform?

BBC Two

We've switched to BBC Two, where you can watch the conclusion of the women's slalom.

For curling fans, Team GB men's must-win match against the US will start on iPlayer and the Red Button.

Jess Anderson
BBC Sport in Cortina

Time for a quick dance break at the slalom before the top 15 begin their runs…

Vibes = immaculate. Someone pass me a spritz.

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Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

So this is it. Last chance for Team GB's men.

Silver medallists last time, reigning world champions, and the favourites to win gold in Cortina - and yet they now need favours to even reach the medal matches.

This is the moment for Bruce Mouat and his boys to dig deep and find the things that have made them so successful in recent years. Will they do it?

Jess Anderson
BBC Sport in Cortina

A lot of chat the other day after Atle Lie McGrath’s second run in the men’s event that the coaches were standing too close to him.

As you can see here, what is nicknamed ‘coaches corner’ is pretty close to where the skiers whiz by.

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That's 15 down, 14 to go until it's Mikaela Shiffrin's turn.

Shiffrin can't take this second run for granted. We all saw what happened to Atle Lie McGrath in the men's event.

The Norwegian was the fastest in run one by 0.59 seconds, but he hit a gate early in his second run and did not finish. He hurled his poles away and stormed off the course before lying down for a while at the edge of a forest.

No-one wants to see Shiffrin feel that same disappointment today.

Chemmy Alcott
Four-time Olympic alpine ski racer on BBC One

I love that she was just the normal Mikaela Shiffrin that we expect.

Her core is so centralised in the ski and that means she enables herself to get the high-edge angle above the gate. It's very hard to decipher when you watch Shiffrin to other people why she is so good, but that is why.

I am so happy for her. To be 0.82 seconds ahead on an easy slalom like this is absolutely incredible.

She has taken all that Olympic pressure, that expectation, and finally delivered the normal run we knew she could.

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A real let off for China's Shao Qi!

She opted not to take her second jump, trusting she had scored enough on her first but it comes down to the last jump of the first phase of this final and Canada's Marion Thenault, who was fifth after the first round, had the chance to knock Shao out.

Close but quite good enough from Thenault and Shao sneaks through in sixth.

Australia's Danielle Scott and Shao's team-mates Kong Fanyu and Xu Mengtao also decided against jumping again - but then they were in much safer spots.

They all go through, as do US duo Kaila Kuhn, who produced the best jump of the second round, 109.90, and Winter Vinecki.

The top six will go again in the second and final phase of this final from 13:00 GMT.

Paula Moltzan only just snuck into the top 30 after the first run, but her blinder of a second run has yet to be beaten by the eight skiers that have followed her.

The American remains at the top of the standings, with one minute 41.29 seconds the time to beat.

The slalom takes place over two courses on the same slope, but only the top 30 skiers advance to the second course.

Skiers have to pass through a series of gates. Failure to do so results in disqualification.

The two times are added together and the athlete with the fastest combined time at the end of the two runs wins gold. Nice and simple.

Jess Anderson
BBC Sport in Cortina

Views at my favourite venue just never miss…

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The first six skiers are down safely and it's currently American Paula Moltzan who tops the standings with a combined time of one minute 41.29 seconds.

Moltzan grabbed bronze ahead of Mikaela Shiffrin in the team combined event.