Fabian Gratz is out of medal contention as well!

The German's hopes were over before they even got going in his second run, after missing a gate right at the top of the course.

It's so frustrating, especially after he put out such a good first run this morning!

Hi Rossi and Kirsty! No, the skiers don't have to hit the gates, but most do. The closer you can get to the gate, the more direct your route will be and therefore you'll have a faster runtime.

Emma Smith
BBC Sport at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena

During breaks in the ice hockey, they have someone playing the electric pipe organ with some jaunty tunes.

I know this is traditional for the sport, but it just reminds of me of the ending of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Oh no, Alex Vinatzer!

The home-favourite gets off to a blistering start on the slope, travelling beautifully across the snow, but clatters in to one of the gates on his descent.

Heart-breaking. There will be no medals for Italy in this event.

Austria's Marc Schwarz remains in the gold medal position, with Joan Verdu in silver and Timon Haugan in bronze.

Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

Worth bearing in mind that Canada and Sweden are playing on adjacent rinks here this afternoon. The two got into a wee bit of a row last night over claims of cheating, with finger-pointing and swearing adding a wee bit of excitement to events.

'I told him where to stick it' - Canada and Sweden in row

There will be no medal for the United States' River Radamus who crosses the line 0.68 seconds behind pace.

The 28-year-old, who twice came fourth place at the Beijing Games, will be disappointed with that second run despite it being pretty solid.

Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

A wee nugget from the men's giant slalom...

Faiz Basha - Singapore's only and, in fact, first ever Winter Olympic alpine skier - is currently a mechanical engineering student at Glasgow's Strathclyde University.

The 23-year-old failed to complete his first run.

Could Austria end up with both the gold and the silver in Bormio?

It did look like it when Patrick Feurstein cruised past one of the middle gates just 0.01 seconds behind team-mate Marco Schwarz's pace.

It wasn't to be, though, with Feurstein only doing enough to go into seventh.

Norway's Timon Haugan almost does enough to go into first position, but crosses the line just 0.02 seconds behind Austrian leader Marco Schwarz.

The tension is starting to build in this men's giant slalom now, with the fastest 13 athletes still to come...

Emma Smith
BBC Sport at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena

A goal from Elias Petterson has put Sweden 3-2 up against Slovakia at the end of the second period, and that puts the cat among the pigeons.

Sweden and Slovakia would both have six points, but as it stands the Swedes would move top of Group B on head to head record. Only the group winner qualifies automatically for the quarter-finals.

Image source, Getty Images

Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

Image source, Andy Hone

Bruce Mouat: The skip or captain, he throws last and dictates the tactics. Calm, thoughtful, but fiercely competitive. Considered by many to be the best player in the world.

Grant Hardie: Mouat's deputy, he will throw third. He's the analytical one in the team and not afraid to speak his mind. Also drank champagne for the entirety of the 13-hour flight home from Beijing after winning silver.

Hammy McMillan: As the lead, he throws first. He's the lively one of the team and one of the best sweepers in the world. Loves a carry on. He and Hardie are cousins.

Bobby Lammie: The quiet one but an "absolute freak of nature physically" according to those who train alongside him. Along with McMillan, he has reinvented the role of the sweeper.

The conditions are continuing to get trickier in Bormio!

And Croatia's Flip Zubcic has just lost his goggles on his descent, making the conditions doubly hard for the 33-year-old.

He uses all of his experience to guide him home and finishes just 0.22 seconds behind pace, however it's only enough for fourth.

The snowfall is getting thicker and thicker by the minute at the Stelvio Ski Centre. We are basically in the midst of a blizzard!

It is making things all the more difficult for the athletes racing down what is notoriously one of the world's toughest courses due to its 63% gradient.

Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

I've just spotted Grant Hardie and Hammy McMillan's granny emerging into the stands at the Cortina Curling Stadium.

Mrs McMillan is in her 80s now and travels all over the world to watch the boys since the death of her husband. Often, she can be spied knitting rinkside.

The couple actually built a rink at their Stranraer hotel, which has been the start point not just for Hammy and Grant in their careers, but also team-mate Bobby Lammie, Olympic gold medallist Vicky Wright, and Hammy's father - also Hammy - who is a two-time Olympian.

The family rink in a hotel that has bred some world's finest curlers

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Austria's Raphael Haaser has been turfed out of the leader's chair by Switzerland's Luca Aerni.

He leads by 0.02 seconds after negotiating the heavy snowfall well. It is tight, but it will do for now.

Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

Team GB's men are back on the ice and looking to bounce back from their first defeat of the competition, against hosts Italy yesterday.

Some of the boys were up at the sliding centre last night watching Matt Weston and aren't unduly concerned by that defeat after two opening wins.

Six victories in the nine round-robin games should be enough to see you into the semi-finals and this contest against one of the weaker teams in the competition should give Bruce Mouat's rink a good opportunity to get their third win on the board

BBC Two

The skiers really do batter into those gates. It looks like it would hurt, but they wear protective gear on their forearms.

They look a bit like shin pads - but for your arms. Obviously.

By the way, the giant slalom is live on BBC Two right now!

Seven skiers safely down and it's Austria's Raphael Haaser who has set the time to beat - two minutes 29.03 seconds.

Emma Smith
BBC Sport at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena

This match between Slovakia and Sweden is a rematch of the bronze-medal game from Beijing 2022. The Slovaks won that to earn a spot on the podium.

Here these two nations are evenly matched, with the score 2-2 midway through the second of three periods.

The athletes will go in reverse order of their ranking from the first run, so that will mean Brazil's Lucas Pinheiro Braathen - the fastest on run one - will be the last of the 30 skiers to go.