Ooof, a photo finish in heat five!

Germany's Coletta Rydzek crossed the line in three minutes and 57.75 seconds, but it is second and third that is being looked at ...

Norway's Milla Grosberghaugen Andreassen beat Sweden's Johanna Hagstrom by a whisker to that automatic second qualifying place.

USA's Julia Kern and Norway's Julie Bjervig Drivenes also progress as the two 'lucky losers'.

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The ice will be re-surfaced before the semi-finals get under way in about 20 minutes. We'll be back then to bring you all the action.

A late surge by William Dandjinou wins it for Canada as he squeezes in ahead of China.

Belgium will also qualify as the fastest third-placed team.

The fifth and final women's sprint classic quarter-final heat is under way and all of the athletes who finished in third will be watching this one closely.

There are two 'lucky loser' spots available ...

That push in the back from your team-mate to handover must give you a proper burst of speed.

Seven laps to go and it's Canada and China out in front.

Sweden's Maja Dahlqvist, who won silver in this event in Beijing, has progressed to the women's sprint classic semi-finals.

It went down to the very line for second but it was Italy's Federica Cassol that automatically goes through.

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The third and final quarter-final. Canada, China, Belgium and Kazakhstan make up the line-up for this one.

Speed skating VAR!

France automatically advance to the semi-finals, despite finishing third, after the referee judges Japan to be the cause of their crash.

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What is going on?! Crashes galore.

It looked like the United States were out of it when they crashed into the side of the rink, but two French athletes collide with each other and the Americans are able to steal into second, behind South Korea.

For the changeover, the skaters that are taking over basically have to sneak onto the track, get a head start and then they are pushed with two hands by their team-mate.

They make it look effortless, but I'd say it's not too easy!

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The men's slopestyle final starts at 11:30 GMT and we are giving you the opportunity to send us your questions for our commentators Tim Warwood and Ed Leigh.

You might have questions around how it works, how the judges score, or simply names of tricks - but now is the time to ask!

They'll answer some of them on BBC One when the final gets under way.

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Finalnd's Johanna Matintalo has finished heat three in three minutes and 55.17 seconds - the fastest time of the quarter-finals so far.

No Finish woman has won this event before, so could she be the first? We will have to keep an eye on her.

Germany's Laura Glimmer crossed the line second for a semi-final place.

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What makes this event look so chaotic is that while four skaters race on the track, the remaining athletes are warming up and getting ready to race or recovering on the inside of the track. It's all very busy.

Here comes the second quarter-final between South Korea, the United States, Japan and France.

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The Netherlands win it, with Italy close behind. Poland finish four seconds later in third.

That is hectic!

Sweden's Linn Svahn, who was the fastest qualifier in this morning's session, has just gone in heat two.

The 26-year-old put in another strong time of three minutes and 55.44 seconds to secure an automatic semi-final place.

Italy's Caterina Ganz takes the second automatic spot finishing 0.61 seconds behind Svahn.

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The women switch over to the men and at the moment, it's the Netherlands and Italy out in front.

OK then. Quarter-final one coming right up.

The best two teams in each quarter-final qualify for the semi-finals, along with the two fastest third-placed teams.

The first quarter-final features the Netherlands, Italy, Poland and Hungary.

OFF THEY GO!

We should be in for a treat with the mixed relay in the speed skating.

It was introduced at Beijing 2022 and each team consists of four athletes - two women and two men.

Each skater does two legs of the 18-lap race.

It's going to be absolutely chaotic and it's coming up right now.

You have to feel for the other skiers in heat one because Sweden's Joanna Sundling and Norway's Kristine Stavas Skistad were head and shoulders above the rest of the pack.

Reigning Olympic champion Sundling crossed the line in three minutes and 55.29 seconds, less than a second before world champion Skistad.

The pair have automatically qualified for the semi-final where their battle will continue!

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I'm afraid it's another bit of bad news for Team GB at these Games.

Niall Treacy, our sole male representative in short track, was well placed in his heat when he went shoulder to shoulder with Canada's Steven Dubois.

Both men tumbled to the ice as Dubois tried to muscle past Treacy on the inside and the Brit aimed to defend his position.

After a review, it has been decided both men shared responsibility for the incident, so neither is advanced through to the next round.

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