Phew. That's run one done and dusted in the men's slalom.

Only 46 racers crossed the finish line. 50 did not.

The second run - featuring GB's Dave Ryding and Billy Major - will go at 12:30 GMT if the weather holds up.

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

Normally the deficit and margin Dave Ryding is in would be huge, and he knows he's much closer to these athletes in training. But this isn't training.

We saw in the giant slalom, the athletes with the earlier bid numbers capitalising on the clean piste and take a big, big lead going into the second run. But slalom is flipped.

So, what Dave actually wants now is to be pushed up the rankings - he's in 18th, but he wants to be closer to 20-25 so that he gets a cleaner run on the second.

Team GB alpine skier Dave Ryding, speaking to Chemmy Alcott on BBC One on finishing his first run: "That's about all I can take from it. Let's see. Let's see if I can find one last run, let's see what I can do.

"I struggled because I couldn't see what was under my feet, so I just couldn't trust it. Too many little scrubs here and that compounds to a hell of a bad run. Unfortunately bad. But let's see if I can go for it in the second run."

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Heat five of the men's 500m has just finished.

Two-time gold medallist at these Games Jens van 'T Wout is in the seventh heat and Great Britain's Nial Treacy is in the eighth and final race.

There's a lot of early action but here's a reminder of how the medal table looks this morning ...

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

We've seen people try but you cannot recover from mistakes today so you have to be solid. But if you're too solid, you're going to be slow so it's very, very tough.

Emma Smith
BBC Sport at Milano Ice Skating Arena

Pietro Sighel crossed the line backwards in the mixed relay, as he celebrated Italy's gold.

Here he also crosses the line backwards in his 500m heat, but rather less intentionally as he is clipped in a final corner incident.

Maybe he can trademark it.

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

We run slaloms in anything but I would say this is definitely the limit.

You can see the coaches in frustration at the side, throwing their hands up, trying to get those shovels back in in those moments.

The weather is forecast to get worse so they're trying to get everyone through.

Here's just how bad the conditions are out in Bormio - only 37 out of 79 racers have finished the first run.

GB's Dave Ryding and Billy Major are two of them!

Ryding is currently 20th, whole Major is 13th. Only the top 30 go through.

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Wilf O'Reilly
Former Team GB short track speed skater on BBC One

Arianna Fontana looked very good indeed. She controlled the race.

She wasn't the strongest skater in the pack so it's looking good for Fontana, looking at another medal.

Emma Smith
BBC Sport at Milano Ice Skating Arena

Britain’s Niall Treacy exceeded expectations by reaching the final of the 1500m on Saturday night.

The 25-year-old returns to action today in the 500m heats - but this is his least favourite distance.

He’s also up against Dutchman Jens van 'T Wout, who has already won both the 1000m and 1500m, in his heat.

Treacy needs to finish in the top two of his four-man race, or be one of the four fastest third-place finishers, to progress to the quarter-finals tomorrow.

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The women's 1000m semi-finals start at 10:57.

Before that, we have the men's 500m heats and we have a Brit to look out for ...

Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

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The Team GB rink will be feeling a lot better about themselves after that.

They still need at least another three wins from their final four round-robin matches if they are to reach the semi-final, but they've still got a shot at it.

They're back on the ice against Switzerland at 18:05 GMT.

Before then, the men take on Norway at 13:05. Until then...

Emma Smith
BBC Sport at Milano Ice Skating Arena

Xandra Velzeboer fell under minimal pressure during the mixed relay a few days ago, costing her Netherlands team a medal.

Since then she has won 500m gold in a world record time, and has eased through in the 1000m.

Making amends in style.

The fourth and final quarter-final is done and that was a frantic finish on the line.

Canada's Courtney Sarault is through to the semi-final and so is Italy's Elisa Confortola.

Michelle Velzeboer of the Netherlands, sister of Xandra, was pipped to the line by Confortola to finish in third but is the fastest third-place skater so progresses to the semi-final.

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Xandra Velzeboer of the Netherlands skated a perfect race there and qualifies for the semi-final.

As does Kim Gil-li of South Korea who crossed the line behind Velzeboer.

Surprisingly, Kristen Santos-Griswold finished in third and with a time of one minute and 29.102 seconds, is unlikely to even progress as fastest third-place skater.

We've got a VAR review.

Neutral athlete Alena Krylova advances to the semi-final as a result of China's Zhang Chutong being disqualified for interference.

The third quarter-final is up next.

Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

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Team GB are almost there... in fact, they are there.

Denmark have offered the handshakes after a steal in the eighth end and Rebecca Morrison's rink have triumphed in this must-win game.

Emma Smith
BBC Sport at Milano Ice Skating Arena

Belgium’s Hanne Desmet, who won bronze in the team relay, is the reigning world champion and also came third in the 1000m in Beijing four years ago.

She's made a strong start to her bid for Olympic gold.

Belgium's Hanne Desmet is through to the semi-final and so is Canada's Florence Brunelle.

Xandra Velzeboer of the Netherlands, who won gold in the 500m last Thursday, is in the next group.