John Jackson
Two-time Olympic bobsledder on BBC One

Sliding is not a one size fits all thing. Everyone has their own different styles and techniques that they use.

10 down, 15 to go in run two.

Italy's Valentina Margaglio overtakes USA's Mystique Ro to lead with a time of 1:56.27.

John Jackson
Two-time Olympic bobsledder on BBC One

It may be that some of the riders will have changed their style to suit the conditions. It was probably colder in some of their practice runs.

That's another messy run from USA's Mystique Ro.

The world silver medallist (2025), 17th after run one, moves to the top of the standings with a combined time of 1:56.36.

Remember, the sliders go in reverse order in run two.

A shout out to all the pupils at City of London School for Girls - Tabby Stoecker's old school!

They have been showing the skeleton action on all the TVs around the school this afternoon, cheering on their former pupil.

An extra shout out to Miss Gibson too, for sending in this pic.

Stoecker was in third place after run one and will be the 23rd slider down the track in run two.

Image source, City of London School for Girls

Wilf O’Reilly
Former British short track speed skater on BBC iPlayer

What an amazing race that was. Metodej Jilek really showed them the way. Sander Eitrem went far too hard to start, all he needed to do was pace himself.

There are 21 years between gold medalist Metodej Jilek and bronze medalist Jorrit Bergsma. He's old enough to be his father!

Team GB have three sliders in the top 10 in Tabby Stoecker (third, +0.18), Freya Tarbit (eighth, +0.54), and Amelia Coltman (10th, +0.64).

Here's a reminder of how they all went in run one.

Just eight more laps left in the men's 10,000m speedskating final.

Norway's Sander Eitrem and France's Timothy Loubineaud are starting to struggle. The pair have slipped off the pace and their medal chances are fading.

Image source, Getty Images

In Cortina, it's nearly time for the second run of the women's skeleton.

Austria's Janine Flock leads the way with a time of 57.22, with Germany's Susanne Kreher (+0.02) and Great Britain's Tabby Stoecker (+0.18) is second and third.

1. Janine Flock (Austria) - 57.22
2. Susanne Kreher (Germany) - 57.24 (+0.02)
3. Tabby Stoecker (Great Britain) - 57.40 (+0.18)
4. Jacqueline Pfeifer (Germany) - 57.43 (+0.21)
5. Hannah Neise (Germany) - 57.45 (+0.23)

Remember, the sliders will complete four runs - two on Friday and two on Saturday - and whoever has the fastest overall time will win the gold medal.

In run two, which gets under way at 16:48 GMT, the sliders will go in reverse order of the standings.

Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych has had his appeal dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) after being banned from competing at the Winter Olympics for continuing to wear a helmet featuring images of athletes killed during the Russian invasion of his home country.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) banned Heraskevych on Thursday after previously telling the Ukrainian on Tuesday that the helmet "does not comply" with the Olympic charter.

The sole arbitrator representing CAS was "fully sympathetic" towards Heraskevych's commemoration but found the IOC's Athlete Expression Guidelines to be "reasonable and proportionate".

The guidelines state that freedom of speech is a fundamental right of any athlete competing in the Olympic Games, but limit the right to express views during competitions on the field of play.

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Wilf O’Reilly
Former British short track speed skater on BBC iPlayer

Now it's very much what schedule are you going to skate to. Is it for the gold-medal position or the bronze-medal position? This is the challenge that the coaches and the skaters face, they'll be making quick calculations.

We're halfway though the final run of this final.

Norway's Sander Eitrem is 1:72 seconds up on the gold-medal-time. Timothy Loubineaud of France is about half a second off the pace.

But, things can change very quickly as tiredness kicks in.

Wilf O’Reilly
Former British short track speed skater on BBC iPlayer

That was a marvellous skate by Metodej Jilek.

There's a new leading time! Czech skater Metodej Jilek goes into first place with a time of 12:33:44, 5:64 seconds ahead of Pole Vladimir Semirunniy.

Jorrit Bergsma drops down to third. Just two more riders left to skate.

Two laps to go, it's time to dig deep. Nineteen-year-old Jilek has about a four second lead.

Roughly eight laps to go and the crowd inside Milan begin to roar. Czech skater Metodej Jilek is now ahead of Pole Vladimir Semirunniy on the time splits.

Halfway through Jilek's skate and he's only a second off gold-medal-pace.

Only four more athletes to skate. Metodej Jilek of the Czech Republic, 19, is one of them. He has a PB of 12:29:63. That'd be good enough for gold if he could replicate it.