Thursday was a busy day! Here's a reminder of some of the headlines from day six:

• USA snowboard superstar Chloe Kim just misses out on an historic third-straight halfpipe gold, taking silver as South Korea's Choi Ga-on wins gold
• Great Britain's Matt Weston leads men's skeleton by 0.3 seconds after first two runs; Marcus Wyatt in seventh
• Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych banned from skeleton over helmet featuring images of athletes killed during Russia's invasion of his country - and tells BBC he feels "emptiness"
• GB men beat defending champions Sweden 6-3 in curling round-robin
• Italy's Francesca Lollobrigida wins 5000m speed skating gold by a tenth of a second, her second gold of the Games following victory in the 3000m
• More joy for the host nation as Federica Brignone wins alpine skiing women's Super-G gold - 10 months after sustaining multiple leg fractures and a torn ACL

Right, before we go any further, let's have a quick look back at what happened on day six and what we have to look forward to for the rest of the day...

Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

You’ve probably noticed that the curlers all have microphones on, ostensibly so we can hear them discussing their tactics. But, boys being boys and this being a high-pressured environment, sometimes a few wee swearies can slip out.

"You forget it about it a lot of the time," says Bobby Lammie. "Then you say something you shouldn’t…"

As the team’s alternate, Kyle Waddell is unlikely to make it on to the ice, but he had some advice for his pals. "You just drop a Scottish slang swear word. You’ll get away with a few more of them."

In Livigno, Charlotte Bankes puts down a solid display in her first seeding run.

The 30-year-old former world champion, who is competing at her fourth Olympics, was eighth of the 32 athletes to go and clocked a time of one minute 14.31 seconds to leave her fifth fastest so far.

We will see how the rest of the field fares but that should be enough to keep her in the top 20 seeds before the knockout rounds, which start at 12:30.

Vicky Wright
Olympic gold medallist curler on BBC Two

Losing that first end was very unfortunate, but GB haven't been far away so far.

They have been an inch out on some shots that has cost them. If they sharpen up, they can definitely get back in this game.

Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

Hold that thought... a fabulous final shot by Bruce Mouat gives Team GB a guaranteed point and potentially two in the fourth end.

The British lads think they've got a second point, and the big compass is out... they have indeed scored two to thrust themselves right back into this contest.

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The Winter Olympics have not been a particularly happy hunting ground for Britain’s Charlotte Bankes but she will be hoping to put that right here.

The 30-year-old has competed at three previous Games (twice for France) but is yet to make the final although she is a former world champion and a two-time World Cup Crystal Globe winner.

Bankes is back to full fitness after a collarbone injury and won a World Cup race in China in January

Among her rivals will be French duo Lea Casta, who only turned 20 on Tuesday and won the Crystal Globe last season, and Chloe Trespeuch who will be hoping to win another medal after taking bronze in 2014 and silver in 2022 but a first since becoming a mother in December 2024 while Italy’s reigning world champion and 2018 Olympic champion Michela Moioli will also be a danger.

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After the excitement of the men’s snowboard cross on Thursday, attention now switches to the women’s event and Britain has a live medal hope in Charlotte Bankes.

The first of two seeding runs has started - we'll update you on how Bankes is doing shortly - with the second to come at 09:55 followed by the knockout rounds from 12:30 and the big final for the gold medal at 13:41.

The event sees racers going down a course full of jumps and bumps

The top 20 women after the first seeding run are given seedings for the knockout phase while the remaining 12 do a second run to determine the other positions.

Knockout rounds comprise heats of four riders with the top two per race to qualify for the next round before the four successful semi-finalists compete for the medals in the ‘big final’.

Not ideal then so far in the curling. Plenty of time to turn it around, though.

Meanwhile, Team GB will hope for better in the women's snowboard cross, which has begun with the first seeding run...

Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

It's not been a great start to the day for Team GB's curlers, quite frankly.

Bruce Mouat's rink conceded a catastrophic four points in the opening end and are scrapping furiously to get back into the contest against the hosts in the boisterous Cortina Curling Stadium.

As it stands, we've completed three ends and Italy lead 5-1.

Exciting as it is, Matt Weston's pursuit of gold is for later.

In the here and now, Great Britain are in action against Italy in the men's curling...

Yes, after a number of near misses in the first few days, there are high hopes that today could finally be the day that Great Britain claim their first medal.

Matt Weston came in as favourite in the men's skeleton and is living up to that tag so far, leading the way with two runs to go.

He was mightily impressive yesterday morning, breaking the track record on his first run then smashing it again on his second to earn a 0.3-second lead.

We've got to wait until this evening to see if he can turn his strong position into a medal - ideally of the gold variety - with the third runs starting at 18:30 GMT and the fourth and final runs beginning at 20:05 GMT.

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We go again!

It's day seven of the Games and today, more than any day so far, feels like it may just be the day.

Whisper it but a first British medal might finally be on the cards...