Summary

  • Winter Olympics day seven - watch live coverage (UK only)

  • USA's Ilia Malinin finishes eighth in men's figure skating after poor free skate performance

  • Men's skeleton: Matt Weston wins superb gold for GB's first medal of 2026 Games

  • Snowboarding: Japan's Yuto Totsuka wins halfpipe gold from Australia's Scotty James

  • Women's skeleton: GB's Tabby Stoecker fifth after first two runs, with Freya Tarbit sixth

  • Men's skeleton: Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych has appeal dismissed after disqualification for helmet honouring compatriots

  • Curling: GB women lose 9-3 to South Korea; men lose 9-7 to Italy on final stone

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Live Reporting

Elizabeth Botcherby, Joe Rindl & Esha Nayar

  1. Time for Yuma Kagiyama of Japan, our penultimate skater. If he wants to put pressure on Ilia Malinin, who he trails by over five points after the free skate, this has to be faultless.

  2. Figure Skating: Men's free skate

    Emma Smith
    BBC Sport at Milano Ice Skating Arena

    This all means Mikhail Shaidorov is guaranteed a medal.

    It is Kazakhstan's first of these Games.

  3. Fa Adam Siao Him was third in the short programme, but he's 11th in our free skate. That takes him up to sixth overall, so far.

  4. Figure skating - men's single skating final

    Robin Cousins
    Olympic gold medallist figure skater on BBC Two

    You can see when someone starts off if they'll be able to bring it back.

    Adam Siao Him Fa couldn't. There's so, so much to love, really beautifully choreographed but it needs the back up of the material. You need that foundation but he didn't have that today.

    I feel sorry for him.

  5. Woah, Fa Adam Siao Him ends his routine with a backflip. That brings a cheer.

    The Frenchman came into this routine with a nine-point buffer over fourth. Can he crack into our current top three of?

    1 - Mikhail Shaidorov (Kazakhstan) - 291.58

    2 - Shun Sato (Japan) - 274.90

    3 - Junhwan Cha (South Korea) - 273.92

    Remember, Yuma Kagyiama and Ilia Malinin are still to skate.

  6. Figure skating - men's single skating final

    Right you are, Emma. A rough start to Siao Him's free skate will probably mean he'll miss out on a medal.

    It's a brutal sport.

  7. Figure Skating: Men's free skate

    Emma Smith
    BBC Sport at Milano Ice Skating Arena

    Daniel Grassl, the big Italian medal hope here, is out of contention after slipping on his triple lutz.

    Next is France’s entertainer Adam Siao Him Fa, who was third after Tuesday's short program... but he falls on both of his first two elements!

    I have French commentators to both my left and right. Both have their heads in their hands.

  8. Figure skating - men's single skating final

    Robin Cousins
    Olympic gold medallist figure skater on BBC Two

    He was on it in the short programme but he has such an awkward technique so when they are just a bit off, there's a questionable landing position. It doesn't look as aesthetic as you'd like it. He certainly isn't of the quality of Mikhail Shaidorov.

    Shaidorov was so on the money today.

  9. Figure skating - men's single skating final

    Daniel Grassl's just completed his routine, he's awarded 170.25 points and finishes sixth in the table.

    Three athletes to go.

  10. Figure skating - men's single skating final

    The skaters to go are Daniel Grassl of Italy, Fa Adam Siao Him of France, Japan's Yuma Kagiyama and American Ilia Mailinin. Here's what they got in this week's short programme:

    Grassl - 93.46

    Siao Him - 102.55

    Kagiyama - 103.07

    Malinin - 108.16

    Kazakh Mikhail leads with 291.58 after his short programme and free skate. His free skate was also our highest scoring individual routine tonight, getting 198.64 points.

    Most athletes are scoring about 170 points in their free skate.

  11. Figure Skating: Men's free skate

    Emma Smith
    BBC Sport at Milano Ice Skating Arena

    We are into the final skaters tonight - the major medal contenders.

    Currently in first place is Kazakhstan's Mikhail Shaidorov, followed by Shun Sato of Japan then South Korea's Cha Jun-hwan. But it could all change.

    The star attraction is 'Quad God' Ilia Malinin, expected on ice at around 21.48 GMT.

  12. Quickly, we're going to head on over to Milan.

    More gold medals are about to be decided.

  13. Matt Weston - Olympic champion

    Men's skeleton - run four (gold medal run)

    Matt Weston on the courseGetty Images
    Matt Weston in disbelief after finishing run fourGetty Images
    Matt Weston celebratesGetty Images
    Matt Weston (centre) on the podiumGetty Images

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    Our 13th ever winter Olympics gold...on the 13th....coincidence?? Well done Matty! Outstanding!! Come on Team GB: now we've had one medal, let's see if we can get a few more.

    Jane Pike. Colne, Lancs

    Amazing from Matt Weston a class apart from everyone. Dominant and has been the best all season. Absolutely well deserved. Hopefully that will be the motivation for the rest of team GB to deliver more medals.

    Darren Smith, Westhoughton

  15. Men's skeleton - run four (gold medal run)

    Matt Weston's mum, fiance and dadGetty Images

    Matt Weston's fiancé, Alex Howard-Jones: "I don't have any words. I told you that he'd get gold and he did. Couldn't be prouder of him."

    Matt Weston's dad, Tom Weston: "He's definitely that good. I knew he'd be very close, at least second. Absolutely proud of him."

  16. Men's skeleton - run four (gold medal run)

    Jess Anderson
    BBC Sport in Cortina

    What a run that was from Matt Weston, truly incredible.

    Who said Friday 13th is unlucky? Certainly isn't for the Olympic champion.

    Sensational.

  17. Men's skeleton - run four (gold medal run)

    John Jackson
    Two-time Olympic bobsledder on BBC One

    For some of the athletes, there's a lot of relief. The stress can come off, the world has been lifted off their shoulders. They can now relax and appreciate what they've earned after working for the past four years.

  18. Men's skeleton - run four (gold medal run)

    Matt Weston with his medalGetty Images

    And for the first time at Milan-Cortina, we hear God Save the King.

    After a run of fourth-place finishes, near-misses and disappointments, Team GB has a medal at the 2026 Olympics - and it's gold!

  19. Men's skeleton - run four (gold medal run)

    Skeleton podiumGetty Images

    It's time for the medal ceremony.

    Matt Weston is joined by Axel Jungk (Germany), who earns a second Olympic silver medal (2022, 2026), and Christopher Grotheer (Germany), who adds a bronze medal to his gold from 2022.

  20. Matt Weston completes the set

    Men's skeleton - run four (gold medal run)

    World champion: 2023, 2025

    European champion: 2023, 2026

    World Cup champion: 2024, 2025, 2026

    Olympic champion: 2026