Here comes the legend Mikael Kingsbury.

Can the Canadian deny Ikuma Horishima the gold? Horishima is now guaranteed a medal, it's just a matter of which colour it will be...

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Ikuma Horishima punches the air as he crosses the line!

Brilliant from the Japanese athlete. He was saving himself in Final 1, clearly, and nails a 1440 - four full lateral twists - and the landing was fantastic.

That scores him 83.44 to go into the gold medal position with four athletes still to go in Final 2.

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The women's 10km cross-country skiing final is under way...

Sweden have surprisingly only claimed gold on two of the 17 occasions this event has been included at the Winter Olympics – in 1968 and 2010.

However, their nation will expect a third triumph in 2026 after their women produced a clean sweep of the medals at the 2025 World Championships in Norway and they have a number of athletes tipped for the title.

Ebba Andersson won at trio of golds at the Worlds, including the 10km in which she beat Norwegian legend Therese Johaug by just 1.3 seconds.

Andersson, 28, is heading into her prime and has already ended her wait for an individual Olympic medal at these Games.

Frida Karlsson is another Swede aiming to make her mark and add to a World Championship haul of 13 medals in four appearances since 2019.

Karlsson has already won gold in the women's 10km and 10km skiathlon at these Games, with Andersson taking silver.

Meanwhile, Moa Ilar's10km classic victory in Oberhof, Germany was less of a statement and more of a confirmation that Sweden’s star names are heading to the Games in serious form.

Ilar is certainly one of those and she puts her excellent recent performances down to "improved upper body strength".

"I’m showing that I’m a skier to be reckoned with," she stated. "I feel like I’m a completely different skier. I’m much better at focusing on what I’m doing out there on the trail."

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Four-time Olympic alpine ski racer on BBC One

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There is so much depth and talent, and the Americans are being pushed. We have got so much excitement in the final.

I think [Mikael] Kingsbury was definitely holding something back. He wasn't very fast over the bumps and his technique and airtime is what he was focussing on.

Ikuma Horishima was well clear of the field in qualifying and the 28-year-old from Japan makes it through to Final 2 - but he has to settle for fifth in the standings after scoring 80.35.

Australia's Cooper Woods finishes top on 83.60, ahead of Mikael Kingsbury of Canada.

The scores from Final 1 don't matter when it comes to deciding the medals, that will all by based on how they get on in Final 2.

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Super-G leader Federica Brignone is still waiting on the final five athletes to compete their runs before she can be confirmed as an Olympic gold medallist.

It has already been a memorable Games for her after she was selected as a flagbearer for Italy at last Friday's opening ceremony.

She spoke beforehand about how she found out, and what it meant to her.

"I was in the car, driving, and they said: 'Can we nominate you?' I said: 'Yes, that’s great.' When they told me, it was wonderful.

"From the very start, I thought the best part would be if I could make it to the Olympics, because it has been a really tough journey for me, and it still is today. Being here is truly special - it was an almost impossible challenge."

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Mikael Kingsbury of Canada is widely regarded as the best of all-time when it comes to men's moguls - he's a 13-time world champion - and the 33-year-old is safely through to Final 2.

His score of 82.56 puts him in second place with two more skiers to come.

The bumps do look absolutely brutal, you've got to be made of tough stuff to deal with it - and thankfully these Olympians all are.

We're coming towards the end of Final 1 and so far we've got four skiers confirmed for Final 2.

Australia have the top two, Cooper Woods leading from Matt Graham, with Sweden's Walter Wallberg in third and Nick Page of the US fourth.

They're all safely through and will compete for the medal. We've got four more athletes to go before 12 are cut and the top eight continue...

One of the toughest and oldest endurance sports in the world combines the feeling of running on sand with an equally intense workout for the arms as skiers use their poles to move forward.

There are also two techniques: athletes either move their skis back and forth inside parallel grooves (classic), or from side to side similar to skating (freestyle).

The women's 10km is essentially a time trial, with the athlete that posts the fastest time winning gold.

It also has a staggered start with athletes starting at 30-second intervals.

The next of those medal events to start is the women's cross-country 10km.

We've got about 20 minutes until the first competitor gets under way. So let's have a look at how it all works...

There are nine gold medals up for grabs on day six with American Chloe Kim going for a third consecutive title in the women's snowboard halfpipe later this evening.

• Now-12:35 - Men's moguls
• Now-12:50 - Women's Super-G
• 12:00-14:00 - Women's cross-country 10km interval
• 12:45-14:25 - Men's snowboard cross
• 17:30-19:10 - Women's speed skating 5000m
• 17:30-18:55 - Mixed Luge team relay
• 18:30-20:20 - Women's snowboard halfpipe
• 19:15-21:20 - Women's 500m and men's 1000m short track

It's also a busy day for the curlers with the GB men and women both in action. The women start their round-robin against China at 18:05 but before then at 13:05, the men are in action against Sweden.

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Federica Brignone is an easy athlete to spot on any course because of her helmet, which is adorned with a spectacular picture of a tiger.

"The idea is mine," the Italian said earlier this year. "I like beautiful designs, I like felines, and this tiger turned out really well."

Brignone remains in gold medal position with 13 athletes still to start with France's Romane Miradoli in silver and Cornelia Huetter in bronze.

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Marcus Wyatt spoke to BBC Sport after day one of the Men's skeleton: "It was okay. I had a few mistakes on both runs and I did an okay job. I am still in the mix. Hopefully a classic comeback tomorrow and let's see if we can pick up a few people.

"You want it to be super close in the racing. The potential is there and that is what is keeping me going."

On how to imrpove tomorrow: "It's a couple of corners I have found tricky in training, corner 2 and 9. This track is quite quirky and small mistakes costs time, that is what happened to me."

What do you make of this new track? "It's really cool. It's a great mix of tricky corners and flowy bits. It's enjoyable to slide and it feels great. In the fuutre, it will be a great track for beginners , for teaching young sliders how to get good at skeleton."

Seven skiers down and Australia's Jackson Harvey is current leader in this men's moguls final.

He has posted a score of 79.92.

A reminder that this final is split into two sections with the top eight athletes going through to Final 2 to compete for the medals.

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Super-G leader Federica Brignone almost did not make it to her home Games after sustaining multiple leg fractures and a torn anterior cruciate ligament at her national championships last April.

The 35-year-old has had a fitness battle to compete and only returned to action last month but after 24 of 43 competitors she heads the field.

She spoke last Friday about how she was feeling after her training runs following her recovery from injury.

"I would like to be like last year when I was well. Everything came easy to me. When I was at the start gate, I was just trying to attack and go fast. This year it's not like that, but I would say that, given what happened to me, it's already a miracle I'm here, and it's all just a plus."

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Two-time Olympic skeleton champion on BBC One

It's a funny thing in sport, we never know what is going to happen.

Three tenths of a lead is really nice and healthy. It's now about going back to the village and looking at the sled and the set up. They will want to be looking ahead, not only at the lead they have but how to push it forward.

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Great Britain's Matt Weston spoke to BBC Sport after day one of the men's skeleton: "I was quite annoyed after the first run. [Corners] 1, 2 and 3 has been an error in training, I tried to be a bit too relaxed because I tried to over-compensate for race day nerves. I was a bit too soft on the first few corners. It was quite costly. I was pretty glad that I was able to fix it on run 2.

"I didn't see [my track record get broken] - I deliberately put my helmet down so I couldn't see the times or anything. I like to keep it as a blank slate and focus on me. It felt like a good run.

"It's pretty crazy [to be the overnight leader] but I take every run as run one. I will completely reset myself, switch off for a bit and then re-focus tomorrow.

"Luckily I have been in this situation at major championships where I have had the overnight lead. I am used to it, I know how to act and hopefully tomorrow should be fun.

"I have taught myself to love the pressure and love the expectation I have on my shoulders. I didn't like it when I first had success, but now I have turned it into fire that I can go out and give my best."