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That's the first seeding run out of the way with the pace set by France's Aidan Chollet.

He leads the 20 riders who will be seeded for the knockout phase (beginning at 12:45) along with his younger brother Jonas, world champion Eliot Grondin of Canada, defending champion Alessandro Haemmerle of Austria and Britain's Huw Nightingale who was 10th fastest.

Among the 12 riders who will go in the second seeding run shortly are World Cup leader Adam Lambert of Australia and American Nick Baumgartner, who at the age of 44, has become the oldest male snowboarder in Olympic history.

Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych spoke to BBC Sport about being banned from competing in the skeleton: "I feel emptiness.

"Yesterday and before yesterday I was training good. I could be among the medallists for this event, but suddenly because of some interpretation of the rules that I do not agree with, I am not able to compete. Other athletes in the same situation have been able to compete without facing any sanctions.

"Expression guidelines - what do you consider as expression? Many others here in this arena have helmets with different paints and I believe that is also a kind of expression. Some others had national symbols, that is also expression. For some reason, their helmets weren't checked and they were allowed to compete but I am not.

"I believe they [those who have fallen] deserve to be here because of their sacrifice. I want to honour them and their families."

Lizzy Yarnold
Two-time Olympic skeleton champion on BBC One

It's tricky [for Marcus Wyatt]. It's not a huge gap and he can certainly get it back, but I want to see him fighting in run 2.

He had the exact same start time as Matt Weston which is really good and I can see how he has learned throughout the week. He is really getting the track down in his mind.

Jess Anderson
BBC Sport in Cortina

Matt Weston actually pumped his fist in frustration after that first run.

A hefty bump on the wall near the top of the track might have cost him valuable hundredths of a second and he knew that.

As it stands, it doesn't matter as he sits top of the standings after heat one but it's still all to play for with just 0.06 seconds separating him from Germany's Axel Jungk in second place.

Remember, the times of all four heats are added up to determine the medal winner tomorrow evening.

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Live now: Men's skeleton heats

11:10: Freestyle skiing - men's moguls runs 1 & 2

12:15: Alpine skiing: Women's Super-G (shown live earlier on Olympics Extra from 10:30, see below)

Olympics Extra is available on the Red Button, and on the 'watch and listen' tab above, and here's what's on there:

Live now: Women's curling round robin: Italy v Switzerland

10:30: Alpine skiing: Women's Super-G

12:00: Cross-country skiing: Women's 10km interval start (freestyle)

Japan's Ikuma Horishima comfortably top scored in qualifying for the men's moguls final in Livigno this morning.

The 28-year-old won bronze in Beijing four years ago and is among the favourites for gold this time around - even more so after top-scoring with 85.42 in qualifying.

Canada's Julien Viel was his nearest challenger on 79.56 with fellow Canadian Mikael Kingsbury, another of medal favourites, third on 79.11.

Unfortunately, Great Britain's Mateo Jeannesson came 30th with only the top 20 progressing to the final, which begins later on this morning at 11:15 GMT.

Lizzy Yarnold
Two-time Olympic skeleton champion on BBC One

It feels good for Matt Weston. He'll have about an hour between runs 1 and 2.

He has had an injury this season, but his push was one of the fastest pushes in the field.

The issue is [corner] 2 to 3 where he hits the wall. A couple of athletes have had a similar issue; whether it's harder ice early in morning, or he is playing around with equipment and figuring it out.

His bottom section looked really smart.

Matt said to me a few days ago that this track is just about balance. You don't want it to look pretty or smart because you're working too hard.

That could all change today as it's golds galore on day six, with nine medal events taking place:

• 09:00-14:25 - Men's snowboard cross
• 10:30-12:50 - Women's Super-G
• 11:15-12:35 - Men's moguls

• 12:00-14:00 - Women's cross-country 10km interval

• 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 speed skating 500m short track
• 19:15-21:20 - Men's speed skating 1000m short track

Plus Great Britain's men's and women's curling teams are in round-robin action. Bruce Mouat's men face Sweden at 13:05 and Jen Dodds' women face China at 18:05.

Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson missed out on becoming the first British figure skaters in 32 years to win an Olympic medal, as they failed to make the ice dance podium at Milan-Cortina 2026.

Fear tripped on the second element of their free-dance routine, and despite skating cleanly for the remainder it proved too much of an obstacle to overcome.

It means the wait goes on for British skating since Dame Jayne Torvill and Sir Christopher Dean won bronze at the Lillehammer Games in 1994.

Here's the pair's thoughts on that routine.

• Switzerland's Franjo von Allmen won gold in the men's Super-G
• Jens Luraas Oftebro won Norway's seventh gold of the Games with victory in the Nordic combined men's individual 10km
• Defending champion Jakara Anthony (Australia) stumbled in women's moguls final to miss out on podium with 20-year-old American Elizabeth Lemley taking gold.

• France's Julia Simon collected her second gold of the Games, winning the biathlon women's 15km. GB's Shawna Pendry came 88th.
• Italy won double gold in the luge men's doubles and luge women's doubles.
• USA's Jordan Stolz posted an Olympic record time to win the speed skating men's 1000m.
• Great Britain made a winning start in the men's curling, beating China 9-4 in their opening round-robin match.
• Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson missed out on a medal in the ice dance, finishing in seventh place. France's Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron took gold.

Right, after a hectic start, we've got a brief moment to breathe before the skeleton starts up again in about 40 minutes.

So let's take a look back at the headlines from yesterday and then ahead to what else we have to enjoy today...

John Jackson
Two-time Olympic bobsledder on BBC One

I think Marcus [Wyatt] is roughly where we think he'd be from the training times.

Matt [Weston] has done what he needed to do in the first run but it's not in the bag yet. I do believe this is where Team GB's medal run will start.

No change to the top of the standings as the first run concludes, which is good news for Matt Weston and Team GB.

Still another three runs to go before the medals are dished out, the next of which begins at 10:08 GMT, but a good start for the world number one...

1. Matt Weston, Great Britain - 56.21 (TR)
2. Axel Jungk, Germany - 56.27
3. Amedeo Bagnis, Italy - 56.37
4. Christopher Grotheer, Germany - 56.39
5. Chen Wenhao, China - 56.43
6. Felix Keisinger, Germany - 56.44
7. Marcus Wyatt, Great Britain - 56.52
8. Yin Zheng, China - 56.56

Katie Falkingham
BBC Sport in Livigno

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Huw Nightingale has been Team GB's superfan up here in Livigno.

I've seen him supporting Mia Brookes in the big air, and Mateo Jeannesson in the moguls.

Now it's finally his turn to compete!

When I spoke to him last week, he said the course was getting faster and faster each day, but that it was a bit more technical than expected.

"But it's good fun."

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Canada’s Eliot Grondin will be hoping to update his silver from Beijing, where he just missed out on gold in a photo finish with Austrian Alessandro Haemmerle.

The 24-year-old is the current world champion but has had only had one World Cup podium finish so far this season

French teenager Jonas Chollet is making his mark on the senior ranks after a successful junior campaign.

The current World Cup leader is Australian Adam Lambert but he not enjoyed the best of fortunes at previous Olympics, failing to get beyond the first knockout round in both Pyeongchang and Beijing.

Britain's hopes lie with Huw Nightingale.

John Jackson
Two-time Olympic bobsledder on BBC One

On Vladyslav Heraskevych being banned from competing:

"His approach to that is about remembering those who have fallen.

"For me, being military and now a veteran, rememberance is really important to all veterans. We have all lost friends and colleagues in conflict and we all know someone who isn't here and paid the ultimate sacrifice.

"I support him in what he was trying to achieve. It is really important to remember those who have given their life for something that ultimately doesn't need to happen."

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Also already underway on day six in Livigno is the men's snowboard cross with the riders set for a busy day with some fast racing down a course full of jumps and bumps.

The first of two seeding runs has started with the second to follow at 09:55 followed by the knockout rounds from 12:45 before the gold medal is decided at 13:56.

The top 20 men 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’.

Jess Anderson
BBC Sport in Cortina

Well, a dramatic morning here at the Cortina sliding centre.

I arrived all excited to watch Team GB's Matt Weston and Marcus Wyatt in action in their first official heats.

That changed when I had to run up to the commentary box to write the breaking news story that Ukrainian slider Vladyslav Heraskevych has been banned from the Games for continuing to wear his 'helmet of remembrance'.

The International Olympic Committee told Heraskevych on Tuesday the helmet "does not comply" with the Olympic charter and said he was not allowed to wear it.

But on Wednesday he again wore the helmet to official training and told BBC Sport he believed he "has all the rights" to wear it.

IOC president Kirsty Coventry visited the 26-year-old at Cortina's sliding track before the first skeleton heat on Thursday and the IOC said Heraskevych "did not consider any form of compromise".

The 26-year-old has had his accreditation withdrawn.