• Team GB's Gus Kenworthy finished sixth in the men's freeski halfpipe final, with American Alex Ferreira winning gold
• Dutch speed skater Antoinette Rijpma-de Jong won women's 1500m gold, while in the short-track events, the Dutch took gold in the men's 5000m relay and Kim Gil-li of South Korea won the women's 1500m
• Wang Xindi of China won men's aerials gold, two days after wife Xu Mengtao became Olympic champion
• Norway finished first and second in the men's biathlon 15km mass start, with Johannes Dale-Skjevdal claiming gold
• Germany's Daniela Maier won women's ski cross gold

John Jackson
Two-time Olympic bobsledder on BBC Two

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Germany absolutely smashed the start record. Johannes Lochner's boys mean business.

It's almost like this track has been built for Lochner personally. It suits his style, it suits his technique and his equipment.

A great first run.

We've had eight sleds go so far and here are the latest standings:

1. Germany (Johannes Lochner) 53.91 seconds

2. Germany (Francisco Friedrich) 54.30

3. Great Britain (Brad Hall) 54.39

4. Switzerland (Cedric Follador) 54.49

5. Germany (Adam Ammour) 54.51

Jess Anderson
BBC Sport in Cortina

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Well Team GB seem happy with that. There were fists pumping and banging on the sled as they came up the finish straight.

They’re well and truly off the mark and up and running in Cortina.

They’ve had injury problems in the build up to this and sacrificed the two-man event to put all their focus on this one.

We know they’re capable of getting amongst the German teams and they’ve done just that here.

John Jackson
Two-time Olympic bobsledder on BBC Two

That was a really good drive from Brad - the team did what they needed to do at the top, started within a comfortable distance and it allowed Brad to out-drive Adam Ammour which he should be able to do.

Good job boys.

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Brad Hall guides the Team GB sled to a time of 53.91 seconds.

It's 0.48 seconds behind Johannes Lochner and into third.

But still a long time to go in this run.

Jess Anderson
BBC Sport in Cortina

Here we go then.

The Games are almost over but the four-man bobsleigh is one of the big events people look forward to.

Team GB have a decent chance of a medal if they can put their best out there. It’s the German teams they need to beat if they are to do that.

Adam Ammour, the pilot of the third German sled, cannot trouble Lochner either and he finishes 0.60 seconds back.

Next up is the Great Britain sled.

The second of three German sleds piloted by Francesco Friedrich makes a couple of tiny errors and clocks 54.30 seconds - 0.39 seconds behind Lochner.

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53.91 seconds for Johannes Lochner and his sled.

That is a great start.

The first of the three German sleds piloted by Johannes Lochner takes to the track at the Cortina Sliding Centre.

What can they do?

Great Britain will be fourth out.

Hello there!

It's a busy penultimate day at the Winter Olympics, with 10 gold medals to be handed out. Will it be a super Saturday for Team GB?

Zoe Atkin was the highest-scoring qualifier in the women's freeski halfpipe and goes in the final at 18:30 GMT.

There's also the men's curling final between Great Britain and Canada at 18:05 GMT.

But before all of that, there's plenty of other action to come. We're going to dive straight in with the first two runs in the four-man bobsleigh, with Brad Hall piloting the British quartet!