USA's Chevonne Forgan and Sophia Kirkby make it down the track without incident.

They've set the pace with a time of 53.570.

BBC One

Right, it's luge time on BBC One! (You can to continue follow the ice hockey on the iPlayer and at the top of this page)

We're starting off with the first run of the women's doubles. USA duo Chevonne Forgan and Sophia Kirkby will get things under way.

• 16:00 GMT - Women’s doubles run one
• 16:51 - Men’s doubles run one
• 17:53 – Women’s doubles run two
• 18:44 – Men’s doubles run two

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Germany are the dominant force in women’s singles, with Julia Taubitz winning their eighth consecutive Olympic gold in the event on Tuesday.

But they’re without two-time world champions and reigning European champions Jessica Degenhardt and Cheyenne Rosenthal in Cortina after they were beaten in national qualifying (only one sled is allowed per nation in this event).

Instead, Germany will be represented by Dajana Eitberger and Magdalena Matschina, who won European bronze in January and world bronze last year.

That leaves Austrian pair Selina Egle and Lara Kipp as the favourites to win gold. They won the first ever women’s doubles World Cup race in 2022 and haven’t stopped since – they lead this season’s World Cup standings and have won the past two World Championships.

Also keep an eye on Italian pair Andrea Votter and Marion Oberhofer – the inaugural World Cup champions – and USA’s Chevonne Forgan and Sophia Kirkby.

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Doubles luge sees two athletes ride a small sled, lying flat on their backs and moving feet-first down a twisty-turny 1,400m ice track.

The athletes move themselves forward in a seated position by pushing their hands against the ice before lying down one on top of the other in an aerodynamic position.

They use their weight, shoulders, and legs to turn the sled with the aim of getting down the track as fast as possible.

Each pair completes two runs, with the fastest combined time earning the gold medal.

In the second run, the lugers compete in reverse order of the standings, with the event leaders last down the track.

BBC One

The men's ice hockey tournament has just begun and you can watch game one, Slovakia against defending champions Finland, on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and at the top of this page.

Rebecca (@15:42) - I think I have the answer to your biathlon query.

Your shooting stance is dictated by the event.

In individual events (20km for men and 15km for women), athletes complete five laps and four shooting stages. Their stance at the shooting stages alternates - prone, standing, prone, standing.

In sprint events, you do one prone shooting round and one standing.

In the pursuit events, it's two prone shoots followed by two standing shoots.

In the mass starts, it's prone, prone, standing, standing.

And in the relays, each competitor has a prone and a standing round.

When shooting from a prone position, you have to hit the inner ring of a small target (45mm diameter). When standing, the target is 115mm in diameter.

Eleven pairs will take to the track in the women’s doubles and one of them will make history as the inaugural Winter Olympics luge women’s doubles champions!

Doubles has featured at the Olympics since 1964 but although it was open to either gender, no women ever competed in it.

The women’s event was introduced to the World Championship programme in 2022 and the World Cup schedule in 2022/23 ahead of its Olympic debut in Milan-Cortina.

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Coverage on BBC One will be heading over to the Cortina Sliding Centre shortly and if you think singles luge is wild, hold onto your… skinsuits, I guess? It’s doubles time!

It’s the same principle as singles – feet-first down the track at speeds above 80mph with the fastest overall time after two runs winning the gold medal – but has the added fun of two people lying one on top of the other on a single sled.

According to Germany coach Patric Leitner, singles is “like driving a go-kart” and doubles is “like driving a truck or a bus”…

And for the first time in Winter Olympic history, we’ve got a men’s event and a women’s event!

• 16:00 GMT - Women’s doubles run one
• 16:51 - Men’s doubles run one
• 17:53 – Women’s doubles run two
• 18:44 – Men’s doubles run two

Here's the planned television schedule for UK viewers for the afternoon, with the usual caveat that these things are subject to change. You also have the option of the 'watch live' button above.

BBC One

15:40: Ice Hockey: Men’s Group B – Slovakia v Finland (continues on iPlayer).

16:00: Luge: Men’s and Women’s doubles.

BBC Two (17:15-22:00)

17:50: Luge: Women’s doubles – final run.

18:20: Curling: Men’s round robin - China v Great Britain.

20:40: Figure Skating: Ice dance – free dance.

Hello Rebecca - it's like you can read our minds. We've just had this conversation in the office about our preferred stance - mine is down on one knee, but I don't know if that's in the rules (I've also never done biathlon in my life so this is all hypothetical).

I'll try and find an answer for you...

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And of course, who can resist an evening watching curling?

Bruce Mouat led (or skipped, in curling parlance) GB to the silver medal in 2022, losing to Sweden in the final.

They'll play nine round-robin matches - starting tonight against China - with the top four teams qualifying for the semi-finals.

That match gets under way at 18:05 GMT.

To get you in the mood for tonight's ice dance finale (from 18:30 GMT), here's Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson's rhythm dance routine from Monday night.

The British duo are in fourth place heading into the free dance.

The men's ice hockey gets going a little later this afternoon with Slovakia playing Finland in Group B before Sweden take on hosts Italy later tonight.

Finland are the defending Olympic champions while Slovakia took bronze four years ago having beaten USA in the quarter-finals. They lost to Finland in the semis.

Revenge time?

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We've already seen Makayla Gerken Schofield in action in the women's moguls. She came 12th in the second qualifying round to miss out on a spot in the final.

And Shawna Pendry has just finished the biathlon women's 15km, coming in 88th place.

Men's curling (from 18:05 GMT)

• Bruce Mouat's Great Britain face China in the round robin.

Figure skating ice dance - free dance (from 18:30)

• Phebe Bekker and James Hernandez (in 15th place after the rhythm dance) will be the fifth couple onto the ice.
• Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson (4th) will skate 17th.

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There are still four gold medals up for grabs on day five, including a huge chance for Team GB to get on the podium in the ice dance.

• 16:00-19:40 - Luge doubles (men's and women's)
• 17:30-19:00 - Men's speed skating 1000m
• 18:30-22:00 - Figure skating ice dance - free dance (Great Britain's Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson sit fourth after the rhythm dance)

There's also men's ice hockey and snowboard men's halfpipe qualification, plus Great Britain's men's curling team, led by Bruce Mouat, are in round robin action against China from 18:05.

Don't go anywhere!

The most popular Winter Olympics story on our site yesterday was about Sturla Holm Laegreid, the Norwegian biathlete who, moments after winning bronze in the men's 20km, issued a tearful apology to his ex-girlfriend for cheating on her.

He has also said sorry taking focus away from his team-mate's Winter Olympics triumph.

Now Laegreid's former partner has responded in Norwegian newspaper VG - saying the infidelity is "hard to forgive".

"We have been in contact, and he is aware of my feelings about this," she said, writing anonymously.

Read the full story on our website.

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Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych says he will wear his helmet of remembrance on race days "because these athletes deserve to be on the track" - despite the International Olympic Committee banning him from doing so.

Heraskevych wore the helmet, which features images of athletes killed during Russia's invasion of his home country, during a training session on Wednesday after being told it was not allowed.

The IOC says the helmet breaks the rules laid down in the Olympic Charter and suggests he could instead wear a black armband to pay tribute.

Heraskevych says he does not believe the IOC will impose sanctions on him for continuing to wear it, adding: "I believe we have all the rights to wear this helmet in competition because it is fully compliant with the rules.

"I believe the IOC doesn't have enough black bands to honour all of the athletes."

Read the full story on our website.

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• Switzerland's Franjo von Allmen wins gold in the men's Super-G
• Jens Luraas Oftebro wins Norway's seventh gold of the Games with victory in the Nordic combined men's individual 10km
• Defending champion Jakara Anthony (Australia) stumbles in women's moguls final to miss out on podium as 20-year-old American Elizabeth Lemley takes gold.
• GB's Makayla Gerken Schofield missed out on the women's moguls final, finishing 12th in the second qualifying round.
• Chloe Kim (USA) comes through snowboard halfpipe qualifying as she bids to become the first snowboarder to win three consecutive Olympic golds in the same event.
• France's Julia Simon collected her second gold of the Games, winning the biathlon women's 15km. GB's Shawna Pendry came 88th.

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We mentioned there was British interest in the women's biathlon in Derby-born Shawna Pendry.

It was tough going for Pendry as four misses on her final visit to the shooting range meant she hit just 13 of 20 targets overall.

That proved costly as she finished 88th.