The current leaders

1. Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik (USA) - 206.72 points
2. Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevicius (Lithuania) - 204.66
3. Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud (France) - 203.68

Still to come

• Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri (Italy) - 84.28
• Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson (GB) - 85.47
• Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier (Canada) - 86.18
• Madison Chock and Evan Bates (USA) - 89.72
• Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron - 90.18

Emma Smith
BBC Sport at Milano Ice Skating Arena

And now Lithuania lead!

Allison Reed and Saulius Ambrulevicius have taken the lead with a season best score of 204.66. There is a pocket of very enthusiastic Lithuanian fans and they have gone potty.

Reed is American by birth but has skated with Ambrulevicius for nine years, missing the last two Games due to not yet gaining Lithuanian citizenship. It was worth the wait.

Robin Cousins
Olympic gold medallist figure skater on BBC Radio 5 Live

On how Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson might lift Great Britain's morale with a medal after the team's run of fourth-place near-misses: "Every single one of those fourths has been by the tiniest of margins, but it doesn't matter what the margin is, it's either third as a medal or not.

"And I don't think anybody can go into an event like the Olympics and not have something in the back of their heart going, please, please, please.

"However, as any coach will tell you, your job is to make sure they do the day job. Don't think of it as being anything special.

"Don't try and do anything on the ice - specifically now for Lilah and Lewis - that you don't do every day in practice, that you didn't do at the Europeans, you didn't do at other events. Do what you know you can do to the point where you can step off your field of play and go, we couldn't have done any more, we've left it out there. And I'm really, really hoping that that's what they do tonight."

Emma Smith
BBC Sport at Milano Ice Skating Arena

The stands, which were a little sparse when we started this evening, are starting to fill up in the arena.

We are approaching crunch time - and there is an outside chance of an Italian medal in the form of Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri.

The veteran former European champions, who live and train in Milan, were fifth after the rhythm dance and will perform before Fear and Gibson this evening.

Robin Cousins
Olympic gold medallist figure skater on BBC Radio 5 Live

On Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson's performance on Monday: "I thought it was brilliant. There's that moment of watching people in a warm-up, you can kind of sense how they feel and if there's any tension and you use a warm-up to get that out. There was nothing: They were absolutely focused. They skated brilliantly.

"There's less than a point between them and the Canadians, who currently sit in third. And the good news is tonight, Lilah and Lewis step on to the ice, do their warm-up, and they skate first of that final four.

"So as far as I'm concerned, I'm thinking, you have nothing to lose, mate. Get out there, enjoy this Proclaimers programme, which is a completely different vibe to the Spice Girls, but it still has that audience energy and that connection, which is so important to Lilah and Lewis.

"They have to have that connection with their audience. They have to feel that vibe."

Great Britain's Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson completed the first half of their programme on Monday night, placing fourth with their Spice Girls-themed rhythm dance.

I'll tell you what you want, what you really, really want - it's to re-watch that routine!

Emma Smith
BBC Sport at Milano Ice Skating Arena

We have new leaders!

Evgeniia Lopareva and Geoffrey Brissaud of France have knocked Smart and Dieck off the top, scoring 203.68.

Their compatriots, Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier Baudry, were the leaders after the rhythm dance and are favourites to claim gold tonight.

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There are seven couples still to come, including GB's Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson, and a gold medal to be won!

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It's time to get your dancing shoes - or should that be dancing skates - on as there isn't long to go until Team GB's Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson take to the ice in their free dance.

They finished in fourth place in the rhythm dance and the scores from both dances are combined to determine the overall standings.

Can Fear and Gibson win Great Britain's first medal of the Games?

They're scheduled to start at 21:18 GMT.

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• 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.
• GB's men made a winning start in the curling, beating China 9-4 in their first round-robin match.

Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

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Bruce Mouat has vanquished any doubts about whether he could recover from losing that bronze-medal match in the mixed on Tuesday. Back with his boys, the Team GB skip was much more like himself here.

Just as well, because Sweden await on Thursday (13:05 GMT).

It was them who denied Mouat's rink gold four years ago and skip Niklas Edin comes alive at an Olympics. The Scot might have had his number in recent times, but the Swede already has the full set of medals in this event and will want more.

Emma Smith
BBC Sport at Milano Ice Skating Arena

The winners' chairs have been introduced rinkside.

From now on, the couples in gold medal position will sit on these chairs watching the action - until someone else beats them. Brutal.

Olivia Smart and Tim Dieck have just landed in the hot seats, the Spanish duo moving first with an overall score of 201.49.

Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

And that's it, Team GB start with a 9-4 victory over China.

It always looked like being a mismatch, and so it turned out.

The top 12 riders from those two qualifications runs have sealed their place in the men's halfpipe final:

1. Scotty James - 94.00
2. Yuto Totsuka - 91.25
3. Ryusei Yamada - 90.25
4. Alessandro Barbieri - 88.50
5. Ruka Hirano - 87.50
6. Valentino Guseli - 86.75
7. Ayumu Hirano - 85.50
8. Campbell Melville Ives - 84.75
9. Chaeun Lee - 82.00
10. Ziyang Wang - 80.50
11. Chase Josey - 76.50
12. Jake Pates - 75.50

Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

A judicious set of GB throws limits the Chinese to one in the eighth and leaves them four behind with two ends to play.

Did they consider getting up the road? Maybe, but we're going to crack on with a ninth end.

Emma Smith
BBC Sport at Milano Ice Skating Arena

Dame Jayne Torvill and Sir Christopher Dean are here at the Milano Ice Skating Arena, and have just been chatting with the stadium host on the big screen.

As has been said ad nauseum, they were the last Brits to win an Olympic figure skating medal - bronze at Lillehammer 1994.

In a couple of hours, Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson could succeed them.

It is Italy's Louis Philip Vito III who will finish up this men's halfpipe qualification.

He steps up hoping to improve his first run score of 58.75 but just couldn't land his frontside 1260.

A disappointing evening for the 37-year-old, who could be competing at his last Winter Olympics.

Earlier on, Totsuka Yuto rose to the occasion with a much-improved second run score of 91.25.

The current World Cup leader executed a huge switch backside 1260 to start and launched himself 5.3m high to complete the triple to finish.

A stunning run! What an exciting talent.

Not long until Team GB's Lewis Gibson and Lilah Fear compete for a medal in the ice dance.

Social media influencer Max Balegde meet the pair to find out about the inspiration behind their iconic 90s-themed Olympic routine, before surprising them with a special message from Spice Girl Melanie C.

But United States' Jake Pates steals Jio Lee's thunder soon after with a much-improved second run.

His score of 75.50 sees him move just behind fellow American Chase Josey, knocking out the South Korean.

Fine, fine margins!