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.
That's all of the opening runs out of the way at Livigno Snow Park.
The event is just getting started though, with the second runs to come shortly. Each rider will be hoping to improve on their opening scores as well, so expect some big ones!
Just to let you know, live coverage will be moving over to BBC iPlayer from BBC One for these second runs.
Another one and GB lead China 5-2 at the halfway stage. Looked like there might have been more points there for them in that fifth end, but not to be. Still in good shape.
Season best score for Bekker and Hernandezpublished at 19:21 GMT 11 February
19:21 GMT 11 February
Ice dance - free dance
Emma Smith BBC Sport at Milano Ice Skating Arena
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The first Brits of the night, Phebe Bekker and James Hernandez, have just performed a season best routine in the ice dance.
Clad in classic pale satins and silks, and dancing to music from the Romeo and Juliet opera, their free dance could not be more different to 'Disco Brits' Fear and Gibson.
But it had flair too, most notably a straight line lift where Bekker did a handstand on top of Hernandez's skate as they moved around the rink.
And they skated clean, with no major errors. Both rightly looked happy come the end.
Having scored their best total in the rhythm section on Monday, they got 106.99 in the free dance for an overall score of 179.45 - their highest of the 2025-26 season.
It leaves them second overall after five couples, behind Katerina Mrazkova and Daniel Mrazek of Czech Republic.
Gold medal - Emanuel Rieder/Simon Kainzwaldner (Italy)published at 19:16 GMT 11 February
19:16 GMT 11 February
Luge men's doubles - gold medal run
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What drama!!! A crash in the final 200m not only costs USA the gold but also a spot on the podium. They have to settle for sixth place.
Italy's Emanuel Rieder and Simon Kainzwaldner are the Olympic champions with a winning time of 1:45.086!
Italy are the men's and women's doubles champions - what an evening this has been for the hosts in Cortina!
Austria's Thomas Steu and Wolfgang Kindl (+0.068) get the silver medal and defending champions Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt (+0.090) of Germany take bronze.
It's the first time the German duo have tasted defeat at an Olympics but they'll be pretty happy with a medal of any colour after starting run two in fifth place.
It's going to be a bronze at least for Italy - Emanuel Rieder and Simon Kainzwaldner post a combined time of 1:45.086.
Germany's Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt, who have won this event at the past three Games and have never lost at an Olympics, will not win gold in Cortina!
British curling's family treepublished at 19:13 GMT 11 February
19:13 GMT 11 February
Curling - GB men v China
Richard Winton BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina
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The grandfather of Hammy McMillan, left, and Grant Hardie built an ice rink at the family's hotel
It’s a small world, British curling. Grant Hardie and Hammy McMillan in the Team GB men’s rink are cousins. Hammy’s dad went to the 1992 and 2002 Games.
Like them, team-mate Bobby Lammie is from the Stranraer area in south west Scotland. He went to school with Vicky Wright, who won women’s gold in 2022 and is part of the BBC’s commentary team in Cortina.
She’s married to Greg Drummond, the national team coach, and was introduced to the elite end of the sport by 2022 team-mate Jen Dodds. Dodds is part of the women’s team here and came so close to a medal with Bruce Mouat in the mixed. Those two went to school together, too….
United States' Jake Pates will be so disappointed with his first run.
The 27-year-old, who was a double Youth Olympic gold medallist in 2016, gets off to a solid start with a double cork 1080 but just cannot execute an ambitious switch triple.
It's a score of 24.2, but he does have one more run to correct things!
The Two Tobis are into top spot with a combined time of 1:45.176. Their second run was 0.010 slower than their first.
But it looks like Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt's unbeaten record at the Olympics is coming to an end. They need a lot of mistakes from the remaining four pairs.
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