Matt Chilton
Alpine skiing commentator on BBC Two

You would think one of the Swiss athletes are favourites for this race.

It has all bunched up at the front of the pack now with Germany's Johannes Rydzek finding it tougher on his second lap in some very tough conditions.

Germany are clinging on to gold medal position as they come in for the third exchange, just 0.5 seconds ahead of Norway - and, in fact, double individual gold medallist Jens Luras Oftebro jumps out in front now!

Austria, with Johannes Lamparter, are right there, as are the teams from Japan and Finland. But Oftebro is forcing the pace...

After Marianne Fatton's win in the women's final, can Switzerland complete a double in the men's race?

They have two good medal chances with Arno Lietha and Jon Kistler.

They are joined by Spanish pair Oriol Cardona Coll and Ot Ferrer Martinez, France's Thibault Anselmet and neutral athlete Nikita Filippov.

The final starts at 13:15 GMT.

Matt Chilton
Alpine skiing commentator on BBC Two

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Emily Harrop had the lead for much of that final but let it slip on the second transition. She struggled to remove the skins from her skis before her descent.

Marianne Fatton did everything perfectly, and she is the champion.

What a dramatic final that was.

Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

Still looking at a 13:30 GMT start here for this final batch of round-robin matches, but we do have eight teams on the ice now so should be all good to go then.

In this team sprint, the two athletes complete a lap of the 1.5km circuit before handing over to a team-mate by touching them inside a 30-metre exchange zone. That will be repeated until they've skied a total of 7.5km each.

The leaders are under way with Johannes Rydzek on the first lap for Germany and Andreas Skoglund getting things started for Norway.

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That looked like Harrop's race until she was slow out of the second transition, allowing Fatton to pull clear and finish over two seconds clear to add the Olympic title to the world championship sprint crown from last season.

There are tears of joy from Fatton who has created history.

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It's time for the conclusion of the Nordic combined team sprint...

We mentioned before the ski jumping element that the Nordic combined podium has been graced by at least one of Austria, Germany or Norway since the introduction of the team event 38 years ago - and in 2014 and 2018 all three nations claimed a medal.

That trio were expected to continue their dominance this year and there was little to suggest otherwise this morning, meaning Germany lead the way going into the cross-country with Norway 13 seconds back in second.

Austria start 29 seconds behind Germany in fifth so have a bit more work to do.

Can anybody stop that trio? It will be tough.

Germany are the reigning world title holders, Austria can call upon World Cup leader Johannes Lamparter and Norway’s double individual gold medallist Jens Luras Oftebro is seeking an unprecedented golden hat-trick.

Matt Chilton
Alpine skiing commentator on BBC Two

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I think it's tough to beat Emily Harrop. She is the favourite for sure and has had the fastest time of the day so far.

Anything can happen, it's the Olympics; equipment failing, and the weather also hasn't been kind.

The final six are taking positions in the first ever ski mountaineering medal race.

And they're off!

Can Emily Harrop bring home the gold for France (with an assist for GB given she has English parents)?

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After setting the pace in both the heats and semi-finals, France's Emily Harrop will be favourite to win the inaugural Olympic skimo gold medal - the final at 12:55 GMT - but Great Britain will be able to claim a part of her success.

Born and bred in France to English parents, Harrop was originally an alpine skier and competed on the FIS youth circuit before an injury in 2017 redirected her sporting career towards ski mountaineering

She has won the last four overall World Cup titles as well as the last four Crystal Globes in the sprint discipline with the only disappointment coming at last season's World Championships where she finished second behind Switzerland's Marianne Fatton.

You can read more about Harrop here.

Richard Winton
BBC Sport Scotland in Cortina

This afternoon's curling has been delayed by 25 minutes to 13:30 GMT.

No indication as to why, but the snow is battering down outside so I suspect athletes might be delayed getting here. Only the Italians - who are staying in town - and Canadians are here.

Arno Lietha of Switzerland and neutral athlete Nikita Filippov are the two to go through from the second semi-final.

Spain's Ot Ferrer Martinez finishes third but he goes through as a lucky loser along with France's Thibault Anselmet from semi-final one.

The final will be at 13:15.

Canada's Marc Kennedy says otherwise, Keith, but we'll have to wait and see on the second part of your theory!

Matt Chilton
Alpine skiing commentator on BBC Two

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That semi-final was a bit dramatic. There was a power cut in the middle of it.

There was huge groan from the grand stand as the pictures on the giant screen vanished. They vanished from my screen in the commentary box too, I was looking through my binoculars for 30 seconds!

Victory in semi-final one goes to Switzerland's Jon Kistler ahead of Spain's Oriol Cardona Coll who finished second despite making a mess of one of his transitions.

French star Thibault Anselmet is third and must now wait to see if he is one of the two lucky losers.