That is a gutsy final stone by British skip Sophie Jackson in the sixth. A slight mistake from the US, leaves her a draw into the centre of the house for two.

The stone is slid down the ice and it looks a bit pacy but just holds up in time. A crucial two to give GB a 4-3 lead. The Americans will have the hammer in the seventh of course but this match is getting tight.

Skiing superstar Mikaela Shiffrin is in action this morning, hunting a third Olympic gold medal, although a first since 2018.

She’s competing in the women’s slalom – an event in which she has won 71 World Cup races throughout her storied career and the American is flying this.

She lays down a brilliant first run, with a time of 47.13s, which is a mammoth 0.82s faster than Lena Duerr in second spot and more than a second quicker than Camille Rast in third.

Clenched fist from Shiffrin, she’s rightly delighted. Barring disaster in the second run later this morning, she’s surely a lock for gold…

Team GB’s male curlers are in must-win mode for their final round robin match against USA this afternoon but things are arguably even bleaker for the women’s rink.

Sophie Jackson’s quartet have two wins and four losses from their six matches so far, to lie eighth in the table, and will need to win each of their final three games – plus get ample help from elsewhere.

It’s an unlikely scenario but all they can do is try and take care of their own business. They’re facing second-placed USA this morning and the Americans have just stolen one in the fifth end to lead 3-2. Can GB respond?

18 February: USA v Great Britain, 08:05

18 February: Great Britain v Japan, 18:05

19 February: Great Britain v Italy, 13:05

12 February: China 7-4 Great Britain

13 February: Great Britain 3-9 Republic of Korea

14 February: Great Britain 7-6 Canada

15 February: Great Britain 7-10 Sweden

16 February: Denmark 2-7 Great Britain

16 February: Switzerland 10-6 Great Britain

17 February: Switzerland 10-6 Great Britain

18 February: USA V Great Britain, 13:05

11 February: China 4-9 Great Britain

12 February: Great Britain 6-3 Sweden

13 February: Great Britain 7-9 Italy

14 February: Czech Republic 4-7 Great Britain

15 February: Germany 4-9 Great Britain

15 February: Great Britain 5-6 Switzerland

16 February: Great Britain 6-7 Norway

17 February: Canada 9-5 Great Britain

The polite and chivalrous world of curling was dragged through the mud this week, rocked by a cheating scandal and cries of foul play. Sweden’s Oskar Eriksson accused Canada’s Marc Kennedy of cheating; the latter was so incensed by the accusation that he went on an expletive-laden rant in his opponent’s face, only for videos to emerge supporting the Swede entirely.

World Curling eventually stepped in, attempting to calm the controversy with additional umpiring measures, which caught out Canada’s women’s team and Britain’s men, before backing off again, returning to the status quo of players largely self-refereeing.