Winter Olympics 2022 day nine: giant slalom, biathon and more– live! | Sport

Curling: The Brits set up a stone in the house and a couple of blockers, but a good shot from Denmark uses some ricochets and clears out everything. No stones in play with seven to come. The second end winds up being a blank end, no score.

Ice hockey: Slovakia wins over Latvia 5-2 in the end, with five individual scorers as well. Neither will advance though, Sweden and Finland already have the group wrapped up.

Curling: A good start for GB, scoring two points in the first end to lead.

Curling: We’re about to start, in the women’s round robin match. Great Britain will shoot last in the first end. That sentence makes no sense anywhere outside curling. Eve Muirhead, Vicky Wright, Jennifer Dodds, and Hailey Duff are up against Madeleine Dupont, Denise Dupont, Mathilde Halse, and My Larsen.

Ice hockey: Here come the Latvians. Back to 3-2 in the third period with Slovakia having a player sent off for two minutes.

Ice hockey: Slovakia up 3-1 now over Latvia, with three goalscorers.

And of course, make sure to check out our picture gallery from day eight. Some great shots as usual.

Sean Ingle has the latest on the 15-year-old skater Kamila Valieva – as Barney Ronay pointed out, if she is found to have used a banned substance, she’s a victim of abuse rather than someone to be vilified.

This should be your first stop on every Olympic day: Martin Belam’s daily briefing.

Time to catch up with the Guardian coverage from Beijing. As someone who has just spent the southern summer covering cricket, this British angst feels slightly familiar.

Right now, not much. Slovakia are playing Latvia in the men’s ice hockey Group C match, and the wily Slovaks lead 2-1 in the second period.

Much coming up though. Here are the times in GMT, so add eight hours for China, 11 hours for the east coast of Australia, subtract five hours for the east coast of the USA, and eight hours for the west coast. Other zones, you’ll have to do your own homework. Ok, the Marshall Islands are plus 12 hours.

6:05am: Women’s curling round robin matches, including Great Britain v Denmark and the USA v Sweden.

7am: Men’s 5km cross-country relay, and the medal-deciding run of the men’s giant slalom.

8:40am: Finland and Sweden in the men’s ice hockey Group C match. Then at 1:10 pm we’ve got China-Canada and USA-Germany from Group A.

9am: Biathlon women’s 10km pursuit final.

10:45am: Biathlon men’s 12.5km pursuit final.

11am: Women’s aerials qualifiers, should be spectacular.

11:44am: Women’s 3000m short track relay final.

Midday: Men’s curling round robin, including Great Britain v Denmark again.

12:14pm: Men’s 500m short track final.

1pm: Men’s team pursuit quarters in the speed skating.

1:56pm: Women’s 500m speed skating final.