TODAY AT PYEONGCHANG 2018: TUESDAY 20 FEBRUARY
FIGURE SKATING GETS TOP BILLING TODAY, AS ICE DANCE PAIRS TESSA VIRTUE AND SCOTT MOIR OF CANADA AND GABRIELLA PAPADAKIS AND GUILLAUME CIZERON OF FRANCE FACE OFF IN WHAT IS SURE TO BE A RIVETING FREE PROGRAMME. THIS EVENING WILL ALSO SEE TITLES AWARDED IN THE MEN’S INDIVIDUAL LARGE HILL NORDIC COMBINED COMPETITION AND THE BIATHLON MIXED RELAY ON THE TRAILS OF ALPENSIA. ELSEWHERE, MEDALS ARE ON OFFER IN THE WOMEN’S SKI HALFPIPE AND WOMEN’S SHORT TRACK 3,000M RELAY, WHILE THE WOMEN’S BOBSLEIGH GETS UNDERWAY AND THE MEN’S ICE HOCKEY MOVES TO THE QUALIFICATION PLAYOFFS.
FREESTYLE SKIING, WOMEN'S HALFPIPE: 13:00 LOCAL TIME
Maddie Bowman (USA), Marie Martinod (FRA) and Ayana Onozuka (JPN) made up the podium in the inaugural Olympic women's ski halfpipe at Sochi 2014 and all three will be back in the hunt for medals today. Bowman was victorious at the X-Games in 2015 and 2016 before Martinod took the title from her in 2017, as well as clinching the FIS crystal globe in the discipline, while Onozuka was crowned world champion in 2017 ahead of Martinod. There will be others looking to crash the party today, most notably Canadian Cassie Sharpe, who has been on excellent form this winter, as well as Zhang Kexin of China and the rest of a talented US contingent.
NORDIC COMBINED, MEN'S INDIVIDUAL LARGE HILL AND 10KM INDIVIDUAL: 19:00 AND 21:45 LOCAL TIME
Germany are hot favourites to take at least one podium place in today's race. Their team of Eric Frenzel, Johannes Rydzek, Fabian Riessle and Björn Kircheisen have all won Olympic and world medals and will be looking to add to their collection today. Taking on the formidable Germans are Akito Watabe (JPN), a strong Norwegian contingent led by Olympic champion Jørgen Graabak and the French, spearheaded by 2010 Olympic champion Jason Lamy-Chappuis. The competition gets underway on the HS140 large hill at Alpensia. Results from the ski jumping will then be converted into seconds using the Gundersen system, which will determine the starting order for the 10km pursuit.
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