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By Rob Hodgetts in Vancouver
0930: Great Britain take a 1-0 lead after end two of this 10-end match against Sweden. Scores on the adjacent sheets: Canada 3-0 Norway 3-0 , USA 1-1 Germany, Switzerland 0-0 Denmark.0925: Right, this just is not going to work without you. So you need to send me your thoughts on 81111 if you are in the UK; +44 7786200666 if you are elsewhere. Or if you use Twitter, go on andsend me a Tweet. For instance, an anonymous texter just got in touch to ask: “I need some fashion advice. Are all in one ski suits back in fashion” The answer to that, of course, is ‘Don’t be so ridiculous. Sag bags will never be cool’. And yet, some of the hip young things out there, and boarders, can now occasionally be seen sporting baggy all-in-ones in single colours, say, purple or lime green in a post-ironic, uber trendy way. It’s not a look anyone can pull off, though, so be careful. You’ll either look super cutting edge, or 89 years old.
0920: GB skipDavid Murdochblanks the end with his final stone to retain the hammer into the second end. That means he knocked the last Swedish stone out of the house and Britain will go first in the next end.Just to mark your card, other curling matches taking place this morning at the Vancouver Olympic Centre are Norway against Olympic champions Canada, USA v Germany and Switzerland v Denmark.
0910: Want to get yourself in the mood for GB’s curlers beginning their campaign Want to prepare for Rhona Martin’s commentary debut by re-living her gold medal winning ‘stone of destiny’ from 2002 Well, you canwatch that golden momenton on our website.0900:David Murdoch’sBritain go into this competition as world champions but their first match is a tough task against a young Swedish outfit who are European champions. Just as a refresher you can remind yourself how it all works with ourcurling guide.Quick snowboard cross update - qualifying delayed by an hour because of thick fog up at Cypress. So it’s now set to begin at 1100 (1900 GMT).
0855: Chatting to us here in the Beeb Bunker earlier this week, Rhona Martin, the 2002 gold medal-winning GB skip, told us she reckons Britain could wintwo medalsin the curling competition at the Games.
0850: BBC Sport’s commentary team for the Curling is a pair of Olympic medallists - Steve Cram who won silver in the 1500m in Los Angeles in 1984 and Rhona Martin who of course was the skip when Team GB took curling gold in Salt Lake City eight years ago. Steve and Rhona are in position at the Vancouver Olympic Centre.
Steve Cram, just before going on air, told us: “Extraordinary journey to the venue today - we had to give directions to the media bus driver and even when we arrived I’m not sure the venue was ready for us. The catering staff must have slept in as there was no coffee!”
Rhona Martin tells us: “At last curling is finally going to start and I’m looking forward to my debut as a BBC commentator. I hope I sound as knowledgable as all the other presenters and commentators on the BBC Winter Olympics team.”
0845: Morning/evening all and welcome to day five of the Winter Olympics. It’s a grey day in Vancouver and snowing heavily up at Whistler, so the men’s super-combined has been postponed, probably until Friday. The action will kick off with Great Britain’s men opening their campaign against Sweden. Women’s snowboard cross qualifying takes place at Cypress Mountain from 1000 (1800 GMT), with the final session from 1215. Could it be redemption day for Lindsey Jacobellis, the American who fell in sight of gold in Turin Zoe Gillings is Britain’s big hope. There’s also biathlon, women’s luge, more curling (GB women start on Wednesday), men’s figure skating, women’s 500m speed skating and the much anticipated opener for Canada’s men’s hockey team, who play Norway at 1630 (0030 GMT). You can check out our[day-to-day guide](http://www.paklinks.com/gs/<CPS:LINK HREF=)for a full run down of what’s on. So settle down for a big day of winter sports. Should be a cracker.This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.