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ByRob Hodgettsin Vancouver
0930: China deliver their final stone into the house but British skipEve Muirheadmisses with her last stone to hand China a 1-0 lead after two ends. “Plenty of time to go,” says BBC commentator Rhona Martin.
Yesterday I published a blog aboutsnowboard icon Shaun White,who is the favourite for the men’s half-pipe title tonight (finals begins at 1915, 0315 UK). It has sparked a debate on the merits of boarding in the Olympics and other sports that should/should not be included. Have and look and wade in. We can discuss it here if you want, too.
0915: So a blank end to start Britain’s match with China, which means neither side could keep a scoring stone in the house.
0900: A piper belts out a tune as Britain prepare to open their campaign. The team isEve Muirhead, Jackie Lockhart, Kelly Wood and Lorna Vevers. China send down the first stone and the match is under way as Britain look to improve on the opening loss of David Murdoch’s men’s side on Tuesday.
As we mentioned yesterday, there’s a website calledtrycurling.co.ukthat is worth a look if you’re wanting to get your head around curling jargon like ‘the hammer’, which is the term to denote which team has the last stone in an end.
0855: Britain’s 2002 gold-medal winning women’s skip Rhona Martin is in situ at the Vancouver Olympic Centre to see her 2010 equivalent, 19-year-old Eve Muirhead, lead GB into action against China. Rhona was cruelly denied the opportunity to write stuff on your telly yesterday because the kit didn’t work - she tells us: “I’m looking forward to Great Britain taking on the world champions and my first successful telestration. Yesterday’s technical problems denied me the opportunity so fingers crossed for today.” Alongside Rhona is the 1984 1500m Olympic silver medallist Steve Cram, who is struggling with kit of a different type. "We are in our seats nice and early but I’m still struggling with the weather here - it’s T-shirts outside but three pullovers in the venue and I’ve only got two."0850: Now then, to make this whole thing swing, I’d love to hear from you so we can all have a yarn about what’s going on and other things besides. Yesterday we discussed whether all-in-ones are cool, maybe today it could be the relative merits between snow blades and monoskis. You can get in touch via text on 81111 if you’re in the UK or +44778620066 if you’re not. You can also Tweet me, if that’s your bag, on, unsurprisingly,Twitter.
0845: Aha, thought I might find you here. How’s tricks It’s a glorious sunny morning in Vancouver and cold up in Whistler so the women’s downhill is all set to go on a hard, fast course. Could we see a new Miss Vonn-couver crowned today The downhill kicks off at 1100 (1900 of your UK hours) with Britain’s Chemmy Alcott starting second and huge pre-race favourite Lindsey Vonn 16th. The 25-year-old American is the world downhill and super-G champion, two-time defending overall World Cup winner and has won five of six World Cup downhills this season.First up, though, Britain’s women open their curling campaign against world champions and Olympic debutantes China. Young British skipEve Muirheadwill be looking to emulate Rhona Martin’s side, who won gold in 2002. Curling begins at 0900 Vancouver time, 1700 GMT, so get everything you need and settle down. You can also follow all the action and get updates on all this morning’s matches - Germany v USA, Switzerland v Sweden and Japan v Canada - on ourcurling live page.