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By Rob Hodgetts in Vancouver
1105: Nordic combined favourite Jason Lamy-Chappuis goes down last and ranks fifth. So here’s the standings after the ski jumping section: 1. Janne Ryynaenen (Fin) 135.5 2. Todd Lodwick (USA) 127 (+34 secs) 3. Christophe Bieler (Aut) 125 (+42 secs). 1055: Coming up at 1115 (1915 GMT) is Britain’sLee Jacksonin the men’s 10km biathlon sprint. Bit of confusion over his name - some bright spark once wrote it down as “Lee-Steve” in some official blurb and everyone has been calling him that since. But it’s definitely just Lee, though we could make him feel at home by all adopting the extra moniker “Steve”. Even people already called Steve. And girls.1035: Now then, team, I’d love to have a bit of company while I’m commentating so why not get in touch via text orTwitter.jordandias](http://twitter.com/jordandias)Tweeted me @RobHodgetts to say: "In the lounge at Gatwick Airport - enjoying the last BBC coverage I get before leaving the country for 12 days!"1025: Not seen that before. Switzerland’s Ronny Heer is sat on the bar at the top ready to go and then backs off and retreats to the sanctity of the stairs, like you and I would if we bottled out. But it turns out he’s waiting for the wind to die down. Next up, Finland’s Janne Ryynaenen launches a monster, with good style points, to soar into the lead. I was practising my telemark landing springing out of bed this morning. Much more stable than the old feet side-by-side style.1015: Great slo-mo shots of the jumpers taking off the ramp show the tips and tails of the skis flexing and bending as the athlete thrusts himself into the air before adapting the “v” position in flight. Dappled sunlight now paints the hill. Frenchman Francois Braud is the early leader but the better ranked jumpers will come at the end.
1000: Here’s how the nordic combined works then: Ski jumping first, and the five judges give style marks. The best and worst scores are discarded and then the remaining three added to the distance to give a total mark. At the end, the score is turned into time, and the leader sets off on the cross country with that amount of head start, followed by the second man in the ski jumping and so on. Armin Bauer goes first. “Imagine being 19 and in your first Olympics. Life doesn’t get much better than that,” says bouyant BBC commentator Rob Walker.
0950: Coming up in 10 minutes, the normal hill ski jumping opens the nordic combined event, with the 10km cross country section to follow at 1345 (2145 GMT). Low, wispy cloud hangs over the jumps up at Whistler but the landing area is clear and occasional shafts of sunlight light up the sparse but building crowd. There are no Britons in this one, but Lee Jackson goes in the 10km biathlon sprint at 1115 (1945 GMT) and David King and Stacey Kemp begins their pairs figure skating competition with the short programme at 1630 (0030 GMT).0940: Morning/evening groovers, wherever you are. Welcome to day three of the Winter Olympics here in sunny Vancouver. Actually, it’s not sunny in the slightest, nor is it up at Whistler where overnight rain has forced the cancellation of the women’s downhill training for the super-combined. The event was originally supposed to take place today but was canned because of the weather and now organisers are desperately trying to preserve the snow for the postponed men’s downhill, which is now set for Monday. So no skiing today, but another feast of furious fun nonetheless, with five medals up for grabs. Here’s the rundown: nordic combined, biathlon, men’s luge, pairs figure skating, men’s moguls, USA v China and Finland v Russia in women’s ice hockey, women’s 3000m speed skating. Clickherefor a full preview andherefor the full schedule.Have fun nowThis article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.