Winter Olympics 2018: Mikaël Kingsbury takes moguls gold, plus ski jumping – live!

Latest updates from the action in PyeongchangFull schedule | Latest medal table | The RecapAnd feel free to email your thoughts to Scott 1.58pm GMT Gold for Ireen Wust – who won her first Olympic title back in 2006 – in the women’s 1,500m speed skating! She’d set a mark of 1:54.35 with the 23-year-old Miho Takagi of Japan and the world-record holder Heather Bergsma of the USA still to race. For a while, it looked like Bergsma was on course to breeze gold, but she faded badly and ended 2.39 seconds off the pace, finishing eighth in the rankings. Takagi, though, threatened to nick it after sagging in the middle of her pursuit. Her powerful finish left Bergsma in the dust – well, an icy cloud – but she couldn’t quite match Wust’s time, finishing 0.20 seconds off the pace. A silver, and she’s in floods of tears. Hard to tell whether that’s happiness or bitter disappointment; it should be the former, because she was never quite getting there, so she’s thrown nothing away. Marrit Leenstra takes bronze, 0.91 seconds behind her Dutch compatriot Wust. 1.41pm GMT The women have made their second runs in the luge singles. Summer Britcher of the USA was the fastest in that round, making it down the course in 46.132 seconds. She rises from 15th place to ninth. Dajana Eitberger of Germany was second fastest, with a run of 46.193. She’s second overall at the halfway mark, up from seventh. But leading the way after two runs is reigning champion Natalie Geisenberger, who consolidated her first-run lead with a time of 46.209, the third best of the second run. She leads her compatriot Eitberger by 0.120 in the overall standings. Alex Gough of Canada is third, 0.191 seconds off the lead. Plenty to dream about tonight, then, ahead of tomorrow’s final two runs. If anyone gets to sleep, that is. Could you get off if you knew you were 90 life-defining seconds away from Olympic gold? Continue reading…
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