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Winter Olympics

Vancouver 2010

Day 8: Part 1

Duration: 1 hour, 50 minutes

First broadcast: on Red Button (Satellite and Cable)Latest broadcast: on Satellite and Cable Six

Hazel Irvine and Clare Balding host live coverage from Vancouver.

The skeleton competition concludes with the final two runs in the men's and the women's events. With the leaders going in reverse order, it promises to be a high-tension affair, especially as Great Britain have several medal hopes. Can Shelley Rudman upgrade the silver she won in Turin to gold in Vancouver? And can her partner Kristan Bromley make amends for the last Winter Olympics when he came fifth after being one of the favourites for gold? Commentators: Paul Dickenson and Colin Bryce.

The ice dancing competition gets under way at the Pacific Coliseum and all British eyes will be on Scottish siblings Sinead and John Kerr, who are aiming to become Britain's first Olympic ice-skating medallists since Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean 16 years ago. Commentators: Sue Barker and Robin Cousins.

The British women's curling team face a tough test against European champions Germany in their latest group game. The Germans are led by remarkable 44-year-old skip Andrea Schopp, whose recent European gold was the seventh of her career. Commentators: Steve Cram and Rhona Martin.

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