PYEONGCHANG 2018: With three medals already on the board, Australia has no plans of slowing down on Day 7 with Aussies in action across five events.
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Figure Skating
Brendan Kerry will become a dual Olympian when he takes to the ice in the men’s Short Program today. Kerry has been excelling in his training sessions and is feeling calm and relaxed ahead of today’s big event. His session starts at 10.00 (midday AEDT), read more HERE.
Snowboard Cross
Australia’s lone female boardercross rider Belle Brockhoff will be competing for gold in her comeback event since her knee surgery. After a turbulent few months, she is looking forward to competing against the best on the world’s biggest stage. Qualifications kick off at 10.00, read more HERE.
Skeleton
John Farrow is back in action today for his third skeleton run at 11.00 this morning, with the aim of a top 20 finish to advance to the final. Farrow is looking to better his Sochi Olympic result of 17th, which also happens to be Australia’s best men’s Olympic skeleton result. Read yesterday’s event recap HERE.
From 8.20pm tonight, Jackie Narracott will make her Olympic debut in the women's skeleton. She will also be chasing down Australia’s best female result, a 10th place set by Emma Lincoln-Smith at the Vancouver 2010 Games. Read more HERE.
Cross Country
Australia’s men’s cross country duo are both in action today in the 15km Free event at the Alpensia Cross Country Centre. The duo are on their preferred Freestyle skis and will be looking to push towards a top 60 finish. They hit the start line at 15.00 (17.00 AEDT).
Aerial Skiing
After a nail-biting qualification round yesterday (HERE), Laura Peel and Danielle Scott have advanced to today’s 12-skier final. Finals launch at 20.00 (22.00 AEDT).
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Catch up
Snowboard Cross
Jarryd Hughes won Australia’s third PyeongChang medal with silver in the men’s snowboard cross on Day 6. In what was an epic day for the Team, Australia secured three top-10 finishes with triple Olympian Alex Pullin recording his Olympic best result of 6th and dual Olympian Cam Bolton not far behind in 10th. Olympic rookie Adam Lambert finished 29th after an unfortunate crash in the eighth finals. Read the event wrap HERE and watch Jarryd and Pullin reflect on the day HERE.
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Skeleton
Dual Olympian John Farrow kicked off his Olympic campaign yesterday at the Alpensia Sliding Centre. He was disappointed with his first run, ranking him equal 21st, but was more relaxed and confident in his second run, boosting his ranking to 19th. He hits the ice again today in his third run with the aim for scoring a top-20 result to advance to the fourth and final run. Read more HERE.
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Cross Country
Barbara Jezersek has equalled Australia’s best ever result in an Olympic cross country skiing event having claimed 33rd in the women’s 10km Free at Alpensia. Jess Yeaton was the next of the four Aussies across the line in 41st, followed by Aimee Watson in 68th and Casey Wright in 81st. Read about it all HERE.
Aerials
Dual Olympians Danielle Scott and Laura Peel qualified for tonight’s women’s aerials final in a nail biting qualification event yesterday. Scott secured her finals birth with a fifth place finish in the first jump, and Peel booked her ticket with a third place score in the second jump. Five time Olympian Lydia Lassila couldn’t quite stick her landings, finishing just outside the top 12 in 14th place. Dual Olympian Samantha Wells finished in 17th. Read the wrap HERE.
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