Freestyle skiing: The men’s skicross is already up and running at Genting Snow Park, with the seeding run to determine the 1/8 final line-up completed. Lots of Canadian flags in the top six – three to be precise – while Switzerland’s Alex Fiva topped the times after laying down a 1:11.94.

Freestyle skiing: The big news so far today then is that the incredible Eillen Gu has secured a second gold medal of these Games, in the women’s freeski halfpipe, to add to her big air gold and slopestyle silver. By pocketing her third medal, Gu – who has taken these Olympics by storm – became the first action-sports athlete to win three medals at a single Olympics. Here’s my colleague Bryan Armen Graham’s full report from the slopes north-west of Beijing:

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