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this was going out to garry ringrose. 29—7 against the defending champions.g team, who are the current world champions, are aiming for olympic gold. there was, though, disappointment for the snowboarder, katie 0rmerod, who was making her 0lympic debut in beijing. andy swiss reports. commentator: we're under way. the first day of the games and the first gold up for grabs, in the gruelling sport of cross—country skiing. and, as the rest faded, norway's theresejohaug defied the minus 20 conditions to seal her place in olympic history. and at last! but britain's hopes of an early lift—off didn't quite materialise. katie 0rmerod had high hopes in the snowboard slopestyle but a few costly errors meant she failed to qualify for tomorrow's final. after breaking her heeljust before the last games, though, at least she got down safely. not to be, then, for katie 0rmerod. she still has a second snowboarding event to come here, but her hopes of bringing britain an early medal have ended in disappointment. where will these stones end up? indeed, it was a tricky day for te

this was going out to gary ringrose. 29/7 against the defending champions.posed to take place, but no skiers behind you. it does. by now we should know who the men's downhill champion is, but instead, we haven't seen a single skier raced down the course behind me. that is because of the weather. the start time had been delayed several times, and thenjust the start time had been delayed several times, and then just around an hour ago, several times, and then just around an hourago, we several times, and then just around an hour ago, we had the announcement that the whole event was going to be delayed to another day, because of gusting winds and the weather forecast. a statement saying it was in the best interests of the safety and fairness for the races. what the organisers will have been desperate to avoid is a repeat of yesterday, when only three of the athletes were able to take part in the final downhill training session. and that led to accusations of unfairness from the other athletes, particularly given that one of the three who was able to race before