Saturday 10th February - Day 1

Summary of god medals

1. Laura Dahlmeier wins biathlon 7.5km sprint to claim first Olympic medal

Laura Dahlmeier has won the women's biathlon 7.5km sprint to claim her first Olympic medal.

The German almost swept the board at last year's Biathlon World Championships, winning five golds and a silver in the 7.5km sprint.

But the 24-year-old went one better in Pyeongchang, winning in a time of 21 minutes 06.2 seconds.

That was 24.2 seconds ahead of Norway's Marte Olsbu, while the Czech Republic's Veronika Vitkova was third.

Anastasiya Kuzmina's bid for a third straight gold was dashed as the Slovakian finished 13th while Ukraine's Vita Semerenko, the 2014 bronze medallist, was 14th.

Czech world champion Gabriela Koukalova had been ruled out of the Olympics through injury.

2. Sweden's Charlotte Kalla wins first gold medal of Pyeongchang 2018

Sweden's Charlotte Kalla won the women's skiathlon to secure the first gold medal of Pyeongchang 2018.

The 30-year-old beat defending champion Marit Bjorgen by 7.8 seconds but the Norwegian still became the most decorated female Winter Olympian of all time.

Bjorgen's silver means that the 37-year-old now has a total of 11 medals.

Kalla won in 40 minutes 44.9 seconds to claim her third Olympic gold, while Finland's Krista Parmakoski was third.

3. Lim Hyo-jun wins 1500m gold for hosts South Korea

Lim Hyo-jun gave hosts South Korea their first gold at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics with victory in the 1500m short-track speed skating event.

The 21-year-old went to the head of the field halfway through and stayed out of trouble in the closing stages.

He finished 0.070 seconds clear of Dutch world record holder Sjinkie Knegt.

The Olympic Athletes from Russia earned their first medal when Semen Elistratov took bronze.

Defending champion Charles Hamelin and his Canadian team-mate Samuel Girard set the early pace but Lim and compatriot Hwang Dae-heon always looked dangerous.

Lim got to the head of affairs and it was only Knegt who threw down a challenge, but the home star held his nerve to triumph and set a new Olympic record of two minutes 10.485secs.

4. Carlijn Achtereekte led a Dutch 1-2-3 in the 3,000m speed skating

The Netherlands have won all three medals in the women's 3,000m speed skating at the Pyeongchang Games.

Carlijn Achtereekte beat defending Olympic and world champion Ireen Wust to take gold, while Antoinette de Jong took bronze.

Achtereekte led with a time of three minutes 59.21 seconds from race five to claim her first Olympic medal.

German veteran Claudia Pechstein, competing in her seventh Olympic Games, finished in ninth.

There was no British interest in the long-track speed skating.

5. And another German, Andreas Wellinger, won gold in the men's normal hill ski jump

Andreas Wellinger put in a superb display to win ski jumping gold in the men's normal hill event.

Stefan Hula led after the first round from defending champion and fellow Pole Kamil Stoch, with Wellinger fifth.

But with the event having run past midnight local time because of wind delays, German Wellinger, 22, jumped 113.5m to push them out of the medals.

That gave him a lead of 9.6 points over Norway's Johann Andre Forfang, with compatriot Robert Johansson third.

British short-track speed skater Elise Christie qualified for Tuesday's 500m quarter-finals after she won her first race at the Pyeongchang Games.

The 27-year-old, who is seeking her first Olympic medal, finished in 42.872 seconds, ahead of China's Chunyu Qu.

Scotland's Christie will also compete in the 1,000m and 1500m later in the competition.

Briton Farrell Treacy fell in his 1500m heat and Kat Thomson suffered the same fate in her 500m heat.

Their team-mate Charlotte Gilmartin was involved in a three-skater collision during her 500m race. The English skater, 27, eventually crossed the line, but was later disqualified for causing the crash.

Christie is one of Britain's biggest medal hopes at these Games. After making her Olympic debut at Vancouver 2010, she was expected to win a medal at Sochi 2014, but suffered triple disqualification - in the 500m, 1,000m and 1500m.

She goes again in all three disciplines, and hopes to make amends for her disappointment of four years ago.

"I'm not going to lie, I don't think I've been as nervous as that for about six years," she told BBC Sport. "I think because everybody back home has been so excited to see me skate again, I thought, 'maybe I can't do this'. But I did.

"Racing hasn't gone well this year because of injuries so I wanted to put a statement out there to say, 'I'm back, I think I've showed them'.

"My best race is the 1,000m so I'm trying to build into that really. I'm not quite at full fitness yet. I just want to get it done and go out there and do it again. I feel quite good. It's going to be tough though. It's about getting the preparation in between done properly."

Bad day for Nicholls

Jamie Nicholls crashes out in second slopestyle qualification run

British snowboarder Jamie Nicholls failed to make the slopestyle final after falling in his second run, as day one of the 23rd Winter Olympics got under way in Pyeongchang.

Nicholls, the first Team GB athlete in action, gambled on a big jump following a low score of 71.56 in his first run.

"I was gutted to see 71," he told BBC Sport. "I wasn't happy with it."

Team-mates Billy Morgan and Rowan Coultas also fell in their second runs and failed to qualify, finishing 10th and 18th respectively in heat two.

Adam Rosen, who was born in the United States, is Britain's best-placed luger after two rounds of the men's singles. He is in 23rd and team-mate Rupert Staudinger, who was a Germany junior luger, is sat in 35th place. The pair have two more runs on Sunday.

California-born Briton Annika Taylor finished last out of 60 in the women's 7.5km + 7.5km skiathlon and South Shields' Amanda Lightfoot was 67th in the women's biathlon 7.5km sprint event.

Day one medal events: Five

Sweden's Charlotte Kalla won the first gold medal of Pyeongchang 2018 and Norway's Marit Bjorgen took silver - her 11th Winter Olympics medal - to become the most decorated female Winter Olympian of all time

Hosts South Korea claimed their first gold as Lim Hyo-jun clinched the men's 1500m short-track title

Carlijn Achtereekte led a Dutch 1-2-3 in the 3,000m speed skating

Germany's Laura Dahlmeier secured gold in the women's biathlon 7.5km sprint

And another German, Andreas Wellinger, won gold in the men's normal hill ski jump

Other news headlines on day one

Competitors hit the wall in men's luge

The South Korean government has launched an investigation into a possible cyber attack during the opening ceremony. What organisers describe as non-critical parts of the internal systems went down 45 minutes before the ceremony began, affecting the phone and internet services, but it did not impact on the ceremony.

Cases of norovirus have risen to 139 but organisers claim the outbreak is under control.

Figure skater Yuna Kim, who lit the Olympic cauldron, said it was an "unforgettable experience". Speaking in Korean she revealed she had been nervous because there had only been one rehearsal and she was worried about falling over.

The spectacular sight of 1,218 drones forming the Olympic rings during the opening ceremony was pre-recorded.