Winter Olympics Day 12: Kiwis in action - All you need to know

Jamie Prebble. Photosport

Seven gold medals will be handed out at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics today. Will New Zealand be claiming one of them?

There will be medals in Alpine Skiing (Ladies Downhill), Bobsleigh (Women's pair), Cross-Country skiing (Ladies' Team Sprint Free and Men's Team Sprint Free), Freestyle Skiiung (Men's Ski Cross) and Speed Skating (Men's and Ladies' Team Pursuit.)

Kiwis in action

Carlos Garcia Knight
Men's Snowboard Big Air qualifiers at Phoenix Snow Park from 1.25pm on Sky Channel 58.

The 20-year-old is back on the slopes after his impressive fifth placing in the slopestyle final last week. Today he takes part in the Big Air, looking to emulate Zoi Sadowski-Synnott to qualified for the women's final.

Jamie Prebble
Men's Ski Cross seeding and finals, at Phoenix Snow Park from 3.25pm on Sky Channel 55.

The Ski Cross is one of the more entertaining events of the Olympics. Prebble goes into the event having won a silver medal finish at the World Championships in Sierra Nevada, Spain last year. He also had a fifth at the World Cup event in Switzerland.

Shane Dobbin, Reyon Kay, Peter Michael
Speed Skating Team Pursuit semifinal and finals, at Gangneung Oval from 12.22am on Sky Channel 55.

The Kiwi speed skating team line up for a huge semifinal race against hosts South Korea, with the winner going through to the gold medal race. Korea set the fastest time in qualifying of 3:39.29, almost two seconds faster than the New Zealand trio. Norway and the Netherlands race off in the other semifinal with the losers going through to the bronze final.

In case you missed it

Wells brothers storm into contention
Byron and Beau-James Wells made their presence felt in the qualification rounds of the men's free ski halfpipe in PyeongChang on Tuesday, qualifying for the final among the top five.

American crotches are 'not OK'
All eyes have been on American skaters' crotches in PyeongChang.

'Women' or 'Ladies'? At the Winter Olympics, that depends on the sport
"Ladies" sounds increasingly archaic - especially given that male skaters compete in the "Men's" event rather than the equivalent "Gentlemen's.

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