AS IT HAPPENS: Day two from the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver

EDGED OUT: Jennifer Heil is the hot favourite to claim moguls gold but she was forced to settle for silver (Getty Images)

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Take a look at the men's 1500m short track speed skating picture gallery

Hannah Kearney admits her Turin 2006 heartache was a key motivating factor behind her golden performance in Vancouver

Take a look at Hannah Kearney winning women's moguls gold in pictures

20:48 (-8 GMT): That's all the live action done and dusted for Saturday but stay tuned for plenty of reaction from Hannah Kearney and Jennifer Heil

20:40 (-8 GMT): The action has finished over at the luge track at it's as you were after the first run with Germany's Felix Loch still leading the way

20:25 (-8 GMT): But Hannah Kearney produces a flawless run to snatch gold and ensure Canada's wait for a home gold medallist goes on

20:10 (-8 GMT): Dramatic scenes as Jennifer Heil moves into the lead with just Hannah Kearney to go......

19:59 (-8 GMT): Canada's Chloe Dufour-Lapointe delights the home crowd to move into first place

19:52 (-8 GMT): Regina Rakhimova of Russia currently leads the way in the moguls final but the big guns are yet to go

19:43 (-8 GMT): Here's Sportsbeat's James Toney explaining how it all unfolded

19:39 (-8 GMT): That's a sixth Olympic medal for Apolo Anton Ohno. Lee Hi-Suk and Sung Si-Bak were the two Korean fallers - Lee Hi-Suk has been disqualified but gold still goes to Lee Jung-Su - chaos!

19:35 (-8 GMT):  Carnage on the final lap! Lee Jung-Su takes gold after two other Koreans fall! Apolo Anton Ohno takes silver but there may well be DQs!!!

19:32 (-8 GMT): The women's moguls final is also getting underway - Hannah Kearney and Jennifer Heil will do battle for gold

19:31 (-8 GMT): Canada's Charles Hamelin makes up for failing to reach the final with victory to finish eighth overall, it;s the real McCoy now......there are three Koreans in the final - ominous for Apolo Anton Ohno

19:26 (-8 GMT): It's time for the 1500m short track B final now - Haralds Silovs has made it through despite competing in the 5000m speed skating earlier in the day - remarkable!

19:17 (-8 GMT): The buzzer finally sounds at Canada Hockey Place and Slovakia are put out of their misery. The final score is 18-0 to Canada - a new Olympic record

19:03 (-8 GMT): Jack Whelbourne is grinning from ear to ear after his impressive Olympic debut

19:02 (-8 GMT): Chaos in the Pacific Coliseum now, it's the women's 3000m relay semi finals 

The tension is building on Cypress Mountain as 34 million Canadians wait with bated breath to see if Jennifer Heil can work their first ever gold on home soil....but so is the fog" Sportsbeat's Ryan Bangs on Twitter

18:58 (-8 GMT): South Korea's Si-Bak Sung and the USA's JR Chelski complete the finalists - unfortunately there will be no British representatives

18:38 (-8 GMT):  Great Britain's Jack Whelbourne finishes fifth in his 1500m semi-final and won't progress

18:33 (-8 GMT): The USA's Apolo Anton Ohno lives dangerously in the 1500m short track semi final before creeping through, behind Lee Jung-Su, but the big news is that Canada's Charles Hamelin is out

18:32 (-8 GMT): Canada have hit 13 now past Slovakia on the ice hockey rink, and there's still one more period to go!

18:27 (-8 GMT): World champion Felix Loch of Germany sets the pace in the opening luge run

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18:26 (-8 GMT): Meanwhile, Sarah Lindsay is just relieved, following her decision to only focus on the 500m in Vancouver

"My biggest fear was to do four years hard training then come here and only do one race. I tried really hard not to focus on that but it was hard," she said.

18:25 (-8 GMT):  Elise Christie is beaming after her performance.

"This is not my main event, so it's great for me to progress and prove that I'm in the top 16 in the world," she said.

18:14 (-8 GMT)  Great Britain's Elise Christie also progresses. Her cause assisted when one of her rivals in disqualified for three false starts

18:03 (-8 GMT): Canada's Jennifer Heil is still in relaxed mood, despite being edged out in moguls qualification by Hannah Kearney

 "It's all about setting the pace," she said. "We've been skiing in the rain for a few days now, so I'm used to it and getting ready for the final."

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18:02 (-8 GMT) Italy's Arianna Fontana looks in formidable form in the short track and cruises through heat five

17:53 (-8 GMT):  Sarah Lindsay qualifies to the next round of the women's 500m short track speeding skating on Wednesday. She finishes second in her race by a fraction.

17:46 (-8 GMT): Adam 'AJ' Rosen is now in luge action for Great Britain - 16th for him, a little disappointing

17:44 (-8 GMT):  Great Britain's Anthony Douglas is trying to be upbeat about failing to make the 1500m semi-finals

"I got stuck behind the French guy and when I finally got past him I'd left myself too much to do," he said.

More like Brandon Mountain than Cypress Mountain at the moment - but the final looks set to go ahead after qualification finishes" Sportsbeat's Ryan Bangs on Twitter

17:41 (-8 GMT): It's really not looking good for Slovakia. They're now 7-0 down to hosts Canada and it's still not the end of the first period.

17:33 (-8 GMT):  Great Britain's Anthony Douglas fourth in his heat and won't qualify to the semi-finals later

17:26: (-8 GMT): And over at the Whistler Sliding Centre, it is reigning world champion Felix Loch who still leads after the first men's run

17:25 (-8 GMT): The writing is on the wall for the Slovakian women's ice hockey team, they are already 4-0 down to Canada

17:23 (-8 GMT):  Bad news for Great Britain, Ellie Koyander does not make the final.....

17:22 (-8 GMT):  Great Britain's Jack Whelbourne edged into the next round of the 1500m after one of his rivals, China's Weilong Song, fell metres before the line. He was back in fourth and looking certain not to make it but in the end he came third

CHUFFED: Great Britain's Jack Whelbourne struggles to contain his exictement after progressing through the 1500m heats at the Pacific Coliseum (Getty Images)

17:20 (-8 GMT): A lot of Olympic records falling the 1500m of the men's short track - reminds me of being back in Rome for the World Swimming Championships - Sportsbeat's James Toney at Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver

17:19 (-8 GMT):  Great Britain's Ellie Koyander up now..........she's just 18, but we've already seen Australia's 15-year-old Britteny Cox in action.

And she's 20th - a nervous wait to see if she goes through......

17:11 (-8 GMT): Interesting fact - the short track 'track' is 111 metres long. What would the legendary David Shepherd make of that 'Nelson'?

17:07 (-8 GMT): Meanwhile, Canada's women have got their ice hockey campaign underway against Slovakia

17:06 (-8 GMT): The action is coming thick and fast now. The men's luge is underway and it's Germany's Felix Loch who sets the early pace with 48.168

17:04 (-8 GMT): I've just remembered why I absolutely love short track - great to see, especially live - Sportsbeat's James Toney at Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver

17:01 (-8 GMT):  Men's 1500m short track heats about to start. Britain's young Jack Whelbourne goes in heat four. The top three in each race progress

16:58 (-8 GMT): Vanoc said they would try to prevent empty seats - it's clearly not working at the short track - Sportsbeat's James Toney at Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver

16:53 (-8 GMT): The USA's Hannah Kearney usurps great rival Jennifer Heil by claiming 25.96 points and move into the lead

16:51 (-8 GMT): The men's luge competition is about to get underway.

Wind and rain at Cypress Mountain for moguls but still a partisan crowd!" Sportsbeat's Ryan Bangs on Twitter

A reminder that the IOC and Vanoc defended their decision to proceed with the event despite yesterday's fatal accident and confirmed they have shortened and altered the track

16:46 (-8 GMT): Just a reminder, it's the top 20 to qualify. Great Britain's Ellie Koyander will be off 22nd - in with a chance of reaching the final......

Latvia's Haralds Silovs is certainly putting in a shift today.....

16:45 (-8 GMT): And Jennifer Heil lays down a formidable marker. A stylish floating 360 and an iron cross see the Canadian favourite chalk up 25.50 points and take the lead

16:42 (-8 GMT): A big cheer now as the Canadians get ready to go. First up it's Chloe Dufour Lapointe - and she moves into first place with 23.74 points

And now it's defending champion Jennifer Heil........a rapturous applause

16:30 (-8 GMT): Women's freestyle skiing moguls have just got underway.......

16:20 (-8 GMT): After one too many depressing news conferences, finally getting to sample some sport for the first time at these Olympics. Short track speed skating means thrills and spills guaranteed and the memories of Mr Bradbury - one of the best things I've ever covered - come flooding back - Sportsbeat's James Toney at Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver

16:11 (-8 GMT): Bronze medallist in the 5000m speed skating Ivan Skobrev of Russia has been paying tribute to champion Sven Kramer.

He said:  "I have said it 100 times already, Sven [Kramer] is the best kid ever. I actually asked Sven if I could train with him and he said no.

"Sven is the best skater in the world but in the next Olympic Games in Russia I will do my best to beat him."

15:48 (-8 GMT):  There has been no British action to speak of thus far but don't fret, it;s not long until Ellie Koyander, Elise Christie and Sarah Lindsay, AJ Rosen and Jack Whelbourne and Anthony Douglas make their Vancouver bows.....

Nine medals have been dished out to nine different countries so far - how long can that continue?" Sportsbeat's James Toney on Twitter

15:27: (-8 GMT): Check out the pictures from Sven Kramer's record breaking victory in the 5000m speed skating competition

15:20 (-8 GMT): Meanwhile, Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili has called on luge's world governing body to take the issue of safety more seriously at a press conference this afternoon

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14:57 (-8 GMT): Sven Kramer has been reflecting on his gold medal: "I worked my ass off to win this medal. It's an amazing feeling. I worked for four years for it. I only lost once. Now I have to finish it and I did."

4:40 (-8 GMT): After three gold medals have been won, take a look at an early version of the medals table

14:25(-8 GMT):  And it is indeed SVEN KRAMER who collects 5000m speed skating gold

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