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The newest and most spectacular sport to be included in the Winter Olympics has landed. It’s Snowboard Big Air and Austrian Anna Gasser is a hot favourite.

Britain’s James Woods put on a superb display in the ski slopestyle Olympic final but finished just out of the medals in fourth.

The greatest show on earth has taken place & we’ve been looking at anything quirky, off beat or newsy that’s caught our eye in PyeongChang. Here’s Week Two. NEW & UPDATED

It’s bronze for Dom Parsons in the skeleton – the first time Britain has won an Olympic medal in the men’s skeleton for 70 years. But Andrew Musgrave has a shocker.

The American Mikaela Shiffrin failed to get on the podium in the Olympic slalom a day after her gold in the giant slalom.

It’s heartbreak at the Winter Olympics for short-track speed skater Elise Christie as she crashes out in the 500m final. She’d been tipped to take GB’s first medal.

With more alpine ski races postponed and snowboarders taking hard falls in the Olympic slopestyle final, are the gusty conditions ruining the sport?

Andrew Musgrave has come 7th in the best ever Olympic result for a British cross-country skier – and his favourite event is yet to come.

The greatest show on earth is underway & we look at anything quirky, off beat or newsy that catches our eye in PyeongChang. NEW & UPDATED

GB’s first Winter Paralympic champion Kelly Gallagher will be in the squad for the Pyeongchang Games after initially failing to be selected. NEW

If the Winter Olympics inspire you then see here for where you can try the sports you’ll be watching.

Russian athletes & coaches that have been cleared of doping offences by the Court of Arbitration for Sport will not be allowed to take part at Pyeongchang. NEW

The Scottish resort is holding its own version of the Winter Olympics this month to capitalise on Olympic fever.

The winter athletes who were banned from the Olympics for life for doping offences at Sochi have had their suspensions overturned. The IOC has condemned the decision.

Scottish snowsports have received a big financial boost to promote Scotland as a destination of choice for skiing and snowboarding. NEW

Izzy Atkin takes silver in the women’s Ski Slopestyle and James Woods bronze in the ski Big Air. Check out how other GB athletes did too. UPDATED

GB’s squad of Winter Olympian skiers and snowboarders is pretty much as expected, but there’ll be a few disappointed athletes out there. We look behind the headlines.

An independent investigation has been ordered after a female snowboarder made allegations of bullying and discrimination in British Parasnowsport.

On a wild and windy weekend in the Canton of Vaud in Switzerland, the second leg of the ISMF took place. NEW

The selectors have met and on Thursday we’ll know which skiers and snowboarders will represent Team GB at the Winter Olympics. NEW

They’ll compete in 5 disciplines & 3 sports including alpine skiing. The two Koreas will march together at the Opening Ceremony with a joint ice hockey team. NEW

Freestyle skier Izzy Atkin and Telemark’s Jasmin Taylor picked up a pair of podiums each at the weekend.

The GB slalom specialist Dave Ryding blamed only himself after a bad day racing in Wengen on Sunday. NEW & UPDATED

Izzy Atkin takes bronze in the Slopestyle at Aspen as World Cup events across the discipines continue. NEW & UPDATED

An ‘Olympic participation meeting’ for North and South Korea has been called by the IOC. NEW

The announcement was made during talks between North & South Korea. It’s seen as a major breakthrough. UPDATED

GB’s No1 ski racer continued his busy start to 2018 with a World Cup race at Adelboden in Switzerland. Other Brits were also in action. NEW & UPDATED

Nine skiers and snowboarders have been selected to represent GB but there’s no place for Britain’s first Winter Paralympic gold medallist, Kelly Gallagher. NEW

Russia has been warned there’s a strong likelihood the country will be banned from the Paras at Pyeongchang with a final decision due next month.

Our snowsports athletes can enjoy a few days relaxation over Christmas as they have started the season well across many disciplines.

GB Paralympic skier Menna Fitzpatrick and her guide Jennifer Kehoe have now picked FOUR World Cup medals in as many days. NEW & UPDATED

Cross-country skier Andrew Musgrave had the best race of his career, landing his first full World Cup podium in the 15km free event in Italy. UPDATED

The GB freestyle snowboarder is at the top of his game and heading towards his second Winter Olympics. Can he reach the final again, or more?

Russia’s athletes are planning to compete under a neutral flag at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games. NEW

The British skier said it wasn’t his day after finishing 19th at the World Cup slalom in the French resort. PlanetSKI spoke to him after the race. NEW & UPDATED

Congratulations to our GB paraskier who was runner-up in the 2017 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award. UPDATED

Slalom specialist Dave Ryding and Cross Country’s Andrew Musgrave are the headline British acts in a series of World Cup events this weekend. NEW

President Putin has said the athletes can compete at Pyeongchang. The IOC has banned Russia after systematic doping at Sochi 2014.

The Northern Hemisphere World Cup season for the two disciplines has begun in the USA and Europe and GB athletes are at both. NEW

We’re in the French Alps this weekend and first up is a bit of world-class slalom action in Val d’Isere. NEW & UPDATED

Thirty school pupils have skied for the first time after winning a competition run by the affordable sports retailer, Decathlon. PlanetSKI tagged along.

They have been expelled following widespread doping at Sochi 2014 though clean athletes can compete as individuals under the Olympic flag. UPDATED

On Tuesday Russia will hear if it can take part in the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympics following the Sochi drugs scandal. NEW

GB Ski Cross racer, Emily Sarsfield, goes into the World Cup season aiming to get to a Winter Olympics at the third attempt. She’s been speaking to PlanetSKI.

Great Britain’s four-man bobsleigh team at the 2014 Winter Olympics are likely to be awarded the bronze medal after originally finishing fifth.

The event aimed at getting more schoolkids into snowsport is back and hoping to capitalise on interest in next year’s Olympics. NEW

A ski centre in London’s Chiswick has re-opened as a new concern after the previous business went bust in the summer. NEW

Thirteen British Ski and Snowboard athletes will compete at World Cup events this weekend with the non-Olympic discipline of Telemark starting its season. NEW

The long neglected ski centre destroyed by fire is to be rebuilt as part of a £22.5m sports centre development.