The men's luge competition is hotting up at Whistler, while the women's 3000m speed skating is taking place in Vancouver.
Frenchman Vincent Jay shocked Norway's Ole Einar Bjoerndalen to clinch gold in the men's 10km biathlon sprint.
Bjoerndalen, who has five Olympic titles to his name, was attempting to emulate compatriot Bjorn Daehlie's record of eight gold medals.
Anastazia Kuzmina of Slovakia missed only one of 10 shots and covered the course in 19 minutes, 55.6 seconds to win gold in the 7.5 km biathlon sprint.
Magdalena Neuner of Germany took the silver, 1.5 sec behind Kuzmina. And Marie Dorin of France won the bronze with a clean shoot that put her 10.9 sec off the lead.
Dutch favourite Sven Kramer powered to the 5,000m speed skating crown in an Olympic record time in Vancouver.
The 23-year-old set off on a blistering opening lap and never looked back, clocking six minutes, 14.60 seconds to capture his first Olympic gold.
Korea's Seung-Hoon Lee collected a surprise silver with Russian Ivan Skobrev taking the bronze
Jung-Su Lee of South Korea clinched a dramatic Olympic gold medal in the men's 1,500m short track.
Lee grabbed gold ahead of American duo Apolo Anton Ohno and JR Celski in a time of two minutes 17.611 seconds.
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