Winter Olympics 2018: Martin Fourcade eyeing 2nd biathlon gold and other things to watch out for on Day 6

Pyeongchang: The weather has played havoc with the Olympic skiing programme with three events rescheduled for Thursday, meaning nine golds will be on offer — equalling the single-day record set in Turin on 18 February 2006. Here are five highlights on day six at the Pyeongchang Olympics: Figure skating: pairs Chinese world champions Sui Wenjing and Han Cong go into the decisive free programme in the lead after producing a personal best in the short programme. Less than a point adrift, after delivering their own career best, are Russians Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov who are double European champions. Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford, who won team gold with Canada earlier in the week, sit third. Biathlon: men’s 20km [caption id=“attachment_4352205” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Martin Fourcade has already won the 12.5km pursuit title. Reuters[/caption] All eyes are on Martin Fourcade, the French army officer who is favourite to win his second gold at the Pyeongchang Olympics in the 20km individual biathlon. The two-time Sochi 2014 champion won the pursuit title on Sunday and victory would give him a fourth Olympic gold, the most by a Frenchman at the Winter Games. He shares the record of three winter golds with alpine skiing legend Jean-Claude Killy. Alpine skiing: women’s giant slalom American ace Mikaela Shiffrin goes in the giant slalom aiming to add another gold to her slalom triumph four years ago at Sochi as an 18-year-old. She faces a stiff challenge from French world champion Tessa Worley. The race was originally scheduled for Monday. Her second event, Wednesday’s slalom, also fell victim to the weather and another attempt to run it will be made on Friday. Alpine skiing: men’s downhill Reigning champion Matthias Mayer of Austria could become the first racer to win a second gold in the Olympic downhill, alpine skiing’s ultimate speed test. But a dozen racers are in with a chance on a Pyeongchang course considered “easy” by the specialists. Norway’s Aksel Lund Svindal, 35, the five-time world champion, is a top contender along with Kjetil Jansrud, Norway’s super-G gold medallist at Sochi. Speed skating: men’s 10,000m The Dutch have won all five speed skating golds so far and are hungry for more. Sven Kramer, seeking his fifth Olympic gold, and teammate Jorrit Bergsma, the defending Olympic champion, are both aiming to extend the winning streak in the men’s 10,000m.