PYEONGCHANG 2018: Canada's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have broken the record for the most Olympic medals won in figure skating after taking the top spot on the podium in Tuesday's ice dance competition. 

The duo, who have now won their fifth Winter Games medal, including three gold, were joined by France's Gabriella Papadakis and Guillaume Cizeron who secured silver and the USA's Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani who took bronze. 

"I am thrilled with this competition," Virtue said.

"That performance was really special and truly memorable. The gold medal is the cherry on the cake. We are taking in every single moment."

No less than a day after she topped the women's Ski Halfpipe qualifications, Canada's Cassie Sharpe won gold in Tuesday's finals. 

The 25-year-old, who has secured Canada's first Olympic gold medal in Ski Halfpipe, scored an impressive 94.40 in her first run before an even stronger performance in the second run saw her dominate the field with 95.80. 

France's Marie Martinod secured silver while the USA's Brita Sigourney took bronze.

""I've been training so hard to get that run consistent and I just wanted to come out here strong with that first run," Sharpe said.

"It hasn't really sunk in yet, but it's just an incredible feeling. Just putting all my hard work into this, it's just everything wrapped up into one."

During the mixed biathlon relay, France's Martin Fourcade made history as he became the first athlete of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics to win three gold medals. 

The pursuit and mass start winner, who is now France's most decorated Olympian with five gold medals, was mobbed by his teammates when he crossed the finish line.

"It's a beautiful story for this team, it's a beautiful story for all the crew, who work really hard on our skis," he said.

"We often say that we are doing an individual sport but we are living more than 220 days a year together. Winning this medal together is something really emotional and we really enjoy [it]."

In Short Track news, the Republic of Korea won gold in a nailbiting, double-penalty women's 3000m relay final at Gangneung Ice Arena on Tuesday evening. 

While Italy had crossed the line third, a penalty to China saw them upgraded to silver with the bronze medal being awarded to Netherlands who had won the B-final. 

The victory marked Korea's third short track gold medal of the 2018 Winter Games. 

"It was a very long race and a lot was happening," Korea's Sukhee Shim said.

"We had to calm down and trust each other and that's what made the gold medal."

Norway won its first men's Olympic ice hockey game in 24 years, making it through to Wednesday's quarterfinals where it will tkae on Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR). 

"It means a lot, especially as we won the right game," Norway's Patrick Thoresen said.

"We lost the three games int he group play, but this was the big game to win and now we are where we wanted to be before the tournament started."

Canda will play Finland in Wednesday's quarterfinals while the USA will face the Czech Republic, and Sweden will go head-to-head with Germany.

Germany dominaed the Individual Gundersen large hill/10km,with Johannes Rydzek winning gold while compatriots Fabian Riessle and Eric Frenzel took silver and bronze respectively.

In bobsleigh news, 27-year-old Olympic debutant Mariama Jamanka (Germany) will take a slender advantage into the women's bobsleigh final on Wednesday as she sets out to secure her country's first medal in the event in more than a decade.

"I'm happy with the results but I'm not happy with the runs because I think I could do better," she said.

"In the men's race you could see that everything can change on the second day (so) it doesn't mean a thing."

It was another action packed day at the Gangneung Curling Centre as the reigning women's World Champions, Canada, face elimination from the tournament after suffering a shock defeat to China. 

Currently ranked seventh, the Candians must win their final two round robin games against Great Britain and OAR on Wednesday.

"It's not uncommon for us [to be in this situation]," Canada's Emma Miskew said.

"But it's just because last year we went undefeated at the worlds and everyone thinks it's unknown territory for us. But we've grindled it before."

Check back again tomorrow to catch up on all the international action from Day 12 of the Winter Games.

David Barden

olympics.com.au