What to Know“Quad God” Ilia Malinin is the favorite to win individual gold in men’s figure skating, and today he heads into the free skate with a solid five-point lead over Japan’s Yuma Kagiyama and France’s Adam Siao Him Fa. Coming off their preliminary round win over rival Canada, the Hi lary Knight-led U.S. women’s hockey team heads into the quarterfinal facing host country Italy at 3:10 p.m. ET.A trio of American men led by Alessandro Barbieri will vie for medals in men’s snowboard halfpipe, where they’ll go up against defending Olympic champion Ayumu Hirano of Japan and two-time Olympic medalist Scotty James of Australia.One day after losing 8-3 to Switzerland, the 1-1 U.S. men’s curling team will face a 1-0 Canadian team in a critical round-robin matchup at 3:05 a.m. ET. Women’s play continues as well with Team USA (1-1) also facing Canada (1-0) at 8:05 a.m. ET. Other medal events Friday include men’s biathlon 10k sprint, men’s skeleton, women’s snowboard cross, men’s 10000m speed skating and more. Follow along for live updates: ...read more read less