It's been quite a day five at the Milano Cortina Winter Games.

The Australian team has ridden a roller-coaster, from Jakara Anthony's stunning spin-out on her Women's Moguls Super Final run with a gold medal within reach, to Scotty James and Valentino Guseli roaring into the Men's Snowboard Halfpipe Final.

Switzerland's Franjo von Allmen found rare air of his own, claiming his third gold medal of the Games with a win in the Men's Super-G event.

And French ice dancer Guillaume Cizeron won his second world title with new partner Laurence Fournier-Baudry to cap an incredible competition that also saw Australia's Holly Harris and Jason Chan shine on the Milano ice.

It was also a huge day for Italy, with two golds in men's and women's doubles in luge. We think this picture captures perfectly the moments of exhilaration that are shown around the world at Olympic Games.

We will be back this evening for day six of competition. But for now, I'm Andrew McGarry, on behalf of Luke Pentony and Simon Smale in Livigno, saying thank you for joining us and wishing you all a good morning. 

Australian Snowboard-Cross athlete Cam Bolton has opened up about his crash that has left him with a fractured neck and put him out of the Games.

Posting on Instagram, the Australian — who was originally helicoptered off the mountain to hospital when he had a serious crash in training — said his post was "a hard one to write 💔".

"I won’t be competing at the Olympics," Bolton posted.

"A couple of days ago I made a mistake in training and paid the price. I have a few fractures in my neck and back, but the ligamentous injuries higher up are complicating things and making it more serious.

"Still working through the best course of action."

He thanked his family, friends and those who have offered support, as well as the medical team and everyone on Team Australia.

"I will post an update when things become a little more clear. Unfortunately for now, no more titanic music," he wrote.

The final couple take to the ice in the Ice Dance.

The gold is in their hands, can Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier-Baudry take it?

They skate to a routine from The Whale movie soundtrack.

It's a beautiful arrangement, and the French are excellent, but there seems to be an issue with an opening twizzle and another element in the dance.

They get a yellow from the judges which means there is a query, and possible mark deduction.

They make their finishing pose and the crowd applauds. That was artistic and a feeling of a water-bound performance.

Did it have the emotion of the Canadians, or as accessible as the bullfight routine of Chock and Bates?

Only the judges can answer.

The score is 135.64, for a total of 225.82.

They win the title! That is Cizeron's second Olympic title, after he won the gold in Beijing with then-partner Gabriella Papadakis. 

Silver to Chock and Bates and bronze to Gilles and Poirier of Canada. 

Congratulations too to Australians Holly Harris and Jason Chan, who finished 18th with a total of 176.39.

It's time for American couple Madison Chock and Evan Bates.

This is it. The Americans skate to a routine from a flamenco version of the Rolling Stones' Paint It Black.

The story is of Bates as a bull and Chock (wearing a dress with a red insert) as a matador.

Crowds have loved this interpretation through the leadup events as well, and Chock and Bates were part of the US winning gold in the Team event the other night.

One particular lift leads to Chock sliding through Bates' arms and sliding on the ice.

They finish, and the crowd goes ballistic.

They are smiling and accepting the applause. The question is what happens here? They trailed the leaders by five points after the short dance.

They will need to max out their score here to put pressure on.

The score is in for the three-time world champions ... it's 134.67, for a total of 224.39.

They take the lead! Now it's down to France's Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier-Baudry.   

We're right at the crunch time in Milano, as the final three couples skate.

Canada's Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier delivered a beautiful routine to Vincent by Govardo, an arrangement of Don McLean's famous song.

Costumed in sunflowers, the Canadians did a graceful routine with spins and lifts, as the crowd cheered and clapped.

When they hit their finishing pose, they received an ovation, and the pair teared up on the ice.

They have done these routines numerous times, but the Olympics seems to bring out extra emotion. 

The score is 131.56! Their total is 217.74!

They take the lead and are guaranteed a first Olympic medal.

We're down to the final few couples in the Ice Dance competition.

Italian pair Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri have just skated fifth last, receiving a huge reception from the crowd on home ice.

Their emotional routine, to the Diamanti (Diamonds) soundtrack, has just scored 125.30, giving them the lead.

In second place are Americans Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik, while the third place is Lithuania's Allison Reed and Saulius Ambulevicius.

But the big hitters are still to come, including Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates and French pair Guillaume Cizeron and Laurence Fournier-Baudry. 

If you're like us and extremely excited about Men's Snowboard Halfpipe in general — and Australia's Scotty James and Valentino Guseli in particular — you might be wondering when you can next see them in action.

The Halfpipe final will be held on Saturday morning at 5:30am AEDT, as the 12 remaining competitors go for gold. 

1. Norway — 7 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze
2. USA — 4 gold, 6 silver, 2 bronze
3. Italy — 4 gold, 2 silver, 7 bronze
4. Switzerland — 4 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze
5. Germany — 3 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze
6. France — 3 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze
7. Sweden — 3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze
8. Austria — 2 gold, 5 silver, 1 bronze
9. Japan — 2 gold, 2 silver, 4 bronze
10. Netherlands — 1 gold, 2 silver
11. Czechia and Slovenia — 1 gold, 1 silver

* Australia is yet to win its first medal

We had a big result for the United States at the Speed Skating on day five, with Jordan Stolz taking out the men's 1,000m final.

The 21-year-old came 14th in this event in Beijing, but his rapid improvement saw him win the world title in 2024.

Stolz backed it up on the ice at Milano, stopping the clock in a new Olympic record of 1 minute 6.28 seconds.

He beat Dutch skater Boo de Jenning — who was in the same heat as Stolz — by half a second, while China's Ning Zhongyan took the bronze.

The huge crowd at Livigno for the Snowboard Halfpipe qualification was worthy of a final, and there plenty of famous faces watching on.

None more famous than Snowboarding legend and three-time Olympic champion Shaun White, and he had some thoughts about that qualifying and the way things are heading in the sport he led for so long.

Speaking to Channel Nine, White was asked about Scotty James's little matter of a 94.00 opening run, not to mention Valentino Guseli's fearless program.

He said he was "so impressed to see them, they're beginning to hit their peak."

"I just thought Scotty James had the momentum but I thought he'd run out of it before the Games," he said.

"Now I think he's hitting it [his peak] right as the Games are here."

Asked about the development of the sport since his retirement, and the level of that crazy qualifying tonight, White was happy to give an Australian audience a boost.

"It looks like it [the future] is going to Australia," he said.

"The sky's the limit."