Seven medal sets were awarded in Sochi on Tuesday, February 18
Seven medal sets were awarded in Sochi on Tuesday, February 18.
France’s Pierre Vaultier (left) won a duel with Russia’s Nikolai Olyunin (right in Olympic men’s snowboard cross after the favorites for the gold medal went out of the competition early on.
France’s Pierre Vaultier (left) won a duel with Russia’s Nikolai Olyunin (right in Olympic men’s snowboard cross after the favorites for the gold medal went out of the competition early on.
Slovenia’s Tina Maze battled the elements to win her second gold medal of the Sochi Winter Olympics, holding on for victory in the giant slalom.
Norway’s Emil Hegle Svendsen (left) won gold in the men’s biathlon 15-kilometer mass start, which was postponed earlier due to thick fog. French biathlon star Martin Fourcade (right) was denied his third gold medal of the Sochi Winter Olympics and took silver.
South Korea blazed to the gold medal in the women's 3,000m short track relay, winning an exciting last-leg duel with the defending Olympic champions China.
Norwegians Joergen Graabak (center) and Magnus Moan won gold and silver in the Nordic combined large hill and 10 kilometer event
Russia beat Norway a 4-0 in the first round of the Olympic men’s hockey playoffs.
Jorrit Bergsma (center) of the Netherlands won the speedskating 10,000m gold in an Olympic record time. His countrymen Sven Kramer (left) and Bob de Jong took silver and bronze.
David Wise of the United States became the first-ever winner of an Olympic ski halfpipe gold medal.
