French hope Alexis Pinturault, like Ligety a dominant force on the World Cup, also finished outside the top Double gold was also a strong theme on day seven of competition, with Dario Cologna making it a great day for Switzerland by winning the 15 km classic in the cross-country nordic skiing discipline. It was a successful defense of the title he won in Vancouver and followed his earlier triumph in the 30 km skiathlon in Sochi.
Cologna came into the Games off the back of injury problems, and his performances have taken him by surprise. I couldn't believe the first gold medal, after being injured, and now the second. It was the perfect race. I knew it would be hard and I was prepared for it," he said. Darya Domracheva from Belarus made it two golds in three days with victory in the women's 15 km individual biathlon race.
She took the bronze in Vancouver but stepped up to the top of the podium in Sochi, beating Switzerland's Selina Gasparin into second place, with compatriot Nadezhda Skardino in third. Domracheva took the women's pursuit title Tuesday on Tuesday and was in unbeatable form again, particularly in the shooting section of the competition. Belarus later picked up its second gold of the day as year-old Alla Tsuper , competing in her fifth Winter Games, finally found her way to the top of the podium in the women's freestyle aerials competition.
Tsuper had never finished higher than fifth in her previous attempts but with a total score of Tsuper took two years out to start a family but came back to competition better than ever. I returned to the sport to have one more chance to have a medal. That was a dream," she said. Yarnold the new skeleto n queen. Britain continued its domination of women's skeleton as Lizzy Yarnold took the title won by compatriot Amy Williams four years ago.
Former track and field athlete Yarnold held the lead from the first run Thursday at the Slanki Sliding Center and finished nearly a second clear of Noelle Pikus-Pace of the United States over four sessions. Elena Nikitina took the bronze for host nation Russia. I wanted to do myself justice and show the world what I could do. Print Email More sharing Reddit.
Sidney Crosby celebrates after scoring Canada's second goal during the men's ice hockey gold medal match against Sweden on Sunday, February Most of us know the Winter Olympics through the power of television, as a spectacle in constant motion. Seeing the Games through still photography is a different experience altogether.
Here's a look at the most compelling images from the word's best photographers at Sochi More photos: Falling down in Sochi. Canada's hockey team receives their gold medals in front of an ecstatic crowd on February Henrik Lundqvist, center, and his teammates on the Swedish hockey team received silver medals on February Swedish goalie Henrik Lundqvist makes a save during the hockey final against Canada on February An athlete takes part in the men's kilometer mass start free on February Alexander Legkov of Russia celebrates his win in the men's cross-country skiing kilometer mass start free on February Anders Soedergren of Sweden leads the pack in the men's kilometer mass start free on February Chris Andre Jespersen of Norway leads in the men's kilometer mass start free on February Ilia Chernousov of Russia competes in the men's kilometer mass start free on February The Canadian team slides down the course upside down after the crash on February The Canadian team is seen on the course after the crash.
Amelie Kober of Germany, who got the bronze in ladies' snowboard parallel slalom, celebrates during the medal ceremony on February The Finnish men's hockey team celebrates a goal during the bronze medal game against the United States on February Sara Linborg of Sweden competes in the women's kilometer mass start free cross-country on February Russia's Adelina Sotnikova performs February 22 at the figure skating exhibition gala.
Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany perform during the figure skating exhibition gala on February Luiza Zlotkowska reacts after Poland's silver medal finish in the ladies' team pursuit speed skating final on Saturday, February Skiers pass the Olympic rings as they compete during the men's 4x7.
Julia Dujmovits, right, of Austria celebrates her gold medal in ladies' snowboard parallel slalom on February. She defeated Anke Karstens of Germany, left.
Vic Wild of Russia, right, and Benjamin Karl of Austria compete in the men's parallel slalom snowboard semifinals on February Russian honor guards salute on February 22, during the ladies' speed skating team pursuit medal ceremony.
The Netherlands' Sven Kramer and Jan Blokhuijsen compete on February 22 in the men's speed skating team pursuit final. Norway's Marit Bjoergen, front left, and Norway's Therese Johaug are followed by Norway's Heidi Weng and Sweden's Charlotte Kalla on February 22 as they compete in the women's cross-country skiing kilometer mass start free.
Norway's Leif Kristian Haugen competes during the men's alpine skiing slalom run on February Ryan McDonagh of the United States falls on top of Kimmo Timonen of Finland on February 22 during the first period of the men's ice hockey bronze medal game.
Venue staff celebrate on February 22 following the completion of the snowboard men's and ladies' parallel slalom finals. Emre Simsek of Turkey wipes out during the first run during the men's slalom on February Austria's Dominik Landertinger, left, and Russia's Anton Shipulin leave the shooting range in the men's biathlon 4x7.
Austria's Mario Matt celebrates after a men's alpine skiing slalom run on February Finland's Tuukka Rask and Kimmo Timonen celebrate after defeating the United States to take the bronze in men's ice hockey on February Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway in action on February 22 during the men's slalom.
Ireen Wust, Jorien ter Mors and Marrit Leenstra of the Netherlands compete during the semifinals of the women's team pursuit speed skating on February From left, second place medalist Therese Johaug, first place medalist Marit Bjoergen and third place medalist Kristin Stoermer Steira, all of Norway, celebrate during the flower ceremony for the kilometer mass start free on Saturday, February A course worker takes his shirt off to enjoy warm weather during the snowboard parallel slalom competition on February Mass start for the ladies' kilometer cross country on February From left, gold medal winner Marit Bjoergen, bronze medal winner Kristin Stoermer Steira and silver medal winner Therese Johaug, all from Norway, ski during the kilometer cross-country race on February Athletes compete in the ladies' kilometer mass start free on February Russia's Vic Wild takes a turn as a course worker runs to get out of the way during a the snowboard parallel slalom quarterfinal on February Finland's Riitta-Liisa Roponen, left, leads other competitors during the women's K cross-country race on February Bulgaria's Radoslav Yankov competes during snowboard parallel slalom qualifying on February Canada's Jamie Benn, second from left, celebrates scoring the only goal in the men's hockey semifinal between Canada and the United States on Friday, February Players look toward the corner of the rink during the hockey semifinal between Canada and the United States.
Fans celebrate Canada's defeat of the United States. Ukrainian biathlete Valj Semerenko competes in the women's team relay on February Ukrainian biathlete Olena Pidhrushna fires her rifle on her way to winning the gold medal in the team relay. Victor An of Russia celebrates winning the gold medal in the short track 5,meter relay on February Biathlete Ekaterina Shumilova of Russia competes in the women's team relay on February From left, silver medalist Kelsey Serwa of Canada, gold medalist Marielle Thompson of Canada, and bronze medalist Anna Holmlund of Sweden celebrate on the podium after the women's ski cross competition on February Iranian skier Forough Abbasi falls during the women's slalom on February Swedish goaltender Henrik Lundqvist celebrates his team's win against Finland in the hockey semifinals on February Athletes compete in heavy fog during the women's ski cross quarterfinals on February German biathlete Andrea Henkel competes during the women's relay on February Denise Feierabend of Switzerland competes during the women's slalom on February The women's hockey team from Canada celebrates Thursday, February 20, after Marie-Philip Poulin scored the game-winning goal in overtime to defeat the United States and win the gold medal.
Alex Carpenter, left, and American teammate Hilary Knight celebrate Carpenter's third-period goal during the Canada game on February Russian figure skater Adelina Sotnikova performs in the women's individual competition on February Yuna Kim of South Korea competes in the figure skating event February Italian figure skater Carolina Kostner competes on February American freestyle skier Annalisa Drew crashes in the women's halfpipe on February Maddie Bowman of the United States competes in the women's halfpipe on February Angeli Vanlaanen of the United States competes in the women's halfpipe.
Canada's Jennifer Jones throws the curling stone during the gold-medal match against Sweden on February Australia's Brooklee Han performs in the women's figure skating competition on February Anne Line Gjersem of Norway performs her free skate in the women's figure skating competition. Japanese speedskaters train on February Members of the Swiss women's hockey team celebrate after defeating Sweden for the bronze medal on February Australia's Amy Sheehan competes in the women's halfpipe.
Ayana Onozuka of Japan competes in the women's halfpipe. An Olympian trains for the large hill Nordic combined event on February Dutch speedskaters practice on February Competitors are reflected in the goggles of Sweden's John Eklund after their ski cross heat on February The Germany-1 bobsled team, piloted by Maximilian Arndt, starts a training run February Athletes compete in the men's ski cross final on February Canada forward Corey Perry trips over Latvia goaltender Kristers Gudlevskis during the men's ice hockey quarterfinal on Wednesday, February Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse of Canada make a run during the women's bobsled event on February Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjoerndalen competes in the mixed relay event on February American figure skater Gracie Gold performs her short program in the women's individual event February Ashley Wagner of the United States performs her short program during the figure skating competition.
Russia's Julia Lipnitskaia falls while competing in the figure skating event. Yuna Kim of South Korea competes in the figure skating event. Chinese figure skater Kexin Zhang performs her short program. Russian snowboarder Vic Wild celebrates at the flower ceremony for the parallel giant slalom on February The men's hockey team from Russia looks dejected after losing to Finland on February Finland's hockey players celebrate their victory over Russia.
Russia's Ilya Kovalchuk celebrates after scoring a first-period goal against Finland. Yuri Danilochkin of Belarus competes during the men's giant slalom on February Patrick Bussler of Germany competes in the quarterfinals of the men's parallel giant slalom on February Liechtenstein skier Marco Pfiffner competes in the men's giant slalom on February American skier Jared Goldberg negotiates a turn during a run in the men's giant slalom on February Norway's Kjetil Jansrud competes in the men's giant slalom on February France's Alexis Pinturault competes in the men's giant slalom.
Finnish cross-country skier Sami Jauhojarvi, right, celebrates gold in the men's team sprint classic on February Olga Graf, a Russian speedskater, competes in the women's 5, meters on February Joan Verdu Sanchez of Andorra crashes in his first run of the giant slalom. Cross-country skier Dario Cologna of Switzerland leads the pack during the men's team sprint on February The Romanian four-man bobsled team starts a run during a training session on February German snowboarder Patrick Bussler competes in the parallel giant slalom on February David Wise, an American freestyle skier, celebrates after his first run in the men's halfpipe finals on Tuesday, February Thomas Krief of France competes in the men's halfpipe on February Canadian skier Mike Riddle competes in the men's halfpipe.
Dutch speedskater Jorrit Bergsma competes in the men's 10, meters on February Roman Cervenka and Jaromir Jagr celebrate a goal for the Czech Republic during the men's ice hockey game against Slovakia on February Norwegian biathlete Emil Hegle Svendsen competes in the men's kilometer mass start event on February Americans Elana Meyers and Lauryn Williams start their first run in the women's bobsled on February Austria's Anna Fenninger competes in the women's giant slalom on February Joergen Graabak of Norway celebrates as he crosses the line to win the gold medal in the large hill Nordic combined event February France's Pierre Vaultier celebrates winning the men's snowboard cross final on February Switzerland's Dominique Gisin skis in the women's giant slalom on February Athletes compete February 18 in a snowboard cross semifinal.
Snowboarders race during a snowboard cross quarterfinal on February Olga Sosina of Russia handles the puck during a women's hockey game February 18 versus Finland. Biathletes compete in the men's kilometer mass start event on February British skier Murray Buchan competes in the men's halfpipe on February Norway's Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, left, and France's Martin Fourcade shoot during the men's kilometer mass start biathlon on February Biathletes compete at the firing range in the men's kilometer mass start.
Russian biathlete Evgeniy Garanichev focuses on a shot during the men's kilometer mass start. Graabak won gold and Moan won silver. French biathlete Martin Fourcade competes in the kilometer mass start event.
The Americans won gold and the Russians won bronze. The outfit of American ice dancer Meryl Davis is seen on February China's Zongyang Jia lands during the finals of the men's aerials on February Germany's Andreas Wank, center, celebrates with teammates after they won gold in the men's ski jumping event on February Gregor Schlierenzauer of Austria jumps during the team ski jumping event. Russia's Nikita Katsalapov and Elena Ilinykh react after their ice dancing performing on February Biathletes compete in the women's Gold medalist Darya Domracheva, right, of Belarus celebrates with bronze medalist Tiril Eckhoff of Norway after the women's Belarus' Anton Kushnir celebrates in the men's aerials on February David Morris from Australia won silver in the men's aerials.
Biathlete Darya Domracheva of Belarus competes in the women's Russian bobsledders Alexander Kasjanov and Maxim Belugin start a run during the two-man competition on February Kazakhstan's Baglan Inkarbek competes in the men's aerials on February Switzerland's Mischa Gasser takes a warm-up jump before the men's aerials on February Thomas Lambert of Switzerland skis during qualification for the men's aerials on February Belarussian biathlete Darya Domracheva celebrates winning the women's Zhongqing Liu of China lands in the men's aerials competition February An athlete carries skis through the thick fog that caused event delays and cancellations on February Russia's Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov perform their short program during the ice dancing competition on Sunday, February Turkish ice dancer Alisa Agafonova performs on February Eva Samkova of the Czech Republic finishes the second-to-last jump February 16 in the final of the women's snowboard cross.
The Swedish team celebrates taking the gold in the women's cross-country relay on February Germany's Richard Freitag jumps in the fog while training for the men's large hill ski jumping event.
Lars Nelson of Sweden leads the way to gold in the men's cross-country relay February Sweden's Johan Olsson skis during the men's cross-country relay. Marcus Hellner of Sweden skis in the relay. The women's hockey team from Russia, in red, celebrates a goal against Japan on February A biathlete checks the visibility through his rifle sights before the men's kilometer mass start event February It was postponed because of the fog.
Ayaka Kikuchi of Japan competes in the women's 1,meter speedskating event on February Jorien ter Mors of the Netherlands competes in the women's 1,meter speedskating event on February Speedskater Karolina Erbanova of the Czech Republic skates in the women's 1, meters on February Japan skip Ayumi Ogasawara reacts to a throw during the women's curling match against Switzerland on February Czech athlete Eva Samkova throws her snowboard as she celebrates winning the final of the women's snowboard cross on February A biathlete warms up for the men's kilometer mass start event on February Skiers compete in the men's cross-country relay on February Athletes race in the final of the women's snowboard cross on February Norway's Kjetil Jansrud skis in the men's super-G on February Austria's Otmar Striedinger reacts after finishing his super-G run on February Thomas Pock of Austria falls to the ice in front of the net during the men's hockey game against Norway on February Alexander Tretiakov of Russia celebrates winning the men's skeleton final on February Kamil Stoch of Poland lands his jump during the men's large hill ski jumping event on February The Czech men's hockey team skates on the ice after being defeated by Switzerland on February Tempers flare late in the third period as Swedish hockey forward Jimmie Ericsson, left, grabs the face of Latvian defenseman Sandis Ozolinsh on February American Chris Creveling, center, competes during a men's 1,meter short track speedskating race on February Japan's Daiki Ito reaches the finish area during the first round of the men's large hill ski jumping event on February Slovenia's Robert Kranjec reacts in the finish area during the first round of the men's large hill ski jumping event.
Reruhi Shimizu of Japan lands his jump February 15 in the men's large hill ski jumping event. Oshie of the United States scores a shootout goal during the men's hockey game against Russia on February A ski jumper warms up with his coach prior to training on February South Korea's Kim Alang falls as she competes in the final of the 1,meter short track speedskating event on February The women's hockey team from Sweden celebrates a goal against Finland on February A shirtless volunteer takes a picture during the women's super-G on February Austrian skier Anna Fenninger reacts after her run in the super-G on February Hiroatsu Takahashi of Japan makes a run during the men's skeleton competition on February Sweden's Anna Haag competes in the women's cross-country relay on February Italy's Maurizio Oioli competes in the men's skeleton.
Austrian ski jumpers warm up during training on February Giuseppe Michielli of Italy adjusts his goggles February 15 during training for the large hill Nordic combined event.
Skiers start the women's cross-country relay on February Taro Kondo of Japan competes in the men's 1,meter speedskating event on February Eric Frenzel of Germany jumps during training for the large hill Nordic combined event February Switzerland celebrates winning against Russia in the women's ice hockey quarterfinals. Robert Kranjec of Slovenia finishes a jump during the men's large hill ski jumping event Friday, February Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu performs in the men's individual figure skating event February Elena Nikitina of Russia celebrates her bronze medal after the skeleton final on February Danielle Scott of Australia practices February 14 ahead of the finals for the women's aerials.
Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain celebrates winning the gold medal in skeleton on February Canada's Kevin Reynolds performs in the men's individual figure skating event on February Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan celebrates after winning the gold medal in men's figure skating on February Slovenia's Robert Kranjec competes during the men's large hill ski jumping event on February Bronze medalist Lydia Lassila of Australia kisses her husband, Lauri, after the flower ceremony for the women's aerials on February Tatsuki Machida of Japan competes in men's figure skating on February Czech figure skater Tomas Verner competes oon February Russia's Veronika Korsunova competes in the women's aerials on February Silver medalist Xu Mengtao of China celebrates during the flower ceremony for the women's aerials on February Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu performs his free skate during the men's individual competition February Freestyle skier Alexandra Orlova of Russia competes in the women's aerials February Russia's Olga Podchufarova shoots at the range February 14 during a warm-up for the women's kilometer biathlon.
Russian fans watch the women's kilometer biathlon on February China's Zhang Xin takes a warm-up run before the start of the women's aerials competition on February Swiss skier Sandro Viletta competes in the downhill portion of the men's super-combined event on February Belarus' Darya Domracheva competes in the women's kilometer biathlon on February Norwegian visitors pose for a photo at the Olympic Park on February Veronika Korsunova of Russia competes in the women's aerials on February Russia's Nikita Tregybov brakes after a run in the men's skeleton on February Lydia Lassila of Australia competes in women's aerials on February Uzbekistan's Misha Ge performs his free skate during the men's figure skating competition on February Swiss skier Sandro Viletta celebrates after winning a gold medal in the men's super-combined event on February American skier Bode Miller competes in the men's super-combined on February Volunteers flatten the snow prior to the start of the slalom portion of the men's super-combined on February Andorra's Kevin Esteve skis the downhill portion of the men's super-combined event February Ivica Kostelic of Croatia competes in the men's super-combined.
Simon Eder of Austria takes aim Thursday, February 13, during the men's kilometer biathlon. An Olympic forerunner tests out a course for an aerials training session February Pucks litter the ice around the net after the U. The "flower girls," charged with cleaning the ice of flowers and other trinkets thrown by fans, sit off-rink at a figure skating competition February Track wardens attempt to clear the way as Fan Kexin of China crashes in the semifinals of the women's meter short track speedskating competition on February Swedish figure skater Alexander Majorov performs his short program during the men's individual competition on February The Olympic flame burns under a full moon on February Canadian silver medalist Denny Morrison jumps next to Dutch gold medalist Stefan Groothuis during the medal ceremony for the men's 1,meter speedskating event.
Canada's Jill Officer throws the stone during a women's curling match between Canada and Switzerland on February Peter Liebers of Germany competes in the men's figure skating event February Figure skater Michael Christian Martinez of the Philippines performs during the men's individual competition on February France's Martin Fourcade competes in the kilometer biathlon on February Uzbekistan's Misha Ge performs his short program in the individual figure skating event February Cross-country skier Alexandra Camenscic of Moldova wipes her face with snow at the finish line of the women's kilometer classic on February Norway's Ole Einar Bjoerndalen competes in the men's kilometer biathlon on February Silver medalist Arianna Fontana of Italy celebrates during the medal ceremony for the meter short track speedskating competition on February Belgium's Jorik Hendrickx competes in the men's figure skating competition on February A man wears a hat adorned with the flags of different nations on February Sergey Novikov of Belarus competes in the men's kilometer biathlon on February A shirtless spectator watches Swedish cross-country skier Charlotte Kalla compete during the women's kilometer classic on February Cross-country skier Esther Bottomley of Australia competes in the women's kilometer classic on February Andrej Tavzelj of Slovenia checks Vyacheslav Voynov of Russia into the glass during the men's hockey game on February Charlotte Kalla of Sweden reacts after crossing the finish line in the women's kilometer classic.
Norway's Therese Johaug competes in the women's kilometer classic. Christensen won gold, Kenworthy won silver and Goepper won bronze for the U. A Norwegian curler prepares for a throw during a curling match February Skier Henrik Harlaut of Sweden competes in the men's slopestyle on February Russell Henshaw of Australia sticks out his tongue during the men's slopestyle.
Jules Bonnaire of France competes in the men's slopestyle. Chinese snowboarder Li Shuang holds her board during the women's halfpipe finals on February A traditional Russian dance is performed on stage during a medal ceremony February Russia's Maxim Trankov reacts after performing with Tatiana Volosozhar in pairs figure skating on February After hearing the score that actually exceeded his high expectations, McCarvel believed this to be deserved:.
Of course, the year-old figure skater will first have to win gold in Sochi by coming through with another strong performance in the free skate. If he skates like he did in the short program, he should have no problem holding off Chan, who is the only skater within 14 points of him. Hanyu did not show his free skate routine during the team competition as compatriot Tatsuki Machida took the ice for the longer program.
However, Hanyu was dominant in the short program to start the week with a score of After the opening competition, the teenage sensation was most impressed with beating Russian legend Evgeni Plushenko.
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