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Germany beats Austria for ski jumping team gold

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Krasnaya Polyana, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Germany’s Severin Freund helped his team claim ski jumping gold over the Austrians Monday at the Sochi Games, sealing the victory on the final attempt of the competition at RusSki Gorki Jumping Center. Germany ended […]

Canada tops Swiss, rematch with USA on tap

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Natalie Spooner scored twice and Hayley Wickenheiser added a pair of assists, as Canada gained its fifth straight gold-medal contest by topping Switzerland, 3-1, on Monday. Melodie Daoust also lit the lamp for the Canadians, who […]

Canada finishes unbeaten in women’s curling

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Now the pressure mounts for the Canadian women’s curling team. Canada became the first women’s team to finish unbeaten in round-robin Olympic play with a 9-4 victory over South Korea on Monday. After winning all nine […]

Davis and White capture ice dancing gold

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – It was finally time for Meryl Davis and Charlie White at the Olympics. The two-time world champion Americans won ice dancing gold Monday at the Sochi Games, edging defending Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir […]

Let’s redraft the Olympic Games

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(SportsNetwork.com) – Imagine LeBron James soaring through the air Sunday night like an Olympic ski jumper and actually playing defense instead of going through the motions at the NBA All-Star Game. The numbers show there are some openings for LeBron, […]

Domracheva continues dominance with gold in women’s mass start

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Krasnaya Polyana, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Darya Domracheva of Belarus secured her third gold medal of the Sochi Olympics Monday after gliding to victory in the women’s 12.5-kilometer biathlon mass start competition. Domracheva, who won the 10-km pursuit and the 15-km […]

Russia takes two-man gold; U.S. grabs bronze

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Rzhanaya Polyana, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Russia won the gold medal in the men’s two-man bobsled competition Monday, while the United States secured its first medal in the event in over 60 years by bringing home bronze. Alexander Zubkov, with brakeman […]

Kushnir claims second straight aerials gold for Belarus

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Krasnaya Polyana, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Anton Kushnir of Belarus won gold in the men’s aerials Monday at the Sochi Games, claiming his country’s second straight Olympic title in the freestyle skiing event. Belarusian skier Alexei Grishin, who won gold four […]

Heavy fog forces Olympic postponements

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Krasnaya Polyana, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjoerndalen was leading the men’s 10-kilometer sprint at the 1998 Nagano Olympics when the race was canceled because of heavy snow and fog. According to the International Biathlon Union, that was […]