Olympics Articles

Stoch leads after 1st round in large hill

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Krasnaya Polyana, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Poland’s Kamil Stoch led all jumpers after the first round of the large hill event Saturday at the Sochi Games. Stoch, who has already won gold in the normal hill, didn’t make a qualifying jump […]

7-0 Canada into semis in women’s curling

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Canada clinched the first semifinal spot in women’s curling Saturday, winning two more times to remain unbeaten at the Sochi Olympics. Canada, chasing its first Olympic gold medal in women’s curling since 1998, beat Japan 8-6 […]

Austria’s Fenninger wins gold in women’s Super-G

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Krasnaya Polyana, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Austrian alpine skier Anna Fenninger won gold in the women’s Super-G on Saturday at the Sochi Olympics from Rosa Khutor Alpine Center. Fenninger recorded the fastest time on a tricky Super-G course that left 18 […]

Tretiakov wins Russia’s 1st skeleton gold

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Rzhanaya Polyana, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Alexander Tretiakov completed a wire-to-wire win in the men’s skeleton competition Saturday for Russia’s first Olympic gold medal in the sport. The United States won its second skeleton medal in two days, Matthew Antoine’s bronze, […]

Brodka wins 1,500 gold for Poland; Davis 11th

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Poland’s Zbigniew Brodka claimed his country’s first gold medal in Olympic speedskating, winning the men’s 1,500 meters by mere thousandths of a second. Brodka and Koen Verweij of the Netherlands both finished the race in 1 […]

Oshie, U.S. top Russia in shootout thriller

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – The United States went to T.J. Oshie six times in a thrilling shootout Saturday and he scored four times, including the winner in a 3-2 victory over Russia at the Sochi Olympics. Jonathan Quick made five […]

Russian freestyle skier broke back in crash

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – A Russian skicross racer who broke her back in a training crash Saturday was in “serious but stable” condition after having surgery. Maria Komissarova underwent a 6 1/2-hour procedure after suffering a fracture and dislocation of […]

Ahn wins 1,000 as Russia takes gold, silver

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Russia claimed gold and silver in men’s short track speedskating Saturday at the Sochi Games, as Viktor Ahn won the 1,000 meters by finishing just ahead of countryman Vladimir Grigorev. Ahn picked up his sixth Olympic […]

Kalla, Sweden steal gold in women’s cross-country relay

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Krasnaya Polyana, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Sweden won the gold medal in the women’s 4×5-kilometer cross-country relay on Saturday behind a strong anchor leg by Charlotte Kalla. Sweden trailed by almost 30 seconds heading into the final leg, but Kalla, the […]