Olympics Articles

Zhou repeats as Olympic champion in 1,500

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – China’s Zhou Yang successfully defended her gold medal in the women’s 1,500-meter short track speedskating event, taking the final race with a late surge Saturday at the Sochi Olympics. Zhou trailed South Korea’s Shim Suk Hee […]

Slovenia uses third-period flurry to upend Slovakia

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Anze Kopitar was one of three third- period scorers for Slovenia to help the country earn its first ever Olympic hockey win in a 3-1 victory over Slovakia in Saturday’s game at Bolshoy Ice Dome. Kopitar, […]

Switzerland, Sweden advance to semis in Sochi

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – The medal round is now set for women’s ice hockey at the Sochi Games, as Switzerland and Sweden both advanced to the semifinals with wins on Saturday. Switzerland moved into the medal round for the first […]

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 […]

Bobrovsky to start in net for Russia vs. Team USA

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Russia’s men’s hockey team has decided to go with goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky between the pipes for Saturday’s matchup with the United States at the Sochi Olympics. Bobrovsky will be making his first career start at the […]

Olympic Daily Preview – Saturday, February 15th

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Medals will be awarded in seven events on the second Saturday of the Sochi Olympics. American Shani Davis gets another shot at a speedskating medal on Saturday when the men hit the Adler Arena for the […]

Olympic Daily News – Friday, February 14th

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Krasnaya Polyana, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Sandro Viletta became the first Swiss skier in Olympic history to win gold in the super-combined competition Friday, while defending gold medalist Bode Miller finished in sixth. Viletta raced through the downhill portion of the […]

Austria’s Hayboeck tops qualifiers in men’s large hill

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Krasnaya Polyana, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Austria’s Michael Hayboeck led all qualifiers in the men’s large hill event at the Sochi Olympics. Hayboeck had the longest jump at 131.0 meters and totaled 124.8 points to top a pair of Japanese jumpers. […]

Canada wins big, U.S. takes split in curling

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Canada continued to keep pace and the U.S. team earned a split as Olympic curling action continued on Friday. Canada rolled past Norway 10-4, while Team USA beat Germany 8-5 in an early matchup before later […]

Carter’s hat trick lifts Canada

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Far from dominating in its Winter Olympics opener, Canada got things rolling on Friday against Austria. Jeff Carter notched a natural hat trick in the second period and Roberto Luongo posted a 23-save shutout in his […]