Olympics Articles

U.S. sweeps medals in ski slopestyle

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Krasnaya Polyana, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Joss Christensen claimed the first-ever Olympic gold in men’s ski slopestyle on Thursday, leading a medal sweep for the United States. Christensen won the competition with a top score of 95.80 in the final round. […]

Finland beats Austria 8-4 after early deficit

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Mikael Granlund had two goals and one assist, Jarkko Immonen also scored twice and Finland overcame a slow start to double up Austria 8-4 Thursday at the Sochi Olympics. New York Islanders forward Michael Grabner had […]

Russia tops Sweden to earn top seed in Group B

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Russia finished Group B play with a perfect record, besting Sweden 3-1 on Thursday to earn the top seed for the group at the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Russia went 3-0 and will play Switzerland in the […]

China’s Li wins 500-meter short track gold

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Li Jianrou stayed ahead of a crash that took out the other three skaters Thursday in the 500-meter short track final and won China’s first gold medal of the Sochi Olympics. Li finished in 45.263 seconds […]

American Pikus-Pace 2nd after first two skeleton runs

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Rzhanaya Polyana, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Great Britain’s Elizabeth Yarnold leads the women’s skeleton singles following the first two runs Thursday at the Sochi Olympics, while Americans Noelle Pikus-Pace and Katie Uhlaender are close behind. Yarnold set a track record at […]

Olympic Daily Preview – Thursday, February 13th

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Norway’s Ole Einar Bjorndalen gets another chance to capture his 13th Winter Olympics medal on Thursday in the men’s individual 20-kilometer biathlon event. Bjorndalen took gold at the 2014 Sochi Games in the 10-km sprint, tying […]

Olympic Daily News – Wednesday, February 12th

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Krasnaya Polyana, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Though she needed an extra run just to have a chance, Kaitlyn Farrington outperformed a defending champion and two fellow Americans to grab gold on Wednesday in the women’s halfpipe. Kelly Clark and Hannah Teter […]

Karlsson scores twice as Sweden beats the Czech Republic

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Erik Karlsson had two goals and Henrik Lundqvist notched 27 saves as Sweden opened Group C play in men’s ice hockey with a 4-2 victory over the Czech Republic. Patrik Berglund and Henrik Zetterberg added goals […]

Late goal gets Switzerland past Latvia

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Simon Moser scored with 7.9 seconds remaining to give Switzerland a 1-0 victory over Latvia in the opening game of group play for both teams in the men’s ice hockey tournament. Moser’s pass from behind the […]

Return to Glory: Russians go 1-2 in pairs figure skating

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – There’s been no place like home for the Russian figure skating team so far at the Sochi Games. That trend continued on Wednesday at Iceberg Skating Palace, as the Russians took home both the gold and […]