Olympics Articles

U.S. men pick up first curling victory

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – After a disappointing showing in the first day of Olympic curling in the 2014 Sochi Games, the U.S. men’s team came through with a victory on the sheet Wednesday. The American team lost a pair of […]

Ivan Drago skates toward the sunset

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(SportsNetwork.com) – Let’s spread a rumor that Russian skater Yevgeny Plushenko is responsible for American Evan Lysacek being unable to defend his figure skating gold medal due to a hip injury. Everybody in figure skating would believe it. That sinister […]

Groothuis grabs 1,000 gold for Dutch; Davis 8th

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – After sweeping the men’s 5,000-meter and 500-meter competitions, the Dutch were hoping to continue their speedskating dominance during Wednesday’s 1,000-meter race at the Sochi Olympics. They’d have to settle for two out of three. Stefan Groothuis […]

German team captures gold in luge doubles

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Rzhanaya Polyana, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – The German team of Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt won the gold medal on Wednesday in the luge doubles competition. The Germans, who broke a track record at the Sanki Sliding Center with a time […]

Farrington earns gold, Clark nabs bronze in halfpipe

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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 […]

Canada tabs Price as starter for hockey opener

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Goaltender Carey Price of the Montreal Canadiens will start in net Thursday when Canada opens play in the men’s hockey tournament at the Sochi Olympics. Team Canada head coach Mike Babcock made the announcement Wednesday, saying […]

Gisin, Maze share downhill gold

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Krasnaya Polyana, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – For the first time in Olympic history, an alpine skiing race ended in a tie for gold. Switzerland’s Dominique Gisin and Tina Maze of Slovenia will share gold after posting identical times in the women’s […]

Team Canada stays perfect with win over U.S.

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – In what very well could have been a preview of the gold medal game, the Canadian women’s hockey team won for an 18th straight time in Olympic play, as they rallied to beat the United States, […]

Germany’s Frenzel grabs gold in Nordic combined normal hill

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Krasnaya Polyana, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Germany’s Eric Frenzel posted the top score in the ski jump and then held off Japan’s Akito Watabe in the cross country portion to claim the gold medal in the Nordic combined normal hill on […]