Olympics Articles

Quick to start for Team USA in hockey opener

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – The United States will go with Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Quick in net when it begins play Thursday in the men’s hockey tournament at the Sochi Olympics. USA Hockey announced the decision via its Twitter […]

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 […]

Olympic Daily News – Tuesday, February 11th

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Krasnaya Polyana, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Odd that a rider as tuned-in as Shaun White is to what it takes to win the Olympic halfpipe would be beaten by a man they call “iPod.” But it wasn’t just Iouri Podladtchikov, the […]

Olympic Daily Preview – Wednesday, February 12th

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – There are six medal events on Wednesday at the Sochi Olympics. U.S. speedskater Shani Davis will try to become the first American man to win the same event in three straight Winter Olympics when he goes […]

Time to turn it on, Team USA

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(SportsNetwork.com) – Now about that U.S. gold medal rush … Enough missed opportunities are mounting for Team USA that it won’t be long before all the early clues add up to more than potential foreshadowing: That the United States is […]

Russian pair lead after short program

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Russia’s Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov easily won the short program Tuesday in pairs figure skating at the Sochi Olympics. The reigning world champions broke their own world record with a score of 84.17 as they […]

Canadian men drop second straight curling match

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Sochi, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – The Canadian men’s curling team dropped its second straight match during Tuesday’s curling action at the Sochi Olympics. The Canadian men are chasing a third straight Olympic gold medal, but saw their quest take a hit […]

Vogt wins 1st Olympic women’s ski jump

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Krasnaya Polyana, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Germany’s Carina Vogt captured the first-ever Olympic gold medal in women’s ski jumping by winning the normal hill competition on Tuesday. Vogt, who held the lead after the first round, made a 97.5-meter jump on […]

Domracheva captures gold in women’s biathlon pursuit

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Krasnaya Polyana, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Belarus’ Darya Domracheva won the women’s biathlon pursuit on Tuesday, spoiling Slovakian Anastasiya Kuzmina’s bid to become the first women to capture gold in both the sprint and pursuit in the same Olympics. Domracheva, who […]

American Hamlin makes history with luge bronze

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Rzhanaya Polyana, Russia (SportsNetwork.com) – Erin Hamlin made Olympic history Tuesday, becoming the first American to medal in luge singles by claiming the bronze in the women’s competition at the Sanki Sliding Center. Germany’s Natalie Geisenberger, the 2010 bronze medalist, […]