Fans in Sochi for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games have also been enjoying an array of artistic performances and events as part of the Sochi 2014 Cultural Olympiad. Over the last four years, approximately three million people have attended the more than 5,000 events – including concerts, theatre performances, exhibitions and festivals – that have […]readmore

World champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov claimed a second gold for themselves and the Olympic hosts on Wednesday night as they led a Russian one-two in the pairs figure skating. Already team gold medallists, Volosozhar and Trankov led all the way to seal the title ahead of team-mates Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov, with […]readmore

Making its Olympic bow, the men’s ski slopestyle is sure to serve up plenty of thrills and spills at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. Next on the day’s menu is cross-country skiing and the women’s 10km classic, followed by a double bill of women’s speed skating with the short track 500m taking place at the Iceberg […]readmore

World champions Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt won the men’s doubles at the Sanki Sliding Centre, to continue Germany’s golden streak in the luge at Sochi 2014. Wendl and Arlt, who are also the current World Cup holders, clocked a combined time of one minute 38.933 seconds after two runs to finish 0.522 seconds ahead […]readmore

Worldwide Olympic Partner GE has provided state-of-the art healthcare technology for recent Olympic Games, and once again is providing equipment for the Polyclinics in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Villages. Two Polyclinics will be used to treat the athletes of the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, one in the Coastal Olympic Village and the other in the mountains. Both […]readmore

Currently ranked 14th in the world, Summer Britcher was considered by many as a surprise addition to the US Olympic luge team. However the 19-year-old had no doubts: «I don’t know why people were surprised. I knew I could make it and I did.” Before making her Olympic debut at the Sanki Sliding Centre, Britcher, […]readmore

An exhilarating blend of power, pace and precision will greet those lucky enough to watch the Sochi 2014 skeleton competition, which begins on Thursday. Skeleton, in which athletes descend face-first down an ice track in a specially-created sled, is one of the highlights of any Olympic Winter Games – and relies as much on state-of-the-art technology as it does […]readmore

Following Felix Loch’s triumph in the men’s single luge, fellow German Natalie Geisenberger dominated the women’s event, producing a blistering performance over two days to secure gold. The 26 year-old bettered her bronze medal from Vancouver 2010, taking the Olympic title from compatriot Tatjana Hüfner, who had to be content with silver. American Erin Hamlin […]readmore

After Tuesday evening’s third session of round-robin play in the Sochi 2014 women’s curling competition at the Ice Cube Curling Centre, Switzerland remain undefeated and sit at the top of the rankings with maximum points. However it was Great Britain who picked up the result of the night as they overwhelmed USA with a 12-3 […]readmore

Swiss snowboarder Iouri Podladtchikov produced one of the biggest upsets of the Sochi 2014 Winter Games so far when he dethroned reigning champion and hot favourite Shaun White to win men’s snowboard halfpipe gold. The USA’s White, who won back-to-back titles at Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010, failed to make the podium, as silver and […]readmore