The 29-year-old skater clocked 2:14.985 to snatch the gold ahead of 17-year-old Han Tianyu of China, who took silver in 2:15.055. Victor Ahn, 28, gave hosts Russia their first ever Olympic short track medal with bronze in 2:15.062. Hamelin, who won gold in the 500m and the 5,000m relay at Vancouver 2010, as well as […]readmore
The Germans – spearheaded by Loch and Natalie Geisenberger – are by far the most successful luge nation in Olympic history and are once again proving that they are the force to be reckoned with at Sochi 2014. The statistics make impressive reading. To date the Germans have won 70 medals out of 117 since […]readmore
The 30-year-old dominated the women’s first outing on an Olympic ski jumping hill on Saturday, winning two of the three jumps, ahead of Japanese teenage star and overwhelming favourite Sara Takanashi and the USA’s Sarah Hendrickson, who are respectively 13 and 11 years her junior. The Austrian made light of her relative advancing years in […]readmore
The playground is designed to meet the needs of all children, including those with disabilities, enabling them to play, learn and be active and reflects the company’s belief in the importance of physical and creative play in bringing family and friends together. The company has also invited children from the host country Russia for a […]readmore
The 26 year-old arrived in Sochi as the red-hot favourite, having already captured the large hill world title and leading the way in the World Cup series. He claimed victory at the RusSki Gorski Ski Jumping Centre with jumps of 105.5m and 103.5m, for a total of 278 points. That gave him a 12.7-point advantage […]readmore
It was a fourth Olympic medal for the 31-year-old Plushenko, but his achievement was almost overshadowed by Lipnitskaia, who, at less than half his age, produced a performance that left a packed Iceberg Skating Palace mesmerised. In total, the hosts won five of the eight sections over three days of competition to rack up 75 […]readmore
Joining Loch on a legend-laden podium, Russia’s Albert Demchenko marked his record-equalling seventh Olympic Games with the silver, while Armin Zöggeler of Italy Olympic champion in 2002 and 2006 maintained his record of making every luge podium since 1994 by claiming the bronze to take his overall Olympic medal tally to six. With the competition […]readmore
Kuzmina won in a time of 21:06.08 to see off Russia’s Olga Vilukhina, who was 19.9 seconds behind. Vita Semerenko of Ukraine took bronze, 21.7 seconds behind the champion. Overall World Cup leader Tora Berger of Norway finished down in 10th place, more than 33 seconds behind the winner, while fellow favourite Gabriela Soukalová could […]readmore
The Dutchwoman won her third Olympic gold medal, as her time of 04:00.34 was over one and a half seconds faster than that of close rival Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic. Sablikova, who won this event by two seconds at Vancouver 2010, looked likely to repeat the feat after clocking a formidable time of […]readmore
P&G’s Family Home provides athletes and their Families with a “home away from home” and helps take care of the everyday needs of athletes competing at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games so they can focus on performing at the top of their game. During the Games, the company’s oral care brands – including Crest […]readmore