Favourite Lee Sang-Hwa of the Republic of Korea smashed the Olympic record en route to a superb defence of her 500m speed skating title on Tuesday afternoon, maintaining the form she has shown in a dominant year. The Korean took gold at the Adler Arena with a combined time of 74.70 seconds from her two races, putting […]readmore

Maiken Caspersen Falla of Norway triumphed in the women’s freestyle sprint at the Laura Cross-Country Ski & Biathlon Centre on Tuesday afternoon. With Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg taking the silver behind Falla, and Ola Vigen Hattestad then securing gold in the men’s sprint just minutes later, Norway’s tally of cross-country medals is 102. “It’s just unbelievable. I can’t […]readmore

Fourcade’s compatriot Jean Guillaume Beatrix provided France with a double presence on the podium, as he climbed from 14th place to finish on 34:12.8 and take bronze. Fourcade, who doubled his total Olympic medal tally, following the silver he won in the mass start at Vancouver 2010, dominated the race from the mid-stage and even […]readmore

Mulder, 27, won with a combined time from his two races of 69.31 seconds, beating compatriot Jan Smeekens by just 0.01 second in a thrilling climax to the competition. Meanwhile, Ronald Mulder, the twin brother of Michel, took bronze in a time of 69.46 seconds. Smeekens led the eventual winner by 0.04 sec after the […]readmore

The first medals of the Games were awarded in snowboard slopestyle – one of the new events on the programme – and inaugural gold medallist Sage Kostenburg, of the USA, is pleased with how the event was welcomed into the Games. «All the riders were stoked with how things were organised,” said the 20-year-old. “On […]readmore

“That went just how I had imagined,” enthused Franziska, who finished 41st. “I am glad I could stick to my game plan and deliver. I just don’t know how I am still standing to talk to you, it was very tiring!” Winning three gold medals at the Youth Olympic Games in 2012 in Innsbruck, the […]readmore

The 29-year-old, who also won the world title last year, overcame a deficit of more than a second after the downhill to produce a dazzling display in the slalom and post a total time of 2 minute 34.62 seconds. She described the win as “one of the most emotional” wins of her title-packed career to […]readmore

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