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

Germany’s Carina Vogt made history on Tuesday, winning the first ever women’s Olympic ski jumping event in a nail-biting finale that left pre-Games favourite Sara Takanashi of Japan off the podium. Vogt, who led after the first run, grabbed a total 247.4 points with jumps of 103 and 97.5 metres, and sank to her knees […]readmore

World champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov set a new world record score for the short programme to get their bid for a second Olympic figure skating gold off the mark on Tuesday at Sochi’s Iceberg Skating Palace. Trankov, resplendent in a military-themed outfit, and Volosozhar, in a ballroom-style dress, performed flawlessly to «Masquerade Waltz» […]readmore

Sweden made sure of a place in the women’s ice hockey quarter-finals with a comfortable Group B win over Germany. A relatively straightforward 4-0 victory was the Swedes’ second in a row, and they will now battle it out with Russia for top spot in the group on Thursday. Emma Nordin’s first-minute goal set Sweden […]readmore

Darya Domracheva of Belarus clinched gold in the women’s 10km biathlon pursuit on Tuesday afternoon, winning her first Olympic title. The Belarusian’s time of 29:30.7 saw her cross the line 37.6 seconds ahead of Norway’s Tora Berger, with Slovenian Teja Gregorin finishing third in 30:12.7. Domracheva hit all targets in the two prone shoots and the […]readmore

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