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
The 23 year-old produced a majestic display to record an incredible score of 95.25 in her second run and overhaul Finland’s Enni Rukajarvi, who took silver. Great Britain’s Jenny Jones claimed the bronze thanks to a second run score of 87.25, which contributed its own page to the history books, as it gave the British […]readmore
Starting with lugers Alexander Ferlazzo (AUS) and Tucker West (USA), both made it through the men’s single runs 1 and 2 putting them through to the second round of heats later on today at the Sanki Sliding Centre. Just after the competition Young Reporter Sonali Prasad caught up with Alex, who was beaming with happiness […]readmore
The 38-year old will, once again be competing in the cross-country skiing events, as she did at Turin 2006 and Vancouver 2010. However, having added marksmanship to her sporting repertoire, she will also become the first ever Brazilian athlete to compete in the biathlon. And as if that were not impressive enough, Mourão has also […]readmore
“When you have been an athlete, especially if you are an outdoor athlete, you realize how important the environment is,” she said. “It’s close to your heart. For me, personally, the oceans are very important.” Kendall, who joined the Sport and Environment Commission in 2009, said she has seen a growing environmental awareness throughout the […]readmore