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Canada win ice hockey gold! 3-0 v Sweden

Canada beat Sweden 3-0 to win men's Olympic ice hockey gold at Sochi 2014.

Jonathan Toews, Sidney Crosby and Chris Kunitz scored as Canada became the first team to retain the Olympic hockey title since the Soviet Union in 1988.


The Canadians are also the first team in 30 years to go through a Games unbeaten, inspired by the energetic Toews and Crosby's breakaway goal.



Canada finished with 10 gold medals and 25 in total for third place on the medal table behind Russia and Norway.



At their home Games in Vancouver four years ago, the Canadians won 14 gold medals and topped the table, an achievement capped off by Crosby's famous overtime winner against the United States.



This year's final proved nowhere near as close a contest.



Swedish centre Nicklas Backstrom did not skate in Sunday's game - a migraine the problem, according to initial reports - and in his absence, a depleted Sweden lacked the creativity to match Canada.



Sweden's Gustav Nyquist hit the post early in the first period but his side subsequently faded.



Once Toews had opened the scoring from close range in the first period, converting Jeff Carter's assist, Canada only ever looked destined to increase their lead.



Crosby's sublime second-period finish beat goaltender Henrik Lundqvist, who had impressed during Sweden's run to the final.



Kunitz's shot into the roof of the net, having stolen the puck from a sleeping Swedish defence with 10 minutes remaining, made certain of victory.

Russia win 4 man bob

Great Britain missed out on a medal in the four-man bobsleigh as host nation Russia won their 13th gold medal of the Winter Olympics.

GBR 1, driven by John Jackson, were fifth, 0.11 seconds off a medal, as Russian pilot Alexander Zubkov, 39, finished 0.09 secs clear of Latvia.



United States won bronze while Lamin Deen and the GBR 2 crew were 19th.



Great Britain finished the Sochi 2014 Games 19th in the medal table, with one gold, one silver and two bronzes.

“It has been a great race and to only finish 0.11 seconds off the medals is amazing”

John Jackson GBR 1 bobsleigh pilot

That haul of four medals equals the total they won at the inaugural Games in 1924.

Britain surpassed their three-medal Sochi target, thanks to Lizzy Yarnold (skeleton gold), the men's curlers (silver) Jenny Jones (snowboard slopestyle bronze) and the bronze won by the women's curling team on Thursday.



Jackson's four-man team of Stuart Benson, Bruce Tasker and Joel Fearon won a historic World Cup silver medal in December and finished second at last month's European Championships.



However, they were ranked 12th in the world heading into the Olympics and lay in seventh position after the first two runs on Saturday.



They climbed to sixth in the penultimate run on Sunday before finishing in fifth.



An analysis of their times from each run showed that they were twice the second quickest sled and were third once - but their opening run, where they were tenth - cost them.



"It's hard to think we've come so close to a medal," Jackson told BBC Sport. "Hopefully this will be enough to secure backing [from UK Sport] so we can continue to progress."



The 36-year-old pilot, who is also a royal marine sergeant, ruptured his Achilles tendon in July and only reached the Olympics after undergoing pioneering surgery.



"For a split second I thought potentially I may not be here [when it happened] but the support I've had from my team-mates since day one has been amazing," said Jackson.

Paula Walker, GB Bobsleigh pilot & John Jackson's partner

"I am ashamed to say that I cried at the end but he had a fantastic run and the amount of speed he had proves how well he was driving. There were just a few guys out there who were a bit better.


"I think it's amazing that John's come from where he has been this last year [with the Achilles injury] and to still achieve what he has with fifth in the Olympic Games. I'd be quite afraid of them next year when they're back on the track in the World Cup."

Benson added: "We've always had belief in him and he drove superbly. I hope he stays around for another four years because that will mean I'll be here again."

Jackson told BBC Sport he plans to continue for "another couple of seasons" but is unlikely to compete through to the 2018 Olympics in Pyeongchang, Korea.


GBR 2 pilot Deen, 32, who has been non-committal on his future prior to the Games says he is now determined to carry on in the British programme.



"It's been an amazing experience and although all of the runs didn't go as we would have hoped the guys have been fantastic and I want to come back a better pilot in 2018," he told BBC Radio 5 Live.

The British bobsleigh team will now face an anxious wait for UK Sport to announce the amount of funding they will receive for the next four-year period.


Their four-man target was a top-six finish, which they achieved, but the women were 12th when chasing top-eight. A decision is due to be announced in June.

Cross Country 50km Start won by Rus Legkov

Russian Federation have achieved a clean sweep of medals in the men's 50km mass start cross-country event.
Alexander Legkov took gold for the host nation with a time of 1 hour, 46 minutes and 55.2 seconds, while silver and bronze went to compatriots Maxim Vylegzhanin and Illa Chermousov respectively.
Norway's Martin Johnsrud Sundby finished in fourth place, missing out on a top-three finish by 0.2 seconds.

The triple triumph secures Russia's place at the top of the medal table with 12 gold, 11 silver and nine bronze medals.

Day 16 medalists

1. Men's Ice Hockey CAN
2. Men's 50km Cross Country Mass Start Legkov RUS
3. 4 man Bobsleigh RUS  

Mario Matt (Austria) wins men's slalom

Great Britain's David Ryding has finished 18th in the men's slalom, while Mario Matt of Austria took gold.

Matt became the oldest winner of the Olympic slalom title as he recorded a time of 1:41.84 to beat his competitors.

The Austrian's compatriot, Marcel Hirscher, claimed the silver medal, while Henrik Kristoffersen of Norway took the bronze.

Russia win Biathlon 4x7.5km gold

The Russian Federation have won gold in the men's 4x7.5km biathlon relay and moved to the top of the medals table in the process.

Anton Shipulin chased down Simon Schempp in the final leg of the relay and raced home to victory, cheered on by a raucous home crowd, to claim Russia's 11th gold of the Games.

Germany claimed the silver medal, while Austria took the bronze.

Netherlands win women's speed skating team pursuit

The Netherlands women have won gold in the team pursuit speed skating.


Marrit Leenstra, Jorien Ter Mors and Ireen Wust finished with a time of two minutes and 58.05 seconds to set a new Olympic record.

It is the eighth gold medal of the Games for the Dutch, all of which have come in speed skating.

Poland took the silver medal, while the Russian Federation claimed bronze.

Netherlands win men's speed skating team pursuit

The Netherlands have set a new Olympic record in winning the men's team pursuit speed skating in Sochi.

The Dutch team, consisting of Jan Blockhuijsen, Sven Kramer and Koen Verweij, finished with a time of three minutes and 37.71 seconds to take home the nation's seventh gold of the Games.

The South Korea team of Hyong Jun Joo, Cheol Min Kim and Seung Hoon Lee, took the silver medal after finishing with a time 3:40.85.

Poland took the bronze medal after beating Canada in the third and fourth place playoff.

Julia Dujmovits wins women's parallel slalom

Julia Dujmovits has won the gold medal in the women's snowboarding parallel slalom competition at the Sochi Winter Olympics.

The Austrian skier secured a place in the big final after beating Corinna Boccacini of Italy in the semis.

Dujmovits would face off against Anke Karstens of Germany, who defeated compatriot Amelie Kober in her semi-final race.

In the big final, Dujmovits trailed Karstens by 0.72 secs after their first run, before a slip in the second run caused the 26-year-old to fall further behind.

However, the Austrian managed to compose herself, while Karstens proceeded to coast for the remainder of the course, and as it was, Dujmotivs pipped her rival at the line by 0.12 seconds to seal the gold.

Meanwhile, Kober secured the bronze medal after beating Boccacini in the small final.

Vic Wild wins 2nd gold of games in parallel slalom

Vic Wild has won the gold medal in the men's snowboarding parallel slalom competition at the Sochi Winter Olympics.

The United States-born athlete, who competes for the Russian Federation, secured a place in the big final after beating Benjamin Karl of Austria in the semis.

Wild would face off against Zan Kosir of Slovenia, who defeated Aaron March of Italy in his semi-final race.

In the big final, the 27-year-old beat his European opponent in a close race to secure gold and become the first athlete to win two snowboarding golds at the same Olympics.

Meanwhile, March slipped up in the small final to gift Karl a straightforward run on his way to the bronze medal.

Bjoergen leads 1-2-3 Norway podium in biathlon

Norway have claimed all three medals in today's cross-country skiing women's mass start event at the Sochi Winter Olympics.

Veteran athlete Marit Bjoergen, gunning for her sixth Olympic gold medal, went into the lead early on, and maintained her advantage throughout the majority of the race.

By the 15km mark, the 33-year-old and her compatriots Kristin Stoermer Steira and Therese Johaug led the pack, with the rest of the competitors around 40 seconds behind.

By the final leg, it became a two-horse race between Bjoergen and Johaug, with Steira having fallen behind, though the 32-year-old still well ahead of the rest of the competitors.

Bjoergen was able to produce just enough to pip her younger rival at the end to secure her sixth Olympic gold medal in a time of 1:11:05.2, as well as putting her in double figures for Olympic medals overall, with a tally of 10.

Johaug secured silver with a time of 1:11:07.8, while Steira claimed bronze thanks to a time of 1:11:28.8.

Day 15 gold medalists

1. Alpine skiing (men's slalom), Mario Matt (Austria)
2. biathlon (men's relay), RUS
3. cross country skiing (women's mass start), Bjoergen NOR
4. snowboard (parallel slalom men), Wild RUS
5. snowboard (parallel slalom women) Dujmovits AUS
6. speed skating (men's team pursuit). NED
7. speed skating (women's team pursuit) NED

Speed Skating Short Track finals

Men's 500m GOLD MEDAL: An RUS


Russian Federation speed skater Victor An has won the men's 500m short track race to pick up his fifth Winter Olympic medal.

The 28-year-old, who originally competed for South Korea before opting to represent Russia, finished ahead of Wenhao Liang of China and Canadian Charle Cournoyer, who took silver and bronze respectively.

An had already won gold in the 1,000m event in Sochi, while three of his previous medals had been won for South Korea at previous Games.

Meanwhile, Great Britain's Jon Eley failed to qualify for the final after a slight slip seen him finish his semi-final race in fourth position, with only the top two advancing.


Men's 5000m relay GOLD MEDAL: RUS


Women's 1000m GOLD MEDAL: Park KOR

Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) wins women's slalom

American teenager Mikaela Shiffrin has won gold for the United States in the women's slalom, becoming the youngest ever winner in the event

The 18-year-old skier finished the course in a time of 52.62, ahead of defending champion Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany who finished in second place to take a record-equalling fourth career alpine gold.
Slovenia's Tina Maze took the bronze medal, narrowly edging out Bernadette Schild of Austria.

As well as becoming the youngest Olympic gold medallist in the event, Shiffrin also becomes the first American women's slalom champion in 42 years.

Ukraine win WOMEN'S BIATHLON 4x6km RELAY

Ukraine have won the women's biathlon relay to pick up their first gold medal of the Sochi Games.

The team, made up of anchor Olena Pidhrushna, Juliya Dzhyma, plus twins Valj and Vita Semerenko, finished the 4x6km course in a time of 1 hour, 10 minutes and 2.5 seconds.

Defending champions Russia finished 24.4 seconds behind the leaders to take silver, while bronze went to Norway.

The Ukrainian triumph comes on the back of the news that as many as 20 athletes have departed the Winter Olympics amid violence in their homeland.

GB 3-9 CAN Men's Gold Medal Curling Match

GB 3-9 CAN


End 1: CAN take 2 as Murdoch (GBR) clears 3 of 4 in house & CAN draw for 2nd shot
End 2: GBR take 1 Murdoch almost got us 2 GBR stone not quite lying for the 2nd shot
End 3: CAN take 3 GBR making too many mistakes
End 4: After a measure CAN take 1 more
End 5: GBR take 1 not really good enough
End 6: CAN take 2 as David Murdoch's final stone wasn't enough to force 1
End 7: GBR take 1
End 8: CAN take 1 & GBR concede match GOLD CANADA
End 9: CONCEDED
End 10: CONCEDED


Great Britain have lost 9-3 to Canada in the men's curling final, taking a silver medal.

Canada raced into an early two point lead after skip Brad Jacobs completed a simple draw in the first end.

Team GB managed to pull one back, but their opponents opened up a gap of three points in the third end, with three Canadian stones in the house spread apart to capitalise on British errors.

Britain had previously come back from 5-1 down against Denmark during the Games, but that task became a whole lot tougher when Canada extended their lead further in the fourth end.

There was some hope restored before the break as skip David Murdoch worked the stone past two Canadian stones to pick up a solitary point to make it 6-2 at the interval.

The sixth end saw the gap open up further once more, however, as Jacobs rolled his final stone towards an unguarded button to give Canada two more points with four ends remaining.

Murdoch and his men managed to stop the rot by making it 8-3 in the seventh, but the opportunity was there for two stones, only for another mistake to prevent this from happening.

A strong first stone from Jacobs in the following end ensured Canada were on course for at least one point, with Great Britain calling an end to the final, settling for second place and a silver medal.

SWE 2-1 FIN Men's Ice Hockey Semi Final

SWE 2-1 FIN


Goals: Jokinen 26.17 (FIN), Eriksson 31.39 (SWE), Karlsson 36.26 (SWE)


Sweden are into the men's Winter Olympic ice hockey final, coming from behind to beat Finland 2-1 at the Bolshoy Ice Dome.

Olli Jokinen fired Finland into the lead in the second period, finishing from a tight angle with the puck diverting into the net off goaltender Henrik Lundgvist.

Sweden levelled the contest through Loui Eriksson, however, before Erik Karlsson completed the comeback to send his side into Sunday's final.

The United States take on Canada in the second semi-final later tod

Marielle Thompson (Canada) wins women's ski cross

Canada claimed a one-two in the women's ski cross final with Marielle Thompson winning Winter Olympic gold.

Thompson, who is leading the World Cup standings, finished ahead of compatriot Kelsey Serwa in Sochi.



The bronze was won by Sweden's Anna Holmlund with France's 37-year-old Ophelie David crashing out of the final.



David was bidding to be the oldest ever Winter Olympic gold medallist.

Day 14 gold medalists

1. Alpine skiing (women's slalom), Mikaela Shiffrin (USA) 
2. biathlon (women's relay), UKR
3. curling (men), CAN
4. freestyle skiing (women's ski cross), Marielle Thompson (Canada)
5. short track speed skating (women's 1,000m) Park KOR
6. short track speed skating (men's 500m) An RUS
7. speed skating (men's relay). RUS

Norway win nordic combined

Norway's men held off a stern finish from Germany to claim Winter Olympics glory in the Nordic combined team gold.

It was Norway's first gold in the event for 16 years, with two-time defending champions Austria winning bronze.



Joergen Graabak finished ahead of Fabian Riessle despite a desperate lunge by the German on the line.



Austria were 3.4 seconds behind the leading pair who crossed the line in 47 minutes 13 seconds, with the winning margin only three-tenths of a second.

Canada win women's ice hockey

Marie-Philip Poulin scored in overtime to give Canada a fourth successive Olympic women's ice hockey title at the expense of rivals USA, winning 3-2.

Olympic gold medal matches

• 1998 USA 3-1 Canada
• 2002 Canada 3-2 USA
• 2006 Canada 4-1 Sweden
• 2010 Canada 2-0 USA
• 2014 Canada 3-2 USA

The forward, 22, had also struck in the final minute of the third period to deny USA what would have been a 2-1 win and their first hockey gold since 1998.



Meghan Duggan and Alex Carpenter gave the Americans a 2-0 advantage before Brianne Jenner pulled one back.



Poulin forced overtime before scoring the winner following a brilliant move.


Fellow forward Hayley Wickenheiser, 35,  who has twice been named Most Valued Player at the Olympics, picked up her fourth Olympic gold.



Canada and USA have decided every gold medal game except one since women's ice hockey was added to Olympic programme in 1998. The one exception was in 2006 when Canada beat Sweden.

Bowman wins women's halpipe

USA's Maddie Bowman lived up to her favourite tag by winning the Olympic women's halfpipe in Sochi.

The 20-year-old, who won the superpipe at the X Games in 2013, recorded a best score of 89.00 on her second run of two which was enough for gold.



Frenchwoman Marie Martinod, who had the best score in qualifying, took silver with 85.40, while Japan's Ayana Onozuka clinched bronze with 83.20.



USA's Brita Sigourney, second in qualifying, finished in sixth.



The California skier appeared to pick up an injury after landing awkwardly on the first of her two runs in the final. Nevertheless, she scored 76.00 on her second run.



Great Britain's Emma Lonsdale finished 14th in qualification, with only the top 12 going through to the final.



The 29-year-old later announced her retirement from the sport.

Chapuis wins mens ski cross

France claimed a clean sweep of the podium places in the men's ski cross final as world champion Jean-Frederic Chapuis took the Winter Olympic title.

Chapuis finished ahead of compatriots Arnaud Bovolenta, who took silver, and Jonathan Midol, the bronze medallist.



Canada's Brady Leman was the only competitor who could prevent a French one-two-three in the four-man final but he crashed out on the penultimate jump.


Andreas Matt, the 2010 silver medallist, went out in the quarters.



There was further drama in another of the quarter-finals as three of the skiers - Egor Korotkov, Victor Norberg and Jouni Pellinen - all fell on the final jump and slid across the line together behind heat winner Armin Niederer.


It needed a photo to determine that Russia's Korotkov had claimed the second semi-final spot behind the Dutchman. Both men, though, failed to reach the final.

Sotnikova wins women's free programme

Adelina Sotnikova became the first Russian to win gold in the Olympic women's figure skating with a superb performance in the free programme.

The 17-year-old former world junior champion scored highly on the technical elements to finish with a score of 224.59.



Vancouver champion Yuna Kim of South Korea led after the short programme but had to settle for silver.



Italy's Carolina Kostner claimed the bronze medal.



Russian 15-year-old Yulia Lipnitskaya, who helped her country win team gold, finished in fifth position.

Kim was scored lower than Sotnikova for the technical part of her free routine

Lipnitskaya was considered the more likely of the Russians to end the host nation's drought in the event, but she fell both in the short and free programme, scoring a total of 200.57.



Kim, 23, produced a superb artistic display but a technical score of only 69.69 - compared to Sotnikova's 75.54 - denied her chance to become the first person since German Katarina Witt (1984 and 1988) to retain the women's title.

Canada win curling gold

Canada have taken gold in the women's curling event, beating Sweden 6-3 in the final.

Canada were forced to prevent their opponents from taking three points in the opening end, surrendering the hammer with just one stone of their own, before Sweden levelled the contest in the second.

The unbeaten Canadians managed to create some breathing space in the next end, as skip Jennifer Jones scored a two to make it 3-1 to the favourites.

Sweden brought the scores level once more ahead of the mid-session interval, though an error by Maria Prytz in the ninth allowed the Canadians to add two more, after adding further to their scoring with a solo stone in the eighth end.

The final end was all about being professional for Jones and her side, and by keeping the house clear from any Sweden stones, she ensured that Canada became the first ladies' side to ever go through the Games unbeaten.

Day 13 medal winners

1. Curling (women), CAN (GB bronze)
2. figure skating (women), Sotnikova (RUS)
3. freestyle skiing (men's ski cross) Chapuis (FRA)
4. freestyle skiing (women's ski halfpipe), Bowman (USA)
5. Ice hockey (women), (CAN)
6. Nordic combined (team). (NOR)

Norway win women's cross country team sprint

Marit Bjoergen landed the fifth Olympic gold medal of her career after victory for Norway in the women's team sprint.

Bjoergen and partner Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg came home ahead of Finland and Sweden in 16 minutes 5 seconds.



After upsets in the men's and women's cross-country relays this was Norway's first team gold of Sochi 2014.



Bjoergen won the 15km skiathlon at Sochi to go with her three golds from Vancouver 2010.



Aino-Kaisa Saarinen and Kerttu Niskanen earned Finland's silver medal while Ida Ingemarsdotter and Stina Nilsson took bronze for Sweden.

Kummer wins women's snowboard parallel giant slalom

Swiss Patrizia Kummer won the women's snowboard parallel giant slalom.

Kummer, 26, secured gold after Japan's Tomoka Takeuchi fell over halfway through the second run of the final.



Takeuchi, whose opponents had fallen over in the quarter and semi-finals, finished 7.32 seconds behind to take silver in her fourth Games.

Racers ride twice, once on the blue course and once on the slightly faster red course.

Russian Alena Zavarzina beat Austria's Ina Meschik in the small final to take bronze, moments before her husband Vic Wild won gold in the men's final.



In the parallel giant slalom, riders complete a blue and a red run, racing each other as well as the clock.

Sabilkova wins women's 5000m speed skating

Martina Sablikova defended her speed skating 5,000m Olympic title with a blistering performance in Sochi.

Czech Republic's Sablikova recorded a time of six minutes 51.54 seconds, which gave her a winning margin of 2.74 seconds over Netherlands' Ireen Wust, who won her seventh Olympic medal.



For Sablikova, it was revenge over Wust, having relinquished her 3,000m title to her rival in Sochi.



Carien Kleibeuker, also Dutch, won bronze, pipping Russia's Olga Graf.

Vic Wild wins men's snowboard parallel giant slalom

Russia's Vic Wild won Winter Olympic gold in the men's snowboard parallel giant slalom, defeating Switzerland's Nevin Galmarini in the final.

Wild, who used to compete for America, earlier saw his wife - Alena Zavarzina - win bronze in the women's final.


Slovenian Zan Kosir pipped German Patrick Bussler to the bronze.


Defending Winter Olympic champion Jasey Jay Anderson went out in the early stages of the competition, failing to make the quarter-finals.


Benjamin Karl, who won silver in Vancouver four years ago, went out at the same stage as Anderson.

Finland win cross country team sprint

Finland pair Iivo Niskanen and Sami Jauhojaervi won gold in the men's cross-country team sprint, pipping home nation Russia.

Germany were leading but Tim Tscharnke fell on the final sprint after a clash with Jauhojaervi, who crossed the line just under a second before Russia.



Sweden's pair took bronze with Germany eventually finishing seventh.



Norway, Switzerland and the United States were fourth, fifth and sixth respectively.



Meanwhile, British cross-country skier Andrew Young was forced to withdraw midway through the event after a pre-existing heart condition flared up.



Young suffers from tachycardia, a condition which causes sporadic episodes of racing heartbeat and palpitations.



"It happens two races a year. Every now and then it happens and you have to stop," said the skier, who was competing with team-mate Andrew Musgrave.



"I don't really like using it as an excuse. It's not an excuse, it happens. It was just at the start of my second leg and when it happens the advice is just to stop."

Canada win women's bobsleigh

Canadian duo Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse successfully defended their Olympic crown with a dramatic final run in the women's bobsleigh.

Trailing the USA 1 sled by 0.23 seconds heading into the final runs pilot, Humphries delivered two seamless drives to win by 0.10 seconds.



USA's Elena Meyers and Lauryn Williams took silver with team-mates Jamie Greubel and Aja Evans, in bronze spot.



Great Britain's Paula Walker and Rebekah Wilson were 12th.



Humphries and Moyse finished in a combined time of three minutes 50.61 seconds to claim Canada's fifth gold medal of the Sochi Winter Olympics.



"We never lost belief and I drove as hard as I could," Humphries told BBC Sport.

Meyers cannot hide her disappointment after a poor final run in USA 1

Moyse added: "To win in our home country [at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics] four years ago was incredible, but to retain the gold medal is just an amazing feeling."



Former sprinter Williams won 4x100m Olympic relay gold at the London 2012 and would have become the first woman in history to claim gold at both a Summer and Winter Olympics.



However, she was pleased just to finish on the podium - the fifth person to achieve that honour at both forms of the Olympics.



"I didn't even know that until now, but it makes me really proud," she told BBC Sport.



"I'm not sure what the future holds for me, but it will start with pizza tonight."



British pair Walker and Wilson had been set a target of a top-eight finish and were disappointed not to be able to deliver on a track they struggled with throughout the event.



"I don't know what went wrong really," Walker told BBC Sport.



"It didn't work out for us here and we're gutted about that but we're super-committed and will come back stronger."



The next and final bobsleigh event of the Winter Olympics is the men's four-man competition which begins on Saturday at 16:30 GMT.

Norway win biathlon team relay

Ole Einar Bjoerndalen became the most decorated Winter Olympian in history with 13 medals by helping Norway win gold in the mixed biathlon relay.

It was the 40-year-old's second gold medal in Sochi and his eighth in his sixth Games.



Bjoerndalen handed a 43-second lead to Emil Hegle Svendsen, who crossed the line 32 seconds ahead of Czech Republic, with Italy taking bronze.



He had jointly held the medals record with compatriot Bjorn Daehlie.



Cross-country skier Daehlie won eight gold and four silver medals between 1992 and 1998.



Bjoerndalen, who also claimed the 10km sprint gold in Sochi, started his haul at the Nagano Games in 1998, and has won at least two medals at every Olympics since then.

Ted Ligety wins men's giant slalom

American Ted Ligety stormed to his second Olympic gold as he became the first non-European to win the men's Olympic giant slalom title.

The 29-year-old world champion, who won the combined in 2006, was quickest after the first run and beat France's Steve Missillier, 29, by 0.48 seconds.

“This is the event I have been putting so much pressure on myself to win”

Ted Ligety Giant slalom champion

Another Frenchman, 22-year-old Alexis Pinturault, was third, 0.64 secs back.

Overall World Cup champion Marcel Hirscher of Austria was fourth, 0.94s back, while Bode Miller came 20th.



Ligety, whose gold in Turin eight years ago made him the USA's youngest men's alpine Olympic medallist, is also the world super-G and world super-combined champion.



He clocked 1:21.08 in the first run to lead by 0.93s from Czech Ondrej Bank, and held off of the charging French duo, despite only recording the 14th fastest time in run two, to cement his reputation as one of the all-time great giant slalom skiers.



"This is the event I have been putting so much pressure on myself to win, so to pull through is an awesome feeling," said Ligety, a four-time World Cup giant slalom champion.



"I feel really lucky I had such a good first run because I didn't have to take all the risks in the second."



Missillier was quickest in the second run to climb from 10th and clinch his first Olympic medal in his second Games.



Countryman Pinturault, the 2011 world junior giant slalom champion, posted the second best time to claim a first medal on his Olympic debut.



Miller's silver in the discipline in the Salt Lake Games in 2002 was the first - and only other time - a non-European had made the Olympic giant slalom podium.



He was bidding for a second medal of the Sochi Games and seventh overall, but was well off the pace in both runs and later pulled out of Saturday's slalom.


The 2014 super-combined bronze medallist, who had a knee reconstruction last year which caused him to miss most of the 2013 season, experienced swelling in the joint after the first run of the giant slalom.



"It is a little puffy," said the 36-year-old. "Slalom and GS are pretty tough on it, just a lot of really aggressive movements on the lower leg.



"I just have to manage it. As soon as it gets out of control and you get the swelling in there and everything gets irritated, it can be hard to get it back down."

Day 12 medal winners

1. Alpine skiing (men's giant slalom), Ligety USA
2. biathlon (mixed relay men), NOR 
3. bobsleigh (women's), CAN
4. cross country skiing (team sprints), FIN
5. cross country skiing (women's team sprint) NOR
6. snowboard (parallel giant slalom men) Wild NED 
7. snowboard (parallel giant slalom women) Kummer SUI
8. speed skating (women's 5,000m). Sabulkova CZE

Wise win's men's halfpipe

USA skier David Wise has claimed gold in the halfpipe final on Tuesday, with a first run of 92.00 enough to see off the rest of the competition.
Canada's Justin Dorey topped the qualifying round earlier in the day, but he was unable to put down a complete run and ended up finishing 12th.
Mike Riddle, also of Canada, took silver with 90.60 and he was the only other man to manage a score in the 90s. France's Kevin Rolland finished with bronze with a score of 88.60.
Great Britain's competitors Murray Buchan and James Machon were eliminated in the qualifying round.

Vaultier wins men's snowboard cross

Frenchman Pierre Vaultier has clinched gold in the men's snowboard cross at the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

The event had to be postponed yesterday due to fog at the course, but was able to take place this morning.

The world number six had to fight off Nikolay Olyunin in the closing stages, forcing the Russian to settle for silver.
Paul-Henri de le Rue looked to make it two Frenchmen on the podium, but was passed by Alex Deibold just ahead of the line, sealing bronze for the American.

Tina Maze wins women's giant slalom

Slovenia's Tina Maze has won her second gold of the 2014 Winter Olympics with victory in the women's giant slalom.

The 30-year-old, who was also a joint-winner in the downhill, led after the first run and consolidated her place at the top of the standings with a quick second time.

Austria's Anna Fenninger, who won the Super G earlier this week, claimed silver, while defending champion Viktoria Rosensburg of Germany had to settle for bronze.

The second run had to be delayed because of heavy snow falling on the course.

Netherlands 1-2-3 in 10,000m speed skating

The Netherlands have achieved another podium lock-out in the speed skating, with this time Jorrit Bergsma taking gold in the 10,000m in an Olympic Record time.

Bergsma, paired with Bart Swings of the Belgium, managed an impressive time of 12:44.45, which was almost five second ahead of his teammate Sven Kramer.

Kramer was the only other competitor to achieve a time of under 13 minutes with his 12:49.02 to take silver, while Bob de Jong claimed bronze with 13:07.19.

There were no Team GB athletes in the event, but both American competitors Emery Lehman and Patrick Meek finished 10th and 11th respectively.

Graabak wins Nordic Combined large hill

Joergen Graabak has won the Nordic combined large hill competition to claim Norway's second gold of the day at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

The 22-year-old finished just ahead of his compatriot Magnus Moan to win the event, which combines ski jumping with cross country skiing.
Germany's Fabian Riessle came in closely behind the Norwegian duo to pick up the bronze.

Earlier today, Emil Hegle Svendsen took the 15km mass start biathlon title for Norway, who have come under fire in their home media for a lack of medals in Sochi.

Svendsen wins delayed 15km biathlon

Norway's Emil Hegle Svendsen has narrowly beaten Martin Fourcade to clinch the gold medal in the 15km mass start biathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Fourcade, who already has two golds in these Games, finished strongly to be awarded the same time as Svendsen, but the photo finish revealed that the Frenchman was just short.

Ondrej Moravec from the Czech Republic crossed the line in third to complete the podium.

The event had been due to take place on Sunday, but was twice postponed because of fog.

South Korea win women's speed skating relay

South Korea have won gold in the women's 3000m relay in short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics.

Having missed out on the win in Vancouver through a penalty four years ago, the Korean team were in dominant form to claim the win in Sochi.

Defending champions China finished outside the medal after being deemed to have made an illegal overtake.

Canada finished second to win silver, while Italy came in third.

Day 11 gold medals

1. Alpine skiing (women's giant slalom), Maze SLO
2. freestyle skiing (men's ski halfpipe), Wise USA
3. Nordic combined (men's large hill), Graabak NOR
4. short track speed skating (women's relay), KOR
5. speed skating (men's 10,000m), Bergsma NED
6. Men's 15km Biathlon Svendsen NOR
7. Men's snowboard cross Vaultier FRA

Kushnir wins Men's Aerials

Belarus Freestyle Skier Anton Kushnir has won his nation's fifth gold medal of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.

Kushnir's impressive score of 134.50 secured the victory, well ahead of Australia's silver medalist David Morris [110.41] and China's Jia Zongyang [95.06] who secured bronze.

Alla Tsuper won Belarus's first gold in Sochi during the women's equivalent event on Friday.

This is Kushnir's third Winter Olympic appearance, but the 29-year-old has never previously finished in the top ten.

Germany win ski jumping

Germany have secured their eighth gold medal of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games, taking their latest victory in the men's team ski jumping competition.

Four man unit Andreas Wank, Marinus Kraus, Andreas Wellinger and Severin Freund fought off strong competition from European neighbours Austria, who were looking for their third gold on the bounce in this event.

However, Germany's combined total of 1041.1 points allowed them to take top honours, with Freund holding his nerve and performing admirably on the final jump of the night.

Austria did manage second place, scoring 1038.4, while 1024.9 points was enough for Japan to claim the bronze medal.

USA win figure skating gold

The United States have taken their first ever gold medal in the figure skating event after a record-breaking performance from partners Meryl Davis and Charlie White.

Two-time world champions Davis and White, who led the standings on Sunday night, recorded a score of 195.52 overall at the Iceberg Skating Palace.

Reigning Olympic champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada took silver, while there was a bronze medal for Russia Federation duo Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov.

Great Britain pair Penny Coomes and Nicholas Buckland finished in 10th place.

Russia win 2 man bobsleigh

Russia have claimed their first Olympic bobsleigh gold, with pilot Alexander Zubkov guiding the host nation to a commanding victory in Sochi.

Alongside Alexey Voevoda, Zubkov recorded a combined time of three minutes 45.39 seconds for four runs.



They finished 0.66 secs ahead of Switzerland, who took silver, while the USA sled, piloted by World Cup champion Steven Holcomb, finished third.



Great Britain were 23rd with the Jamaicans finishing 29th out of 30.



The success of Zubkov and Voevoda gave Russia their fifth gold medal of the Games.



The Team GB duo of Lamin Deen and John Baines were only paired last week following the withdrawal of Craig Pickering through injury.

“It hasn't been easy as we haven't had much time to prepare, but I felt we were getting better each round”

Lamin Deen

They did not feature in the fourth and final run after they finished outside of the top 20 which qualified from round three.



"It hasn't been easy as we haven't had much time to prepare, but I felt we were getting better each round," Deen told BBC Sport.



"We've had an extra nine runs on the track though and that will really help us come the four-man event."



Jamaican pilot Winston Watts, 46, said he was disappointed the team could not finish higher but was delighted by the response to their presence in the event.


It was the Caribbean island's first appearance in bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics since 2002.



"We didn't achieve what we wanted to, but we lit up the Games and I'm pleased with how the crowds have supported us here in Sochi," said Watts, who also represented his nation in the 1994, 1998 and 2002 Olympics.



Breakman Marvin Dixon added; "I'm telling you now, we will be at the next Olympics in 2018. I truly believe that."



The women's two-man event begins at 15:15 GMT on Tuesday, whilst the four-man men's competition begins on Saturday at 16:30 GMT.

Domracheva of Belarus wins 12.5km Biathlon

Darya Domracheva of Belarus gave a dominant display of skiing and shooting to win the 12.5km mass start biathlon and her third gold at the Sochi Games.

The 27-year-old, who had already won the sprint and the 15km events, led early and was never troubled, winning in a time of 35 minutes 25.6 seconds.



Gabriela Soukalova of the Czech Republic took silver after finishing 20.2 seconds behind Domracheva.



Norway's Tiril Eckhoff made a late chargae to win bronze.

Two events P-P monday

1.  Men's 15km biathlon & snowboard cross rescheduled to Tuesday because of fog

5 golds available on Day 10 2 P-P till Tuesday

1. Biathlon (women's mass start Domracheva BEL)
2. Biathlon (men's mass start P-P to tuesday fog)
3. bobsleigh (two-man), RUS
4. figure skating (ice dance), USA
5. freestyle skiing (men's aerials), Kushnir (Belarus)
6. ski jump (men's team), GER
7. snowboard (men's snowboard cross P-P till Tuesday fog) 

Dutch 1-2-3 in women's 1500m speed skating

Jorien ter Mors led home a Dutch clean sweep of the medals in the women's 1500m speed skating event.

Ter Mors, who also competed in the short track competition, caused a surprise in the longer track event, finishing with a new Olympic record of one minute 53.51 seconds.



The 3,000m champion and 1000m silver medallist Ireen Wust finished second, 0.58 seconds behind Ter Mors.



Lotte van Beek beat team-mate Marrit Leenstra into third.

Sweden win 4x10km cross country

Defending champions Sweden took gold in the men's cross country 4x10km relay at the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Their quartet of Marcus Hellner, Lars Nelson, Johan Olsson and Daniel Richardson led from start to finish and completed the course in one hour 28 minutes 42 seconds.



The battle for silver and bronze was won by Russia - who were watched by President Vladimir Putin.

The bronze was taken by France - their first medal in the event.



A day after their women's team came from behind to earn a narrow relay victory, Sweden's anchor Hellner skied alone for the entire fourth leg and grabbed a Swedish flag to wave as he entered the stadium and proceeded unchallenged down the final straight.



Hellner started the final leg with a 14-second lead over Russia's Maxim Vylegzhanin and quickly extended the gap, eventually winning by 27.3 seconds.


It was another disappointing day for Norway, who had fallen a minute behind by the second exchange and ended up fourth, a day after their heavily favoured women also failed to get a medal.

Samkova CZE wins Women's Snowboard Cross

Eva Samkova of the Czech Republic put on a masterclass to win gold in the women's snowboard cross event.

The 20-year-old was the top qualifier and won her quarter-final and semi-final in dominant fashion before doing the same in the final.



Silver went to Dominique Maltais of Canada with Chloe Trespeuch of France taking bronze.



Great Britain's Zoe Gillings missed out on a place in the final after narrowly finishing fourth in her semi-final.



The 28-year-old from the Isle of Man was edged out by Italy's Michela Moiolo and finished ninth overall, one place below her position at the Vancouver Games four years ago.



Vancouver gold medallist Maelle Ricker of Canada crashed out in the quarter-finals while American three-time world champion Lindsey Jacobellis crashed while leading her semi-final.

Gold Medal Kjetil Jansrud (Norway, men's super-G)

Kjetil Jansrud of Norway, who won a bronze medal in the men's downhill last Sunday, takes gold in the super-G competition.

He wins with a time of one minute 18.14 seconds, with American Andrew Weibrecht clinching silver, coming 0.30secs behind Jansrud.

We have two bronze medallists as Jan Hudec of Canada and Bode Miller (USA) both finished 0.53secs behind the Norwegian. 

Miller has now won one gold, three silvers and two bronze medals at Winter Olympics throughout his career.