Austria’s Matthias Mayer became the surprise gold medalist in Sochi Olympic men’s downhill skiing Sunday as big names like Bode Miller and Aksel Lund Svindal missed the podium.
Switzerland’s Dario Cologna stunned his cross-country skiing rivals Sunday by winning the men’s 30-kilometer skiathlon on the back of an injury-ravaged season.
Russian-born Anastasia Kuzmina kept her nerve at the shooting range to successfully defend her Olympic women’s 7.5-kilometer biathlon sprint title, competing for her adopted nation of Slovakia.
Kuzmina managed to win by the impressive margin of 19.9 seconds from Russia’s Olga Vilukhina (photo), who took the host nation's first silver in Sochi.
Russia won its first gold medal of the Sochi Olympics on Sunday as veteran Evgeny Plushenko and 15-year-old Julia Lipnitskaia (photo) won their free program events to make the host nation uncatchable at the top of the standings.
Three-time world champion Plushenko, who collects a second gold after winning the individual event in Turin eight years ago, defied his 31 years of age to skate to victory in the men’s free program and put Russia seven points ahead of Canada.
Slider Albert Demchenko won the silver in men’s single luge Sunday earning Russia’s fourth medal at the Sochi Olympics so far.
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