The 2014 Sochi Olympics got really cranked up today with five medal events taking place across five different sports.
The first of those events saw American snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg score the upset and become the inaugural men’s slopestyle champion - an accomplishment that’s earned him plenty of props from his fellow Olympians...
Norway’s “Iron Lady” of cross-country skiing, Marit Bjorgen, notched her fourth career Olympic gold by taking the women’s skiathlon. Her win and Heidi Weng’s bronze gave the team a moment to smile after tragedy touched one of their own...
The Netherlands’ Sven Kramer successfully defended his 5000m speedskating gold, leading the Dutch in a 1-2-3 sweep of the podium and becoming a trending topic on Twitter as well...
MORE: Full rundown of Team USA during Day 1
Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjoerndalen (pictured) claimed his record-tying 12th Winter Olympic medal and did so by claiming his seventh career gold with a triumph in the 10km sprint...
And finally, Canada’s Justine Dufour-Lapointe won gold in women’s moguls over her sister Chloe and the 2010 Olympic champ, Hannah Kearney of the U.S...
The team figure skating competition also continued this afternoon and it saw the fortunes of the Americans change for the better. They now sit in position for the bronze heading into the final day tomorrow...
Women’s hockey got underway and the two gold medal favorites handled their business. The U.S. toppled Finland, while Team Canada began its title defense by beating Switzerland...
Bode Miller also led the way as downhill training at Rosa Khutor wound down before tomorrow’s medal event. Afterwards, he expressed his belief that the Olympic course “could kill you.”...
In out-of-competition news, snowboarder Shaun White talked for the first time about his decision to pull out of the slopestyle competition in order to concentrate on winning a third straight halfpipe gold...
Also, the U.S. women’s bobsled team announced their driver/brakeman pairings - and they’ve set up Lauryn Williams with a chance to make some impressive Olympic history...
The U.S. men’s bobsled team made their own headlines after Johnny Quinn was forced to do something about his bathroom door when it locked him inside. The result was memorable.
MEDAL COUNT
(Country - Gold/Silver/Bronze -- Total Medals)
NOR-2 1 1 -- 4
CAN-1 1 1 -- 3
NED-1 1 1 -- 3
USA-1 0 1 -- 2
SWE-0 1 0 -- 1
AUT-0 1 0 -- 1
CZE-0 0 1 -- 1
