Today's Winners in Sochi: Snowboarding, Skiing and More
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Tuesday at the Winter Olympics in Sochi saw Shaun White knocked off his snowboarding throne with a fourth-place finish in the halfpipe. It also saw a Canadian teenager take gold in the games' first-ever women's freestyle skiing slopestyle competition.
Those were the day's biggest stories, but we also had medal action in biathlon, cross-country skiing, luge, ski jumping and speedskating. Read on for a full rundown of who won what, as well as some of Tuesday's best photos from Sochi.
Snowboarding: Men's Halfpipe
Gold: Iouri Podladtchikov, Switzerland
Silver: Ayumu Hirano, Japan
Bronze: Taku Hiraoka, Japan
Freestyle Skiing: Women's Slopestyle
Gold: Dara Howell, Canda
Silver: Devin Logan, United States
Bronze: Kim Lamarre, Canada
Canada's Dara Howell, center, celebrates on the podium with silver medalist Devin Logan of the United States, left, and compatriot Kim Lamarre, right, after Howell took the gold medal in the women's freestyle skiing slopestyle final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.
Image: Andy Wong/Associated Press
Luge: Women's Singles
Gold: Natalie Geisenberger, Germany
Silver: Tatjana Huefner, Germany
Bronze: Erin Hamlin, United States
Biathlon: Women's 10km Pursuit
Gold: Darya Domracheva, Belarus
Silver: Tora Berger, Norway
Bronze: Teja Gregorin, Slovenia
Cross-Country Skiing: Men's Sprint Freestyle
Gold: Ola Vigen Hattestad, Norway
Silver: Teodor Peterson, Swedon
Bronze: Emil Joensson, Sweden
Cross-Country Skiing: Women's Sprint Freestyle
Gold: Maiken Caspersen Falla, Norway
Silver: Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg, Norway
Bronze: Vesna Fabjan, Slovenia
Speedskating: Women's 500m
Gold: Sang Hwa Lee, South Korea
Silver: Olga Fatkulina, Russia
Bronze: Margot Boer, Netherlands
From left to right, Russian silver medalist Olga Fatkulina, South Korean gold medalist Lee Sang-hwa and bronze medallist Margot Boer of the Netherlands pose for photographs after the flower ceremony for the women's 500-meter speedskating at the Adler Arena Skating Center at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Sochi, Russia.
Image: Matt Dunham/Associated Press
Ski Jumping: Women's Normal Hill
Gold: Carina Vogt, Germany
Silver: Daniela Iraschko-Stolz, Austria
Bronze: Coline Mattel, France
And Now For Tuesday's Best Photos ...
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