Tuesday, 11 February 2014

Today's Winners in Sochi: Snowboarding, Skiing and More


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SnowboardchampapSwitzerland's Iouri Podladtchikov celebrates after he won the gold medal in the men's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.

Image: Jae C. Hong/Associated Press



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


Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing


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


Sochi Olympics Speedskating Women


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


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