Today’s Winners in Sochi: Mikaela Shiffrin, Curling and More
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Women's slalom medalists, from left, Austria's Marlies Schild (silver), United States' Mikaela Shiffrin (gold), and Kathrin Zettel (bronze) pose for photographers during the flower ceremony at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Feb. 21.
Image: Christophe Ena/Associated Press
We're not even going to mention that hockey match. The biggest news out of the Winter Olympics in Sochi on Friday may have been 18-year-old American winning gold in the women's slalom race, where team USA hadn't medaled for 42 years. But there was plenty of other medal action as well, in curling, speed skating and more.
Read on for a full recap of Friday's medal winners, plus a gallery of some of the day's best photo moments.
Women's Ski Cross
Gold: Marielle Thompson, Canada
Silver: Kelsey Serwa, Canada
Bronze: Anna Holmlund, Sweden
Men's Curling
Gold: Canada
Silver: Great Britain
Bronze: Sweden
The Canadian men's curlign team poses during the flower ceremony after winning the men's curling gold medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics on Feb. 21.
Image: Robert F. Bukaty/Associated Press
Women's Biathlon: 4x6km Relay
Gold: Ukraine
Silver: Russia
Bronze: Norway
Skiing: Women's Slalom
Gold: Mikaela Shiffrin, United States
Silver: Marlies Schild, Austria
Bronze: Kathrin Zettel, Austria
Short-Track Speed Skating: Men's 500m
Viktor Ahn, Russia
Silver: Dajing Wu, China
Bronze: Charle Cournoyer, Canada
Viktor Ahn celebrates winning gold for Russia at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Feb. 21.
Image: David J. Phillip/Associated Press
Short-Track Speed Skating: Women's 1,000m
Gold: Seung-Hi Park, Korea
Silver: Kexin Fan, China
Bronze: Suk-Hee Shim, Korea
Short-Track Speed Skating: Men's 500m Relay
Gold: Russia
Silver: United States
Bronze: China
And now, for Friday's best photos from Sochi:
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