Today’s Winners in Sochi: Mikaela Shiffrin, Curling and More


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ShiffrinWomen'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


Caleb Flaxey, Ryan Harnden, E.J. Harnden, Ryan Fry, Brad Jacobs


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


Sochi Olympics Medals Ceremony Short Track Speedskating Men


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


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