Winners in Sochi: Snowboarding, Skiing and More
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Russia's Vic Wild (center) celebrates his gold medal in the men's snowboard parallel slalom final with silver medalist Zan Kosir of Slovenia (left) and bronze medalist Benjamin Karl of Austria (right) at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Feb. 22.
Image: Andy Wong/Associated Press
The Winter Olympics' penultimate day of medal action in Sochi saw Team USA miss out on the men's hockey bronze medal, while host country Russia enjoyed one of its most successful collective outings of the games.
In addition to hockey, medals were awarded in snowboarding, skiing, biathlon and speed skating. Read on for a full recap of Saturday's medal winners.
Snowboarding: Men's Parallel Slalom
Gold: Vic Wild, Russia
Silver: Zan Kosir, Slovenia
Bronze: Benjamin Karl, Austria
Snowboarding: Women's Parallel Slalom
Gold: Julia Dujmovits, Austria
Silver: Anke Karstens, Germany
Bronze: Amelie Kober, Germany
Women's snowboard parallel slalom gold medalist Julia Dujmovits of Austria (center) celebrates with silver medalist Anke Karstens of Germany (left) and bronze medalist Amelie Kober of Germany at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics on Feb. 22.
Image: Sergei Grits/Associated Press
Cross-Country Skiing: Women's 30-Kilometer Freestyle
Gold: Marit Bjoergen, Norway
Silver: Therese Johaug, Norway
Bronze: Kristin Stoermer Steira, Norway
Speed Skating: Men's Team Pursuit
Gold: Netherlands
Silver: South Korea
Bronze: Poland
Speed skaters from the Netherlands (left to right) Sven Kramer, Jan Blokhuijsen and Koen Verweij skate on their way to win the gold medal in the men's team pursuit at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Feb. 22.
Image: Matt Dunham/Associated Press
Speed Skating: Women's Team Pursuit
Gold: Netherlands
Silver: Poland
Bronze: Russia
Biathlon: Men's 4x7.5-Kilometer Relay
Gold: Russia
Silver: Germany
Bronze: Austria
From left, Russia's Anton Shipulin, Alexey Volkov, Yevgeny Ustyugov and Dmitry Malyshko celebrate their gold medal in the men's biathlon relay at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Feb. 22.
Image: Felipe Dana/Associated Press
Alpine Skiing: Men's Slalom
Gold: Mario Matt, Austria
Silver: Marcel Hirscher, Austria
Bronze: Henrik Kristoffersen, Norway
Men's Hockey
Bronze: Finland (The gold-medal game, with Canada vs. Sweden, takes place Sunday)
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