Winners in Sochi: Snowboarding, Skiing and More


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Vicwild1Russia'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


Sochi Olympics Snowboard


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


Sochi Olympics Speedskating Men


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


Sochi Olympics Biathlon Men


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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