Winter Olympics Day 2: Russia Wins Its First Gold and 28 Stunning Photos

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By Ann-Marie Alcantara2014-02-10 02:14:39 UTC

The host of this year's Winter Olympics, Russia, finally won its first gold medal on day two of the games, during the team figure skating competition.

Evgeni Plushenko and Julia Lipnitskaia snagged the gold for Russia by winning the free skates competition. Russia continued to do well in other medal rounds, winning three more medals. Olga Graf won the bronze in the women's 3,000-meter speed skating event, and Olga Vilukhina won the silver in the women’s 7.5-kilometer sprint in biathlon. To round off Russia's medals tally, Albert Demchenko won a silver in the men’s luge event.

Norway continues to lead the way with seven total medals. History was also made today as Jenny Jones won Britain’s first bronze medal in the women’s slopestyle competition. Despite Britain's win, Team USA still swept the women's slopestyle event, with Jamie Anderson winning the gold on Sunday.

Keep reading for today’s full medal recap and the most powerful photos.

Alpine Skiing: Men's Downhill

Gold: Matthias Mayer, Austria

Silver: Christof Innerhofer, Italy

Bronze: Kjetil Jansrud, Norway

Biathlon: Women's 7.5km Sprint

Gold: Anastazia Kuzmina, Slovakia

Silver: Olga Vilukhina, Russia

Bronze: Vita Semerenko, Ukraine

Figure Skating: Mixed Team

Gold: Russia

Silver: Canada

Bronze: USA

Luge: Men's Single

Gold: Felix Loch, Germany

Silver: Albert Demtschenko, Russia

Bronze: Armin Zoeggeler, Italy

Snowboarding: Women's Slopestyle

Gold: Jamie Anderson, USA

Silver: Enni Rukajärvi, Finland

Bronze: Jenny Jones, Great Britain (United Kingdom)

Speedskating: Women's 3000m

Gold: Ireen Wust, Netherlands

Silver: Martina Sablikova, Czech Republic

Bronze: Olga Graf, Russia

Cross-Country: Men's 2x15km Skiathlon

Gold: Dario Cologna, Switzerland

Silver: Marcus Hellner, Sweden

Bronze: Martin Johnsrud Sundby, Norway

Ski Jumping: Men's Individual, Normal Hill

Gold: Kamil Stoch, Poland

Silver: Peter Prevc, Slovakia

Bronze: Anders Bardal, Norway