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The Winter Olympics in Sochi have begun. Check back throughout the games for the latest schedules and medal counts for each competing country and athlete. Published: Saturday, Feb. 8, 4 a.m. | Updated: Sunday, Feb. 23, 9:27 a.m.
Jorien ter Mors set an Olympic record of 1:53.51 to win the gold, while Ireen Wüst took the silver at 0.58 seconds back, and Lotte van Beek finished third at 1.03 seconds back. [93] With this medal sweep, Netherlands became the first country in history to earn three podium sweeps at the same Olympic Winter Games.
With an average February temperature of 8.3 °C (46.9 °F) and a humid subtropical climate, Sochi is the warmest city to host a Winter Olympic Games. [16] Sochi 2014 is the 12th straight Olympics to outlaw smoking; all Sochi venues, Olympic Park bars and restaurants and public areas were smoke-free during the Games. [17]
Carolina Kostner's bronze medal was Italy's first Olympic medal in a singles event. [17] [18] Evgeni Plushenko (RUS) tied the record of four Olympic figure skating medals (Gillis Grafström won four in the early years of the sport, in 1920–1932). [19] Yulia Lipnitskaya (RUS) became the youngest Olympic gold medalist in figure skating under ...
The following is the competition schedule for all ten events. [2] All times are . Date Time Event 9 February: 11:00: ... 2014 Winter Olympics – Sochi, Russia;
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially the XXII Olympic Winter Games, or the 22nd Winter Olympics, took place from 7 to 23 February 2014, in Sochi, Russia. [1] 98 events in 15 winter sport disciplines were held, with gold, silver and bronze medals were awarded in each event. Russia originally won 33 medals; three were later stripped for doping ...
The women's 3000 metre relay in short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held between 10 and 18 February 2014 at the Iceberg Skating Palace in Sochi, Russia. [1] The semifinal was held on 10 February with the final on 18 February. The defending Olympic Champion and World Champion was China.
The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event held in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February. A total of 2,873 athletes from 88 nations participated in 98 events in 7 sports across 15 different disciplines.