PHOTOS: Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics daily highlights – Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014
February 13, 2014
Matthew Mortensen and Preston Griffall of the United States make a run during the Men's Luge Doubles on Day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) ( 468942667 )
Tina Maze of Slovenia kisses the snow in the finish area after her run in the Women's Downhill race at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on February 12, 2014. EPA/JEAN-CHRISTOPHE BOTT ( epaselect RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
Kaitlyn Farrington of the U.S. makes a run during a women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13SBPIPEW__4AO6069 )
Silver medalist Akito Watabe of Japan reacts after crossing the finish line during the 10km Cross Country portion of the Nordic Combined Individual competition at the Russki Gorki Center at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on February 12, 2014. EPA/HENDRIK SCHMIDT ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
American gold medalist Kaitlyn Farrington hugs silver medalist Torah Bright of Australia (right) and bronze medalist American Kelly Clark after a women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13SBPIPEW__4AO6418 )
A US Ice Hockey supporter cheers his team prior to the Women's Ice Hockey Group A match Canada vs USA at the Shayba Arena during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images ( 526971141 )
USA's players gather before the start of the Women's Ice Hockey Group A match between Canada and USA at the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014 at the Shayba Arena. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images ( 526971271 )
Shani Davis, of Chicago, Ill., competes in the men's 1,000 meter speed skating race at Adler Arena Skating Center during the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games Wednesday February 12, 2014. Davis finished in eighth place with a time of 1:09.12. (Photo by Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune) ( Men's 1,000 Meter Speed Skating Race, Shani Davis, of Chicago, Ill., )
Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir of the United States compete in the pairs free skate figure skating competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) ( Sochi Olympics Figure Skating )
Switzerland's Dominique Gisin reacts after finishing her run in the Ladies Downhill at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. She tied for gold with Slovakia's Tina Maze. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
Christian Niccum and Jayson Terdiman of USA in their first run of the Luge Doubles at Sliding Center Sanki at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia on Feb. 12, 2014. EPA/TOBIAS HASE ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
Canada's Meghan Agosta-Marciano (L) celebrates after scoring a goal during the Women's Ice Hockey Group A match between Canada and USA at the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014 at the Shayba Arena. MATT SLOCUM/AFP/Getty Images ( 526977187 )
Hockey fans do the wave during a time out in the second period of a men's ice hockey game between the Czech Republic and Sweden at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) ( Sochi Olympics Ice Hockey Men )
US skier Julia Mancuso skis during the Women's Alpine Skiing Downhill at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP/Getty Images ( 526962947 )
Russia's Maxim Trankov, bottom, and Tatiana Volosozhar perform their routine in the pairs free skate figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Star Tribune, Carlos Gonzalez) ( Sochi Olympics Figure Skating )
United States' Bill Demong makes his trial jump during the ski jumping portion of the Nordic combined at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) ( Sochi Olympics Nordic Combined Men )
Team Russian fan Eba (no last name), 4, watches the action during a women's curling qualifier at the Ice Cube Curling Center. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13CURLINGW__4AO5896 )
Minnamari Tuominen of Finland battles Laura Benz of Switzerland for control of the puck during the 2014 Winter Olympics women's ice hockey game at Shayba Arena, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) ( Sochi Olympics Ice Hockey Women )
Nico Ihle of Germany (L) competes Stefan Groothuis of the Netherlands during the Men's 1000m Speed Skating event with coach coach Jac Orie in the Adler Arena at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Sochi, Russia, on February 12, 2014. EPA/VINCENT JANNINK ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
Canadian curlers Jill Officer (left) and Dawn McEwen sweep the ice ahead of the stone during a women's curling qualifier against Great Britain at the Ice Cube Curling Center. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13CURLINGW__4AO5731 )
Canada's Brianne Jenner (R) vies for the puck with in front of US goalkeeper Jessie Vetter during the Women's Ice Hockey Group A match between Canada and USA at the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014 at the Shayba Arena. ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 526972504 )
USA's Hilary Knight (21) and USA's Alex Carpenter (25) fight for the puck against Canada's Laura Fortino (8) in the third period for their preliminary round at the Shayba Arena for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
Athletes compete in the Nordic Combined Individual Gundersen Normal Hill and 10km Cross Country on day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at the RusSki Gorki Nordic Combined Skiing Stadium on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images) ( 468967955 )
Joint Gold medalists Tina Maze (R) of Slovenia and Dominique Gisin of Switzerland and bronze medalist Lara Gut of Switzerland (R) during the medal ceremony for the Women's Downhill race at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Sochi, Russia, on February 12, 2014. EPA/TATYANA ZENKOVICH ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
China's women's curling team use their brooms to point at the rocks as they strategise their next move during the women's curling competition against the United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) ( Sochi Olympics Curling Women )
Pang Qing and Tong Jian of China perform during the Pairs Free Skating of the Figure Skating event at the Iceberg Palace during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Sochi, Russia, on February 12, 2014. EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
American gold medalist Kaitlyn Farrington celebrates as silver medalist Australian Torah Bright (left) and bronze medalist American Kelly Clark look on after women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13SBPIPEW__1AO7939 )
A Russian fan gestures during the Women's Ice Hockey Group A match USA vs Canada at the Shayba Arena during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ANDREJ ISAKOVICANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP/Getty Images ( 526974145 )
Slovakia's Tina Maze reacts after finishing in the Ladies Downhill at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. Maze tied for gold with Switzerland's Dominique Gisin. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
Joey Mantia, of Ocala, Fla., competes in the men's 1,000 meter speed skating race at Adler Arena Skating Center during the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games Wednesday February 12, 2014. Mantia finished in 15th place with a time of 1:09.72. (Photo by Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune) ( Men's 1,000 Meter Speed Skating Race, )
Norway's skip Thomas Ulsrud, right, instructs sweeper Christoffer Svae after delivering the rock during men's curling competition against Germany at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) ( Sochi Olympics Curling Men )
Argentina's Macarena Simari Birkner makes a jump during the women's downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
Brianne Jenner of Canada and Brianna Decker of the United States battle up again the boards for control of the puck during the second period of the 2014 Winter Olympics women's ice hockey game at Shayba Arena, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) ( Sochi Olympics Ice Hockey Women )
Great Britain skip Eve Muirhead instructs teammates during a women's curling qualifier against Canada at the Ice Cube Curling Center. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13CURLINGW__4AO5765 )
USA's Amanda Kessel (28) loses her balance against Canada's Meaghan Mikkelson (12) in the second period for their preliminary round at the Shayba Arena for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
Kazakhstan's Roman Krech (back) and Canada's William Dutton compete in the Men's Speed Skating 1000 m at the Adler Arena during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images ( 526975192 )
Tristan Walker and Justin Snith of Canada during the first run of the Men's Doubles Luge competition at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, on February 12, 2014. EPA/TOBIAS HASE ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
A Norwegian curler stands next to water bottles during men's curling competition against Germany at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Curling Men )
Teams compete during a women's curling qualifier at the Ice Cube Curling Center. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13CURLINGW__2AO3452 )
France's Sophie Rodriguez makes her second run during a women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13SBPIPEW__1AO7909 )
Women's downhill medalists pose for photographers on the podium at the Alpine ski venue at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer) ( Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
Reto Suri #24 of Switzerland misses a puck passing in front of an open net against Vitalijs Pavlovs #79 of Latvia in the second period during the Men's Ice Hockey Preliminary Round Group C game on day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Shayba Arena on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Matt Slocum - Pool/Getty Images) ( 468968731 )
France's Benjamin Mace (R) and Latvia's Haralds Silovs compete in the Men's Speed Skating 1000 m at the Adler Arena during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images ( 526975526 )
David and Debbie Stone of Sault St. Marie, Ontario, Canada watch the action between Great Britain and Canada during a women's curling qualifier at the Ice Cube Curling Center. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13CURLINGW__2AO3460 )
Matthew Mortensen (front) and Preston Griffall of the United States complete their second run during the Men's Luge Doubles on Day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) ( 468943411 )
Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres of France perform during the Pairs Free Skating of the Figure Skating event at the Iceberg Palace during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Sochi, Russia, on February 12, 2014. EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG ( RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
United States' Julia Mancuso reacts after finishing the women's downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer) ( Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
The doubles team of Patryk Poreba and Karol Mikrut of Poland race down the track in their final run during the men's doubles luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko) ( Sochi Olympics Luge Men )
Felicia Zhang and Nathan Bartholomay of the United States compete in the pairs free skate figure skating competition at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) ( Sochi Olympics Figure Skating )
Canada's Caroline Ouellette (L) vies for the puck with US Josephine Pucci during the Women's Ice Hockey Group A match between Canada and USA at the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014 at the Shayba Arena. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images ( 526977440 )
Alexandra Coletti of Monaco is carried to a helicopter after a crash during the Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill on day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images) ( 468909123 )
American Kelly Clark makes a grab during a women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13SBPIPEW__4AO6162 )
Vincent De Haitre of Canada and Denis Yuskov of Russia compete during the Men's 1000m Speed Skating event during day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at at Adler Arena Skating Center on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) ( 468927007 )
Latvia goaltender Edgars Masalskis dives for a puck in front of the net during the third period of the 2014 Winter Olympics men's ice hockey game against Switzerland at Shayba Arena, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) ( Sochi Olympics Ice Hockey Men )
Israel's Evgeni Krasnopolski and Israel's Andrea Davidovich perform their Figure Skating Pairs Free Program at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images ( 526981258 )
Gold medalist Eric Frenzel of Germany jumps in celebration alongside silver medalist Akito Watabe of Japan (L) and bronze medalist Magnus Krog of Norway (R) during the flower ceremony for the Men?s Nordic Combined Individual Gundersen Normal Hill and 10km Cross Country on day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at the RusSki Gorki Nordic Combined Skiing Stadium on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. ( 468968321 )
USA's Hilary Knight (21) has her shot blocked by Canada's Catherine Ward (18) in the second period for their preliminary round at the Shayba Arena for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) ( Staff Photojournalist )
Christian Niccum and Jayson Terdiman of the United States compete in the Men's Luge Doubles on Day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) ( 468953597 )
Russia's Tatiana Volosozhar and Russia's Maxim Trankov perform their Figure Skating Pairs Free Program at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. DAMIEN MEYER/AFP/Getty Images ( 526991800 )
Volunteers take to the ice to repair the surface during a break to resurface the ice in the pairs free skate figure skating competition at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) ( Sochi Olympics Figure Skating )
Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia compete in the pairs free skate figure skating competition at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Figure Skating )
Women's downhill gold medalists Switzerland's Dominique Gisin, left, and Slovenia's Tina Maze, right, hold hands during a flower ceremony at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) ( Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Women )
The doubles team of Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger of Austria speed down the track in their final run during the men's doubles luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The team won the silver medal. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) ( Sochi Olympics Luge Men )
US Jonathan Garcia competes in the Men's Speed Skating 1000 m at the Adler Arena during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014. ANDREJ ISAKOVIC/AFP/Getty Images ( 526975795 )
Australia's Torah Bright makes a grab during a women's snowboard halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/The Denver Post) ( SP13SBPIPEW__4AO6342 )
A man leads the Olympic mascots to the cross-country portion of the Nordic combined at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) ( Sochi Olympics Nordic Combined Men )
Switzerland's skip Michel Sven, center, watches as Sandro Trolliet, left, and Simon Gempeler right, sweep the ice during the men's curling competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) ( Sochi Olympics Curling Men )
The Olympic Cauldron burns on day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images) ( 469081317 )
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