PHOTOS: Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics daily highlights – Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014
February 20, 2014
SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Haavard Klemetsen of Norway competes in the Nordic Combined Men's Team LH during day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at RusSki Gorki Jumping Center on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images) ( 470577917 )
Laura Fortino of Canada (8) gets an elbow in her mask from Jocelyne Lamoureux of the United States (17) during the third period of the women's gold medal ice hockey game at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Ice Hockey Women )
South Korea skaters Cheol-Min Kim, Kyou-Hyuk Lee and Hyong-Joon Joo during a training session in the Team Pursuit at the Adler Arena at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Sochi, Russia, 20 February 2014. EPA/VINCENT JANNINK ( epaselect RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
In this picture made with a fisheye lens, South Korean speedskaters practice at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Speedskating )
Canada's Brady Leman falls off a jump after crashing in the men's ski cross final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Men )
An emblem with the Soviet hammer and sickle decorates the hat of Serdar Yuldashev as he has his face painted in the colors of the Russian flag at the Olympic Park at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics )
KRASNAYA POLYANA, RUSSIA - JANUARY 20: Russia's Natalya Makagonova competes in the Ladies' Ski Halfpipe at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the 2014 Sochi Olympics Thursday February 20, 2014. Makagonova did not make the final round. (Photo by Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune) ( Salt Lake City's Maddie Bowma wins gold in the Ladies' Ski Halfpipe at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park )
Austria's Marcel Hirscher trains for the men's slalom at the Alpine ski venue at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Alpine Skiing Men )
Mae Berenice Meite of France competes in the women's free skate figure skating finals at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Figure Skating )
KRASNAYA POLYANA, RUSSIA - JANUARY 20: Brita Sigourney competes in the Ladies' Ski Halfpipe at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the 2014 Sochi Olympics Thursday February 20, 2014. Sigourney finished in sixth place with a score of 76.00. (Photo by Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune) ( Salt Lake City's Maddie Bowma wins gold in the Ladies' Ski Halfpipe at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park )
Austria-1 four-man bobsleigh, steered by Benjamin Maier, takes the brakes during a training session at the Sanki Sliding Center in Rosa Khutor during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014. LIONEL BONAVENTURE/AFP/Getty Images ( 527291263 )
Japan's Ayana Onozuka reacts after her second run in the women's ski halfpipe final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Women )
Norway's Magnus Hovdal Moan, front, and Haavard Klemetsen celebrate winning the gold after the cross-country portion of the Nordic combined Gundersen large hill team competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Nordic Combined Men )
Jennifer Jones of Canada in action during the Women's Gold medal match between Sweden and Canada in the Curling competition in the Ice Cube Curling Center at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Sochi, Russia, 20 February 2014. EPA/TATYANA ZENKOVICH ( epaselect RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
KRASNAYA POLYANA, RUSSIA - JANUARY 20: Salt Lake City's Maddie Bowman celebrates after winning the Ladies' Ski Halfpipe at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the 2014 Sochi Olympics Thursday February 20, 2014. Bowman won the gold medal with a score of 89.0. (Photo by Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune) ( Salt Lake City's Maddie Bowma wins gold in the Ladies' Ski Halfpipe at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park )
SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Adelina Sotnikova of Russia waves to fans after her socre announced in the Figure Skating Ladies' Free Skating on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Iceberg Skating Palace on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images) ( 470738745 )
Russia's Julia Lipnitskaia performs in the Women's Figure Skating Free Program at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014. YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 527314482 )
SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Gold medalist Adelina Sotnikova of Russia celebrates during the flower ceremony for the Ladies' Figure Skating on day 13 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Iceberg Skating Palace on February 20, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Paul Gilham/Getty Images) ( 470755707 )
KRASNAYA POLYANA, RUSSIA - JANUARY 20: Great Britain's Emma Lonsdale competes in the Ladies' Ski Halfpipe at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the 2014 Sochi Olympics Thursday February 20, 2014. Lonsdale did not make the final round. (Photo by Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune) ( Salt Lake City's Maddie Bowma wins gold in the Ladies' Ski Halfpipe at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park )
A visitor to Olympic Park is silhouetted while walking past the Olympic cauldron at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics )
Belarus' Nadezhda Skardino skis during a women's biathlon training session at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Biathlon Women )
Athletes compete as the sun sets during the mixed biathlon relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Biathlon )
Adelina Sotnikova of Russia competes in the women's free skate figure skating finals at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Figure Skating )
Moustaches are painted on the helmet of Slovenia's Filip Flisar during men's ski cross competition at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Men )
Norway's gold medalists Magnus Hovdal Moan, Magnus Krog, Haavard Klemetsen and Joergen Graabak celebrate after the Nordic Combined Team LH / 4x5 km Cross-Country Flower Ceremony at the RusSki Gorki Jumping Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014, in Rosa Khutor near Sochi. JOHN MACDOUGALL/AFP/Getty Images ( 527291197 )
Canada's Jennifer Jones reacts at winning gold in the Women's Curling Gold Medal Game Canada vs Sweden at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images ( 527303019 )
Jean Frederic Chapuis of France in action during the seeding race for the Men's Ski Cross event at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia, 20 February 2014. EPA/FEHIM DEMIR ( epaselect epaselect RUSSIA SOCHI 2014 OLYMPIC GAMES )
Sweden's Erica Uden Johansson (L) vies with Switzerland's Sara Benz during the Women's Ice Hockey Bronze Medal Game Switzerland vs Sweden at the Bolshoy Ice Dome during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014. JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images ( 527303049 )
Erica Uden Johansson of Sweden (21)reacts after scoring a goal on goalkeeper Florence Schelling of Switzerland (41) during the women's bronze medal ice hockey game at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip ) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Ice Hockey Women )
Switzerland players react after winning the women's bronze medal ice hockey game against Sweden at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. Switzerland won 4-3. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip ) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Ice Hockey Women )
Team Switzerland celebrates their 4-3 win over Sweden in the women's ice hockey bronze medal game at Bolshoy Arena at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/J. David Ake) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Ice Hockey Women )
Sweden's Maria Prytz watches the rock during the women's curling gold medal game against Canada at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Curling Women )
KRASNAYA POLYANA, RUSSIA - JANUARY 20: Norway's Magnus Krog competes in the Nordic Combined Team Gundersen LH during the 2014 Sochi Olympics Thursday February 20, 2014. jumped meters. Krog jumped 124.5 meters. (Photo by Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune) ( Nordic Combined Team Gundersen LH )
Germany's team Eric Frenzel, Bjoern Kircheisen, Johannes Rydzek and Fabian Riessle, from left, celebrate winning the silver as Norway's gold medal winners Magnus Hovdal Moan, Haavard Klemetsen, Magnus Krog and Joergen Graabak, from left, applaud during the flower ceremony of the Nordic combined Gundersen large hill team competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Nordic Combined Men )
The team from Germany GER-1, piloted by Maximilian Arndt, start a run during the men's four-man bobsled training at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Bobsleigh Men )
SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Michelle Picard (23) of the U.S.A. falls to the ice as Canada celebrates the game-winning goal by Marie-Philip Poulin (29) during the overtime period of Canada's 3-2 gold medal ice hockey win over the U.S.A. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Thursday, February 20, 2014 at Bolshoy Ice Arena. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/ The Denver Post) ( SP20OLYMPICS__1AO1116 )
SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Meghan Duggan (10) of the U.S.A. looks for a shot near the goal as Jocelyne Larocque (3) of the Canada and Shannon Szabados (1) of the Canada defend during the first period of the women's gold medal ice hockey game. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Thursday, February 20, 2014 at Bolshoy Ice Arena. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/ The Denver Post) ( SP20OLYMPICS__1AO0651 )
Michelle Picard of the United States (23) skates back to the bench after Canada scored in overtime to win the women's gold medal ice hockey game 3-2 at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Ice Hockey Women )
SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 20: Natalie Spooner (24) of the Canada and Hayley Wickenheiser (22) hug after the overtime period of Canada's 3-2 gold medal ice hockey win over the U.S.A. Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics on Thursday, February 20, 2014 at Bolshoy Ice Arena. (Photo by AAron Ontiveroz/ The Denver Post) ( SP20OLYMPICS__4AO5652 )
Norway's Joergen Graabak crosses the finish line to snatch gold as silver medalist Germany's Fabian Riessle follows behind in the Nordic Combined Team LH / 4x5 km Cross-Country at the RusSki Gorki Jumping Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014, in Rosa Khutor near Sochi. PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images ( 527303058 )
The Olympic rings are reflected in the goggles of Norway's Haavard Klemetsen as he makes his attempt during the ski jumping portion of the Nordic combined Gundersen large hill team competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Nordic Combined Men )
Sweden's Victor Oehling Norberg, bottom, loses his balance ahead of, from left, Finland's Jouni Pellinen, Russia's Igor Korotkov and Switzerland's Armin Niederer during a men's ski cross heat at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Men )
Sweden's Victor Oehling Norberg, left, and Russia's Igor Korotkov crash during a men's ski cross heat at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Freestyle Skiing Men )
Russia's Adelina Sotnikova reacts after performing in the Women's Figure Skating Free Program at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014. YURI KADOBNOV/AFP/Getty Images ( 527314453 )
Britain's skip Eve Muirhead, right, embraces Anna Sloan after defeating Switzerland to win the women's curling bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Curling Women )
Canada's Kaitlyn Lawes watches the stone during the Women's Curling Gold Medal Game Sweden vs Canada at the Ice Cube Curling Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014. JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images ( 527297082 )
Canada's women's curling team as seen from left to right, Kirsten Wall, Dawn McEwen, Jill Officer, Kaitlyn Lawes and skip Jennifer Jones, celebrate during the flower ceremony after winning the women's curling gold medal game against Sweden at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Curling Women )
Carolina Kostner of Italy competes in the women's free skate figure skating finals at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Figure Skating )
US Maddie Bowman competes in the Women's Freestyle Skiing Halfpipe finals at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 20, 2014. FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images ( 527314460 )
Gabrielle Daleman of Canada falls as she competes in the women's free skate figure skating finals at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Figure Skating )
Mae Berenice Meite of France competes in the women's free skate figure skating finals at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Figure Skating )
Yuna Kim of South Korea celebrates her second place with the national flag following the flower ceremony for the women's free skate figure skating finals at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) ( APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Figure Skating )
KRASNAYA POLYANA, RUSSIA - JANUARY 20: Angeli Vanlaanen competes in the Ladies' Ski Halfpipe at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the 2014 Sochi Olympics Thursday February 20, 2014. Vanlaanen finished in 11th place with a score of 29.60. (Photo by Chris Detrick/The Salt Lake Tribune) ( Salt Lake City's Maddie Bowma wins gold in the Ladies' Ski Halfpipe at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park )
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