Sochi Winter Olympics: Team USA Cruises in Snowboard, Figure Skating & Luge
As the medals currently stand at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Norway leads all other countries with six total medals. The Netherland is second with 4 and the United States third with 3 total medals, with all top three countries tied with having two golds. Canada is tied with the United States with 3 medals, with Austria, Sweden and Czech Republic as the only countries with two medals. Switzerland, Finland, Italy, UK, and Russia are all on the board with 1 medal each.
Slopestyle is a new event for the 2014 Winter Olympics and Jamie Anderson helped Team USA cement its domination of the sport at Sochi with a second gold medal after Sage Kotsenburg took gold in men's.
Anderson put down a solid first run that brought her into second place but eventually came through with a better second run of 95.25 to hold off Enni Rukajarvi of Finland and take the gold medal.
Scandinavians typically dominate at the winter sports and Silje Nordendal of Norway, who was seen as a major competitor for the gold, finished in 11th place after beating the American Anderson at the X games.
In Men's downhill ski competition, the course has been considered one of the most difficult in Olympic history, with many skiers crashing during practice. It came down to managing very fast speeds and a sheer vertical drop.
The contest was surprised by Matthias Mayer taking gold, beating out both favorites American Bode Miller and World Cup leader Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway. Bode Miller finished in eighth place, out of medal contention, just by being half a second slower than gold medal winner Matthias Mayer.
Coming up today are the second qualification round of Ladies' moguls at Rosa Khutor Alpine Center with medals awarded later today. Team figure skating resumes in three routines: the ice dance short dance, the ladies' short program and the pairs free skate. Luge continues with men's single runs as well as men's ski jumping and men's biathlon.
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