Day Five began with an early wake up for curling fans as the GB women faced Canada and despite being 8-6 behind in the final end had a great chance with the final stone to level the match and force an 11th end but Eve Muirhead went for the gamble to try and win and failed giving Canada the one point and a 9-6 win.
The men had better luck as they secured a 4-2 win over Switzerland in a tight contest that saw no score until the third end but was enough to put them on three wins and one loss. A highlight of the afternoon was the the figure skating pairs that saw a number of superb routines and others that saw bad falls denting medal hopes but in the end it was a Russian 1-2 with Tatiana Volosozhar/ Maxim Trankov take gold with compatriots Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov securing silver with the bronze collected by Germany's Aliona Savchenko, Robin Szolkowy.
The ladies downhill saw a shared gold medal as Dominique Gisin (SWI) and Tina Maze (SLO) both finished with an identical time of 1:41.57 with a bronze for Lara Gut (SWI) only .10 of a second from making it an historical three way gold.
The luge doubles saw a gold for Tobia Wendl (GER) with Andreas Linger (AUT) taking silver and narrowly ahead of Andris Sics (LAT) who collected the bronze while in the nordic combined, Germany secured another gold in the shape of Eric Frenzel with Akito Watabe (JPN) in second and Magnus Krog (NOR) taking the bronze.
The ladies snowboarding halfpipe saw a close run final with the USA taking first and third as Kaitlyn Farrington secured gold with a score of 91.75, just .25 ahead of Australia's Torah Bright who took silver and American Kelly Clark taking bronze in 90.75.
Netherlands and speed skating seem to go hand-in- hand as yet again they took two medals this time in the mens 1000m as Stefan Groothuis secured gold with Canadian Denny Morrison taking silver but .04 away from sharing the gold with Michel Mulder securing bronze for the Dutch.
Day six saw a gold for France as Martin Foucade swept home in the men's biathlon with Erik Lesser (GER) taking silver and Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) in the bronze medal position while in the cross country ladies classic, Poland took gold as Justyna Kowalczyk secured first place ahead of Charlotte Kalla (SWE) who took silver and Therese Johaug (NOR) in third with the bronze.
The GB women bounced back in the curling group with a 8-7 win over China with a crucial last stone by skip Eve Muirhead to give them a great position in the group while the men continued their winning run with a 5-3 win over USA.
The free skiing men's slopestyle saw an American clean sweep with Joss Christensen taking gold, Gus Kenworthy taking silver and Nicholas Goepper securing bronze while over in the luge team relay, it was gold for Germany ahead of Russia in second and Latvia third.
Gold for China in the short track ladies' 500m as Jianrou Li sealed the win with Arianna Fontana (ITA) with the silver and Seunghi Park (KOR) taking bronze while the speed skating 1000m saw another haul of medals for the Netherlands but for a change there was no gold for the team in orange as the gold went to Hong Zhang (CHN) but it was silver for Ireen Wust (NED) and Margot Boer (NED).
Day seven saw a gold for Sandro Viletta of Switzerland in the men's super combined with Ivica Kostelic (CRO) taking silver and Christof Innerhofer (ITA) securing silver while in the women's 15km individual, Darya Domracheva (BLR) secured the gold and Selina Gasparin (SWI) took silver with the bronze going to Nadezhda Skardino (BLR) in a Belarus first and third.
The men's 15km classic saw Dario Cologna secure gold for Switzerland with Johan Olsson in silver and Daniel Richardsson taking bronze and both for Sweden.
Eve Muirhead and her team equalled the record of scoring for the second time in three days as she skipped them to a 12-3 win over Japan in a match that only lasted seven ends due to a magnificent five stone haul in what was to be the final end and the signal for Japan to concede while David Murdoch led his team against Denmark this afternoon to a superb 8-6 victory despite being 1-5 down and coming back to 6-6 before holding a 7-6 lead into the final end and secured a one to complete the win.
The women's skeleton saw a frantic afternoon as GB's Lizzy Yarnold topped the standings after three runs with compatriot Shelley Rudman who won silver in Turin 2006 in 11th but a stunning final run from Yarnold saw her take gold and the first of 2014 for GB meaning a second consecutive win in the skeleton after Amy Willams four years ago with American Noelle Pikus-Pace sealing silver ahead of Elena Nikitina of Russia taking bronze with Shelley Rudman down in 16th.
The evening session saw the final of the men's figure skating with Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) taking the gold with Patrick Chan (CAN) claiming silver and Denis Ten (KAZ) collecting the bronze while in the womens aerials, Alla Tsuper took gold for Belarus with Mentgtao Xu (CHN) took the silver and Lydia Lassila (AUS) taking bronze.
So after a week of competition the medal table is as follows ...
The men had better luck as they secured a 4-2 win over Switzerland in a tight contest that saw no score until the third end but was enough to put them on three wins and one loss. A highlight of the afternoon was the the figure skating pairs that saw a number of superb routines and others that saw bad falls denting medal hopes but in the end it was a Russian 1-2 with Tatiana Volosozhar/ Maxim Trankov take gold with compatriots Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov securing silver with the bronze collected by Germany's Aliona Savchenko, Robin Szolkowy.
The ladies downhill saw a shared gold medal as Dominique Gisin (SWI) and Tina Maze (SLO) both finished with an identical time of 1:41.57 with a bronze for Lara Gut (SWI) only .10 of a second from making it an historical three way gold.
The luge doubles saw a gold for Tobia Wendl (GER) with Andreas Linger (AUT) taking silver and narrowly ahead of Andris Sics (LAT) who collected the bronze while in the nordic combined, Germany secured another gold in the shape of Eric Frenzel with Akito Watabe (JPN) in second and Magnus Krog (NOR) taking the bronze.
The ladies snowboarding halfpipe saw a close run final with the USA taking first and third as Kaitlyn Farrington secured gold with a score of 91.75, just .25 ahead of Australia's Torah Bright who took silver and American Kelly Clark taking bronze in 90.75.
Netherlands and speed skating seem to go hand-in- hand as yet again they took two medals this time in the mens 1000m as Stefan Groothuis secured gold with Canadian Denny Morrison taking silver but .04 away from sharing the gold with Michel Mulder securing bronze for the Dutch.
Day six saw a gold for France as Martin Foucade swept home in the men's biathlon with Erik Lesser (GER) taking silver and Evgeniy Garanichev (RUS) in the bronze medal position while in the cross country ladies classic, Poland took gold as Justyna Kowalczyk secured first place ahead of Charlotte Kalla (SWE) who took silver and Therese Johaug (NOR) in third with the bronze.
The GB women bounced back in the curling group with a 8-7 win over China with a crucial last stone by skip Eve Muirhead to give them a great position in the group while the men continued their winning run with a 5-3 win over USA.
The free skiing men's slopestyle saw an American clean sweep with Joss Christensen taking gold, Gus Kenworthy taking silver and Nicholas Goepper securing bronze while over in the luge team relay, it was gold for Germany ahead of Russia in second and Latvia third.
Gold for China in the short track ladies' 500m as Jianrou Li sealed the win with Arianna Fontana (ITA) with the silver and Seunghi Park (KOR) taking bronze while the speed skating 1000m saw another haul of medals for the Netherlands but for a change there was no gold for the team in orange as the gold went to Hong Zhang (CHN) but it was silver for Ireen Wust (NED) and Margot Boer (NED).
Day seven saw a gold for Sandro Viletta of Switzerland in the men's super combined with Ivica Kostelic (CRO) taking silver and Christof Innerhofer (ITA) securing silver while in the women's 15km individual, Darya Domracheva (BLR) secured the gold and Selina Gasparin (SWI) took silver with the bronze going to Nadezhda Skardino (BLR) in a Belarus first and third.
The men's 15km classic saw Dario Cologna secure gold for Switzerland with Johan Olsson in silver and Daniel Richardsson taking bronze and both for Sweden.
Eve Muirhead and her team equalled the record of scoring for the second time in three days as she skipped them to a 12-3 win over Japan in a match that only lasted seven ends due to a magnificent five stone haul in what was to be the final end and the signal for Japan to concede while David Murdoch led his team against Denmark this afternoon to a superb 8-6 victory despite being 1-5 down and coming back to 6-6 before holding a 7-6 lead into the final end and secured a one to complete the win.
The women's skeleton saw a frantic afternoon as GB's Lizzy Yarnold topped the standings after three runs with compatriot Shelley Rudman who won silver in Turin 2006 in 11th but a stunning final run from Yarnold saw her take gold and the first of 2014 for GB meaning a second consecutive win in the skeleton after Amy Willams four years ago with American Noelle Pikus-Pace sealing silver ahead of Elena Nikitina of Russia taking bronze with Shelley Rudman down in 16th.
The evening session saw the final of the men's figure skating with Yuzuru Hanyu (JPN) taking the gold with Patrick Chan (CAN) claiming silver and Denis Ten (KAZ) collecting the bronze while in the womens aerials, Alla Tsuper took gold for Belarus with Mentgtao Xu (CHN) took the silver and Lydia Lassila (AUS) taking bronze.
So after a week of competition the medal table is as follows ...
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