The sixth day of the games saw a smaller schedule compared to the previous days with only three different sports - Alpine Skiing, Ice Sledge Hockey and Wheelchair Curling.
The Curling saw an early start for UK viewers as the GB team looked to secure a place in the last four with a win over the USA but made hard work of it after being 6-2 down after six end but a stunning five stones in the seventh turned it around to 7-7 with the USA levelling at 7-7 to force a final end but a brilliant performance saw the GB team come out on top with a one for a 8-7 win.
Their final game in the round robin stage saw them lose 6-3 to China who in turn took third place meaning GB qualify in fourth after slipping to 4-1 down after fur ends before conceding after seven ends despite pulling back to 6-3.
The Sledge Hockey semi finals saw Russia book a place in the final with a 4-0 win over Norway while USA set up a face off against the host nation in the final with a 3-0 win over Canada.
On the slopes, the Slalom events were the main focus of the day and in the Men's Visually Impaired, Valerii Redkozubov and his guide Evgeny Geroev took gold for the host nation with Yon Santacana Maiztegui and his guide Miguel Galindo (SPA) secured the silver with Canadian duo Chris Williamson and his guide Martin Motyka cliamed the bronze.
The Standing discipline saw Russia take gold and bronze with Alexey Bugaev securing the win with compatriot Alexander Alyabyev taking third place with Vincent Gauthier-Manuel of France collecting the silver. The Sitting discipline saw gold for Takeshu Suzuki (JPN) take gold with Austria's Phillipp Bonadimann and Roman Rabl collecting silver and bronze while GB's Ben Sneesby finished in 11th.
Day Seven began with the Snowboard Cross events and in the Men's Para it was a clean sweep for the USA as Evan Strong took the gold, Micheal Shea the silver and Keith Gabel the bronze while in the Women's Para, Bibian Mentel-Spee (NED) claimed the gold with Cecile Hernandez Epcervellon (FRA) took the silver and Amy Purdy (USA) collected the bronze.
An historic day for GB in the Women's Super Combined -Visually Impaired as Jade Etherington and her guide Caroline Powell secured silver and their fourth medal of the games making them the most decorated GB Winter Olympians with Russian pair Aleksandra Frantceva and her guide Pavel Zabotin took the gold with the American duo of Danelle Umstead and her guide Robert Umstead claimed the bronze.
The Standing discipline saw Marie Bochet (FRA) take the gold with Andrea Rothfuss (GER) securing the silver and Stephanie Jallen (USA) collecting the bronze while in the Sitting, there were only two medals with a German 1-2 with a fourth gold of the games for Anna Schaffelhuber with compatriot Anna-Lena Forster taking the silver but with only two finishers there was no bronze medal which was gutting for GB's Anna Turney as had she finished she would have collected the medal.
The Men' Super Combined -Visually Impaired saw gold for Valerii Redkozubov and his guide Evgeny Geroev (RUS) with Mark Bathum and his guide Cade Yamamoto (USA) securing the silver with Gabriel Gorce Yepes and his guide Josep Ferrer Ventura (SPA) claiming the bronze.
The Standing discipline saw a second gold of the games for Russia's Alexey Bugaev with Matthias Lanzinger (AUT) taking the silver and Toby Kane (AUS) collecting the bronze while in the Sitting, Josh Dueck (CAN) took the gold with Heath Calhoun (USA) claimed the silver and Roman Rabl (AUT) collected the bronze.
The Biathlon eventing resumed with the Women's 12.5km and Men's 15km events so I will begin with the Women's Sitting which saw Svetlana Konovalova (RUS) take the gold with Anja Wicker (GER) secure the silver and Olena Iurkovska (UKR) collecting the bronze.
The Standing discipline saw Oleksandra Kononova (UKR) claim the gold with Russian's Alena Kaufman and Natalia Bratiuk collecting silver and bronze while in the Visually Impaired, Russia toom gold and silver with Iuliia Budaleeva and her guide Tatiana Maltseva claiming the win with Mikhalina Lysova and her guide Alexey Ivanov securing second ahead of Oksana Shyshkova and her guide Lada Nesterenko (UKR) collecting the bronze.
The Men's Sitting saw a clean sweep for Russia with Roman Petushkov taking the gold, Grigory Murygin securing the silver and Aleksandr Davidovich collecting the bronze while in the Standing discipline, Grygorii Vovchynskyi (UKR) took the gold with Nils-Erik Ulset (NOR) sealing the silver medal as Kirill Mikhaylov (RUS) collected the bronze.
The Visually Impaired race saw Nikolay Polukhin and his guide Andrey Tokarev (RUS) take the gold with Ukraine claiming both silver and bronze as Anatolii Kovalevskyi and his guide Oleksandr Mukshyn claimed second place and Vitaliy Lukyanenko and his guide Borys Babar finished in third but the bronze was shared as Russian pair Stanislav Chokhlaev and his guide Maksim Pirogov matched the Ukranian's time.
The Curling saw an early start for UK viewers as the GB team looked to secure a place in the last four with a win over the USA but made hard work of it after being 6-2 down after six end but a stunning five stones in the seventh turned it around to 7-7 with the USA levelling at 7-7 to force a final end but a brilliant performance saw the GB team come out on top with a one for a 8-7 win.
Their final game in the round robin stage saw them lose 6-3 to China who in turn took third place meaning GB qualify in fourth after slipping to 4-1 down after fur ends before conceding after seven ends despite pulling back to 6-3.
The Sledge Hockey semi finals saw Russia book a place in the final with a 4-0 win over Norway while USA set up a face off against the host nation in the final with a 3-0 win over Canada.
On the slopes, the Slalom events were the main focus of the day and in the Men's Visually Impaired, Valerii Redkozubov and his guide Evgeny Geroev took gold for the host nation with Yon Santacana Maiztegui and his guide Miguel Galindo (SPA) secured the silver with Canadian duo Chris Williamson and his guide Martin Motyka cliamed the bronze.
The Standing discipline saw Russia take gold and bronze with Alexey Bugaev securing the win with compatriot Alexander Alyabyev taking third place with Vincent Gauthier-Manuel of France collecting the silver. The Sitting discipline saw gold for Takeshu Suzuki (JPN) take gold with Austria's Phillipp Bonadimann and Roman Rabl collecting silver and bronze while GB's Ben Sneesby finished in 11th.
Day Seven began with the Snowboard Cross events and in the Men's Para it was a clean sweep for the USA as Evan Strong took the gold, Micheal Shea the silver and Keith Gabel the bronze while in the Women's Para, Bibian Mentel-Spee (NED) claimed the gold with Cecile Hernandez Epcervellon (FRA) took the silver and Amy Purdy (USA) collected the bronze.
An historic day for GB in the Women's Super Combined -Visually Impaired as Jade Etherington and her guide Caroline Powell secured silver and their fourth medal of the games making them the most decorated GB Winter Olympians with Russian pair Aleksandra Frantceva and her guide Pavel Zabotin took the gold with the American duo of Danelle Umstead and her guide Robert Umstead claimed the bronze.
The Standing discipline saw Marie Bochet (FRA) take the gold with Andrea Rothfuss (GER) securing the silver and Stephanie Jallen (USA) collecting the bronze while in the Sitting, there were only two medals with a German 1-2 with a fourth gold of the games for Anna Schaffelhuber with compatriot Anna-Lena Forster taking the silver but with only two finishers there was no bronze medal which was gutting for GB's Anna Turney as had she finished she would have collected the medal.
The Men' Super Combined -Visually Impaired saw gold for Valerii Redkozubov and his guide Evgeny Geroev (RUS) with Mark Bathum and his guide Cade Yamamoto (USA) securing the silver with Gabriel Gorce Yepes and his guide Josep Ferrer Ventura (SPA) claiming the bronze.
The Standing discipline saw a second gold of the games for Russia's Alexey Bugaev with Matthias Lanzinger (AUT) taking the silver and Toby Kane (AUS) collecting the bronze while in the Sitting, Josh Dueck (CAN) took the gold with Heath Calhoun (USA) claimed the silver and Roman Rabl (AUT) collected the bronze.
The Biathlon eventing resumed with the Women's 12.5km and Men's 15km events so I will begin with the Women's Sitting which saw Svetlana Konovalova (RUS) take the gold with Anja Wicker (GER) secure the silver and Olena Iurkovska (UKR) collecting the bronze.
The Standing discipline saw Oleksandra Kononova (UKR) claim the gold with Russian's Alena Kaufman and Natalia Bratiuk collecting silver and bronze while in the Visually Impaired, Russia toom gold and silver with Iuliia Budaleeva and her guide Tatiana Maltseva claiming the win with Mikhalina Lysova and her guide Alexey Ivanov securing second ahead of Oksana Shyshkova and her guide Lada Nesterenko (UKR) collecting the bronze.
The Men's Sitting saw a clean sweep for Russia with Roman Petushkov taking the gold, Grigory Murygin securing the silver and Aleksandr Davidovich collecting the bronze while in the Standing discipline, Grygorii Vovchynskyi (UKR) took the gold with Nils-Erik Ulset (NOR) sealing the silver medal as Kirill Mikhaylov (RUS) collected the bronze.
The Visually Impaired race saw Nikolay Polukhin and his guide Andrey Tokarev (RUS) take the gold with Ukraine claiming both silver and bronze as Anatolii Kovalevskyi and his guide Oleksandr Mukshyn claimed second place and Vitaliy Lukyanenko and his guide Borys Babar finished in third but the bronze was shared as Russian pair Stanislav Chokhlaev and his guide Maksim Pirogov matched the Ukranian's time.
| Rank | Country |
Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
| Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Russia | 25 | 21 | 18 | 64 |
| 2 |  Germany | 7 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 3 |  Ukraine | 5 | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 4 |  France | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 |  Canada | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 |  Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 |  Austria | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 |  Slovakia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 |  United States | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 |
| 10 |  Great Britain | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 |  Norway | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 |  Spain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 |  Sweden | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 |  Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 |  Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 |  Belarus | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 |  Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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