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At Sochi 2014, Ole Einar Bjørndalen became not just the most decorated Winter Olympian but also the oldest individual champion.

Ole Einar BJØRNDALEN

Sochi 2014 | Olympic Winter games

Originals

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Ole Einar Bjørndalen Proves That Old Is Truly Gold | Impossible Moments

At Sochi 2014, Team Sweden was far behind in third in cross country skiing’s 4x5km relay when Kalla mounted a comeback for the ages.

Charlotte KALLA

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Charlotte Kalla’s Incredible Comeback | Impossible Moments

A look at the Netherlands' incredible dominance over the competion throughout the years, during the Winter Olympic speed skating events.

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Dutch Speed Skating Team Laps The Competition

The ultimate winter sports test, mixing daring ski jumping with cross country's endurance, and an unlikely champion emerges.

Joergen GRAABAK

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Men’s Nordic Combined, Sochi 2014

90 seconds of athletes and fans celebrating at the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi 2014.

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Best celebrations of Sochi 2014

There's an underlying need for speed at the Olympic Winter Games.
Every event on snow and ice requires varying levels of velocity, from a precise shot to knock opposing stones away in curling to generating enough power to execute a triple Axel in figure skating.
But while there are a

Bobsleigh - Women's Bobsleigh

A history of the fastest performances at the Olympic Winter Games

What does it mean to be an Olympian?
For some – the smallest minority – it means a chance to fight for medals on the greatest sporting stage of all. However, for many athletes just making it to the Games is a phenomenal achievement, the culmination of a gruelling quest

Beijing 2022 | Olympic Winter Games

PYEONGCHANG-GUN, SOUTH KOREA - FEBRUARY 19:  Elizabeth Marian Swaney of Hungary competes during the Freestyle Skiing Ladies' Ski Halfpipe Qualification on day 10 of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games at Phoenix Snow Park on February 19, 2018 in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea.  (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Elizabeth Swaney

Elizabeth Swaney's journey from figure of fun to unlikely halfpipe hero 

Ice hockey is one of the signature sports in the Winter Olympic programme, and regardless of the Games, always seems to produce incredible moments of drama and action.
In fact, there have been so many great ice hockey moments at the Olympics that compiling a list of 10 was quite

Crosby Ovie

10 of the most memorable moments in Olympic ice hockey history

Jayna Hefford was there at the beginning and 16 years later she was still there at the top when she bowed out, having helped transform the face and feel of her sport\. It is this, not the record medal haul she picked up along the way, that she is most

Ice Hockey's Golden Girl Jayna Hefford is still a trailblazer

With the 2019\-2020 World Cup season well underway, Mikaela Shiffrin, just 24, is continuing to push the boundaries in her sport\. The world no\. 1, who is on course to claim a fourth consecutive crystal globe, now holds the record &ndash; men and women combined &ndash; for victories in the

On 21 February 2014, Mikaela Shiffrin opened her Olympic account aged 18!

For Ole Einar Bj&oslash;rndalen, born in Drammen in southern Norway on 25 January 1974, Sochi was his sixth Olympic Games, and he&rsquo;d just turned 40\. He already had eleven Olympic medals to his name, six of them gold, having completed a grand slam in Salt Lake City in 2002 \(four

Closing fireworks for Ole Einar Bjørndalen at Sochi 2014

One week into the Winter Games, 19\-year\-old Yuzuru Hanyu took to the ice in Sochi&rsquo;s Iceberg Skating Palace to deliver his short programme routine\. Two minutes and 50 seconds later, he had announced himself to the world with a truly astonishing performance\. To the sounds of Gary Moore&rsquo;s Parisienne Walkways,

Yuzuru HANYU

The day Yuzuru Hanyu announced himself to the world

While men&rsquo;s ski jumping had been staged since the first Winter Games in Chamonix in 1924, the women&rsquo;s event started with a long battle\. Some female pioneers had already taken to ski jumping at the end of the 19th century, but it wasn&rsquo;t until the 2004\-5 season that a first

Carina Vogt makes ski jumping history 

The luge competition at the Sanki Sliding Centre on 8 and 9 February 2014 saw 39 athletes complete four runs of the track, but only three men were ever in contention for a podium finish, clocking the three fastest times on each run\. The dominant Felix Loch from Germany, the

On 9 February 2014 in Sochi, Armin Zöggeler brought things full circle: six Games, six medals in luge!

Maze is the subject of the Olympic Channel&rsquo;s third episode in the new season of Legends Live On, which will also feature athlete Hicham El Guerrouj, who won the 1,500/5,000m double at the Olympic Games in 2004; six\-time fencing champion Valentina Vezzali; Uschi Disl, winner of nine biathlon medals over

Versatile Maze blazes a trail to become queen of the slopes

2010 was my first Olympic Winter Games and I have to admit that it was a really tough decision for my curling team\-mates and I whether or not we should go to the Opening Ceremony\. We knew that there would be quite a lot of waiting around and that it

Eve MUIRHEAD

Eve Muirhead: “It makes you realise that this is it, you’re at the big one - the Olympic Games.”

Competition was fierce for the freestyle skiing slots on the USA team for the Olympic Winter Games Sochi 2014, with a clutch of talented performers vying to meet the selection criteria of two podiums in five qualifying events\. Among them was 22\-year\-old Christensen, a Park City native, who was bidding

Wild card Christensen strikes surprise freestyle gold in Sochi 

From Kaliningrad to Anadyr, from Murmansk to Vladivostok, and from Moscow to Sochi, the 2014 Olympic Winter Games Torch Relay was the longest in history\. Stretching for an incredible 65,000 km, the relay route was devised so that 90 per cent of the 145 million people living in Russia would

Sochi 2014: Record-setting relay ignites Olympic spirit in Russia

Speaking to Around the Rings, Steven Holcomb, three\-time Olympian and double bronze medallist in Sochi, spoke about his return to the Caucasus, “Rosa Khutor \[the mountain village close to the sliding centre\] was hopping\. There were a lot of people\. I had read some clippings that this place was desolate,

Bobsled athletes enjoy the vibe at FIBT World Cup Finale in Sochi

From YOG to Sochi and beyond!

The Sochi wall is composed of two symmetrical white pyramids, which are six metres wide and 16 metres high each, symbolising the snow\-capped mountains\. The pyramids are connected by a three\-metre wide stylised globe of the earth\. The pyramids are covered with 887 plates in gold, silver, and bronze, with

Sochi 2014 Wall of Champions unveiled to mark first anniversary

As IOC President Thomas Bach said in his speech at the Closing Ceremony, after 17 days of exceptional Olympic action: “There is no higher compliment than to say on behalf of all participants and on behalf of all of my fellow Olympic athletes: these were the Athletes’ Games\.”

SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 23:  Fireworks explode over Olympic Park during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony on February 23, 2014 in Sochi, Russia.  (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

Success of Sochi 2014 lives on

9 February 2014: Flying Dutchwoman W&uuml;st reclaims 3,000m title

Women’s speed skating: Wüst spearheads record-breaking gold rush for Dutch at the Adler Arena

Men’s ice hockey: Canadians on cloud nine as they see off Sweden to retain crown

10&nbsp;February 2014: Super Höfl\-Riesch finds winning combination to claim third career gold

Women’s Alpine skiing: Maze, Gisin and Shiffrin make Olympic history 

12 February 2014: Frenzel achieves new career pinnacle with individual gold on the normal hill

Eric FRENZEL

Nordic combined: Frenzel achieves career high, as Graabak springs a major surprise

10 February 2014: Bilodeau reigns supreme to retain men’s moguls crown

Jean Frederic CHAPUIS

Men’s freestyle skiing: Style kings reign supreme at Rosa Khutor

8 February 2014: Bjørndalen equals Winter Olympic medal record

Men’s biathlon: Bjørndalen makes history as hosts enjoy grand finale

Les 3SDL \(Les 3 Soeurs Dufour\-Lapointe – “the three Dufour\-Lapointe sisters”\), as the Canadian trio are known back home, have been keeping the world abreast of their adventures on the IOC’s Olympic Athletes’ Hub, posting regular updates on their joint Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts\.

Canada’s 3SDL making the most of the Olympic Athletes’ Hub

8 February 2014: New Olympic 5,000m record as defending champion Kramer tops all\-Dutch podium

Men’s speed skating: Dutch turn the Adler Arena orange

13\-14 February 2014: Yarnold maintains British gold standard

Skeleton: Speed merchants Yarnold and Tretiakov claim gold 

8 February 2014: Double moguls joy for Dufour\-Lapointe sister act

Women’s freestyle skiing: Free spirits and style queens strut their stuff 

A significant proportion of these young prodigies went on to shine brightly in Sochi\. One such example is Greta Small, one of the great hopes of Australian Alpine skiing, who at just 18 competed in all five events at Rosa Khutor, finishing 15th in the super combined\.

Youth Olympic Games inspire Sochi successes

The first week of competition at the Ice Cube provided curling fans with a veritable feast, as between them the men and women played three sessions a day in a round\-robin format that saw all 10 teams in each tournament play against each other for the right to progress to

Curling: Canadians curl their way into the history books 

Meryl Davis and Charlie White’s online Olympic narrative began on New Year’s Eve 2013, when they posted a picture of themselves with their mothers, as part of the “Thank you Mom” series produced by IOC Partner Procter &amp; Gamble\.

Social-icing: Davis and White share their Sochi adventure on the Athletes’ Hub

6 February 2014: Plushenko, Volosozhar and Trankov shine for Russia

Figure skating: Russians lead gold rush as teenagers rule the Iceberg 

8 February 2014: Different name, same result as Bj&oslash;rgen wins gold in women&rsquo;s skiathlon

Women’s cross country: Golden Marit Bjørgen bags three more titles and a place in Olympic history

10 February 2014: Hamelin wins 1,500m to complete golden hat\-trick

Short track: Records come crashing as An & Co shine at the Iceberg

9 February 2014: Mayer seals surprise downhill gold

Men’s Alpine skiing: Mayer opener and Matt finish ensure an Austrian Alpine double

The International Olympic Committee \(IOC\) tracked social media activity on the Olympic Athletes’ Hub, the IOC’s social media platform that combines feeds from more than 6,000 Olympians across Instagram, Facebook and Twitter\. The metrics included mentions, likes, shares, photos and interactions across these platforms and VKontakte \(VK\), the most popular

Sochi 2014 social media metrics: Hot numbers. Cool conversations. All yours.

Sochi 2014: Mum’s the word!

Thanks to the Olympic Athletes’ Hub, the social media feeds of the competitors at Sochi 2014 were available in one single platform, providing a 3\-D insight into their world during Games\-time\.
We decided to take a peek at gold medal winner Lizzie Yarnold’s Olympic Hub feed and share with you

Team GB’s golden girl Lizzie Yarnold shares her Olympic experience on the Athletes’ Hub

Sochi 2014: Faster, higher, younger, older…

9 February 2014: Pole vault ends Ammann’s golden run

Simon AMMANN

Ski Jumping: Stoch does the double, as Vogt leaps into history

9 February 2014: Anderson seals American slopestyle double

Women's snowboard: Girl power rules at Rosa Khutor 

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Men's snowboard: Thrills, skills and style on the slopes of Rosa Khutor

In fact, the 40\-year\-old&rsquo;s tally of 13 medals \(eight golds, four silvers and a bronze\) has only been bettered by three Summer Olympians: US swimmer Michal Phelps \(22\) and Soviet gymnasts Larissa Latynina \(18\) and Nikolai Andrianov \(15\)\.

In a league of his own: A tribute to Ole Einar Bjørndalen

To set the mood, a giant rowing boat, representing the Olympic journey, hovered above the stadium in the night sky, as thousands of silver\-clad dancers whirled around the stadium\.

Sochi 2014 bids farewell

Sidney Crosby &ndash; who had scored a dramatic overtime winner in the final against USA at Vancouver 2010 &ndash; was on the scoresheet once again, chipping in with Canada&rsquo;s second goal\. Jonathan Toews and Chris Kunitz scored the other goals, while goaltender Carey Price posted his third shutout of the

SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 23:  Sidney Crosby #87 of Canada celebrates after scoring his team's second goal in the second period during the Men's Ice Hockey Gold Medal match against Sweden on Day 16 of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics at Bolshoy Ice Dome on February 23, 2014 in Sochi, Russia.  (Photo by Martin Rose/Getty Images)

Stylish Canada defeat Sweden 3-0 to retain men’s ice hockey crown

The ceremony, which begins at 20:14 local time, will be directed by Daniele Finzi Pasca, who has enjoyed worldwide success with productions such as ‘Corteo’ for Cirque du Soleil and ‘Requiem by Verdi’ for the Mariinsky Theatre\.

Sochi 2014 promises “fresh look” at Russian culture in Closing Ceremony

Sochi 2014 - Stories Mosaic

A medallist in the 2014 Olympic team event, Gold says her book, ‘outofshapeworthlessloser’, explores four sides of Gracie and dives deep into her “dark days” of depression. She spoke to Olympics.com exclusively.

Gracie GOLD

Gracie Gold

Gracie Gold on her ‘cathartic’ memoir: "Not like anything I’ve done before"

The two-time world champion and Olympic bronze medallist analyses how this figure skating season will evolve now that the big three of Hanyu Yuzuru, Nathan Chen, and himself, are not competing this season. He looks at the World Championship chances of Uno Shoma, and believes "Ilia Malinin will complicate things." Spaniard Fernandez also thinks that Malinin could be a good candidate to land a quintuple: "As an athlete, he is awesome. I definitely think it's possible." Check out our exclusive interview with Javi and find out how he's still connected to the ice four years after his retirement.

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Javier Fernandez: "Quintuple jumps will be possible"

Takahashi Daisuke is in his third season as an ice dancer.
And the 36-year-old will be the first to tell you he didn’t expect it to make it this far.
“When I first turned to ice dance, I never thought I’d be going into a third season”, Takahashi said following

Daisuke TAKAHASHI

Oct 23, 2022; Norwood, Massachusetts, USA; Kana Muramoto and Daisuke Takahashi (JPN) perform during the ice dance free dance program at Tenley E. Albright Performance Center. Mandatory Credit: Eric Canha-USA TODAY Sports

Takahashi 

Takahashi Daisuke: Plot to thicken for ice dancer in season 3 

“Prologue” is ready for its unveiling.
The curtains will go up on Hanyu Yuzuru's first professional ice show on Friday (4 November) but as it typically is with the two-time Olympic champion, he has everyone guessing.
“For my first time, I will be performing a one-man ice show,” Hanyu said

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 20: Yuzuru Hanyu of Team Japan reacts during the Figure Skating Gala Exhibition on day sixteen of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 20, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images)

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Hanyu Yuzuru's first professional ice show - Prologue - to open this weekend

Hanyu Yuzuru announced the first ice show of his professional figure skating career on Friday (30 September) when he also launched his official Instagram and Twitter accounts.
The show in November and December will be completely self-produced by Hanyu, who is the only scheduled performer.
The two-time Olympic champion has

BEIJING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 20: Yuzuru Hanyu of Team Japan skates during the Figure Skating Gala Exhibition on day sixteen of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Capital Indoor Stadium on February 20, 2022 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

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Gracie Gold on her ‘cathartic’ memoir: "Not like anything I’ve done before"

Javier Fernandez: "Quintuple jumps will be possible"

Takahashi Daisuke: Plot to thicken for ice dancer in season 3

Hanyu Yuzuru's first professional ice show - Prologue - to open this weekend

Hanyu Yuzuru announces 1st professional ice show - makes debut on Instagram and Twitter