The re-emergence of Russia Whether or not there was home cooking, Team Russia dominated figure skating, winning the team event and gold in two of the four disciplines.
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Sochi 2014: Alexander Legkov wins 50km cross-country gold
Alexander Legkov led home a Russian clean sweep in the men’s 50km cross-country race to ensure the host nation finished top of the Sochi medal table. Legkov, 30, won gold by only 0.7 seconds – the second narrowest margin ever…
Sochi 2014: Marit Bjoergen wins sixth Olympic gold
Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjoergen won the women’s 30km mass start to become the most decorated female Winter Olympian.
Sochi 2014: Sotnikova is first Russian woman to take skating title
Adelina Sotnikova became the first Russian to win gold in the Olympic women’s figure skating with a superb performance in the free programme.
Sochi 2014: Tina Maze wins giant slalom for second gold medal
Slovenia’s Tina Maze won her second Sochi Olympic title with victory in the women’s giant slalom.
Sochi 2014: Russia lead two-man bobsleigh with Jamaica last
Leading Russian pair Alexander Zubkov and Alexey Voevoda lead the Winter Olympics two-man bobsleigh standings at halfway, with Jamaica in last place.
Sochi 2014: IOC drug testers ‘will find cheats’ sooner or later
The International Olympic Committee say it is outsmarting potential drug cheats at the Sochi Winter Olympics.
Sweden pip Finland to women’s cross country relay gold
The Swedish women’s team have won gold in the cross country relay for the first time since 1960.
Sochi 2014: Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov win pairs gold
World champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov won Winter Olympic gold in the pairs figure skating event.
Zhang Hong wins women’s speed skating 1,000m
Zhang Hong stormed to victory in the women’s 1,000m speed skating, winning China’s first Winter Olympic gold in the event.
Sochi 2014: James Woods misses out on slopestyle medal for Britain
James Woods missed out on Great Britain’s second freestyle medal of the Sochi Winter Olympics as he finished fifth in the ski slopestyle event.
Sochi 2014: Carina Vogt wins women’s ski jumping gold
Germany’s Carina Vogt made history by becoming the first ever women’s Olympic ski jump champion.
Chemmy Alcott 19th, Dominique Gisin & Tina Maze win
Dominique Gisin and Tina Maze made history in the women’s downhill skiing by becoming the first athletes ever to share Winter Olympics gold.
Michel Mulder wins 500m speed skating gold
Michel Mulder won gold as the Netherlands’ domination of the speed skating events at Sochi 2014 continued with a clean sweep in the men’s 500m.
Sochi 2014: Hoefl-Riesch retains super combined title at Olympics
German Maria Hoefl-Riesch retained her Olympic super combined title in Sochi after an impressive slalom display.
Sochi 2014: Ole Einar Bjoerndalen wins biathlon 10km sprint
Norway’s Ole Einar Bjoerndalen equalled the record for most medals won at the Winter Olympics as the 22nd Games got under way in Sochi, Russia.
Justine Dufour-Lapointe wins women’s moguls
Canadian sisters Justine Dufour-Lapointe and Chloe Dufour-Lapointe won gold and silver in the women’s moguls at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.
Sochi 2014: Sage Kotsenburg wins slopestyle gold
United States snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg won the first-ever Olympic slopestyle gold medal with victory in Sochi.
Sochi 2014: Winter Olympics opens with glittering ceremony
Coverage: Live on BBC TV, Red Button, BBC Sport website, Connected TVs, mobiles, BBC Sport app and Radio 5 live The 22nd Winter Olympics opened with a spectacular ceremony in the Russian resort city of Sochi.
World watches Winter Olympics that are ‘Putin’s Games’
It is not lazy shorthand to call Sochi 2014 “Putin’s Games”. The Russian president has been the driving force ever since the International Olympic Committee was persuaded that his vision for the Black Sea city could be made real.
Sochi 2014: Wada fears over ‘undetectable’ drug for sale
Claims that a new muscle-growth drug, undetectable to testers, has been offered for sale are “shocking”, says the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada).
Sochi 2014: Snowboarders want changes to slopestyle course
Olympic organisers said they will act after being asked to make changes to the slopestyle course in Sochi.
Russia: Anger over Olympic city’s roaming cattle
Cows wandering the streets in the Russian Olympic city of Sochi have prompted an angry outburst from a local blogger.
South Africa’s Sochi Olympic snub condemned
Supporters of South Africa’s only would-be Winter Olympic skier have condemned the decision not to send Sive Speelman to the Sochi Games.
Violinist Vanessa Mae set to compete at Winter Olympics
Violinist Vanessa Mae is set to ski for Thailand at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, which start next month.
Jessica Ennis-Hill: Pregnant star to miss 2014 C’wealth Games
Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill will miss the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow because she is pregnant. The 27-year-old Briton is expecting her first baby with husband Andy, but still plans to defend her Olympic gold medal at the 2016 Rio…
How cold is too cold for a jog?
For most people, below-freezing temperatures generally put a stop to outdoor exercise, but Siberian native Boris Fyodorov is not most people.
Volgograd blasts: IOC ‘confident’ Games will be safe
The International Olympic Committee president says he has confidence that Russian authorities will deliver a “safe and secure” Games in Sochi.
Michael Schumacher injured in skiing accident in France
Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher has suffered a head injury while skiing in Meribel, France.
Floyd Mayweather Jr: Obvious choice for Fighter of the Year
Floyd Mayweather is so good, so far ahead of the competition, that we have difficulty believing it. We say that he’s fought no one, that he’s passed up the great competition, that if he had fought this guy or that…