Australian snowboarder Torah Bright has won Australia's first medal at the Sochi Olympics 2014, taking silver in the women's halfpipe final on Thursday, local media reported.
Li Jianrou claimed China's first gold medal in the Sochi Winter Olympic Games on Thursday as she won the women's 500m short track speed skating final which saw the other three skaters crash at the beginning.
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Li Yan, head coach of the Chinese short track speedskating team, said it's not just lucky on Thursday when Li Jianrou avoided crash to win the women's 500m gold medal at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
Chinese figure skating veterans Pang Qing and Tong Jian narrowly missed a medal at their fourth Winter Olympics on Wednesday, but they were satisfied to end their career on the Olympic ice, and looking forward to a new life as a happy couple.
Russia won their second figure skating gold medal at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games as the world champion Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov dominated the rink with ease here on Wednesday.
Kaitlyn Farrington of the United States won gold in her first Olympics, taking the women's halfpipe at Sochi Olympics with 91.75 points on Wednesday night.