The Chinese men's curling team claimed their fourth win in a row in the round-robin at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games on Wednesday, while the women's team took their second victory.
Newly crowned 5,000m champion Sven Kramer chose not to compete in the 1,500m in order to focus on his specialist event, the Dutch team confirmed on Wednesday.
Tina Maze of Slovenia and Dominique Gisin of Switzerland shared the gold medal in the women's downhill at the Sochi Winter Olympic Games on Wednesday, the first time this has happened in Alpine skiing at an Olympic Winter Games.
The Chinese men's curling team maintained their unbeaten start to the competition with a 5-4 win against reigning European champion Switzerland in the morning session of the third day's play at the Ice Cube Curling Centre on Wednesday.