Sochi Olympics Day 8: Evgeni Plushenko retires after withdrawing from Olympics, US crushes Slovakia in men’s hockey

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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach said a track worker was hit by bobsled in Sochi and suffered a broken leg and ‘maybe a concussion,’ the U.S. has swept the podium in men’s slopestyle skiing, China’s Zhang Hong gets country its first ever gold in speed skating with a win in women’s 1.000-meter event and Russian figure skater Evgeni Plushenko has retired after withdrawing from Olympics.

Sochi Olympics Day 4: Jamie Anderson completes U.S. slopestyle sweep

Feb 9, 2014

Sochi Olympics Day 4: Jamie Anderson completes U.S. slopestyle sweep

Michael Gold 1 Comment Olympics Jamie Anderson, Olympics, slopestyle, Sochi, speedskating

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Jamie Anderson completed a gold-medal sweep for American snowboarders in the slopestyle competition at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Anderson had been one of the event’s favorites heading into Sunday’s event, and she sealed the deal with a 95.25 score.

Meanwhile, at the rink, Russia won the gold medal in the team figure skating event, with the U.S. finishing in third. Also, Ireen Wust of the Netherlands won the gold in the 3,000-meter speedskating event. U.S. speedskater Jilleanne Rookard finished 10th.