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Sochi Winter Olympics news feed: Day 11

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22:55. Men’s 15 km biathlon race might be further postponed, since weather is not likely to improve.

(C) ITAR-TASS/Valery Sharifulin

22:46 US figure skaters Meryl Davis and Charlie White are leading in competition after short program.

22:27 Canada won over China 9-8 in men's curling.

21:53 Men's Robin Round session 11 has finished in at the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Results:

Norway 5-3 Switzerland

Germany 3-6 Denmark

USA 4-6 Sweden

21:39 Russian bobsleigh pilots Alexander Zubkov and Alexei Voyevoda demonstrated the best result in two-men race heat 1 at the Olympic Games in Russia’s Sochi.

(C) ITAR-TASS/Stanislav Krasilnikov

21:33 Meanwhile, in men's ice hockey, another match in preliminary Group B round has kicked off - Finland vs Canada.

21:25 Ice dance short program is continuing at Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani of USA (C) EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG

21:17 Russia's figure skater Evgeni Plushenko will undego medical examination in Israel.

20:20 Ice dance short program is underway at Sochi Winter Olympics.

Danielle Obrien and Gregory Merriman of Australia (C) EPA/BARBARA WALTON

19:45 Dutch speed skater Jorien Ter Mors wins gold in women's 1500m.

(C) EPA/VINCENT JANNINK

19:37 Men's biathlon 15km mass start postponed until Monday because of foggy weather.

(C) ITAR-TASS/Valery Sharifulin

19:30 Meanwhile, men's culring Robin Round session 11 has kicked off at Sochi Winter Olympics. Four games are underway: Norway vs Switzerland, China vs Canada, US vs Sweden, and Germany vs Denmark.

19:15 Russian ice hockey squad wins over Slovakia in bullit shoot-out.

(C) ITAR-TASS/Artyom Korotaev

18:56 US ice hockey team defeats Slovenia and advances to quarter-finals.

(C) EPA/LARRY W. SMITH

18:40 Men’s biathlon 15 km mass start race is postponed for an hour because of fog.

18:26 Russian President Vladimir Putin has come to Sochi’s Bolshoy Ice Dome to support the Russian ice hockey team in Sunday’s Group A preliminary round game with Slovakia at the Sochi Olympics.

18:06 Russian forward Ilya Kovalchuk is back in the game. Earlier, Kovalchuk received an injury during the match against Slovakia and left the ice.

(C) ITAR-TASS/Artyom Korotaev

17:57 Meanwhile, US hockey team scores two more plucks. US is leading 4-0 against Slovenia.

US ice hockey team (С) EPA/LARRY W. SMITH

17:41 The US men's ice hockey team is leading 2-0 in a match against Slovenia.

17:36 Halfway through the match Russia vs Slovakia, the score is still 0-0.

(C) ITAR-TASS/Artyom Korotaev

17:19 Russian female curlers lost 4-5 to Sweden's squad in Robin Round session 10.

Other results of Robin Round session 10:

Denmark 7-4 South Korea

Japan 11-7 Switzerland

United States 6-7 Canada

Russian women's curling team in action (C) EPA/TATYANA ZENKOVICH

16:45 In ice hockey, men's preliminary matches in Group A have started. Russia plays against Slovakia, the US plays against Slovenia.

15:45 Meanwhile, in curling, women's Robin Round session 10 has kicked off in Sochi. Four games are underway: Russia vs Sweden, Japan vs Switzerland, US vs Canada, Denmark vs South Korea.

Swedish women's curling team (C) EPA/TATYANA ZENKOVICH

15:30 Swedish skiing team wins gold in men's 4x10km relay. Russia got silver, and France earned bronze.

(C) EPA/Kay Nietfeld

14:36 Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Alexander Tretyakov, the Sochi Olympics gold medalist, on his brilliant victory in the men’s skeleton competition.

(C) ITAR-TASS/Stanislav Krasilnikov

 

13:01 Short track skater Viktor Ahn, who was born as Ahn Hyun-soo in South Korea and who won gold in men’s 1,000m short track race Saturday, said he made the right choice several years ago by moving to live in Russia.

12:00 Kjetil Jansrud of Norway has won gold in men's 1,000m Supergiant at the 22nd Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.

(С) ITAR-TASS/EPA/HANS KLAUS TECHT

08:29 With little over a week in the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, the Russian national team has conquered 15 medals.

07:23 Russia is ranked third in team standings at Olympics.

03:39 Seven sets of medals are stake at Sochi Olympics on Sunday.