The main events of each day at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Day 2, February 9, the busiest day with eight finals.
Winter Olympics, Day 2
![Skip Thomas Ulsrud of Norway practices ahead of the curling tournament at the Ice Cube Curling Center in Sochi.](https://gdb.rferl.org/040bd086-49e1-4097-aa9a-6dbf38b347e4_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Skip Thomas Ulsrud of Norway practices ahead of the curling tournament at the Ice Cube Curling Center in Sochi.
![Winner Jamie Anderson of the United States jumps during the women's snowboard slopestyle finals event in Rosa Khutor.](https://gdb.rferl.org/0082a4ed-76a5-4243-8d2f-430e4951954a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Winner Jamie Anderson of the United States jumps during the women's snowboard slopestyle finals event in Rosa Khutor.
![Sweden's goalie Valentina Wallner (bottom) celebrates with teammates Linnea Backman and Anna Borgqvist (top) next to Japan's Chiho Osawa (left), after winning their women's preliminary-round hockey game.](https://gdb.rferl.org/96a4dab2-8fc3-4f59-a416-2f7a5bc92b58_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sweden's goalie Valentina Wallner (bottom) celebrates with teammates Linnea Backman and Anna Borgqvist (top) next to Japan's Chiho Osawa (left), after winning their women's preliminary-round hockey game.
![Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal competes during the men's alpine skiing downhill at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center.](https://gdb.rferl.org/7b00bc73-d4cd-46c9-8c1b-046b627046ac_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal competes during the men's alpine skiing downhill at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center.
![Austria's Matthias Mayer, who won the gold medal, almost skis into a television cameraman during the men's alpine skiing downhill race.](https://gdb.rferl.org/f67b17d2-a819-463e-bdaa-f6ba0a774e2b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Austria's Matthias Mayer, who won the gold medal, almost skis into a television cameraman during the men's alpine skiing downhill race.
![The runners pack during the men's 15km + 15km skiathlon competition in the Laura Cross Country Center](https://gdb.rferl.org/39598a83-7943-461c-8cec-a486b33ac06f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The runners pack during the men's 15km + 15km skiathlon competition in the Laura Cross Country Center
![Dario Cologna of Switzerland in action during the men's 15km + 15km skiathlon competition in the Laura Cross Country Center. Cologna won the gold medal.](https://gdb.rferl.org/617d3b23-328d-4593-bb7c-5f297327cfe0_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Dario Cologna of Switzerland in action during the men's 15km + 15km skiathlon competition in the Laura Cross Country Center. Cologna won the gold medal.
![A volunteer transports Switzerland's women ice-hockey team goalkeeper Florence Schelling to a practice session.](https://gdb.rferl.org/1e046d4e-dd9f-412c-8229-0c794e36130a_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A volunteer transports Switzerland's women ice-hockey team goalkeeper Florence Schelling to a practice session.
![Spectators sit in the stands ahead of the women's ice hockey game between Russia and Germany.](https://gdb.rferl.org/9df697bd-c9a9-40de-833c-29e25a1ccc21_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Spectators sit in the stands ahead of the women's ice hockey game between Russia and Germany.
![Irene Wust of the Netherlands skates during the women's 3,000-meters speed-skating race at the Adler Arena.](https://gdb.rferl.org/a834789f-5905-4328-947d-2377558397c3_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Irene Wust of the Netherlands skates during the women's 3,000-meters speed-skating race at the Adler Arena.
![Silver medallist Martina Sablikova (right) of the Czech Republic celebrates with her coach Petr Novak after the women's 3000-meter speed-skating event in Adler Arena.](https://gdb.rferl.org/dd4c3c19-f378-42b1-84e5-57a2810e1fa6_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Silver medallist Martina Sablikova (right) of the Czech Republic celebrates with her coach Petr Novak after the women's 3000-meter speed-skating event in Adler Arena.
![A woman dressed in traditional clothing jumps rope near the Laura cross-country and biathlon center in Rosa Khutor.](https://gdb.rferl.org/2e793c64-79a2-48aa-8e38-b651c1f07a27_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A woman dressed in traditional clothing jumps rope near the Laura cross-country and biathlon center in Rosa Khutor.
![Olga Vilukhina of Russia competes in the women's biathlon 7.5-kilometer sprint competition at the Laura Cross Biathlon Center. Vilukhina won gold.](https://gdb.rferl.org/219807e2-3804-4d28-ad7e-1f7fe0ce9205_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Olga Vilukhina of Russia competes in the women's biathlon 7.5-kilometer sprint competition at the Laura Cross Biathlon Center. Vilukhina won gold.
![Ukraine's Vita Semerenko competes in the women's biathlon 7.5-kilometer sprint at the Laura Cross-Country Ski and Biathlon Center. Semerenko won bronze.](https://gdb.rferl.org/600353fc-ee1e-4be7-8ce1-a354b6450eef_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Ukraine's Vita Semerenko competes in the women's biathlon 7.5-kilometer sprint at the Laura Cross-Country Ski and Biathlon Center. Semerenko won bronze.