query: how many gold medals did usa get in sochi

pos: United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics The United States competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from February 7 to 23, 2014. Team USA consisted of 230 athletes competing in all 15 sports. After winning an Olympic record 37 medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the United States had a somewhat disappointing performance during these games. Although the delegation ranked second in overall medals with 28, it ranked out of the top three in gold medals (with a total of nine) for the first time since Nagano in 1998 when it placed 6th in overall

pos: Concerns and controversies at the 2014 Winter Olympics the release of the McLaren report on Russian doping at the Sochi Olympics, the International Olympic Committee announced the initiation of an investigation of 28 Russian athletes at the Sochi Olympic Games. "La Gazzetta dello Sport" reported the names of 17 athletes, of whom 15 are among the 28 under investigation. Three ladies artistic skaters were named as being under investigation. They are Adelina Sotnikova, the singles gold medalist, as well as pairs skaters Tatiana Volosozhar and Ksenia Stolbova. Volosozhar and Stolbova won gold and silver medals, respectively, in pairs skating. Both also won gold medals in the team event,

pos: 2014 Winter Olympics medal table on Russian doping at the Sochi Olympics, the International Olympic Committee announced the initiation of an investigation of 28 Russian athletes at the Sochi Olympic Games. "La Gazzetta dello Sport" reported the names of 17 athletes, of whom 15 were among the 28 under investigation (the number later rose to 46). Three ladies artistic skaters were named as being under investigation. They are Adelina Sotnikova, the singles gold medalist, as well as pairs skaters Tatiana Volosozhar and Ksenia Stolbova. Volosozhar and Stolbova won gold and silver medals, respectively, in pairs skating. Both also won gold medals in the team event,

pos: Russia at the 2014 Winter Olympics following the release of the McLaren report on Russian doping at the Sochi Olympics, the International Olympic Committee announced the initiation of an investigation of 28 Russian athletes at the Sochi Olympic Games. Italian newspaper "La Gazzetta dello Sport" reported the names of 17 athletes, of whom 15 are among the 28 under investigation. The Russian team potentially could be stripped of up to 12 Olympic medals. Three ladies artistic skaters were named as being under investigation. They are Adelina Sotnikova, the singles gold medalist, as well as pairs skaters Tatiana Volosozhar and Ksenia Stolbova. Volosozhar and Stolbova won gold

neg: Sport in South Korea do so again in 2008, however they did not. (See Sports in North Korea.) South Korea has won more medals in the Winter Olympics than any other Asian country with a total of 45 medals (23 gold, 14 silver, and 8 bronze). South Korea ranked second in the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics medal table with ten gold medals, only losing to the winner by taking fewer silver medals. The 2018 Winter Olympics took place in Pyeongchang between 9 and 25 February 2018. Pyeongchang won on its third consecutive bid. After a series of large cities (Nagano to Sochi), for the

neg: Slovenia at the 2018 Winter Olympics the 2010 Winter Olympics. In Vancouver, Fak won a bronze medal in men's sprint. In Sochi, Slovenia won a record eight medals, including two gold by alpine skier Tina Maze. Since the 2014 Olympics, Maze retired from competitive skiing, as did the biathlete Teja Gregorin. The media expectations were lower than before the Sochi Olympics. Alpine skier Ilka Štuhec, the 2017 downhill World Champion and second in the overall 2016-17 World Cup standings, suffered an injury in autumn 2017 and had to skip the entire 2017-18 season. The strongest potential candidate for medals was Jakov Fak, who had strong World

neg: Nate Holland Nate Holland Nate Holland (born November 8, 1978 in Sandpoint, Idaho) is an American snowboarder. Holland won a gold medal in "Snowboard Cross" at the 2007 Winter X Games XI in Aspen, Colorado. He won another gold medal at the 2008 Winter X Games XII, beating Markus Schairer in the finals. He competed for USA at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, where he finished fourteenth; at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, where he finished fourth; and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, where he was eliminated in the quarterfinals. Nate has won 7 gold medals in the

neg: Paralympic symbols user. London 2012 paralympian Hannah Cockroft was the first person to create the spark where Caz Walton lit the Sochi Torch and Cauldron, Andy Barlow transferred the flame to Sochi and finally Denise Knibbs lit the Paralympic lantern. The Paralympic medals awarded to winners are another symbol associated with the Paralympic Games. The medals are made of gold-plated silver (commonly described as gold medals), silver, or bronze, and awarded to the top 3 finishers in a particular event. For each Paralympic Games, the medals are designed differently, reflecting the host of the games. The Paralympic Anthem, also known as the

neg: Oswald Commission are now being heard by the Oswald Commission. On November 1, 2017 a cross-country skier Alexander Legkov who won a gold medal was disqualified and banned for life by the Commission. His Sochi results were wiped from the record. A second Russian cross-country skier who didn't get to the podium was also disqualified and banned for life. 8 days later four more Russian cross-country skiers who won a combined 3 medals were found guilty of doping. The total was brought to ten when four skeleton racers were disqualified on November 22, 2017, two medals (gold and bronze) were stripped off.

neg: Austria at the Paralympics the country did not get a gold medal. Austria at the Paralympics Austria made its Paralympic Games début at the inaugural Paralympic Games in Rome in 1960, and has participated in every edition of both the Summer and Winter Paralympics. Austria was also the host of the 1984 and 1988 Winter Paralympics, both held in Innsbruck. Austrian athletes have won a total of 637 Paralympic medals, of which 199 gold, 245 silver and 220 bronze, placing it seventh (behind the USA, Great Britain, Canada, France, Australia and Germany) on the all-time Paralympic Games medal table. 314 of Austria's medals were

neg: Russian culture Summer Olympic Games were held in Moscow while the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2014 Winter Paralympics were hosted by Sochi. Soviet Union dominated the sport of gymnastics for many years, with such athletes as Larisa Latynina, who, until 2012, held a record of most Olympic medals won per person and most gold Olympic medals won by a woman. Today, Russia is leading in rhythmic gymnastics with such stars as Alina Kabaeva, Irina Tschaschina and Yevgeniya Kanayeva. Russian synchronized swimming is the best in the world, with almost all gold medals having been swept by Russians at Olympics and World

neg: Basketball in Lithuania to correct". Once Lithuania became the first Union Republic to declare independence on March 11, 1990, the Soviet Union national team did not even qualify for the EuroBasket 1991. During the 43 years where the Soviets had Lithuanian players, they managed to get with both male and female squads 17 Olympic medals (8 gold, 6 silver and 3 bronze), 17 World championship medals (11 gold, 5 silver and one bronze), and 51 EuroBasket medals (36 gold, 4 silver and 11 bronze). The occupation left many painful marks in Lithuania and Lithuanians' memory. Games between Žalgiris and CSKA, as well as

neg: Sven Kramer meters), Hamar (Norway), and the world cup final in Heerenveen. He was not ranked first on the 5000 meters ranking, because he did not skate as many races as Håvard Bøkko, who skated all six world cup races. Sven Kramer Sven Kramer (; born 23 April 1986) is a Dutch long track speed skater who has won an all-time record nine World Allround Championships as well as a record nine European Allround Championships. He is the Olympic champion of the 5000 meters at the Vancouver 2010, Sochi 2014 and Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics, and won a record 19 gold medals at

neg: Doping at the Olympic Games the basis of the McLaren Report: Evgeniy Belov, Alexander Legkov, Alexey Petukhov, Maxim Vylegzhanin, Yulia Ivanova and Evgenia Shapovalova. Legkov won a gold and silver medals, and Vylegzhanin won three silver medals. The IOC disqualified all six from Sochi, imposed lifetime bans and, in the process, stripped Legkov and Vylegzhanin of the medals they had won in four events (three individual medals and one team medal). Nikita Kryukov, Alexander Bessmertnykh and Natalya Matveyeva were also disqualified on December 22, 2017. The International Biathlon Union suspended two Russian biathletes who were in the Sochi games: Olga Vilukhina and Yana Romanova. Vilukhina

neg: Stephanie Wheeler and they encouraged her to apply. She did not make the team after her first tryout, but eventually was accepted to the development team in 2001. From there, she competed in the Paralympic games in Athens (2004) and Beijing (2008), winning gold medals at both. The team's gold medal in 2004 was the first gold medal Team USA had won at the Paralympic games in 22 years. While she was on Team USA, they also won 2 World Championship silver medals and 1 gold medal. Stephanie retired from wheelchair basketball as a player in 2010 but wanted to continue her

neg: Stefan Gimpl Gimpl has won many medals in Big Air in many different places. Stefan Gimpl won first place in Quebec City, on North American soil for the first time in five years. Stefan Gimpl Stefan Gimpl (Leogang, October 31, 1979) is a professional snowboarder from Austria. His specialty is the big air and he is the only rider so far who has won the Air & Style Contest three times in a row. In 2006 Stefan gimpl won his first gold medal in Big Air and he did not get another until 2008 when he won three gold medals in a

neg: Martin Fourcade eighth place, some half a minute behind the surprise gold medalist Arnd Peiffer. While Fourcade didn't medal in the sprint, he had, like in Sochi four years ago, a tolerable starting position in the pursuit. And like in Sochi, it proved to be decisive. Fourcade missed only one shot and produced some great ski speed to once again have a big enough lead to show the iconic fist after the clean last shooting. With the gold, his third Olympic gold overall, Fourcade equalled the most number of gold medals won by a French athlete in Winter Olympics. Moreover, he extended

neg: Brian McKeever at an earlier event at the 2010 games and thus he did not become the first athlete in the world to compete in the Winter Paralympics and Winter Olympics in the same year. At the 2010 Paralympics McKeever won three gold medals for cross-country skiing. McKeever repeated this triple gold medal performance at the 2014 Sochi Winter Paralympics, sweeping the men's visually impaired cross country skiing individual events for the second time. At the 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea McKeever's gold medal in the men's 20-kilometre cross-country ski freestyle event was the 14th of his career, to pass

neg: Australia at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Winter Program members competed in competitions in Europe and the United States in the lead up to the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. In September 2013, Australia hosted the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup at Thredbo, New South Wales. Australia finished the competition with three gold, three silver and one bronze medal to finish third on the medal tally behind the United States (eight gold, six silver, eight bronze medals) and Slovakia (eight gold, two silver, three bronze medals). Australia's Mitchell Gourley and Cameron Rahles-Rahbula won gold medals. Three team members – Toby Kane, Cameron Rahles-Rahbula and Mitchell Gourley

neg: Alexandra Aldridge Aldridge/Eaton won bronze in Latvia and silver in Austria on the Junior Grand Prix circuit. They won the junior title at the 2012 U.S. Championships. They competed at the 2012 World Junior Championships and won the bronze medal ahead of Anna Yanovskaya / Sergei Mozgov. In 2012–13, Aldridge/Eaton won gold medals at their JGP events in Lake Placid, USA and Slovenia. Their results qualified them for the 2012–13 JGP Final in Sochi, Russia, where they won the bronze medal. They won another bronze medal at the 2013 World Junior Championships. Aldridge/Eaton placed sixth in their senior international debut at the

neg: Cameron Rahles-Rahbula Cameron Rahles-Rahbula Cameron Rahles-Rahbula (born 9 July 1983) is a Paralympic alpine skier from Australia. He won two bronze medals at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver. He represented Australia in four Paralympics, stating with the 2002 Winter Paralympics in Salt Lake City and the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Torino. He did not compete in any events at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi due to knee and ankle injuries suffered just prior to the Games but carried the Australian flag in the Parade of Nations at the Opening Ceremony. He also won two gold medals and a silver medal

neg: Martina Sáblíková her fellow Czech competitors Andrea Jirků and Karolína Erbanová won the team pursuit competition at the World Cup Final in Erfurt, setting new Czech national record of 3:05.32. After the leading Dutch team did not finish the race, they also won the whole 2008/2009 World Cup. At the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver in 2010, Sáblíková won three medals, two golds (3000 and 5000 metres) and one bronze (1500 metres). She thus became the first Czech to win two gold medals in the same Winter Olympic Games. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Sáblíková successfully defended her title in

neg: France at the 2014 Winter Olympics France at the 2014 Winter Olympics France competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. French President François Hollande did not attend the 2014 Winter Olympics. He has not said publicly that the decision was a political gesture. The French delegation won a total of 15 medals (including 4 gold), its most ever at a Winter Olympic Games and ranked eighth in overall medals. On 22 January 2014, 14 provisional slots have been filled by the French alpine skiing team. The remainder of the team, including pending selections, was officially announced on 27

neg: Anton Shipulin the Olympic champion in the 7.5 km sprint at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. All results are sourced from the International Biathlon Union. "2 medals (1 gold, 1 bronze)" "7 medals (1 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze)" "6 medals (4 gold, 2 silver)" "11 victories (1 In, 4 Sp, 5 Pu, 1 MS)" Anton Shipulin Anton Vladimirovich Shipulin (, born Tyumen, Russia 21 August 1987) is a Russian biathlete. He lives in Ekaterinburg, Russia. Absolute champion of European Biathlon Championship 2008 (juniors). The bronze medallist of the Winter Olympic

neg: Own the Podium track and short track). At the same time, the USA was the runaway leader in total medals, achieving many of their medals in Alpine skiing. (The United States went on to win 37 total medals, the most of any country at a single Winter Olympics.) However, over the next six days, Canada broke a series of gold medals records at a single Winter Olympics. On February 27, the second to last day of these Games, the eleventh gold medal competition awarded to a member of the Canadian delegation surpassed the former record of ten gold medals awarded to any host

neg: International Olympiad in Informatics the awarding ceremony, contestants are awarded medals depending on their relative total score. The top 50% of the contestants are awarded medals, such that the relative number of gold : silver : bronze : no medal is approximately 1:2:3:6 (thus 1/12 of the contestants get a gold medal). Prior to IOI 2010, students who did not receive medals did not have their scores published, making it impossible for a country to be ranked by adding together scores of its competitors unless each wins a medal. From IOI 2010, although the scores of students who did not receive medals are still

neg: Rico Roman a silver one at the same place. Prior to sled hockey he was quoted saying: They asked me to come out and play sled hockey, and I was like, I don't come from a hockey state. I'm from Oregon. We don't play hockey there. How many Hispanics do you see playing hockey? In 2014 he got another gold medal, this time at Sochi Paralympics. Rico Roman Rico Roman (born February 4, 1981) is an American gold medal ice sledge hockey player and Purple Heart recipient from Portland, Oregon who competed in 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. Roman, who is

neg: 2014 Winter Olympics medal table 2014 Winter Olympics medal table The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event held in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February. A total of 2,873 athletes from 88 nations participated in 98 events in 7 sports across 15 different disciplines. Initially, host nation Russia matched the Soviet Union's 1976 achievement of thirteen gold medals, but 4 gold medals (13 overall) were stripped later due to doping. Norway achieved the leading position in the medal table on 24 November 2017, when Russia was stripped of two gold medals in bobsleigh. However,

neg: Passion for Skiing areas in the eastern United States. Dartmouth and Hanover have been home to numerous members of the National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame. Dartmouth and Hanover connected Winter Olympians won 5 medals in 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi Russia, the equivalent of 18th place on the country list Twelve Dartmouth alumni competed in Sochi. Three won medals (Gillian Apps (Dartmouth Class of 2006) won Gold in Women's Hockey, Andrew Weibrecht (Dartmouth Class of 2009) won Silver in Men's Super G alpine skiing and Hannah Kearney (Dartmouth Class of 2015) won Bronze in freestyle moguls skiing). All three athletes had

neg: Anne Donovan although one of the wins was over South Korea, who would go on to win the gold medal. A three-time Olympian, she earned gold medals in 1984 and 1988. Donovan had qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but did not compete due to the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. In 2007, she did however receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes. Donovan was a member of the USA National team at the 1983 World Championships, held in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The team won six games, but lost two against the Soviet

neg: Doping in Russia "The entire doping scandal is a pure falsification, invented to discredit and humiliate Russia." After the Court of Arbitration for Sport turned down an appeal by Russian athletes, pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva wrote, "Let all those pseudo clean foreign athletes breathe a sigh of relief and win their pseudo gold medals in our absence. They always did fear strength." The Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the ruling a "crime against sport". A poll by the Levada Center found that 14% of Russians believed that the country's athletes had doped in Sochi, 71% did not believe WADA's reports, and 15% decided

neg: Lisa Leslie that won the Gold in Taipei for the first time since 1987. Leslie has made four consecutive Olympic appearances, and has earned four gold medals. She was the second female basketball player ever to earn that many gold medals, after Teresa Edwards. Leslie has also made appearances with the United States national women's basketball team where she won gold medals in 1996 and 2000, and has also earned a world championship. Leslie scored 35 points against Japan in the semifinals of the 1996 Olympics to set an American Olympic women's scoring record. Leslie is one of seven USA Basketball's three-time

neg: Dentarius Locke pool to represent Team USA in Moscow. Ultimately he did not compete and did not share in the United States silver medals. Although Locke did not run with the USA relay team, he was invited and accepted to run at the Diamond League Herculis in Monaco. Against a field with Olympic gold medalist Justin Gatlin, US National champion Michael Rogers, European champion Jimmy Vicaut, and Jamaican Olympic gold medalist Nickel Ashmeade, Locke set a new personal best at 9.96 (-0.4) from lane 8 and finished second to Gatlin (9.94). Dentarius Locke Dentarius Locke (born December 12, 1989) is an American

neg: South Korea at the 2014 Winter Olympics South Korea at the 2014 Winter Olympics South Korea competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. The team consisted of 71 athletes and 49 officials. This marks an increase of 25 athletes from four years prior. Originally 64 athletes were named to the team but reallocations brought the final team size to 71 athletes. South Korea left Sochi with a total of 8 medals (3 gold, 3 silver, and 2 bronze), its lowest total at the Winter Olympics since 2002; female athletes won seven of these medals. With Pyeongchang being the host

neg: Anastasiya Kuzmina medal in the sprint and a silver medal in pursuit and in Sochi she won a gold medal in the 7.5 km sprint, becoming the first woman in biathlon to successfully defend an individual Olympic title. In Pyeongchang she won three medals, gold in the 12.5 km mass start event and silver in the 10 km pursuit and in the 15 km individual race. "2 medals (1 silver, 1 bronze)" Kuzmina has won two medals from World Championships. In Pyeonchang she won a silver medal in the 12.5 km mass start. In Khanty-Mansiysk she won a bronze medal in the

neg: Natalie Geisenberger Natalie Geisenberger Natalie Geisenberger (born 5 February 1988) is a German luger. She became Olympic Champion in the women's singles event and in the team relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang and won a bronze medal in the women's singles event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. With four gold medals and one bronze, she is the most successful and decorated female Olympic luger. Geisenberger has won totally five gold and three silver medals at the FIL European Luge Championships. She also accounts twelve medals at the FIL World

neg: Jamie Anderson (snowboarder) Jamie Anderson (snowboarder) Jamie Louise Anderson (born September 13, 1990) is an American professional snowboarder. She won the gold medal in the inaugural Women's Slopestyle Event at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia and repeated the feat at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, making her the first female snowboarder to win more than one Olympic gold medal. She has won gold medals in slopestyle at the Winter X Games in consecutive years in 2007/8 and 2012/3. She has 11 total medals, including four gold, five silver and two bronze. Anderson was born and raised in South

neg: Margarita Mamun in ribbon. Mamun won the all-around silver behind Aleksandra Soldatova at the 2016 Russian Championships held in Sochi. Then in the event finals, she took the four gold medals. In May 6–8, Mamun competed at the 2016 Brno Grand Prix where she won the all-around gold breaking her Personal Best score with a total of 77.100 points; she also swept the gold medals in all 4 apparatus finals (hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon). She won another gold medal in the all-around at the 2016 Minsk World Cup with a total of 75.700 points, she also won all 4 of the apparatus

neg: Ron O'Brien (coach) every position possible. After retiring from coaching in 1996, O'Brien became the national technical director for USA Diving. He currently lives in Islamorada, Florida with his wife. Ron O'Brien (coach) Ron O'Brien is an American diving coach who has spent the greater part of his life coaching elite divers who have won many gold medals in Olympic and collegiate competitions. In addition O'Brien has published several how to books related to diving and helped shape the sport into what it is today. O’Brien began his athletic career similarly to many great divers, as a gymnast. Once in college at Ohio

neg: Andrea Eskau her legs and therefore a wheelchair user. Andrea Eskau Andrea Eskau (born 21 March 1971) is a German handbiker, Paralympic biathlon and cross country skier who was born in Apolda and was a winner of 3 gold medals in Summer Paralympic games. In 2014, she became a recipient of another gold medal at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. In 2013, she was a cross-country sit skiing winner at the IPC Nordic Skiing World Championship. She became a paraplegic in 1998 when she crashed her bike on the way to school. The accident resulted in many vertebra being broken,

neg: Andrea Eskau Andrea Eskau Andrea Eskau (born 21 March 1971) is a German handbiker, Paralympic biathlon and cross country skier who was born in Apolda and was a winner of 3 gold medals in Summer Paralympic games. In 2014, she became a recipient of another gold medal at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. In 2013, she was a cross-country sit skiing winner at the IPC Nordic Skiing World Championship. She became a paraplegic in 1998 when she crashed her bike on the way to school. The accident resulted in many vertebra being broken, this left her without the use of

neg: Sochi Medals Plaza circuit snakes around other structures in the Sochi Olympic Park. Sochi Medals Plaza Centrally located within the Sochi Olympic Park sports venues, the Sochi Medals Plaza is located near the Fisht Olympic Stadium, the Black Sea coast and was the cauldron for the Olympic Flame. It is surrounded by a large water basin. Every night, the medals of the 2014 Winter Olympics were awarded there. The stage will remain with legacy footsteps on it which will permanently record the names of all the medal winners. During the Olympics the venue temporarily could accommodate 20,000 standing spectators. The plaza now shapes

neg: Chloé Dufour-Lapointe title of her career and one that springboarded her into the Sochi Olympics in 2014. At the 2014 Sochi Olympics, Chloe competed in Moguls along with her sisters Justine and Maxime. This was the fifth time that three siblings have competed together in the same event at the Winter Games. Chloé finished second overall in the event to her sister Justine, with a score of 21.66. The sisters earned Canada's first gold and silver medals of the Sochi Olympics. At the 2015 World Championships she had a disappointing competition. She failed to make it to the moguls finals after making

neg: Ted Ligety by winning three gold medals at the World Championships in Schladming. The first gold he won surprisingly in super-G race which was his first victory in the discipline in an international level. Ligety then won also the super combined event and successfully defended his title in the giant slalom. It was the first time in 45 years that one male skier won three gold medals in one championships. Ligety won three giant slalom races prior to the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. On January 17, Ligety gained his 20th World Cup victory with a win in the super combined event in

neg: Anna Schaffelhuber slalom and giant slalom, a silver in the team event, as well as finishing fourth in both the downhill and super-G. At the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships held in La Molina, Spain, she successfully defended her title in the slalom, winning the gold medal in a time of 2 minutes 26.18 seconds. She won four other medals; silver medals in the giant slalom and super-G; and bronze medals in the super combined and downhill. She competed in her second Paralympics at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. She claimed her first Paralympic gold medal by winning the

neg: Winter Olympic Games The success of Asian countries stood in stark contrast to the under-performing Russian team, with Vancouver marking a high point for medals won by Asian countries. In 1992 the Asian countries had won fifteen medals, three of which were gold. In Vancouver the total number of medals won by athletes from Asia had increased to thirty-one, with eleven of them being gold. The rise of Asian nations in Winter Olympics sports is due in part to the growth of winter sports programmes and the interest in winter sports in nations such as South Korea, Japan and China. Sochi, Russia, was

neg: Slovenia at the 2014 Winter Olympics this being the first time that an Olympic gold medal in alpine skiing was shared. Maze went on to win a second gold in giant slalom. Peter Prevc and Žan Košir each won one silver and one bronze medal in ski jumping and snowboarding, respectively. Vesna Fabjan won bronze in the women's cross-country sprint and Teja Gregorin another bronze in the women's biathlon pursuit, bringing the total number of medals to 8. Eight medals is an all-time Olympic record for Slovenia. In fact, Slovenia won more medals in Sochi than at all previous Winter Olympics combined. On 21 January 2014,

neg: Russia at the 2014 Winter Olympics and silver medals, respectively, in pairs skating. Both also won gold medals in the team event, which also puts the other eight team medalists at risk of losing their golds. Six skiers were suspended from competition on the basis of the McLaren report: Evgeniy Belov, Alexander Legkov, Alexey Petukhov, Maxim Vylegzhanin, Yulia Ivanova, and Yevgeniya Shapovalova. Legkov won a gold medal, and Vylegzhanin won three silver medals. The International Biathlon Union suspended two biathletes who were in the Sochi games: Olga Vilukhina and Yana Romanova, according to "La Gazzetta dello Sport". Vilukhina won silver in sprint, and both women were

neg: 2018 Winter Paralympics Alpine programme in Sochi, snowboarding was expanded into a separate sport with additional competitions. For the second time,the United States topped the medal table with 36 total medals and 13 gold medals. Host nation South Korea placed 16th with 3 total medals and won its first gold and first bronze at in Winter Paralympics. As part of a formal agreement between the International Paralympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee first established in 2001, the winner of the bid for the 2018 Winter Olympics was also to host the 2018 Winter Paralympics. Pyeongchang was elected as host during the 123rd

neg: Russia at the 2010 Winter Olympics Russia at the 2010 Winter Olympics Russia participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In summary, the country's participants earned 15 medals: 3 gold, 5 silver and 7 bronze. The 3 gold medals was the worst ever result for Russia since competing after the breakup of the Soviet Union, while the 15 total medals were the country's second lowest output after the 2002 Winter Games. This was seen as a national humiliation considering that Russia would host the next Winter Games at Sochi. In contrast to the 2002 team where the public blamed Russia's disappointments on

neg: Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Adler Arena, Sochi, Russia, between 8 and 22 February 2014. The following is the competition schedule for all twelve events. With the exception of the Team pursuit events, all rounds of each event were concluded within a single session. Netherlands dominated in speed skating, winning a total of 23 medals including eight out of the twelve gold medals and medals in all events. There were four Dutch podium sweeps where the Netherlands won the gold, silver and bronze medal, making the Netherlands

neg: Babysitting Mama the game without messing up or before the time ends. Silver is awarded after those who fail to finish before time runs out but did most or messed up a bit. Bronze is awarded to those who failed the whole game, barely did anything or messed up too much. At the end is the final results, if you got all gold medals, you may get a 100-point score with another gold medal. If you made some silver/most gold you get a silver medal. If you get bronze with silvers a bit of gold. you end up with bronze bad score.

neg: Charles Nagy BIG EAST Pitcher of the Year, which he won twice (for the 1987 and 1988 seasons). Nagy was a member of the Team USA Baseball that competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea as a demonstration sport. Nagy made 19 appearances for Team USA, going 3-1 with a 1.05 ERA and a team-leading six saves. He appeared in two games in the Olympics, pitching 2.0 innings and earning a save. Team USA defeated defending champion Japan to win the tournament and win individual gold medals, however, since baseball was a demonstration sport, the medals did not count

neg: Sochi Medals Plaza Sochi Medals Plaza Centrally located within the Sochi Olympic Park sports venues, the Sochi Medals Plaza is located near the Fisht Olympic Stadium, the Black Sea coast and was the cauldron for the Olympic Flame. It is surrounded by a large water basin. Every night, the medals of the 2014 Winter Olympics were awarded there. The stage will remain with legacy footsteps on it which will permanently record the names of all the medal winners. During the Olympics the venue temporarily could accommodate 20,000 standing spectators. The plaza now shapes corners 2-5 of the Sochi Autodrom motor-racing circuit. The entire

neg: Mongolia at the 2014 Winter Paralympics the 2006 Winter Paralympics. They have participated at every edition of both the Summer and Winter Paralympics since their respective debuts. Sochi was therefore their third Winter Paralympics appearance. Mongolia has, as of 2018, won three medals in the Summer Paralympics, one gold and two bronze, but none in the Winter Paralympics. The 2014 Winter Paralympics were held from 7–16 March 2014, in Sochi, Russia; 45 countries and 547 athletes took part in the multi-sport event. Batmönkhiin Ganbold was the only athlete sent by Mongolia to Sochi. He was chosen as the Mongolian flag-bearer for the parade of nations during

neg: Ian Chesterman Camplin won bronze, her second Olympic medal. Favourite Dale Begg-Smith won gold in moguls skiing. In 2010 in Vancouver, Australia had its most successful Winter Games, winning two gold (Torah Bright in Snowboard Halfpipe and Lydia Lassila in Aerials Skiing) and one silver (Dale Begg-Smith in moguls). Four years later in Sochi, Russia team numbers reached 60 and Australia again won three medals, with David Morris (aerials skiing) and Torah Bright (Snowboard Halfpipe) finishing with silver while Lydia Lassila took bronze in Aerial Skiing. Australia has won five gold, three silver and three bronze medals under Chesterman's leadership. Chesterman has

neg: Caitlyn Jenner crane to get them down." After the expected Olympic success, Jenner planned to cash in on whatever celebrity status could follow a gold medal in the same mold as Johnny Weissmuller and Sonja Henie, who had become major movie stars following their gold medals. This would require forgoing any future Olympic competition. At the time, Jenner's agent George Wallach felt there was a four-year windowuntil the next Olympicsupon which to capitalize. Wallach reported that Jenner was being considered for the role of "Superman", which ultimately went to Christopher Reeve. "I really don't know how many offers we have," Wallach claimed.

neg: Cameron Rahles-Rahbula Alpine Skiing World Championships in Sestriere, Italy, but did not win any medals. The IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Thredbo, New South Wales in September 2013 was intended to be his last competition due to the desire to spend more time with his family. At this event, he won a gold medal in the slalom and silver in giant slalom. In December 2013, he announced that he would aim to compete at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi. His return to competitive skiing with the support of his wife Emily was subject to his training program allowing for more

neg: Nathalie Weinzierl in both segments and overall. She did not qualify to the free skate at the 2016 World Championships in Boston, placing 35th in the short program. "GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix" Nathalie Weinzierl Nathalie Weinzierl (born 8 April 1994) is a German figure skater. She is a two-time German national champion (2014, 2017) and has won eight senior international medals, including three gold. She has placed as high as 7th at the European Championships and competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Nathalie Weinzierl was born in Saarbrücken, Germany. She trained in alpine racing

neg: 2012–13 ISU Junior Grand Prix and thus did not qualify for the Final. The final qualifying event was held in Chemnitz, Germany. Russians won all four disciplines – Anna Pogorilaya and Lina Fedorova / Maxim Miroshkin won their first JGP titles, while Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin won their sixth and Maxim Kovtun his third. All qualified for the JGP Final in Sochi. Russia swept all four gold medals at the JGP Final and the entire pairs' podium. The United States' Joshua Farris won the men's short program ahead of Russia's Maxim Kovtun and the 2011 JGP Final champion Jason Brown. Kovtun won the free

neg: France at the 1924 Summer Olympics It was the nation's fifth appearance in the sport. France won three gold medals and three silver medals, all in the six men's events. 11 of the country's 13 entries reached the finals; the sabre team Perrodon in the individual sabre were the only entries which did not get past the semifinals. In contrast, none of the four French women advanced to the final. Ducret had the best results of any fencer in 1924, winning five medals. He took medals in all three of the individual competitions, including gold in the foil and silver in the other two events. Ducret

neg: Middlesex Centre of fuel for both machines and riders. Ilderton is the hometown of ice dancer Scott Moir, who captured Gold with partner Tessa Virtue at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, British Columbia. The pair also earned two silver medals at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia and two gold medals at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in PyeongChang, South Korea. They are the most decorated Figure Skaters in Olympic history. Ilderton is also the hometown of Minnesota Wild forward #10 Matt Read. Ilderton is also hometown to Mike Thompkins Acappella artist. Komoka village is a crossing point

neg: Aleksandra Frantseva was hosted in Copper Mountain, Colorado. Aleksandra Frantseva won gold medals in slalom and super combined and also won silver one for super-G defeating Jade Etherington on Friday, March 14. Later on she won a bronze medal for downhill skiing at the same place. Aleksandra Frantseva Aleksandra Vyachelsavovna Frantseva (; born April 24, 1987) is a Russian Paralympic alpine skier who won two gold, two silver and a bronze medals at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. Aleksandra Frantseva was born in Kamchatka Krai. On 17 March 2014 she was awarded Russian Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", IV

neg: Ole Einar Bjørndalen the second time that Norway had won a title in this event, with the other being at the 2002 Winter Olympics (also anchored by Bjørndalen). With this victory he became the second most decorated Winter Olympian of all time and one of only two athletes to win 11 medals at the Winter Olympics. With his gold medal in 10 km sprint at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, he tied fellow Norwegian Bjørn Dæhlie for most Winter Olympic medals, with 12 in total, before overtaking Dæhlie by winning his second gold of the Games as part of the Norwegian mixed relay

neg: 2018 Winter Olympics Germany and Norway were tied for the most gold medals won; both won fourteen golds. Host nation South Korea won seventeen medals, their highest medal haul at a Winter Olympics, five of which were gold. Pyeongchang bid to host both the 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics, but lost in the final rounds of voting to Vancouver and Sochi respectively. Munich also launched a bid to host these Games. Prior to Beijing's successful 2022 Winter Olympics bid, Munich would have become the first city to host both the Winter and the Summer Games, having previously hosted the 1972 Summer Olympics, but

neg: Kendall Coyne Schofield and a silver medal in 2012. Coyne has represented the U.S. at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games, where she won a silver medal, and at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, where she won a gold medal. She competed in the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, winning the silver medal with the US Team, losing to Canada in the gold medal game. Coyne was the leading scorer for team USA, with 6 points on 2 goals and 4 assists. Coyne is married to NFL player Michael Schofield of the Los Angeles Chargers. They both attended the same high school in

neg: Chicken Run (video game) player has to get the hens in Hut 2 to lay eggs to pay Nick and Fetcher though this can also be played in the first two acts but without the player getting to keep the eggs. Success is generally measured by how many chickens the player can save, or how fast the player can finish the task and the player can be awarded with bronze, silver or gold medals by Fowler for good performance. In keeping with the film's story, the game takes place on Yorkshire chicken farm and follows a group of lovable chickens as they try to

neg: Miroslav Zajonc be faking it to gain a competitive advantage using the pointed cast. He retired from competition in 1988. Zajonc joined the USA luge team's coaching staff in 1990. He served as head coach of the junior national team from 1991-2011. His athletes won 15 World Championship titles and many overall World Cup victories. He also coached the US Olympic luge teams in 1992, 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014, winning five Olympic medals. In September 2012, Zayonc was named U.S. senior national head coach heading for Sochi. At the Olympics, Erin Hamlin won a bronze medal, the first-ever US

neg: 2014 Winter Olympics medal table which also puts the other eight team medalists at risk of losing their golds. In November 2017 the proceeding against Sotnikova was dropped. Six cross-country skiers were suspended from competition on the basis of the McLaren Report: Evgeniy Belov, Alexander Legkov, Alexey Petukhov, Maxim Vylegzhanin, Yulia Ivanova and Evgenia Shapovalova. Legkov won a gold and silver medals, and Vylegzhanin won three silver medals. The IOC disqualified all six from Sochi, imposed lifetime bans and, in the process, stripped Legkov and Vylegzhanin of the medals they had won in four events (three individual medals and one team medal). On 1 February

neg: Iwan Thomas been aided by performance- enhancing substances between 1997 and 2001, including the 1997 World Championships. As the International Amateur Athletics Federation did not, as of 2008, change results retrospectively more than eight years after the event, the GB team was not awarded the gold medal retrospectively, although Pettigrew has returned his medals won in that period. On 7 January 2010 it was announced that Great Britain's 1997 World Championship 4 × 400 m relay team were to be awarded the gold medal they were denied by the disqualified USA team. New medals were minted for the ceremony, as not all

neg: 2016 Summer Paralympics medal table medals than their men. Ukrainian men won twice as many gold and bronze medals then their women did but the gender bias over their silver medals is more balanced. Similar bias over gold and bronze medals is seen among German paralympians, however German women won three times more silver medals then their men. Competitions: men • women • mixed 2016 Summer Paralympics medal table The medal table of the 2016 Summer Paralympics ranks the participating National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the competition. The 2016 Paralympics was the fifteenth Games to

neg: Canada at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Canada at the 2014 Winter Paralympics Canada competed at the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, from March 7 to 16, 2014. Canada sent a team of 54 athletes to compete in all five sports, and finished with 7 gold medals and 16 overall (ranking 3rd and 4th respectively). This met the performance goal set by the Canadian Paralympic Committee on a top three finish in total gold medals. Men Women Para-snowboarding made its debut at the Winter Paralympics and it was placed under the Alpine skiing program during the 2014 Games. Canada's para-snowboarding team was announced on January 26,

neg: Belarus at the 2014 Winter Olympics Belarus at the 2014 Winter Olympics Belarus competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. Belarus' team consisted of 26 athletes, competing in five sports. With five gold medals won this was Belarus' most successful Winter Olympics. The five gold medals was also the most won by the country at any Olympics since independence. According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Belarus had two athletes in qualification position. Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Belarus qualified 5 men and 5 women. According to

neg: 2014 Winter Olympics medal table 2018 Games. 3 Russian athletes are still waiting for their hearing which will be conducted after the 2018 Games. General Specific 2014 Winter Olympics medal table The 2014 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXII Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event held in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February. A total of 2,873 athletes from 88 nations participated in 98 events in 7 sports across 15 different disciplines. Initially, host nation Russia matched the Soviet Union's 1976 achievement of thirteen gold medals, but 4 gold medals (13 overall) were stripped later due to doping. Norway achieved the

neg: Great Britain at the Paralympics Committee was only founded in 1989, after Kenny's retirement. Media in Britain consistently refer to the most decorated Paralympic athletes from that year, Tanni Grey-Thompson, Dave Roberts and Sarah Storey as Britain's "greatest Paralympians", occasionally with the phrase "of the modern era", attached. The International Paralympic Committee, however, recognise all of Kenny's eighteen medals as Paralympic medals. Britain's first Paralympic gold was earned at the 1960 Rome Games by Margaret Maughan. Britain's first Winter Paralympic gold was earned at the Sochi 2014 Games by Kelly Gallagher and guide Charlotte Evans in the Women's Super-G Visually impaired. Jade Etherington and guide

neg: 1984 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships attempt to get to the Olympics, 16 years after the end of his 4 successive gold medal streak in the discus. His hopes ended here when he was injured stepping into a crater left by a hammer during the preliminary round. Local rivals John Powell and Mac Wilkins instead threw their season bests at this meet before going on to the silver (Wilkins) and bronze (Powell) medals at the Olympics in Los Angeles. 1984 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 1984 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 8–9 at Jaguar Stadium on the campus of

neg: Australia at the 2012 Summer Paralympics equal first on total medals won at a single Paralympic Games with fellow Australian swimmer Matthew Cowdrey and USA swimmer Jessica Long, with eight medals in total. - Events where Freney won a gold medal: An arm amputee swimmer, winning eight medals – five gold, two silver and one bronze medal. During the Games, he became Australia's greatest Paralympian in terms of gold and total medals. He finished the Games with 13 gold medals. - Awards: Paralympic Achievement Award -Events where Cowdrey won a gold medal: - Events where Cowdrey won a silver medal: - Events where Cowdrey won a

neg: Quebec World Championships in 1967, track cycling in 1974, and the Transat Québec-Saint-Malo race created for the first time in 1984. Québec athletes have performed well at the Winter Olympics over recent years. They won 12 of Canada's 29 medals at the most recent Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang (2018); they won 12 of the 27 Canadian medals in Sochi (2014); and 9 of the 26 Canadian medals in Vancouver (2010). In 1939, the government of Quebec unilaterally ratified its coat of arms to reflect Quebec's political history: French rule (gold lily on blue background), British rule (lion on red background) and

neg: Fischer (company) were awarded to Fischer athletes: A total of 108 medals, which were won mainly in the Nordic disciplines. This surpassed the result at the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver 2010 (74 medals . The Norwegian athlete Marit Bjørgen, who is equipped by Fischer, has become the best Olympic cross country skier of all time. In Sochi she won three gold medals. US-American Joss Christensen is the first Olympic champion in the Alpine discipline of Freeski Slopestyle. At the Alpine, Nordic and Biathlon World Championships 2017 in St. Moritz (SUI), Lahti (FIN) and Hochfilzen (AUT) the Fischer Race Family took 45

neg: Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay The women's 4 × 5 kilometre relay cross-country skiing competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place on 15 February at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex. Sweden won the event. This became the first gold medal in the women's relay for Sweden since the 1960 Winter Olympics. Finland won the silver medals, and Germany finished third. Gold medals won in this event featured a fragment from the Chelyabinsk meteor, to commemorate the first anniversary of the meteor strike. The race was started at 14:00. In November

neg: 1954 Asian Games sport with events held during the Games, and at the right, how many gold medals were won in that sport. There is a key at the top of the calendar to aid the reader. Japan led the medal table, athletes from Japan won most medals, including most gold, silver and bronze. Host nation, Philippines finished second with 45 total medals (including 14 gold). The top ten ranked NOCs at these Games are listed below. The host nation, Philippines, is highlighted. 1954 Asian Games The 1954 Asian Games (), officially known as the Second Asian Games – Manila 1954 was a

neg: Lidia Semenova Lidia Semenova Lidia K Semenova (born November 22, 1951) is a Ukrainian chess Woman Grandmaster. In 1978, she won Women's Soviet Chess Championship. In 1981, she tied for 1st-4th in Leningrad (zonal). In 1982, she took 2nd in Bad Kissingen (interzonal; Nona Gaprindashvili won). In 1983, she beat Margareta Muresan 5,5 : 4,5 in Bad Kissingen (quarterfinal match), and beat Nana Ioseliani 5,5 : 4,5 in Sochi (semifinal match). In 1984, Semenova lost in her bid for the Women's World Championship to Irina Levitina 5 : 7 in Sochi (final match). Semenova won three gold medals at the Chess Olympiad

neg: Sport in Russia Lalenkov, Svetlana Zhurova, Dmitry Lobkov, Dmitry Dorofeyev, Sergey Klevchenya, Olga Fatkulina, Ivan Skobrev, Olga Graf, Aleksey Yesin. Among the new generation of Russian talents in Speed Skating taking the World Championships and World Cup titles include Natalya Voronina, Denis Yuskov, Pavel Kulizhnikov, Elizaveta Kazelina, and Ruslan Murashov. Although short track is not as popular as long track in terms of results and history of winning tradition in Russia. It saw a major boost in popularity after the 2014 Sochi Olympics with Korean born Viktor Ahn who competed for Russia winning three gold medals in Sochi. Other successful athletes at the

neg: Jesse Cockney 35th overall. Jesse Cockney Jesse Cockney (born July 26, 1989 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories) is a Canadian Olympic Cross country skier of Inuvialuit heritage whose father, Angus Cockney, also was a Canadian national team member and national champion. The 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia is where Cockney made his Olympic debut. Cockney competed in two events at Sochi, the sprint, and the 50 km mass start, which are the shortest and longest events at the Games. Prior to the Olympics, Cockney had a successful Junior career, winning three gold medals at the 2011 Canada Winter Games (15 km

neg: Jesse Cockney Jesse Cockney Jesse Cockney (born July 26, 1989 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories) is a Canadian Olympic Cross country skier of Inuvialuit heritage whose father, Angus Cockney, also was a Canadian national team member and national champion. The 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia is where Cockney made his Olympic debut. Cockney competed in two events at Sochi, the sprint, and the 50 km mass start, which are the shortest and longest events at the Games. Prior to the Olympics, Cockney had a successful Junior career, winning three gold medals at the 2011 Canada Winter Games (15 km classic, free

neg: 200 metres at the Olympics Campbell-Brown repeated that feat in 2008. Usain Bolt was the first person to win two Olympic 200 m gold medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and at the 2016 Summer Olympics he defended his title to win his third Olympic 200 m gold medal. Merlene Ottey is the most decorated athlete, having won four medals in the event (though none of them gold). Allyson Felix has won three medals, as has Poland's Irena Szewińska. Reflecting how sprint athletes often compete over various distances, many of the medalists in the Olympic 200 metres have had success in the Olympic 100 metres

neg: Sweden at the 2014 Winter Olympics participated in five Olympic tournaments. 55 athletes were Olympic debutants. Sweden won 15 medals in total, making the Sochi games Sweden's most successful Winter Games ever in terms of medals. However, the number of gold medals (2) was lower than in the two previous Winter Games. On 8 February, the first competition day, cross-country skier Charlotte Kalla won the first Swedish medal at the Games. She won the silver medal in the women's 15 km skiathlon event, finishing behind Norway's Marit Bjørgen. Snowboarder Sven Thorgren finished in fourth place in the men's slopestyle, just 1.25 points behind the bronze medalist.

neg: Russia at the Olympics the Unified Team in 1992, and finally returned once again as "Russia" at the 1994 Winter Olympics. The Russian Olympic Committee was created in 1991 and recognized in 1993. The Soviet Union hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and the Russian Federation hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. In six appearances Russian athletes have won a total of 428 medals at the Summer Olympic Games and another 120 at the Winter Olympic Games. Over the most recent twelve Games (since 1994), Russia's 548 total medals, including 196 gold medals, are second only to the United States. All Summer

neg: Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics nations participated (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses). Chinese Taipei made its debut in the sport. Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics Speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held at the Adler Arena, Sochi, Russia, between 8 and 22 February 2014. The following is the competition schedule for all twelve events. With the exception of the Team pursuit events, all rounds of each event were concluded within a single session. Netherlands dominated in speed skating, winning a total of 23 medals including eight out of the twelve gold medals and medals in all events. There

neg: Philip Hindes set new world records in both the first round and again in the final against France, while Hoy joined Steve Redgrave as the only British athletes to win five Olympic gold medals. Following the gold medal win, Hindes said that he had deliberately crashed after a slow start to help his team. After winning the race, Hindes told the BBC "We were saying if we have a bad start we need to crash to get a restart. I just crashed, I did it on purpose to get a restart, just to have the fastest ride. I did it. So it

neg: Simone Biles she won gold with a score of 15.966. Teammate Aly Raisman won silver with a score of 15.500 and Amy Tinkler of Great Britain won bronze scoring 14.933. She contributed to an historic feat for the gymnastics team, with USA claiming a medal on every event for the first time since 1984. With four Olympic gold medals, Biles set an American record for most gold medals in women's gymnastics at a single Games, and equaled a number of other records with her medals won in Rio. Biles' win of four gold medals was the first instance of a quadruple gold

neg: Jamie Anderson (snowboarder) World Tour. Jamie won an Olympic gold medal, the first ever offered in slopestyle, at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Jamie won her second Olympic gold medal at the Olympic games in PyeongChang, South Korea. She also won a silver in the big air event. This was the second time slopestyle had been offered in the Olympics, making it so Jamie has won both gold medals in the slopestyle in Olympic history, and making her the first female snowboarder to win more than one Olympic gold medal. In 2015, Anderson competed on the seventh season of "The Celebrity

neg: Australia at the Winter Olympics in the skeleton. In 2014 at the Sochi, Russia Olympic Winter Games Australia won three Olympic medals and a total of 15 top 10 performances were recorded, a significant increase from the nine achieved in Vancouver in 2010. In addition Australia recorded 27 top 16 performances compared to 15 in Vancouver four years earlier. This was a Team of history makers. Torah Bright became Australia's most successful female Winter Olympian by adding a silver medal to her gold from Vancouver in 2010. In Sochi, Bright was the only athlete to attempt three Snowboard events at the one Olympics: Slopestyle, Halfpipe

neg: Tina Maze with difficulties, having fulfilled her goals with two Olympic gold medals. She won a third place in the downhill standings and finished 4th overall. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Maze finished fourth in the super combined at Rosa Khutor. The second event was the downhill, where Maze tied for first place with Dominique Gisin of Switzerland. This was the first gold medal for Slovenia at any Winter Olympics and the first time that a gold medal was shared at an Olympic alpine skiing event. Maze finished fifth in super-G, won another gold in the giant slalom, and

neg: 2013–14 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup the combined title. Maze of Slovenia, the 2013 overall champion, was less successful this year compared to her record-breaking 2013 season. She won one race and four more podiums and finished fourth in the final standings. However, she stated that her main goal in the season were the Sochi Olympics, where she won two gold medals, in downhill and in giant slalom. Tina Weirather of Liechtenstein was another strong performer, holding a second place before the Olympics, but suffered an injury in downhill training in Sochi and had to skip the rest of the season, finishing fifth overall. Returning from

neg: Australia at the Winter Olympics Games in Vancouver Australia had its most successful Winter Olympics taking home two gold and one silver medal. Begg-Smith won a silver in the moguls, while Torah Bright and Lydia Lassila won the women's half-pipe snowboarding and aerial freestyle skiing respectively. At the 2014 Games, Australia sent its largest ever Winter Olympic Team, 60 athletes, to Sochi, competing in 10 sports. The Sochi Team included 31 female athletes making it the first Australian Olympic Team, Summer or Winter, with more female athletes than male. Australia again won three medals with David Morris (aerial skiing) and Torah Bright (snowboard halfpipe) winning

neg: Valerie Brisco-Hooks Angeles (USA) 09.08.1984 200m indoor 22.83 New York (USA) 22.02.1985 300m 35.47 Seoul (KOR) 26.09.1988 400m 48.83 Los Angeles (USA) 06.08.1984 400m indoor 52.31 Fairfax (USA) 14.02.1988 4 × 400 m 3:15.51 Seoul (KOR) 01.10.1988 Brisco races Cliff (Bill Cosby) at the Penn Relays in "The Cosby Show" episode Off to the Races, first aired Thursday May 8, 1986, on NBC. Valerie Brisco-Hooks, who won three gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics, gained over 40 pounds during her pregnancy and did not resume training until well after her child was born in 1982. Husband: Alvin Hooks (NFL football player,

neg: 2013 World Mountain Running Championships women's race was 4.6 km in length with a climb of 550 m. Each of the races had an individual and team race element Ten nations reached the medal table, Italy being the most successful country with three gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze. Uganda followed with two gold medals, one silver medal and one bronze medal. Great Britain won one gold medal, two silver medals and one bronze medal. The USA took one gold medal and one silver medal, the Czech Republic one gold medal. Turkey won one silver and two bronze, Slovenia one silver and Austria,

neg: Tom Courtney as Vince Lombardi. Courtney's victory was the last in a series of four straight 800 meter gold medals by the USA and the seventh overall to that point in time. He could be considered the end of the dynasty. Since then, the USA has only had one other male winner, Dave Wottle in 1972 and have only won four bronze medals. Tom Courtney Thomas "Tom" William Courtney (born August 17, 1933) is a retired American athlete, winner of two gold medals at the 1956 Summer Olympics. Born in Newark, New Jersey, Tom Courtney came into national prominence while a student

neg: Katie Ledecky (15:38.97). Ledecky was a USA Olympic team member in 2012 and 2016, and holds the record for most individual gold medals (10) and overall gold medals (14) at the World Aquatics Championships. Her combined 14 individual titles at the Olympics (four) and World Aquatics Championships (10) are also a record for female swimmers. Ledecky has also received the following awards: Katie Ledecky Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky (; ; born March 17, 1997) is an American competitive swimmer. She has won five Olympic gold medals and 14 world championship gold medals, the most in history for a female swimmer. She is the