Alexander Zubkov and Alexey Voevoda have won Russia's first ever Olympic gold in bobsleigh.

Olympic champion Evgeny Plyushchenko backpedalled on his earlier statement that was forced to skate with an injury.

Russia’s men’s curling team beat Germans in a game that was no longer relevant.

Russians had to swallow heart drops again after the Olympic ice hockey team struggled against Slovakia.

The men's cross-country skiing relay race ended with the victory of the Swedish team. The Russian team took silver and the French team won bronze, on Saturday, February 16.

Two short track finals took place in the Iceberg Skating Palace on Saturday, February 15, the women's 1,500 meter and men's 1,000 meter, with the last one to become very sucessful for Russian athelets.

Home crowd favourite Alexander Tretyakov scored a victory in men's skeleton, winning gold ahead of Martins Dukurs from Latvia and American Matthew Antoine.

Russia's ice hockey team lost the chance to top Group A. Two goals by Pavel Datsyuk were not enough to beat USA who were more lucky in the shootout.

Russia's Elena Nikitina has won bronze in skeleton, a victory that marks the first ever medal in the history of the Russian female team.

Russia scrape through USA in curling with 7-6 on the scoreboard.