The Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games – Day 12 – Highlights

Hello everyone!!! Following the highlights of yesterday’s events, todays highlights have seen better results, as Team GB‘s men’s curlers qualified after beating Sweden 6-5 with the curling stone for the curling final which happens on Friday.

However, it wasn’t all that good for the women’s curlers event, as Team GB’s women’s curlers lost 6-4 to Canada, but, there is still a chance for the women’s curlers of Great Britain to get a bronze medal in the play-off tomorrow.

Here are todays highlights, rounding off the 12th day of the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi:

• Team GB beat Sweden 6-5 with the final stone to qualify for the Curling final taking place on Friday.
• GB’s women’s curlers lost 6-4 to Canada, but will go on to aim for a bronze tomorrow in the women’s play-off curling event.
• GB’s Walker and Wilson finished 12th in the women’s bobsleigh.
• Finland beat Russia with a score of 3-1 in the men’s Ice Hockey quarter-final.
• Norway’s Ole Einar Bjoerndalen won the record 13th Winter Olympic Medal.
• American Ted Ligety won Gold in the men’s giant slalom skiing.

Below are the updated medal results, rounding off today’s Winter Olympic Games:

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	9	4	7	20
2	Germany	8	3	4	15
3	United States	7	5	11	23
4	Russian Fed.	6	9	7	22
5	Netherlands	6	7	9	22
6	Switzerland	6	3	1	10
7	Canada	5	9	4	18
8	Belarus	5	0	1	6
9	Poland	4	0	0	4
10	France	3	2	6	11
11	China	3	2	1	6
12	Austria	2	6	1	9
13	Sweden	2	5	4	11
14	Czech Republic	2	4	2	8
15	Slovenia	2	1	4	7
16	Korea	2	1	1	4
17	Japan	1	4	2	7
18	Finland	1	3	0	4
19	Great Britain	1	0	1	2
20	Slovakia	1	0	0	1
21	Italy	0	2	5	7
22	Australia	0	2	1	3
23	Latvia	0	1	2	3
24	Croatia	0	1	0	1
=25	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
=25	Ukraine	0	0	1	1

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-Alex Smithson

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