Sochi Olympic Games: February 18, 2014 (PHOTOS)

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Finland's Antti-Jussi Kemppainen competes in the Men's Freestyle Skiing Halfpipe qualifications at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 18, 2014.
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New Zealand's Shane Dobbin reacts after the Men's Speed Skating 10,000-meter race at the Adler Arena.
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Russia's Yulia Lipnitskaya skates during a figure skating training session.
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Dominique Gisin of Switzerland makes a run during the Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom.
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Tomas Portyk of the Czech Republic makes a trial jump as he competes in the Nordic Combined Men's Individual Large Hill.
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A spectator faces dark clouds next to empty seats at a tribune before the trial round of the large hill ski jumping portion.
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Pilot Elana Myers and Lauryn Williams of the U.S. speed down the track during the women's bobsleigh event.
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Olympic volunteers check the halfpipe before the start of the Men's Freestyle Skiing Halfpipe qualifications at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park.
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Annina Rajahuhta #11 of Finland shoots against Anna Prugova #1 and Yekaterina Lebedeva #25 of Russia in the first period during the Women's Classifications Game.
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Winner France's Pierre Vaultier reacts in front of third-placed Alex Deibold of the U.S. during the men's snowboard cross finals.
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Hanno Douschan of Austria (white bib), Luca Matteotti of Italy (blue bib), Pierre Vaultier of France (green bib), Paul-Henri De Le Rue of France (yellow bib), Omar Visintin of Italy (red bib) and Cameron Bolton of Australia (black bib) compete in the Men's Snowboard Cross Semifinals.
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Austria's Kathrin Zettel crashes into a gate during the Women's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 1 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center.
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Britain's Elise Christie reacts during the women's 1,000 metres short track speed skating heats event in the Iceberg Skating Palace.
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Canada's Matt Margetts competes in the Men's Freestyle Skiing Halfpipe qualifications at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park.
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Norway's Lotte Smiseth Sejersted competes in the Women's Alpine Skiing Giant Slalom Run 2 at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center.
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Russia's goalkeeper Anna Prugova lies on the ice after Finlands scored its second goal during the Women's Ice Hockey Classifications match between Finland and Russia at the Shayba Arena.
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Gold medalist Darya Domracheva of Belarus celebrates on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Women's 12.5 kilometer Mass Start.
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