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Winter Olympics: day 13

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Britain's curlers were in action last night in a play-off match against Sweden ...
Photograph: Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images
Winter Olympics: Winter Olympics
Euan Byers watches beside Pete Smith as their team make a torrid start to the match with a series of unforced errors
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Ewan MacDonald brought his team back in contention, levelling the tie at 5-5 before the Swedes edged victory 7-6, knocking Britain out
Photograph: Toshifumi Kitamura/AFP/Getty Images
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Ireland's Aoife Hoey and Claire Bergin compete in the women's two-man bobsleigh heats. They were placed 17th out of 21 crews, 6.56 seconds off the pace
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Winter Olympics: Bobsleigh - Day 13
Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse of Canada were the team to beat, topping three of the four runs to win gold
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Winter Olympics: Brown of Canada cries
And there was double delight for the Canadians as their second crew claimed the silver medal ... pictured, Shelley-Ann Brown cries after realising her achievement. She and Helen Upperton took second place thanks to a stunning fourth run
Photograph: Tony Gentile/Reuters
Winter Olympics: Bobsleigh - Day 13
Germany's Cathleen Martini might also have shed a tear or two after crashing out of the competition ... her team-mate, Romy Logsch, fell from the back of the bobsleigh during the ill-fated run
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Winter Olympics: Ice Hockey Quarter Final - Day 13 - Russia v Canada
Canada and Russia faced one another in the ice hockey quarter-finals, with the Russians favourites to progress ... pictured above, Roberto Luongo of Canada concedes a goal
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Winter Olympics: Ice Hockey Quarter Final - Day 13 - Russia v Canada
But the Canadians battled back and eventually won 7-3 to book a semi-final with Slovakia
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Meanwhile, USA beat Switzerland 2-0 to secure a final-four tie with Finland
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Winter Olympics: Short Track Speed Skating - Day 13
In the speed skating, American Jordan Malone looks dejected after falling during the short track 500m heat
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Winter Olympics: Short Track Speed Skating - Day 13
In the women's 1,000m heat, Zhou Yang of China leads Aika Klein of Germany, Erika Huszar of Hungary and Paula Bzura of Poland
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Winter Olympics: Speed Skating - Day 13
Katrin Mattscherodt of Germany competes in the ladies' 5,000m event but is disqualified. Her compatriot Stephanie Beckert took silver behind Martina Sablikova of the Czech Republic
Photograph: Streeter Lecka/Getty Images
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Australia's Lydia Lassila twists through the sky above Cypress Mountain as the freestyle aerial skiing gets underway. The Australian eventually won gold ahead of China's Li Nina
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... while Belarus's Assoli Slivets narrowly missed out on a medal, finishing fourth despite this acrobatic effort
Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images
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