Winter Olympics: Day eight

Amy Williams of Great Britain shows the gold medal she won in the women's skeleton competition. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbac/guardian.co.uk

Shingo Doi, of Japan, skates during the men's 1500 metre long track speed skating Photograph: Darryl Dyck/AP

Action from the preliminary women's ice hockey match between Switzerland and China Photograph: Alex Livesey/Getty Images

A supporter of US bronze medalist Apolo Anton Ohno during the Men's Short Track Speedskating 1000m Photograph: David Hecker/AFP/Getty Images

Alla Tsuper of Belarus competes in the women's aerials freestyle skiing. The Bulgarian finished ahead of Turin silver medallist Li Nina of China second and her team-mate Guo Xinxin
Photograph: Mark Blinch/Reuters

Christopher Spring, the pilot for AUS-1, has flags on his legs at the finish area during the men's two-man bobsled competition Photograph: Ricardo Mazalan/AP

Simon Ammann of Switzerland, nicknamed Harry Potter, became the first ski jumper to win golds in both normal and large hill jumping at the same Games
Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images

Italian skaters warm up before competing in the 2010 Winter Olympics men's 1000m short-track quarterfinals Photograph: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty Images

Allison Baver of the United States and Aika Klein of Germany fall during the Short Track Speed Skating Ladies' 1500 m Photograph: Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

Ivan Skobrev of Russia during the Men's 1500m Speed Skating event Photograph: Valdrin Xhemaj/EPA

Supporters of Britain's Women's skeleton gold medal winner Amy Williams Photograph: Gero Breloer/AP

Great Britain's GBR-1, piloted by John Jackson. Photograph: Michael Sohn/guardian.co.uk

John Jackson, pilot for GBR-1, is seen with scrapes on his back after he and teammate Dan Money crashed during the men's two-man bobsled Photograph: Ricardo Mazalan/AP

Russian skater Aleksandr Lebedev is reflected in the ice as he races in the Men's 1500 metre even Photograph: Adrian Wyld/AP

Michael Klingler and Thomas Duerr of Liechtenstein in Liechtenstein-1 slide out of control down the course during the men's bobsleigh two-man heat two Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images

Ice covers the glass as Slovakia player Miroslav Satan collides with Latvia player Georgijs Pujacsin the third period of their ice hockey game Photograph: Larry W. Smith/EPA

Sweden's Marcus Hellner wins the men's 30km Pursuit Cross Country Skiing race Photograph: John Mabanglo/EPA

A fan of the German men's ice hockey team is reflected in the glass around the rink as he watches players warm up before a preliminary round game against Belarus Photograph: Julie Jacobson/AP

China's Rui Liu and Fengchun Wang watch Great Britain's David Murdoch. Photograph: Dan Levine/guardian.co.uk

USA's bronze medalist Lindsey Vonn. Photograph: Francois Xavier Marit/guardian.co.uk

Lee Jung-Su of South Korea, who won gold and set a new Olympic record takes the lead during the men's 1000m final in the Short Track Speed Skating Photograph: Tannen Maury/guardian.co.uk

Gold medallist Mark Tuitert from the Netherlands's races away from everntual bronze medallist Havard Bokko of Norway Photograph: Chris Carlson/AP