Winter Olympics: Day four

Italy's Pietro Piller Cottrer wins the silver medal in the men's 15km individual cross-country final in Whistler
Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters

olympics day 4: Skiing Men's Downhill Manuel Osborne-Paradis of Canada

Manuel Osborne-Paradis of Canada competes in the men's downhill
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olympics day 4: Tord Asle Gjerdalen after finishing the men's 15km Cross-Country Skiing

A competitor is reflected in the glasses of Norway's Tord Asle Gjerdalen after crossing the finish line during the men's 15km cross-country
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olympics day 4: Mattias Nilsson takes aim during a training session for the men's biathlon

Mattias Nilsson takes aim during a training session for the men's biathlon
Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters

olympics day 4: Marco Sullivan of the United States crashes during the Men's Downhill

Marco Sullivan of the USA crashes during the men's downhill
Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP

olympics day 4: Switzerland's Dario Cologna after the men's Cross-Country Skiing

Switzerland's Dario Cologna lies on the snow after the men's 15km cross-country
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olympics day 4: Tony Ramoin of France competes during the Men's snowboard cross

Tony Ramoin of France competes during qualification for the men's snowboard cross
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olympics day 4: Natalia Levchenkova biathlon

A shell casing flies out of Moldovan shooter Natalia Levchenkova's rifle as she trains for the women's biathlon
Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters

olympics day 4: Alpine Skiing Men's Downhill, Silver medal winner, Aksel Lund Svindal

Silver medal winner Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway after competing in the men's downhill
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Seth Wescott of the USA leads the pack as Damon Hayler of Austria falls in a quarter-final for the men's snowboard cross
Photograph: Jim Hollander/EPA

olympics day 4: Russia's Kavaguti and Smirnov perform during the pairs free skating

Russia's Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov perform during the pairs free figure skating event
Photograph: David Gray/Reuters

Slovenia's Tina Maze takes a curve during a training session for the women's downhill
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olympics day 4: Haavard Vad Petersson of the Norwegian curling team

Haavard Vad Petersson of the Norwegian curling team gets set to deliver the stone during practice
Photograph: Robert F Bukaty/AP

olympics day 4: Nataliia Yakushenko of Ukraine competes during the Luge Women's Singles

Nataliia Yakushenko of Ukraine competes during the luge women's singles
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olympics day 4: Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo of China

China's Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo perform their pairs free programme in the figure skating
Photograph: Ivan Sekretarev/AP

A Canadian player stick handles the puck during the women's ice hockey preliminary game between Switzerland and Canada
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olympics day 4: figure skaters receive medals

Gold medalist Chinese skaters Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhan, fellow Chinese skaters and silver medalists Qing Pang and Jian Tong and bronze medalists Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany on the podium after winning medals in the figure skating pairs free event
Photograph: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty Images

Slovakia's Veronika Sabolova takes her second run during the women's singles luge
Photograph: Tony Gentile/Reuters