World, Olympic and other records and achievements at the Sochi Winter Games.
Belarusia’s Darya Domracheva became the first biathlete in history to win three gold medals at one and the same Olympics in the individual pursuit race.
Figure skaters Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov set a new world record of 84.17 points in the pairs skating/short program event at the XXII Winter Olympic Games.
South Korean speed skater Lee Sang Hwa broke the Olympic record in the decisive 500m race and clocked 37.28 seconds.
Jorien Ter Mors from the Netherlands set the 1,500m Olympic speed skating record of 1:53.51.
Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjoerndalen broke the record at the XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi for the greatest number of medals. Bjoerndalen, 40, now has 13 medals, including eight gold, four silver and one bronze.
Russia’s Viktor Ahn became a six-time Olympic champion, and the Russian national short track team won three gold, one silver and one bronze medal, setting an Olympic record (6 minutes 42.100 seconds) in the finals.
Speed skater Jorrit Bergsma from the Netherlands set the 10,000m speed skating record – 12:44.45.
Skeleton racer Alexander Tretyakov set two Olympic records, including the fastest acceleration (4.47 seconds) and was the fastest on the track (55.95 seconds).
Irene Wust from the Netherlands won more medals than any other teammate. The 27-year-old athlete has three gold, three silver and one bronze medal.
Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyu became the first male figure skater to score more than 100 points in the short program event.
Speed skater Sven Kramer from the Netherlands, left, broke his own world record for the 5,000m event, clocking 6:10.76.
Canadian short tracker Valerie Maltais set an Olympic record, after finishing in the 1,000m race in 1:28.771.
French athletes Jean-Frederic Chapuis, Arnaud Bovolenta and Jonathan Midol won all three medals in the ski cross event for the first time at the XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.
Russia’s Vic Wild who won the parallel giant slalom and giant slalom events at the XXII Winter Olympic Games in Sochi became the first snowboarder in history to receive two gold medals in a single Olympics.
