Olympic report

Slovenia’s Maze wins giant slalom

Neither rain nor snow could keep Tina Maze from her appointed rounds. The Slovenian skier captured her second gold medal of these games by winning the giant slalom. Anna Fenninger of Austria took the silver medal and defending champion Viktoria Rebensburg of Germany was the bronze medalist. Teen sensation Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. was fifth in her Olympic debut.

Russia advances to quarterfinals

Russia is playing under immense pressure in Sochi and advanced to the hockey quarterfinals with a 4-0 win over Norway. It will face Finland today. Latvia, the Czech Republic and Slovenia also advanced to the quarterfinals.

Dutch sweep speedskating

The speedskating podium has become a second home for the Dutch, with the walls painted orange. Jorrit Bergsma set an Olympic record in the men’s 10,000 meters with his time of 12 minutes, 44.45 seconds. He was followed by Sven Kramer and Bob de Jong, sending the Dutch to their fourth podium sweep.

Svendsen claims biathlon gold

Emil Hegle Svendsen of Norway edged Martin Fourcade of France to win gold in the men’s 15-kilometer mass start biathlon. They both finished in 42 minutes, 29.1 seconds, with Svendsen’s ski crossing the line a fraction ahead.

Vaultier takes snowboardcross

Pierre Vaultier of France held off Nikolay Olyunin of Russia to win the gold medal in men’s snowboardcross on a chopped-up course slowed by drizzle. Alex Deibold of the U.S., a wax technician for the Americans in Vancouver four years ago, took the bronze.

South Korea edges China in relay

South Korea won the 3,000-meter short-track relay, passing China on the last lap.

Norway goes 1-2 in Nordic

Norway delivered a one-two finish in the Nordic combined large hill. Joergen Graabak broke away from a five-man group with about 100 meters left in the cross-country race, finishing six-tenths of a second ahead of Magnus Moan.

Wise gives U.S. halfpipe gold

Skiing through sleet and snow, David Wise ended up with gold in men’s ski halfpipe. The American scored a 92 on his first run, which held up as the weather worsened. Mike Riddle won silver for Canada, and Kevin Rolland took bronze for France.

Americans have bobsled lead

Lauryn Williams and Elana Meyers in USA-1 lead at the halfway point of the bobsled. Williams, a two-time medalist in track at the Summer Games, and Meyers made two trips down the Sanki Sliding Center track in 1 minute, 54.89 seconds to open a 0.23-second lead over Canada’s Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse. USA-2’s Jamie Greubel and Aja Evans are in third.

Britain reaches curling semifinals

Britain made the semifinals in men’s curling by beating Norway 6-5 in a tiebreaker. The British will face Sweden in the semifinals today while Canada plays China.