The United States and Canada played each other for gold in women's hockey for the seventh time in eight Olympiads on Thursday, Feb. 19.

History for US women’s figure skating: Alysa Liu became the first American to win a gold medal in 24 years, despite tough competition from her Japanese competitors .

The most successful World Cup skier of all time, with a record 108 wins, scorched down the first run a mighty 0.82 clear of the field and increased her lead to 1.5 seconds over Rast after two legs.