Winter Olympics, Day 3

Canada's John Fairbairn starts during a training session for the men's skeleton competition at the Sanki Sliding Center.

Ukraine's Oleksandr Obolonchyk and Roman Zakharkiv speed down the track during a men's doubles luge training session in the Sanki Sliding Center.

Russian national ice-hockey team players pose for a family photo during a training session at Bolshoi Arena.

A woman sells balloons in front of a portrait of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin in Sochi.

Russia's Viktor Ahn (right to left) leads Han Tianyu of China, Vladislav Bykanov of Israel, and Park Se-yeong of South Korea during the heat 2 in men's 1500 meters of the short-track competitions in the Iceberg Skating Palace. Ahn won bronze.

Canada's Charles Hamelin (left) leads during the men's 1,500-meters short-track speed-skating semifinals event at the Iceberg Skating Palace. Hamelin won gold.

Germany's Samuel Schwarz (top) and Aleksei Yesin of Russia compete in race 1 of the men's 500-meters speed-skating event.

Netherlands Ronald Mulder (right) and Artyom Kuznetsov of Russia compete in race 1 of the men's 500-meters speed-skating event.

Michael Mulder of the Netherlands reacts after winning gold in the mens 500-meters speed-skating event in  Adler Arena.

Kazakhstan's Pavel Kolmakov in action during the freestyle-skiing men's moguls qualification 1

Russia's Andrei Volkov performs a jump during the men's freestyle-skiing moguls qualification round.

Russia's Yelena Yakovishina competes during the women's alpine-skiing super-combined downhill at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center. She took 14th place in combined results.

Third-placed Julia Mancuso of the United States celebrates on the podium in front German winner Maria Hoefl-Riesch (left) during the flower ceremony after the women's alpine-skiing super-combined event at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center. Hoefl-Riesch won her second straight Olympic super-combined title, beating Nicole Hosp of Austria and Mancuso.

The Czech Republic's Ondrej Moravec stands next to Sweden's Fredrik Lindstroem (right) at the shooting range during the men's biathlon 12.5-kilometers pursuit event. Martin Fourcade of France won the gold medal. Moravec took silver, and France's Jean-Guillaume Beatrix won the bronze.

Winner Martin Fourcade of France (right) reacts after the last shooting during the biathlon 12.5-kilometer pursuit competition at Krasnaya Polyana.

Gold medalist Anastasia Kuzmina of Slovakia smiles as she holds up her medal, during the medal ceremony for the women's biathlon 7.5-kilometer sprint event.

Norway's skip Thomas Ulsrud (center) watches his shot as teammates Haavard Vad Petersson (left) and Christoffer Svae sweep during their men's curling round-robin game against the United States in the Ice Cube Curling Center.

Kazakhstan's Dmitry Reiherd performs a jump during the finals in the freestyle-skiing men's moguls.

Russia's Aleksandr Smyshlyayev competes in the finals in the freestyle-skiing men's moguls. Smyshlyayev won bronze.