Olympics

Sochi Winter Olympics

Medalists on Wednesday:

MEN/WOMEN

BIATHLON

Mixed relay

Gold: Norway (Tora Berger, Tiril Eckhoff, Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, Emil Hegle Svendsen)

Silver: Czech Republic (Veronika Vitkova, Gabriela Soukalova, Jaroslav Soukup, Ondrej Moravec)

Bronze: Italy (Dorothea Wierer, Karin Oberhofer, Dominik Windisch, Lukas Hofer)

MEN

ALPINE SKIING

Giant slalom

Gold: Ted Ligety (USA)

Silver: Steve Missillier (FRA)

Bronze: Alexis Pinturault (FRA)

SNOWBOARD

Parallel giant slalom

Gold: Vic Wild (RUS)

Silver: Nevin Galmarini (SUI)

Bronze: Zan Kosir (SLO)

NORDIC SKIING

Team sprint

Gold: Finland (Iivo Niskanen, Sami Jauhojaervi)

Silver: Russia (Maxim Vylegzhanin, Nikita Kriukov)

Bronze: Sweden (Emil Joensson, Teodor Peterson)

WOMEN

SNOWBOARD

Parallel giant slalom

Gold: Patrizia Kummer (SUI)

Silver: Tomoka Takeuchi (JPN)

Bronze: Alena Zavarzina (RUS)

NORDIC SKIING

Team sprint

Gold: Norway (Ingvild Flugstad Oestberg, Marit Bjoergen)

Silver: Finland (Aino-Kaisa Saarinen, Kerttu Niskanen)

Bronze: Sweden (Ida Ingemarsdotter, Stina Nilsson)

SPEED SKATING

5,000m

Gold: Martina Sablikova (CZE)

Silver: Irene Wust (NED)

Bronze: Carien Kleibeuker (NED)

BOBSLEIGH

Two-woman

Gold: Canada (Kaillie Humphries, Heather Moyse)

Silver: United States (Elana Meyers, Lauryn Williams)

Bronze: United States (Jamie Greubel, Aja Evans)

Medals table on Wednesday:

G S B Tot

Norway 9 4 7 20

Germany 8 3 4 15

United States 7 5 11 23

Russia 6 9 7 22

Netherlands 6 7 9 22

Switzerland 6 3 1 10

Canada 5 9 4 18

Belarus 5 0 1 6

Poland 4 0 0 4

France 3 2 6 11

China 3 2 1 6

Austria 2 6 1 9

Sweden 2 5 4 11

Czech Republic 2 4 2 8

Slovenia 2 1 4 7

South Korea 2 1 1 4

Japan 1 4 2 7

Finland 1 3 0 4

Britain 1 0 1 2

Slovakia 1 0 0 1

Italy 0 2 5 7

Australia 0 2 1 3

Latvia 0 1 2 3

Croatia 0 1 0 1

Kazakhstan 0 0 1 1

Ukraine 0 0 1 1

Basketball

Results of the NBA games on Wednesday (home teams in CAPS):

CLEVELAND 101 Orlando 93

CHARLOTTE 116 Detroit 98

Chicago 94 TORONTO 92

Washington 114 ATLANTA 97

MINNESOTA 104 Indiana 91

New York 98 NEW ORLEANS 91

PHOENIX 100 Boston 94

Brooklyn 105 UTAH 99

San Antonio 111 PORTLAND 109

Golden State 101 SACRAMENTO 92

Houston 134 LA LAKERS 108

Soccer

Champions League

Results on Wednesday:

In London: Arsenal (ENG) 0 Bayern Munich (GER) 2 (Kroos 54, Mueller 88)

In Milan: AC Milan (ITA) 0 Atletico Madrid (ESP) 1 (Diego Costa 83)

Tennis

WTA Dubai Open

Results on Wednesday (x denotes seeding):

2nd rd

Carla Suarez Navarro (ESP) bt Petra Kvitova (CZE x3) 1-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4); Sorana Cirstea (ROM) bt Sara Errani (ITA x4) 6-2, 5-7, 6-1; Flavia Pennetta (ITA) bt Agnieszka Radwanska (POL x2) 6-4, 6-1; Caroline Wozniacki (DEN x8) bt Annika Beck (GER) 6-4, 6-4; Venus Williams (USA) bt Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 6-2, 6-1; Jelena Jankovic (SRB x5) bt Lucie Safarova (CZE) 7-5, 6-4; Alize Cornet (FRA) bt Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) 6-3, 6-4.

ATP/WTA Rio Open

Results on Wednesday:

Women's 1st rd

Kurumi Nara (JPN x5) bt Hsieh Su-wei (TPE) 6-3, 6-2; Anna-Lena Friedsam (GER) bt Nadiya Kichenok (UKR) 6-2, 6-3.

Women's 2nd rd

Nastassja Burnett (ITA) bt Alison van Uytvanck (BEL) 0-6, 6-3, 6-2; Paula Ormaechea (ARG x3) bt Kiki Bertens (NED) 7-5, 7-5; Katarzyna Piter (POL) bt Dinah Pfizenmaier (GER) 5-7, 6-3, 6-1; Klara Zakopalova (CZE x1) bt Silvia Soler-Espinosa (ESP) 6-4, 6-1.

Men's 2nd rd

Tommy Robredo (ESP x4) bt Dusan Lajovic (SRB) 6-2, 6-1; Pablo Andujar (ESP x8) bt Martin Klizan (SVK) walkover; Thomasz Bellucci (BRA) bt Juan Monaco (ARG x7) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; David Ferrer (ESP x2) bt Federico Delbonis 7-6 (2), 6-1.

ATP Marseille Open

Results on Wednesday:

1st rd

Julien Benneteau (FRA x7) bt Jesse Huta Galung (NED) 6-1, 6-4; Ricardas Berankis (LTU) bt Jan Hajek (CZE) 6-5 retired; Nicolas Mahut (FRA x8) bt Kenny De Schepper (FRA) 7-6 (2), 6-3; Roberto Bautista (ESP) bt Dustin Brown (GER) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3; Jan-Lennard Struff (GER) bt David Guez (FRA) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1; Michael Llodra (FRA) bt Lukas Lacko (SVK) 6-3, 7-6 (2)

2nd rd

Richard Gasquet (FRA x1) bt Blaz Kavcic (SLO) 6-3, 6-3; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (FRA x2) bt Nikolay Davydenko (RUS) 7-6 (4), 7-6 (8).

ATP Delray Beach Open

Results on Wednesday:

2nd rd

Feliciano Lopez (ESP x6) bt Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 4-6, 6-4, 6-2; Kevin Anderson (RSA x4) bt Ivo Karlovic (CRO) 1-0, retired; Steve Johnson (USA) bt Tommy Haas (GER x1) 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (2); Marinko Matosevic (AUS) bt Lleyton Hewitt (AUS x8) 7-6 (2), 0-0 retired.

1st rd

Marin Cilic (CRO x7) bt Benjamin Becker (GER) 6-1, 6-3.

(China Daily 02/21/2014 page23)