This year marks the 50th anniversary for very important moments in U.S. Olympic history and American pop culture in general. And there’s a special connection between the two.
Russia’s team of figure skaters are the toast of the nation after Day 2 of the 2014 Sochi Olympics. But there were plenty of other stars that shined brightly on Sunday.
In addition to Russian president Vladimir Putin taking in the final day of team figure skating, the country’s prime minister also dropped in on an Olympic competition today - two of them, in fact.
After weeks of chatter about whether he truly deserved to be on the Russian figure skating team during the Sochi Olympics, Yevgeny Plushenko has responded loud and clear.
The men’s ski jumpers are set for their first medal event of the Sochi Olympics - the individual normal hill final - which you can see today at 12:30 p.m. ET on NBCOlympics.com.
Russian president Vladimir Putin is attending today’s final day of the Olympic team figure skating competition, no doubt hoping that the host nation can lock up its first gold of the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
Anastasia Kuzmina has successfully defended her Olympic biathlon title in the women’s sprint, following up her historic gold from 2010 with a second one.
The Swiss cross-country skier and 2010 Olympic champion in the 15km freestyle tore a ligament in his right ankle back in November, and observers had wondered if he would be competitive at the Sochi Olympics.
She won the ladies’ short program for Russia, giving them 10 more points that solidified their lead atop the standings going into today’s final day of team competition.
Two-time Olympic gold medalist Petter Northug of Norway hopes to put on a show once again in the men’s cross-country skiathlon, which goes off at 5 a.m. ET.
