Two golds propel Russia to Olympic top-3 on day 8 of Sochi Games

Alexander Tretiakov has won the men’s skeleton event claiming the
first-ever gold for Russia in the sport’s history, while Russian
speed skater Victor An won a short track gold medal in men’s
1,000m event, clocking a time of 1:24.102.
Poland was also triumphant in Sochi on Saturday with Zbigniew
Brodka winning the men's 1500m long track speed skating gold as
his comrade Kamil Stoch won a gold medal in the men’s large hill
ski jump.
Meantime in one of the Games’ most anticipated matches, the US
defeated the hosts 3:2 in an extended penalty shootout.
More of Day 8 exciting action can be found here.