THE 2014 WINTER OLYMPIC GAMES IN SOCHI, RUSSIA

President Vladimir Putin is currently President of Russia.  He's also hosting the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.  Though he isn't married, there's a rumor that he's dating a former gymnastics athlete named Alina Kabayeva who has the potential of becoming the unofficial First Lady of Russia.

 

Svetlana Khorkina, Alina Kabayeva and Russian President Vladimir Putin

And with the Opening Ceremony for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia behind us all, the time has come for the Women's Freestyle Downhill Skiing Finals.  Yeah, I know it's weird to be having the Women's Freestyle Downhill Skiing Finals the very next day after the Opening Ceremony.  However, the 2014 Winter Olympic Games is only two weeks long and there's a lot of events left to hold competitions for.  And so here are the highlights of the Women's Freestyle Downhill Skiing Finals in Sochi, Russia.

The Ski Jump Venue at  in Krasnaya Polyana, Sochi, Russia

Silver Medal winning Chloe Dufour-Lapointe of Canada, Gold Medal winning Justine Dufour-Lapointe of Canada and Bronze Medal winning Hannah Kearney of the United States of America

Hannah Kearney of the United States of America

 

 

 

 

Hannah Kearney won the Gold Medal at the 2010 Games in Vancouver, Canada

Justine Dufour-Lapointe of Canada wins the Gold Medal

 

 

 

Chloe Dufour-Lapointe of Canada (and Justine Dufour-Lapointe's sister)

 

Justine Dufour-Lapointe and her sister Chloe Dufour-Lapointe

Chloe Dufour-Lapointe and her sister Justine Dufour-Lapointe

Darya Rybalova of Kazakhstan

Deborah Scanzio of Italy

 Francesca Marsaglia of Italy in the Women's Downhill Skiing Training Run

Verena Stuffer of Italy in the Women's Downhill Skiing Training Run

Dominique Gisin of Switzerland  in the Women's Downhill Skiing Training Run

Lara Gut of Switzerland  in the Women's Downhill Skiing Training Run

Kristina Saalova of Slovakia  in the Women's Downhill Skiing Training Run

 Jacqueline Wiles of the United States of America in the Women's Downhill Skiing Training Run

Bode Miller of the United States of America  in the Men's Downhill Skiing Training Run

Erik Fisher of the United States of America  in the Men's Downhill Skiing Training Run

Dominik Paris of Italy in the Men's Downhill Skiing Training Run

Brice Roger of France in the Men's Downhill Skiing Training Run

Johan Clarey of France in the Men's Downhill Skiing Training Run

 Mauro Caviezel of Switzerland in the Men's Downhill Skiing Training Run

Beat Feuz of Switzerland in the Men's Downhill Skiing Training Run

Romed Baumann of Austria in the Men's Downhill Skiing Training Run

Marit Bjoergen of Norway competes against Charlotte Kalla of Sweden in the Women's biathlon 7.5 km classic + free

 

Marit Bjoergen of Norway,  Sweden's Charlotte Kalla, Norway's Therese Johaug, Norway's Heidi Weng and Finland's Aino-Kaisa Saarinen after competing in the Women's Skiathalon Event.

 

 Marissa Castelli and Simon Shnapir of the United States of America

Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the United States

 

 Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch of Canada

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir of Canada

Penny Coomes and Nicholas Buckland of Great Britain

 

Anna Cappellini and Luca Lanotte of Italy

Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek of Italy

Nelli Zhiganshina and Alexander Gazsi of Germany

Nathallie Pechalat and Fabian Bourzat of France

 Narumi Takahashi and Ryuichi Kihara of Japan

Cathy Reed and Chris Reed of Japan

Siobhan Heekin-Canedy and Dmitri Dun of Ukraine

Huang Xintong and Zheng Xun of China

 Ashley Wagner of the United States of America

 

 

 

Jenna McCorkell of Great Britain

  Carolina Kostner of Italy

Nathalie Weinzierl of Germany

 Mao Asada of Japan

Yulia Lipnitskaya of Russia

 

 

Natalia Popova of Ukraine

Zhang Kexin of China