Thursday at the Winter Olympics in Sochi saw a rare American podium sweep, the Chinese dominate speed skating and much, much more.
Luge, biathlon and cross-country skiing all had medal action as well. Read on for a full recap of Thursday's medal winners, as well as some of its best photo moments.
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Skiing: Men's Slopestyle
Gold: Joss Christensen, United States
Silver: Gus Kenworthy, United States
Bronze: Nick Goepper, United States
Luge: Team Relay
Gold: Germany
Silver: Russia
Bronze: Latvia
Short-Track Speed Skating: Women's 500m
Gold: Li Jianrou, China
Silver: Arianna Fontana, Italy
Bronze: Park Seung-hi, South Korea
Women's 500-meter short track speedskating silver medalist Arianna Fontana of Italy, right, gestures as bronze medalist Park Seung-hi of South Korea, left, and gold medalist Li Jianrou of China pose with their medals at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, in Sochi, Russia.
Image: David Goldman/Associated Press
Short-Track Speed Skating: Women's 1,000m
Gold: Hong Zhang, China
Silver: Ireen Wust, Netherlands
Bronze: Margot Boer, Netherland
From left, silver medalist Ireen Wust of the Netherlands, gold medalist Hong Zhang of China and bronze medalist Margot Boer of the Netherlands celebrate after the women's 1,000-meter speed skating race at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, on Feb. 13, 2014.
Image: Quinn Rooney/Getty Images
Cross-Country Skiing: Women's 10km Classic
Gold: Justyna Kowalczyk, Poland
Silver: Charlotte Kalla, Sweden
Bronze: Therese Johaug, Norway
Biathlon: Men's 20km
Gold: Martin Fourcade, France
Silver: Erik Lesser, Germany
Bronze: Evgeniy Garanichev, Russia
With Germany's luge relay victory, the country has successfully won gold medals in all four luge events of the 2014 Winter Olympics. From left to right: Felix Loch, Tobias Wendl, Natalie Geisenberger and Tobias Arlt.
Nicholas Goepper of the United States placed third in the freestyle skiing men's ski slopestyle finals on Feb. 13, 2014 in Sochi, Russia.
Gus Kenworthy, also of the United States, won the silver medal in the men's ski slopestyle finals.
American Joss Christensen won the gold medal in the men's ski slopestyle finals.
The United States swept the men's ski slopestyle. This was the first event of the 2014 Winter Olympics that USA swept, but not the first to be completely taken by one country.
(Right to left) China's Li Jianrou skates past Italy's Arianna Fontana, Great Britain's Elise Christie, and South Korea's Park Seung-Hi to take the gold medal in the women's short track 500m.
Italy's Arianna Fontana careens into the boards after the three-skater crash that allowed Jianrou to take the gold.
Great Britain's Elise Christie of Great Britain watches Li Jianrou skate past after the fall.
Li Jianrou of China cries after winning the women's 500m short track speed skating final.
Slovakia celebrate their only goal of the game, by Tomas Tatar (#90). The first men's hockey match of the Olympics ended in a 7-1 win for the United States.
Russia's Alexander Ovechkin celebrates his team's first goal during the men's ice hockey group A match against Slovenia. Russia won the game 5-2.
Members of the Japanese women's hockey team bow after their 4-0 loss to Germany.
The first skeleton events of the year were the first two women's heats. Russia's Elena Nikitina is currently in third place.
American Noelle Pikus-Pace is currently in second place with a second-heat time +0.44 behind the leader after today's races.
Elizabeth Yarnold of Great Britain is ranked first going in to tomorrow's final two heats of women's skeleton.
A Russian fan shouts during the curling round robin match between Russia and Switzerland.
The curling round robin continues for men and women. This men's session 6 match ended in a 5-4 victory for Sweden over Norway.
Sweden's Niklas Edin shouts towards the stone in Sweden's match against Norway.
Switzerland's Carmen Schaefer lines up a stone during the women's match against Sweden, which ended in a 9-8 victory for Sweden.
Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk won gold in the women's cross-country skiing 10k classic at the Laura Cross-Country and Biathlon Center.
France's Martin Fourcade won his second gold medal this year in the men's biathlon 20k individual.
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