The Winter Olympics has been flushed with both overwhelming triumph and devastating loss. Canada beat out Great Britain for the top spot in men's curling while Sweden triumphed over China for the bronze. The Great White North also rose to the occasion in the women's freestyle ski cross in which Canadians Marielle Thompson and Kelsey Serwa took the gold and silver, respectively, while Sweden's Anna Holmlund came in third.
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The U.S. was looking for a win after the women's hockey team's quest for gold ended in defeat Thursday with a 3-2 loss to Canada, but the men's team suffered its own failure Friday when when it lost to Canada 1-0 in the men's ice hockey semifinals. Canada will face off against Sweden in the finals Sunday.
Plus, the Netherlands is on its way to another chance for a gold medal in speed skating. The Dutch advanced to the finals in the men's speed skating team pursuit and will race against South Korea Saturday. Other events included the women's alpine skiing slalom, the women's biathlon relay and the men's speed skating 500m competition.
Two-year-old Aleksandr Olegovich looks out a rain-covered gondola window as he travels with his family to watch the women's alpine skiing slalom.
China's Zang Jialiang delivers the rock during the men's curling bronze medal game against Sweden.
Bronze medalists Oskar Eriksson, Viktor Kjaell, Fredrik Lindberg, Sebastian Kraupp and Niklas Edin of Sweden stand on the podium during the men's curling flower ceremony.
A Canadian fan watches the men's curling gold medal game between his home country and Great Britain.
Great Britain's Michael Goodfellow (left) and Scott Andrews sweep ahead of the ice during the men's curling gold medal game against Canada.
Canada's Ryan Harnden (left) and E.J. Harnden celebrate after defeating Great Britain in the men's curling gold medal game.
Chile's Stephanie Joffroy is assisted after a crash in a women's ski cross quarterfinal at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park.
Canada's Marielle Thompson gets ahead of fellow Canadian Kelsey Serwa in the women's ski cross final.
Women's ski cross gold medalist Marielle Thompson of Canada (center) celebrates with silver medalist and Kelsey Serwa, also of Canada (left) and bronze medalist Anna Holmlund of Sweden.
Kamil Aizetulin gets his face painted in the colors of the Russian flag during a women's ski cross seeding run.
(From left to right) France's Marion Josserand, Switzerland's Katrin Mueller and Austria's Andrea Limbacher fly through the air during the women's ski cross event.
Gold medal winner Mikaela Shiffrin skis past a gate in the women's alpine skiing slalom.
A gondola passes above clouds before the start of the women's ski cross competition on a rainy day at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park.
(From left to right) Switzerland's Fanny Smith, Sweden's Anna Holmlund, Austria's Katrin Ofner and Canada's Kelsey Serwa compete for the gold during the women's ski cross event.
American and Canadian hockey fans cheer as Canada and the U.S. warm up before playing in a men's semifinal ice hockey game.
A hockey fan walks around outside the Bolshoy Ice Dome before a men's semifinal ice hockey game between Canada and the U.S.
Swedish goaltender Henrik Lundqvist blocks a shot by Finland during the third period of a men's semifinal ice hockey game.
Shim Suk-Hee of South Korea laces up before competing in a women's 1000m short track speed skating semifinal at the Iceberg Skating Palace.
Victor An of Russia (center) expresses his excitement as he crosses the finish line ahead of Wu Dajing of China (left) and Charle Cournoyer of Canada in the men's 500m short track speed skating final.
Jordan Malone of the United States celebrates his team's second place finish with the Texas state flag after the men's 5000m short track speed skating relay final.
Fan Kexin of China (right) celebrates her silver medal win as Shim Suk-Hee (left) and Park Seung-hi of South Korea revel in their third and first place results in the women's 1000m short track speed skating final.
(From left to right) Dutch speed skaters Jan Blokhuijsen, Koen Verweij and Sven Kramer wave to the crowd after the men's speed skating team pursuit semifinal race at the Adler Arena Skating Center.
Women's alpine skiing slalom gold medal winner Mikaela Shiffrin of the United States poses for photographers with the U.S. flag.
(From left to right) Polish speed skaters Zbigniew Brodka, Jan Szymanski and Konrad Niedzwiedzki compete in the men's speed skating team pursuit semifinals.
Austria's Bernadette Schild reacts after skiing out of the second run in the women's alpine skiing slalom.
A colorful fan watches the first run of the women's alpine skiing slalom.
Russia's Ekaterina Shumilova focuses on winning the gold during the women's biathlon 4x6k relay.
France's Marie Laure Brunet is carried away after collapsing during her second-kilometer lap during the women's biathlon 4x6k relay.
Germany's Franziska Preuss kneels in the snow after her leg in the women's biathlon 4x6k relay.
A volunteer throws a snowball prior to the mixed biathlon relay at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
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Team USA waits for their silver medals after losing in overtime to Canada in the women's hockey final.
Shaun White, the prohibitive favorite of the men's snowboarding halfpipe event, ended up in fourth place.
Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands loses the men's 500m speedskate gold medal by .01 seconds.
Sho Endo of Japan was eliminated from the men's moguls finals on Feb. 10, 2014.
Sanne van Kerkhof of the Netherlands Sanne van Kerkhof of the Netherlands watches her opponents whiz by after she crashes in the women's 3,000m relay.
Daniel Greig of Australia looks dejected after falling onto the ice at the start of the men's 500m speed skating race.
Germany's Viona Harrer of Germany let in four goals against Russia in round one.
South Korea's Mo Tae-bum narrowly lost to three Dutchmen in the men's 500m speed skate.
Russia's Anton Gafarov reacts after falling in the men's cross-country skiing individual sprint free semifinals.
Jack Whelbourne of Great Britain falls during the men's short track 1,500m final.
American Shani Davis placed 24th in the men's 500m speed skate.
Russia's Anton Gafarov falls in the men's cross-country skiing individual sprint free semifinals.
Russia's Anton Gafarov reacts after falling in the men's cross-country skiing individual sprint free semifinals.
Germany's Judith Hesse is disqualified from the women's speed skating 500m race.
Russia's Anna Mirtova of Russia walks with her skis after a fall in the freestyle skiing women's ski slopestyle qualification.
Germany's Andrea Henkel placed 29th in the women's biathlon 10k pursuit.
American Julia Mancuso placed eighth in the women's alpine skiing downhill.
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