Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyes became the first females to repeat a bobsled gold at the Winter Olympics,beating Americans Elana Meyers and Lauryn Williams by a 10 second margin Wednesday at the Sochi Games.Fellow Americans Jamie Greubel and Aja Evans took the bronze.
Lauryn Williams became the fifth person to medal at both the Summer and Winter Olympics with their silver.She had previously won silver in the 100 meter sprint at Athens 2004 and gold for the 400 meter relay at London 2012.She and Meyers led through the first three bobsled heats,but Meyers' driving mistakes cost them the gold as Canada-1 surged past them in the final heat.*
In alpine skiing,Ted Ligety became the first American to win two golds in alpine with his sweeping arcs down through the soft snow of the Caucasus Mountains.Two Frenchmen,Steve Missillier and Alexis Pinturault,took the silver and bronze medals,respectively.
I was able to lay it on the line and ski the way I know I can ski,Ligety said.He admitted he would be a dark horse for Saturday's slalom race,the final alpine event of the Sochi Games,which end on Sunday.*
The US moved into first place in the medals count with 23,while Russia and the Netherlands are tied for second with 22,and Canada is in third with 18.Germany has the most gold medals(8).
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