Alexander Bolshunov

Sweden beat Britain to win men's curling gold IMAGE: Sweden's Christoffer Sundgren, Vice Oskar Eriksson, Rasmus Wranaa and Daniel Magnusson react after winning the curling men's gold medal game against Britain at National Aquatics Center…

Relentless Niskanen takes gold for Finland in men's 15 km classic IMAGE: Niskanen of Finland celebrates after winning gold. Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters Iivo Niskanen put on a brilliant display of cross-country skiing to win gold for…

Swede Van der Poel ends Dutch monopoly in men's 5000m IMAGE: Nils Van Der Poel of Sweden celebrates after winning gold and setting a new Olympic record. Photograph: Phil Noble/Reuters Sweden's Nils van der Poel skated a blistering last lap…

ZHANGJIAKOU: Russian athlete Alexander Bolshunov pulled away from the pack early and won the first men's cross-country skiing gold medal at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday in the 30-kilometer skiathlon. Bolshunov, the World Cup leader in…

Photo: Getty ImagesThe non-stated reason I combined the men’s snowboard halfpipe contenders is I didn’t want half of the list to be made up of snowboarders. I love snowboarding so much that it’s hard to temper my enthusiasm for the sport…