Tretiakov wins gold in skeleton, Antoine grabs bronze

Alexander Tretiakov won gold in men's skeleton on Saturday.

Known as the "Russian Rocket," Tretiakov finished well ahead of Latvia's Martins Dukurs after hurtling down a track he has trained on more than anyone else.

Matt Antoine of the United States won bronze, the first skeleton medal for the U.S. since Jimmy Shea won gold in 2002.

"It's the greatest moment of my life, without a doubt," Antoine said.

Ski-jumping. Poland's Kamil Stoch completed a gold medal sweep of the normal and large hills. Noriaki Kasai of Japan won the silver on the large hill and Peter Prevc of Slovenia took bronze. Stoch joins Simon Ammann and Matti Nykanen as the only men to win both individual events at the same Winter Games.

Men's speedskating. Zbigniew Brodka won Poland's first gold medal in the men's 1,500 meters, finishing 0.003 seconds ahead of Koen Verweij of the Netherlands. It was one of the closest 1,500 finishes in Olympic history.

Verweij's silver medal gave the Dutch 13 of the 21 medals awarded so far in the sport, including four golds.

The bronze went to Canada's Denny Morrison, his second medal of the Sochi Games.

Alpine skiing. Anna Fenninger became the third straight Austrian woman to win a gold medal in the Olympic super-G.

Maria Hoefl-Riesch of Germany won the silver and Nicole Hosp of Austria the bronze. Skiers from Austria have dominated the event since it began at the 1988 Calgary Games.

Austrian skiers have won eight of a possible 24 medals in the super-G.

Cross-country. Charlotte Kalla erased a 25-second deficit on the final leg to give Sweden the gold in the women's 4x5-kilometer relay.

Finland finished second to win silver, and Germany took bronze. Norway, which had not lost the relay event since 2009, was well behind in fifth.

"It is tough to see because we are so good in relay, we have always been so good, many seconds before the other girls," said Heidi Weng, who skied the first leg for Norway. "And today others were better than us."

Short-track speedskating. Zhou Yang of China won her second consecutive gold medal in the women's 1,500 meters - a race that included a three-skater crash involving 500-meter gold medalist Li Jianrou of China.

Viktor Ahn of Russia won gold in the men's 1,000, with teammate Vladimir Grigorev taking the silver. It was Ahn's second medal of the Sochi Olympics.

Curling. Canada became the first team to qualify for the semifinals in the women's Olympic curling tournament by beating Russia and Japan. Sweden has the next best record, one game ahead of China, Britain and Switzerland.

In the men's tournament, China and Sweden earned wins to stay at the top of the qualifying round standings.

Hockey. Undefeated Sweden beat Latvia, 5-3, to become the first team to advance to next week's quarterfinals.

Slovenia, playing in its first Olympic hockey tournament, surprised Slovakia 3-1.

Jonas Hiller put Switzerland in a strong position for the elimination rounds with his second shutout in Sochi, 1-0, over the Czech Republic.

In the women's tournament, Sweden upset Finland, 4-2, and Switzerland beat Russia, 2-0, setting up next week's semifinal matchups: Sweden vs. the United States and Canada vs. Switzerland.