Vancouver Winter Olympics

Canadian skip Cheryl Bernard releases a stone in the curling gold medal match against Sweden - who end up winning in a 7-6 thriller [GALLO/GETTY]

A messy handover in the short track speed skating 3000m relay finals [GALLO/GETTY]

Glorija Kotnik of Slovenia takes a corner during the parallel giant slalom at Cypress Mountain Resort [GALLO/GETTY]

Fans protect themselves against the weather at Cypress Mountain Resort [GALLO/GETTY]

Germany compete in the Bobsleigh race at the Whistler Sliding Centre [GALLO/GETTY]

Carlo Janka becomes the first Swiss man to take the Giant Slalom title since 1984, breaking Austrian dominance of the discipline [GALLO/GETTY]

Speedskater Sven Kramer of the Netherlands reacts after hearing that a mistake by his coach resulted in his disqualification from the 10,000 metre race - which he had just won [GALLO/GETTY]

The ski cross race makes its debut in the Winter Olympics at Cypress mountain [GALLO/GETTY]

Qi Guangpu of China gets some air in the freestyle skiing aerials [GALLO/GETTY]

Canadian fans greet their team at the round robin ice hockey showdown against the US which, much to the horror of the home nation, Canada lost 3-5 [GALLO/GETTY]

Norway pull out their distracting trousers in the hope of gaining advantage in Curling [GALLO/GETTY]

Competitors take aim at the ladies biathlon 10km pursuit at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver [GALLO/GETTY]

Strangely impressive - Qing Pang and Jian Tong of China compete in the figure skating pairs free program [GALLO/GETTY]

Lindsey Jacobellis, left, of the USA, still manages to wear jeans in the snowboard cross at Cypress Mountain [GALLO/GETTY]

Home grown champion Shannon Rempel finds her form during the speed skating 500m [GALLO/GETTY]

Doresia Krings of Austria crashes out of the snowboard cross - luckily there were no spectators to see her crash as the adverse weather conditions meant ticket-holders were not able to watch [GALLO/GETTY]

Darya Domracheva emerges as the only competitor standing after the ladies biathlon 10km Pursuit at Whistler Olympic Park [GALLO/GETTY]

Russian Yulia Nemaya takes a tumble at the speed skating rink [GALLO/GETTY]

Team skips watch their teammates on different sheets during the ladies curling round robin game [GALLO/GETTY]

Nobunari Oda of Japan strikes a pose at the Pacific Coliseum in Vancouver [GALLO/GETTY]

Oh, Canada! The favourites score a goal past goalkeeper Andre Lysenstoen of Norway as the highly-anticipated ice hockey competition gets underway [GALLO/GETTY]