Winter Olympics: 5 Things You Missed Overnight

Most of the biggest Winter Olympics events happen in the evening — local time in Sochi, Russia — which means morning or early afternoon stateside. But plenty of action also happens during the day in Sochi, when folks in the United States are fast asleep. So we're here to catch you up on the stories you might have missed overnight so you won't miss a beat this morning

A Gold Medal Tie?

Never in the history of the Olympics had women's downhill skiing seen gold medal tie. Until Wednesday

Slovenia's Tina Maze and Switzerland's Dominique Gisin both finished the Sochi women's downhill course with identical times of 1 minute, 41.57 seconds. Maze was one of the race's favorites, while Gisin was more of an underdog contender. The two are good friends, however, and appeared to enjoy sharing the win together. They even held hands on the medal podium. Read more...