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While you were sleeping: Two win gold in women's Alpine skiing, goalie Jonathan Quick will start for Team USA hockey

While you were sleeping: Two win gold in women's Alpine skiing, goalie Jonathan Quick will start for Team USA hockey

While the United States slept, things were busy on the other side of the globe. Here is our recap of everything Olympics you may have missed overnight.

*Sharing is caring? In a rare Alpine skiing tie, Tina Maze of Slovenia (who also happens to be a pop star) and Dominique Gisin of Switzerland both won Olympic gold in the women's downhill. The pair’s time: 1 minute, 41.57 seconds. Lara Gut of Switzerland, who won the bronze, was 0.10 behind.
The last tie in Olympic skiing happened in men's super-G at the 1998 Nagano Games.

 

*South Korea's Lee Sang-hwa lived up to her stellar reputation in women's 500-meter speedskating and scored the gold. Her fastest time of 37.28 seconds broke the Olympic record.


*Goalie Jonathan Quick of the Los Angeles Kings will start for the U.S. against Slovakia – and potentially the rest of the Sochi Olympics men’s ice hockey tournament.


*In curling news: Norway and China remained undeafeated; the U.S. finally won a game. The Norwegian pants continued to be awesome.


*NBC’s Matt Lauer replaced longtime Olympic anchor Bob Costas, whose poor eyes were getting pinker than this German figure skater’s now-viral bodysuit:

While we're discussing Aliona Savchenko's get-up, let us ask: Who wore it better?

 

*People are sunbathing in Sochi:

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