The first dead heat for gold in the history of the Winter Olympics took place in Sochi on Day 5, February 12, as the preliminary round begins in men's ice hockey.
Winter Olympics, Day 5
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Volunteers enjoy swimming in the Black Sea near the Olympic Park.
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Coaches and team members of China and the United States watch their round-robin match in the curling competition in the Ice Cube Curling Center.
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Figure skater Natalia Popova from Ukraine skates during a training session in the practice arena.
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Ukraine's Oleksandr Obolonchyk (front) and Roman Zakharkiv speed down the track during the men's luge doubles competition.
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Germany's pilot Tobias Wendl (front) and Tobias Arlt take part in the men's luge doubles competition. They won the gold.
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Gold-medalist Carina Vogt of Germany, silver-medalist Daniela Iraschko-Stolz of Austria, and bronze-medalist Coline Mattel of France stand during the medal ceremony for the women's ski-jumping individual normal hill event.
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Silver-medal-winner Denny Morrison of Canada (front) in action during the men's 1,000-meter speed-skating race
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Netherland's Stefan Groothuis elebrates winning the men's 1,000-meter speed-skating race.
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Zbynek Michalek (left) of the Czech Republic (in white) battles with Sweden's Marcus Kruger in the corner during the first period of their men's preliminary-round ice-hockey game.
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Gold medalists Tatyana Volosozhar (2nd right) and Maksim Trankov (right) of Russia and silver medalists Ksenia Stolbova (left) and Fedor Klimov (2nd left) of Russia celebrate after the pairs free skating of the figure-skating event at the Iceberg Palace.