The best of Sochi
More than two weeks of sporting drama drew to a close on February 23 with the end of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.
Reuters photographers were there to capture all the key moments, from the first ever shared Gold in Olympic Alpine skiing, to Canada's nail-biting win in overtime in the women's hockey final.
Anton Kushnir of Belarus flies through the air in a qualification round of the men's freestyle skiing aerials event, which he ultimately took gold in.
A skier competes in heavy snow during the men's freestyle skiing halfpipe finals.
Germany's Severin Freund lies on the snow after crashing during the first round of the men's ski jumping normal hill individual final event.
France's Deborah Anthonioz, Faye Gulini of the U.S., Austria's Maria Ramberger, France's Nelly Moenne Loccoz and Eva Samkova of the Czech Republic (left to right) race during the women's snowboard cross semi-finals.
Italy's Nadya Ochner competes during a qualification run of the women's snowboard parallel giant slalom.
Sweden's Anna Holmlund (green bib), Canada's Kelsey Serwa (red bib), Austria's Katrin Ofner (blue bib) and Switzerland's Fanny Smith (yellow bib) race during the women's freestyle skiing skicross semi-finals.
Sweden's Johan Olsson skis during the men's 15 km cross-country classic event.
Sarah Hendrickson of the U.S. soars through the air in her trial jump during the women's ski jumping individual normal hill event.
China's Xu Mengtao performs a jump during the women's freestyle skiing aerials finals.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev skis at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center.
Russian President Vladimir Putin watches the cross country skiing men's relay.
Two men sunbathe on the beach in Adler on a warm, sunny day during the Olympics.
Katie Uhlaender of the U.S. gets ready for a women's skeleton training session.
Austria's Reinhard Egger speeds down the track in the men's singles luge competition.
Irene Wust of the Netherlands skates to first place during the women's 3,000 metres speed skating race.
Kazakhstan's Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev (centre) passes between fallen U.S. and South Korea skaters during the men's 5,000 metres short track speed skating relay semi-final event.
Canada's Meagan Duhamel (bottom) and Eric Radford perform during the figure skating pairs short program.
Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu and his figure skating coach Yoshiko Kobayashi react to Hanyu’s gold in the men’s short program.
Team members take part in various men's curling round robin games at the Ice Cube Curling Center.
The Russian men's hockey team players stretch at centre ice during the team's first practice of the Sochi Olympics.
Canada's players huddle in celebration after defeating Sweden in the men's ice hockey gold medal game.
Canadian fans cheer during a medal ceremony.
Chloe Dufour-Lapointe of Canada (left), who won second place in the women’s freestyle skiing moguls event holds hands with her sister, first-placed Justine Dufour-Lapointe, during the flower ceremony.
Joint gold medalists Dominique Gisin of Switzerland (left) and Tina Maze of Slovenia pose during the medal ceremony for the women's alpine skiing downhill race.
Four out of five Olympic rings are seen lit up during the opening ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics.
