In Pictures: Day Five of the Sochi Winter Olympics

Published: February 12 2014 | 22:36

Last updated: February 15 2014 | 08:08

A gallery of images from the fifth day of the Winter Olympics

Sports Mole looks back at the action from day five of the Winter Olympics.

Dominique Gisin of Switzerland and Slovenia's Tina Maze celebrate their shared Winter Olympics gold medal in the women's downhill skiing at Sochi 2014 © Getty Images
The women's downhill skiing competition saw the gold medal shared. Tina Maze and Dominique Gisin posted identical times of 1:41.57.

Gold medalists Switzerland's Dominique Gisin and Slovenia's Tina Maze pose on the podium during the Women's Alpine Skiing Downhill Medal Ceremony at the Sochi medals plaza during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014 © Getty Images
It was the first time in Winter Olympic History that a gold medal has been shared.

Gold Medallist,US Kaitlyn Farrington celebrates at the Women's Snowboard Halfpipe Flower Ceremony at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014 © Getty Images
American Kaitlyn Farrington beat defending champion Torah Bright to win gold in the Winter Olympic ladies' half-pipe snowboarding competition.

Gold medalist Stefan Groothuis of the Netherlands celebrates during the flower ceremony for the Men's 1000m Speed Skating event during day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at at Adler Arena Skating Center on February 12, 2014 © Getty Images
The Netherlands continued to dominate the speed skating with Stefan Groothuis winning gold in the 1,000m.

Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt of Germany celebrate after completing their second run during the Men's Luge Doubles on Day 5 of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Sliding Center Sanki on February 12, 2014 © Getty Images
Germany also won another gold in the luge with the pair of Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt winning the men's doubles.

Eve Muirhead of Great Britain looks on during the Curling Round Robin match between Canada and Great Britain during day five of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Ice Cube Curling Center on February 12, 2014 © Getty Images
In the curling, Team GB's women narrowly lost their match to Canada 9-6. This was their second loss in three games so far in the competition.