--- description: A look at the best moments from Sochi's fourth day of the Olympics. title: Day 2 at The Sochi Games: From women's snowboard slopestyle to men's skiathlon image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0404194aa4a4819d/6986820d810bbb4ea5c90152/sochi-olympics-photos-day-4-17.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [olympics](/tag/olympics/) ## olympics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The 18 Most Amazing Images From Day 4 Of The Sochi Olympics by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 9, 2014 2:53 PM CUT  Japan's Reruhi Shimizu soars through the air during his trial jump in the men's ski jumping individual normal hill qualification round event at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games February 8, 2014. Japan's Reruhi Shimizu soars through the air during his trial jump in the men's ski jumping individual normal hill qualification round event at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games February 8, 2014.Kai Pfaffenbach—Reuters by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 9, 2014 2:53 PM CUT  US Jamie Anderson competes in the Women's Snowboard Slopestyle Final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on Feb. 9, 2014. Franck Fife—AFP/Getty Images  Tatjana Huefner of Germany takes a turn during the women's singles luge training, Feb. 9, 2014 Natacha Pisarenko—AP  Norway's Kjetil Jansrud competes during the Men's Alpine Skiing Downhill at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center, Feb. 9, 2014. Kirill Kudryavtsev—AFP/Getty Images  SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 09: (FRANCE OUT) Erik Guay of Canada competes during the Alpine Skiing Men's Downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games at Rosa Khutor Alpine Centre on February 09, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Alexis Boichard/Agence Zoom/Getty Images) Alexis Boichard—Agence Zoom/Getty Images  Germany's Severin Freund speeds down the ski jump in his trial jump of the men's ski jumping normal hill individual final event at the RusSki Gorki Ski Jumping Center in Rosa Khutor, Feb. 9, 2014. Kai Pfaffenbach—Reuters  Japan's Reruhi Shimizu soars through the air during his trial jump in the men's ski jumping individual normal hill qualification round event at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games February 8, 2014. Kai Pfaffenbach—Reuters  Skiers compete in the Men's Skiathlon 15 km Classic + 15 km Free during day two of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Laura Cross-country Ski & Biathlon Center on Feb. 9 2014. Harry How—Getty Images  Skiers compete in the Men's Skiathlon 15 km Classic + 15 km Free during day two of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics at Laura Cross-country Ski & Biathlon Center on Feb. 9 2014. Adam Petty—Getty Images  Brittany Schussler of Canada competes in the women's 3000 meters speed skating race, Feb. 9, 2014. Phil Noble—Reuters  Norway's Mari Hemmer competes in the women's 3,000-meter speedskating race at the Adler Arena Skating Center, Feb. 9, 2014. Pavel Golovkin—AP  Yulia Lipnitskaya of Russia competes during the figure skating team ladies' free skating, Feb. 9 2014. Brian Snyder—Reuters  Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri of Italy perform in the Ice Dance Free Dance of the Figure Skating team event at the Iceberg Skating Palace, Feb. 9, 2014. Barbara Walton—EPA  Charlene Guignard, left, and Marco Fabbri of Italy compete during the figure skating team ice dance free dance, Feb. 9, 2014. Brian Snyder—Reuters  Albert Demchenko of Russia takes a turn on his way to winning a silver medal during the fourth run of the Men's Luge at Sliding Center Sanki, Feb. 9, 2014. Justin Lane—EPA  Austria's Reinhard Egger speeds down the track in the men's singles luge competition at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics February 9, 2014. Arnd Wiegmann—Reuters  Elena Ilinykh and Nikita Katsalapov of Russia perform in the Ice Dance Free Dance of the Figure Skating team event at the Iceberg Skating Palace, Feb. 9 2014. How Wee Young—EPA  Bode Miller of the U.S. after his men's alpine skiing downhill race during the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center Feb. 9, 2014. Leonhard Foeger—Reuters  Left to right, bronze medalist Jenny Jones of Great Britain, gold medalist Jamie Anderson of the United States and silver medalist Enni Rukajarvi of Finland celebrate during the flower ceremony for the Women's Snowboard Slopestyle Finals at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on Feb. 9, 2014. 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