--- title: Sochi Olympics: Photos from Day 7 description: A gold medal tie and other highlights from Day 7 of the Sochi Winter Olympics canonical: https://time.com/7492/must-see-photos-from-sochi-olympics-day-7/ author: TIME Photo article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-02-12T20:52:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:08:39.168Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Must-see images from Sochi Olympics: Day 7 og:description: A gold medal tie and other highlights from Day 7 of the Sochi Winter Olympics og:url: https://time.com/7492/must-see-photos-from-sochi-olympics-day-7/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c718a91f6b1ca61/69868267e53abadd904d11f9/sochi-olympics-photos-day-7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3600 og:image:height: 2025 og:image:alt: Tina Maze of Slovenia kisses the snow in the finish area during the Women's Alpine Skiing Downhill race in Rosa Khutor Alpine Center. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Must-see images from Sochi Olympics: Day 7 twitter:description: A gold medal tie and other highlights from Day 7 of the Sochi Winter Olympics twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1c718a91f6b1ca61/69868267e53abadd904d11f9/sochi-olympics-photos-day-7.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Must-See Photos from Sochi Olympics: Day 7 > Sponsored content. 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Jean-Christophe Bott—EPA by [TIME Photo](https://time.com/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Feb 12, 2014 8:52 PM UTC  Monique Lamoureux of the U.S. skates towards Canada's goalkeeper during the Women's Ice Hockey Group A match between Canada and USA. Matt Slocum—AFP/Getty Images  Slovenia's Tina Maze celebrates after taking equal first place in the Women's Alpine Skiing Downhill at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Center. Antonin Thuillier—AFP/Getty Images  Tina Maze of Slovenia kisses the snow in the finish area during the Women's Alpine Skiing Downhill race in Rosa Khutor Alpine Center. Jean-Christophe Bott—EPA  Women's downhill gold medal winners Switzerland's Dominique Gisin, left, and Slovenia's Tina Maze, right, hold hands on the podium during a flower ceremony. Gero Breloer—AP  Australia's Torah Bright competes during the women's snowboard halfpipe qualification round. Carlos Barria—Reuters  Shani Davis of the U.S. leads Koen Verweij of the Netherlands during the men's 1,000 metres speed skating race. Phil Noble —Reuters  Jinyong Park and Jung Myung Cho of Korea compete in the Men's Luge Doubles at Sliding Center Sanki on Feb. 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Richard Heathcote—Getty Images  Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt of Germany during the first run of the Men's Doubles Luge competition at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Games. Tobias Hase—EPA  Tomas Portyk of the Czech Republic, Tomas Slavik of Czech Republic and Tim Hug of Switzerland in action during the Nordic Combined Individual Gundersen Normal Hill and 10km Cross Country. Al Bello—Getty Images  Gold medalist Germany's Eric Frenzel, silver medalist Japan's Akito Watabe and fourth place Italy's Alessandro Pittin lie on the snow at the finish line of the Nordic Combined Individual NH / 10 km Cross-Country. Odd Andersen—AFP/Getty Images  Gold medalist Eric Frenzel of Germany celebrates at the finish line of the Nordic Combined Individual NH / 10 km Cross-Country. 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