![Short Track Speed Skating Elise Christie (rear left) of Great Britain and Arianna Fontana (rear right) of Italy collide in the women's 500m final of the Short Track events.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sochi-olympics-photos-day-8-22.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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Moments and mishaps from Day 8 of the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
![Sochi Olympics Cheerleaders walk to a venue past the burning Olympic cauldron during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Feb. 13, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sochi-olympics-day-8-photos-01.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Sochi Olympics Speedskating Women A Dutch skating fan, his hat filled with Olympic pins, watches the women's 1,000-meter speedskating race during the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Feb. 13, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sochi-olympics-photos-day-8-15.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![APTOPIX Sochi Olympics Ice Hockey Men Pucks litter the ice around the net after Team USA warms up before their game against Slovakia during the men's ice hockey game at Shayba Arena.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sochi-olympics-day-8-photos-02.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ice Hockey - Winter Olympics Day 6 - Finland v Austria Bernhard Starkbaum #29 of Austria tends goal against Finland during the Men's Ice Hockey Preliminary Round Group B game.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sochi-olympics-photos-day-8-16.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![OLY-2014-IHOCKEY-RUS-SLO-MEN Slovenia's goalkeeper Robert Kristan reacts after Russia scored a fifth goal during the Men's Ice Hockey Group A match between Russia and Slovenia.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sochi-olympics-photos-day-8-33.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![OLY-2014-NORDIC-WOMEN Norway's Therese Johaug competes to win bronze in the Women's Cross-Country Skiing 10km Classic during the Sochi Winter Olympics Feb. 13, 2014 in Rosa Khutor near Sochi.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sochi-olympics-day-8-photos-03.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Sochi Olympics Cross Country Women Slovenia's Barbara Jezersek lies on the snow after completing the women's 10K classical-style cross-country race.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sochi-olympics-photos-day-8-19.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Short Track Speed Skating Competitors in action during the women's 500m heats of the Short Track events in the Iceberg Skating Palace.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sochi-olympics-photos-day-8-21.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Short Track Speed Skating Elise Christie (rear left) of Great Britain and Arianna Fontana (rear right) of Italy collide in the women's 500m final of the Short Track events.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sochi-olympics-photos-day-8-22.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Men's 5000m Relay Short Track Speed Skating USA's J.R. Celski (258) tries to pick up teammate Eduardo Alvarez (256) after a collision with the Korean team in a semifinal of the men's 5000m short track speed skating relay.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sochi-olympics-day-8-photos-04.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![OLY-2014-FREESTYLE-SLOPESTYLE-MEN Switzerland's Kai Mahler competes in the Men's Freestyle Skiing Slopestyle qualifications.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sochi-olympics-day-8-photos-05.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Alpine Skiing Ivica Kostelic of Croatia in action during the Downhill training session of the Men's Super Combined race.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sochi-olympics-photos-day-8-23.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Poland's Kowalczyk lies on ground after crossing finish line in women's cross-country 10km classic event at 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk lies on the ground after crossing the finish line in the women's cross-country 10km classic event.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sochi-olympics-photos-day-8-24.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Biathlon - Winter Olympics Day 6 Simon Eder of Austria collapses in the snow after the Men's Individual 20 km.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sochi-olympics-day-8-32.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Figure Skating Michael Christian Martinez of Philippines performs during the Men's Short Program of the Figure Skating event. Seventeen-year-old Michael Christian Martinez is the first figure skater from the Philippines and the first skater from any tropical country to compete in the Olympics.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sochi-olympics-photos-day-8-31.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Figure Skating - Winter Olympics Day 6 Evgeny Plyushchenko of Russia is seen at at a warm up during the Men's Figure Skating Short Program.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/sochi-olympics-photos-day-8-30.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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