Emotions Olympics

Victory and defeat are always evoke strong emotions.






Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany perform in the steam room freestyle program in figure skating at the Olympics on February 15. (Ivan Sekretarev / AP)



Pang Qing and Tong Jian of China perform at figure skating competitions at the Olympic Games. (Gary Hershorn / Reuters)



Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhao (center) enjoyed a gold medal after his performance in the doubles competition in figure skating at the Vancouver Olympics. (Gary Hershorn / Reuters)



Japanese Xoxe Kato lying on the ground with the national flag, completing 500-metrovku speed skating at the Olympics on February 15. (Todd Korol / Reuters)



Canadian Alexandre Bilodeau celebrates his victory in the men's freestyle. He brought his country's first gold. (Marcio Sanchez / AP)



Anabelle Langlois and Cody Hay of Canada in the waiting area of ​​the results after his speech at the figure skating competitions in Vancouver on February 15. (Matthew Stockman / Getty Images)



Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig of the United States respond to the points received after the speech. (Amy Sancetta / AP)



Cady Denney and Jeremy Barrett from the United States embrace after his speech at the figure skating competitions. (Lucy Nicholson / Reuters)



Swede Anders Sodergren (left) and Finn Juha Lallukka compete in the 15-kilometer cross-country skiing. (Alberto Pizzoli / AFP - Getty Images)



American Seth Wescott celebrates his victory in the competition for cross-country snowboarding on Mount Cypress. (Mark Blinch / Reuters)



Gold medalist Seth Wescott (right) ahead of runner-up Mike Robertson of Canada near the finish line during a cross-country snowboarding. (Darryl Dyck / AP)



Swiss Didier Défago celebrates victory in downhill skiing. This is the first medal Defago on world level competitions. (Mike Segar / Reuters)



Bode Miller of the United States after the descent on skis. Miller has experienced a personal tragedy, received at the Olympics only bronze. (Sandra Behne / Getty Images)



Swiss gold medalist Didier Défago (center) stands next to the runner-Lund Svindal Norwegian Axel (left) and bronze medalist Bode Miller at the awards ceremony. (Sergey Ponomarev / AP)



Frenchwoman Marie Dorin during training ahead of the competition in women's biathlon. (Issei Kato / Reuters)



Fans climbed a tree to get a better look downhill skiing among men. (Doug Pensinger / Getty Images)



Liz Stephen fooling around with Morgan Arritola (both from the US) after a 10-kilometer cross-country skiing. (Elaine Thompson / AP)



Georgian skater Otar Japaridze (left), chief of the Georgian delegation Irakli Japaridze and Georgia coach Felix Kumaritashvili go after the memorial service for luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, who died during a training session. (Gerry Broome / AP)



Frenchman Emmanuel Zhone resting after a 15 km cross-country skiing. (Franck Fife / AFP - Getty Images)



The judge evaluates the jump in the first qualifying round of the Snowboard. (Jae C. Hong / AP)



American Nick Baumgartner falls during the qualifying competitions in snowboarding. (Odd Andersen / AP)



Skater Jeremy Abbott signs autographs after a workout. (David J. Phillip / AP)



Father killed in training before the Olympics David Kumaritashvili smokes after talking about his son in Bakuriani. He says that his son was "afraid" of high-speed track. (Shakh Aivazov / AP)