Winter Olympics: Day four

Nick Baumgartner of the USA crashes during the first snowboard cross qualifying run Photograph: Odd Andersen/AP Photograph: Odd Andersen/guardian.co.uk Didier Défago lands after the final jump as he approaches the finish line to win the men's downhill race Photograph: Stephan Jansen/EPA Photograph: Stephan Jansen/guardian.co.uk Gold medal winner Défago at the finish of the men's downhill Photograph: Clive Mason/Getty Images Photograph: Clive Mason/guardian.co.uk Italy's Pietro Piller Cottrer wins the silver medal in the men's 15km individual cross-country final in Whistler Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/Reuters Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/guardian.co.uk Manuel Osborne-Paradis of Canada competes in the men's downhill Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images Photograph: Clive Rose/guardian.co.uk A competitor is reflected in the glasses of Norway's Tord Asle Gjerdalen after crossing the finish line during the men's 15km cross-country Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Franck Fife/guardian.co.uk Mattias Nilsson takes aim during a training session for the men's biathlon Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters Photograph: Issei Kato/guardian.co.uk Marco Sullivan of the USA crashes during the men's downhill Photograph: Luca Bruno/AP Photograph: Luca Bruno/guardian.co.uk Switzerland's Dario Cologna lies on the snow after the men's 15km cross-country Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Franck Fife/guardian.co.uk Tony Ramoin of France competes during qualification for the men's snowboard cross Photograph: Jamie Squire/Getty Images Photograph: Jamie Squire/guardian.co.uk A shell casing flies out of Moldovan shooter Natalia Levchenkova's rifle as she trains for the women's biathlon Photograph: Issei Kato/Reuters Photograph: Issei Kato/guardian.co.uk Silver medal winner Aksel Lund Svindal of Norway after competing in the men's downhill Photograph: Sandra Behne/Bongarts/Getty Images Photograph: Sandra Behne/guardian.co.uk Seth Wescott of the USA leads the pack as Damon Hayler of Austria falls in a quarter-final for the men's snowboard cross Photograph: Jim Hollander/EPA Photograph: Jim Hollander/guardian.co.uk Russia's Yuko Kavaguti and Alexander Smirnov perform during the pairs free figure skating event Photograph: David Gray/Reuters Photograph: David Gray/guardian.co.uk Slovenia's Tina Maze takes a curve during a training session for the women's downhill Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Fabrice Coffrini/guardian.co.uk Haavard Vad Petersson of the Norwegian curling team gets set to deliver the stone during practice Photograph: Robert F Bukaty/AP Photograph: Robert F. Bukaty/guardian.co.uk Nataliia Yakushenko of Ukraine competes during the luge women's singles Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/Bongarts/Getty Images Photograph: Alexander Hassenstein/guardian.co.uk China's Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo perform their pairs free programme in the figure skating Photograph: Ivan Sekretarev/AP Photograph: Ivan Sekretarev/guardian.co.uk A Canadian player stick handles the puck during the women's ice hockey preliminary game between Switzerland and Canada Photograph: Luis Acosta/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Luis Acosta/guardian.co.uk Gold medalist Chinese skaters Xue Shen and Hongbo Zhan, fellow Chinese skaters and silver medalists Qing Pang and Jian Tong and bronze medalists Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy of Germany on the podium after winning medals in the figure skating pairs free event Photograph: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty Images Photograph: Vincenzo Pinto/guardian.co.uk Slovakia's Veronika Sabolova takes her second run during the women's singles luge Photograph: Tony Gentile/Reuters Photograph: Tony Gentile/guardian.co.uk