Seeing Sochi, Day 12: Our favorite Olympics photographs

Men's Snowboard Cross Quarterfinals
Omar Visintin of Italy (red bib), Pierre Vaultier of France (green bib), Jarryd Hughes of Australia (blue bib), Hanno Douschan of Austria (white bib) and Konstantin Schad of Germany (yellow) compete in the Men's Snowboard Cross Quarterfinals at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park on February 18, 2014 in Sochi, Russia.
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There was action today on the alpine and Nordic skiing courses, ski jump hills, the hockey and speed skating arenas, and snowboard cross and halfpipe venues. These are some of our favorite photos of the day.

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