Lipnitskaya leads Russia to gold

Teenager Yulia Lipnitskaya stole the show as host nation Russia won their first gold medal at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, with their figure skating team triumphing in some style at the Iceberg Skating Palace.

The discipline is new to the Games and, after an enthralling evening ended yesterday, the home team were 10 points ahead of second-placed Canada and the US in third.

Elsewhere, snowboarder Jenny Jones won Great Britain’s first ever Olympic medal on the snow with a dramatic slopestyle bronze.