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Wendy Sweet: Fun is the freeskier's middle name

'Hi Mum" - Beaming down into the camera, after death-defying runs on both the halfpipe and the slopestyle course.

Jossi Wells flagbearer for NZ

Freeskier Jossi Wells has been announced as the flagbearer for the the New Zealand Olympic Team at the closing ceremony

David Leggat: Sochi funders must take long, cold look at winter sports

The summer and winters Games are different beasts. What can't differ, however, is how they are assessed when it comes to funding, writes David Leggat.

Sochi Games: Wells just misses medal

Freestyle skier Jossi Wells has just missed out on winning New Zealand's second ever Winter Olympics medal with a fourth in the halfpipe event at Sochi.

Dana Johannsen: Sochi - It's like watching Kiwis on an expensive ski holiday

Our Winter Olympians are a hard lot to get behind, writes Dana Johannsen. Given NZ's modest record, the team went to Sochi with very few expectations from the public.

Winter Olympics: Wells' approach nothing new

Derek Panchuk: Best Sochi performances can depend on the blink of an eye

Some of the most exciting moments in the Sochi Winter Olympics will be in racing events such as ski and snowboard cross and short-track speed skating.

Scotty Stevenson: Lycra it or not, let 'Putin's Games' begin

Hell hath no fury like a journalist scorned and with the finishing touches still in the realm of fantasy, the criticism of Olympic authorities has been loud and scathing, writes Scotty Stevenson.

Winter Olympics: Skeleton holds no horrors for Eustace

Had she not been blessed with a healthy dose of the give-it-a-go philosophy, Katharine Eustace would never have got to the Winter Olympics.