Iivo Niskanen put on a brilliant display of cross-country skiing to win gold for Finland at the Beijing Games
Home favourite Su Yiming of China made his Olympic debut on Sunday and received a standing ovation in return.
Ester Ledecka became the first person in Winter Olympics history to capture gold medals in unrelated events after the Czech won the snowboard parallel giant slalom on Saturday to go with her stunning Alpine skiing super-G gold.