The Americans have reigned supreme in the Winter Games freeski events, but yesterday it was the Australians' turn to shine in the snowboard cross, with current world champion and X Games competitor Alex Pullin taking the honours in the men's competition and Belle Brockhof the surprise winner in the women's competition.
Shovelling snow was part of the job description yesterday for the team of 50 volunteers working behind the scenes at the Winter Games curling venue in Naseby.
The Winter Games freeski slopestyle champions are United States pair Gus Kenworthy (19) and Devin Logan (19), in a repeat result from halfpipe competition earlier this week.
The Winter Games featured its first WSF para snowboard world cup at Cardrona Alpine Resort yesterday, with a strong international field.
It was blitzkrieg attack by the Ice Blacks in the third period when they scored five goals to beat China 8-3 last night at the Dunedin Ice Stadium.
Adaptive alpine skier Quentin Smith (34) is keenly looking forward to some strong Winter Games competition in Queenstown and Mt Hutt next week.
Adaptive snowboarder Amy Purdy (31) has been undressed by Madonna and hung from the ceiling by Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx, but all she really wants to do is compete at the 2014 Paralympics.
Challenging weather conditions marred yesterday's freeski halfpipe competition at Cardrona Alpine Resort, the first freestyle skiing event of the Winter Games.
The polar blast has disrupted the travel plans of the Chinese ice hockey team and delayed the start of the international against New Zealand at the Dunedin Ice Stadium tonight.
Bad weather on the ski slopes forced a change in schedule for the Winter Games in Wanaka yesterday.
A wintry blast from the south yesterday forced the postponement of a Winter Games highlight - the freeski slopestyle - until today.
A World Cup-level men's field of cross-country skiers lined up at the Snow Farm this weekend for two days of Winter Games races.
The Dodds brothers are bright boys and are able to combine international ice skating with high-powered university studies.
Thousands of people made the most of events held in Queenstown over the weekend, part of The QRC Downtown Sessions, coinciding with the 2011 Winter Games NZ - an event "every New Zealander can be proud of", Minister of Economic Development David Carter said on Friday night.
Nicholas Fernandez prides himself on his artistic creations on the ice and it came up trumps at the Winter Games figure skating on Saturday.
The world's top-ranked halfpipe snowboarder, Nathan Johnstone (21), is clearly over an ankle injury that deprived him of a chance to knock American maestro Shaun White (24) off the top of the Winter Olympics podium in Vancouver last year.
Nicholas Fernandez' international figure skating career was stymied by a mental block that stopped him from competing at the Vancouver Winter Olympics last year.
The slopes, pipes and rinks of Otago are about to be invaded by more than 1000 athletes from 50 nations for the biggest international sporting event on the district's calendar.
Ice and infrastructure preparations at the Naseby indoor curling rink are well under way for the curling section of the New Zealand Winter Games, which begins begins next Friday and runs until Sunday, August 28.
Dunedin's Morgan Figgins, who has been the bright hope of New Zealand figure skating since the Dunedin Ice Stadium was opened six years ago, will be challenged by overseas skaters over the next three days.
