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.

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.

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.

Ben Sandford's driving ability ensured him a spot in the final of the men's skeleton at the Sochi Games, where he finished in 20th place.

Everyone agrees that the star of the Winter Olympics so far has been the new kid on the block: slopestyle skiing/snowboarding.

Triumph made sweeter as twin brothers take gold, bronze in 500m race in Sochi.

Kiwi snowboarder causes a stir at Sochi after looking for romance via Tinder dating app.

Vladimir Putin did not need to try to steal the limelight when this Olympic show, the most expensive the world has ever seen, was all his.

The opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia,

New Zealand's four-strong female snowboard contingent will battle it out in the slopestyle semifinals tomorrow.

In Sochi, there is plenty on the Russian President's to-do list as he bustles about town, preparing for the opening of his Olympic Games.

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.

Rod Emmerson's take on Vladimir Putin's law change.

Just when the gay rights controversies were threatening to overshadow the upcoming Winter Olympics.

French tyro Alexis Pinturault used all his slalom expertise to comprehensively win yesteray's World Cup super-combined to mark himself out as a medal favourite.