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Belarus has big day at Sochi Olympics

By David Pace

Published February 17, 2014 8:16pm ET

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Belarus has big day at Sochi Olympics — Belarus' Darya Domracheva celebrates winning the gold medal in the women's biathlon 12.5k mass-start, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana) | Felipe Dana

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — It was Belarus day Monday at the Sochi Olympics.

A Belarussian woman made Olympic history by becoming the first female ever to win three biathlon titles at the same games, and one of her teammates captured the men’s freestyle skiing aerials competition to complete a gold-medal sweep on the event.

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