Media Watch -- Triumphs and Shortcomings in Sochi

(ATR) Tina Maze and Dominique Gisin tie for gold in women's alpine skiing...Shaun White places fourth in the Olympic half-pipe final.

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SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 12: (FRANCE OUT) Dominique Gisin of Switzerland and Tina Maze of Slovenia win joint gold medals during the Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games at Rosa Khutor Alpine Centre on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Alain Grosclaude/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)
SOCHI, RUSSIA - FEBRUARY 12: (FRANCE OUT) Dominique Gisin of Switzerland and Tina Maze of Slovenia win joint gold medals during the Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games at Rosa Khutor Alpine Centre on February 12, 2014 in Sochi, Russia. (Photo by Alain Grosclaude/Agence Zoom/Getty Images)

Slovenia's Tina Maze and Switzerland'sDominique Gisin tie for a gold medal in alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. ESPN says this is the first tie for a gold medal in the history of Olympic alpine skiing.

CNN features reactions from both Maze and Gisin, the "golden girls" of downhill skiing, after making Olympic history in Sochi.

The Wall Street Journal's Sarah Germano explores where the extra medal comes from when two athletes tie for gold at an Olympic Games.

CBS Sports writer Brian Stubits spotlights "ten players to watch" during the men's Olympic hockey tournament in Sochi.

CNN showcases some of the most memorable moments captured so far during the Winter Games in a gallery titled "Visions of Sochi."

ABC News writer Colleen Curry highlights the"biggest Olympic upset yet"in Sochi - United States snowboarder Shaun White's fourth place ranking after the Olympic half-pipe final.

New York Daily News writer Bob Raissman discusses a "Sochi storyline" centered on NBC sportscaster Bob Costas and his recent eye infection. Raissman says many of the "unwashed masses" are wondering why Costas would "bench himself" from Sochi coverage due to a "pair of infected eyeballs."

CNN writer Gary Morley takes a look back at the road to the Sochi Olympics and what the future holds for the Black Sea resort.

The New Yorker's George Packer says much of the "international unease" with the Sochi Games has focused on terrorist threats, Russian president Vladimir Putin's "domestic repressiveness" and the Russian government's gay propaganda ban.

"These make me uneasy too," Packer writes. However, Packer says nothing compares with Putin’s role in "perpetuating a war that has killed well over a hundred thousand people and displaced more than nine million, with no end in sight."

Wall Street Journalwriter Brian Costa dubs the Sochi Games the"driest Olympics in memory."

CNN meteorologist Brandon Miller offers an explanation for Sochi's warm weather.

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