The most decorated country in Winter Olympic history earned four more medals Tuesday

Norway won double gold in the cross-country freestyle sprints while picking up silver medals in the women's sprint and in the women's 10-kilometer biathlon pursuit. That gave the Norwegians the medal lead as the games concluded their sixth day, and it pushed their overall total to 317 since the Winter Olympics began in 1924.

Ola Vigen Hattestad captured the men's sprint title in a race marred by a three-skier collision. Emil Joensson of Sweden, who had all but given up earlier in the race, grabbed the bronze after Sergey Ustiugov of Russia, Marcus Hellner of Sweden and Anders Gloeersen of Norway were involved in a crash that left them sprawled across the course. Soft snow caused a number of spills throughout the day.

LUGE: Natalie Geisenberger's victory was Germany's fifth straight in women's luge. Teammate Tatjana Huefner won the silver and Erin Hamlin picked up the bronze, the first singles luge medal ever for the United States. Hamlin's bronze touched off a wild celebration among family and friends in the Russian mountains and a raucous party home in Remsen, N.Y. It's a place where hundreds of people - about half the town, it would appear - huddled around televisions streaming the online feed of her history making run down the track at the Sanki Sliding Center.

"This time, I was like, "You know what? I won worlds before, I've had podium (finishes) and it would be amazing to get on, but if I have four solid runs - which until today I never had in the Olympics - I would be happy with it,"' Hamlin said. "I just really wanted to enjoy the experience and really take it all in. I don't know if I'll be back again, so it's great to be able to do that. I really came in with no expectations."

BIATHLON: Darya Domracheva of Belarus led for most of the women's 10-kilometer pursuit race, missing only the last target before finishing in 29 minutes, 30.7 seconds. Tora Berger of Norway took silver, and Teja Gregorin of Slovenia claimed the bronze.

SLOPESTYLE SKIING: Dara Howell won gold with a score of 94.20, trouncing the rest of the field, and Kim Lamarre earned bronze to give the Canadians seven medals in four days of snowboarding and freestyle skiing, including three events in which they took two of the top three spots. "We're over the moon right now," said Peter Judge, CEO of the Canadian Freestyle Skiing Association. Devin Logan of the United States took silver. Canada's big day was tempered by teammate Yuki Tsubota's crash on the slushy snow. She was carried off the mountain on a stretcher with a possible fractured jaw.

SPEEDSKATING: Lee Sang-hwa won the women's 500 meters and set an Olympic record of 37.28 seconds in her second race, beating the mark of 37.30 set by Catriona Le May Doan at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics. Her combined time of 1 minute, 14.70 seconds also was an Olympic record, beating Le May Doan's mark of 1:14.75. Olga Fatkulina of Russia won the silver, and Margot Boer of the Netherlands got the bronze.

SKI JUMPING: Carina Vogt won the first gold medal in women's ski jumping. The 22-year-old German overcame heavy favorite Sara Takanashi, the World Cup leader in the sport who ended up a disappointing fourth. Daniela Iraschko-Stolz of Austria took silver and Colin Mattell of France earned bronze.

- The Associated Press