A U.S. skier won a new Olympic event, and the Dutch skated back to the top of the medal table. Here's a recap of Tuesday's action in Sochi:

David Wise Claims First-Ever Skiing Halfpipe Gold for U.S.

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American David Wise scored a 92 on his first run at the Sochi Games, and the tally led him to win the first-ever gold medal awarded in the ski halfpipe on Tuesday. The 23-year-old Reno, Nev. skier topped the field by leaning on the moves which have made him a three-time Winter X-Games champion.

Mike Riddle earned the silver for Canada, and Kevin Rolland claimed bronze for France.

American Alex Deibold Takes Bronze in Snowboardcross

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France's Pierre Vaultier held off Nikolay Olyunin of Russia to win the gold medal in the men's snowboardcross at Sochi on Tuesday afternoon. Alex Deibold of the U.S. beat teammate Trevor Jacob in the semifinals of the snowboard racing event for the bronze.

The medal was undoubtedly special for Deibold, who spent the 2010 Vancouver Olympics as a board technician for the American team, but he did not compete as a member of the squad.

Russia Advances to Men's Hockey Quarterfinals

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Russia beat Norway, 4-0, in Olympic men's hockey on Tuesday to storm into the quarterfinals, where they will face Finland on Wednesday. Elsewhere, the Czech Republic topped Slovakia, 5-3, and advanced to face the U.S. in Wednesday's quarterfinal round.

Underdog Slovenia beat Austria, 4-0, and advanced to play top-seeded Sweden in the round-of-eight. Latvia reached its first Olympic quarterfinals ever by virtue of beating Switzerland, 3-1. They'll face Canada on Wednesday.

U.S. Teams In First and Third After Women's Bobsled Heats

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American bobsledders Lauryn Williams and Elana Meyers led the women's field after the first day of the event's competition in Sochi on Tuesday. Canada's Kaillie Humphries and Heather Moyse, who are chasing a second straight Olympic title, trailed by 0.23 seconds in second place and Jamie Greubel and Aja Evans of the U.S. were in third.

Former U.S. Summer Olympian Lolo Jones and teammate Jazmine Fenlator placed 11th. The hurdler had hoped the Winter Olympics would give her a better chance at a medal.

Medal Count

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Jorrit Bergsma of The Netherlands set an Olympic record on his way to winning the gold medal in the men's 10,000 meter speedskating event. Fellow countrymen Sven Kramer and Bob de Jong grabbed the silver and the bronze respectively to push the Dutch back to the top of the overall medal count. The European nation was tied with the U.S. with 20 total medals.

Netherlands (20)
6 gold; 6 silver; 8 bronze

United States (20)
6 gold; 4 silver; 10 bronze

Russia (19)
5 gold; 8 silver; 6 bronze

Norway (18)
7 gold; 4 silver; 7 bronze

Canada (17)
4 gold; 9 silver; 4 bronze

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