Sporting Pictures of the Week 15 February

The first Winter Olympics medal for a South American, and it’s a gold.

A different type of celebration from the Austrian snowboarder.

I was looking back at you to see you looking back at me.

Moody.

Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands (the one with the terrible boyfriend) took the unorthodox approach of having motivational cup cakes made for her on her private jet to get to Italy.

It worked though.

It’s a fine line between bravery and stupidity.  The end for Lindsey Vonn.

Now there’s a helmet.

New England’s Mack Hollins dressed up as Hannibal Lecter for his arrival at the Super Bowl.

Italy’s lineout soaring over a team advertising strawberry ice-cream.

That’s what happens when you put too many yachts in a small area.

From the Archives.  Ian Botham  with Lou Ferrigno, the ‘Incredible Hulk’ at the LA Dodgers’ stadium in Los Angeles in September 1981.