(Transcript from World News Australia Radio)
There was happier news for host Russia, with its first gold coming in the inaugural team figure skating event.
It's Norway, however, that leads the overall medal tally, as Murray Silby reports.
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Whatever results Australian Torah Bright records at Sochi, she's making history by being the first person - man or woman - to compete in snowboarding's three events.
Her first event was the slopestyle, but Ryan Taylor, from Ski and Snowboard Australia, the sport's governing body in Australia, says a couple of missed landings cost her dearly.
"She didn't quite do as well as she did in the qualifying events. She put her hand down on a couple of the runs and washed out once, which obviously affects her score, but to finish in seventh, it was a fantastic effort. Especially as it's not her strongest discipline. Half pipe is her main one so it really does give her a good lead-in to her main event."
Bright finished seventh behind American Jamie Anderson, Finland's Enni Rukajarvi and Britain's Jenny Jones.
Despite competing with the death of a friend's child on her mind and the disappointment of finishing outside the medals, Bright remained positive and while speaking to Channel 10, was full of praise for her competitors.
"You know what you really can't be upset when you just do your best and that's just what happens sometimes. Does it fire me up? I'm fired up from the beginning. I'm so happy to be here and so happy just to put on a show and just have a great time and have some fun. And I'm just so pumped to I guess cheer on these girls."
Anderson's win gives the United States a double in men's and women's slopestyle events at the Games after Sage Kotsenburg's victory in the men's competition.
And at 33 years of age, Jones not only handed Britain its first ever medal at the Olympics on the snow, but her bronze medal also continued the good form of veteran competitors at this year's Games.
Following up from Norway's 40-year-old Ole Einar Bjoerndalen winning gold in the men's 10 kilometre biathlon sprint, veterans aged 40 or more from Russia and Italy have filled two of the three podium places in the men's luge.
Forty two-year-old Albert Demchenko, of Russia, just missed out on becoming the event's oldest ever Olympic champion by finishing second, while Italy's Armin Zoeggler, who is 40 and competing at his sixth Games, finished third.
Both finished behind a 24-year-old German though, who is quickly building his own stellar career.
This is how the Channel 10 coverage saw the final stages of Felix Loch's run
"He's found the sweet spot and he's heading to the sweetest success of all. He's done it. He's done it. Felix Loch has defended his Olympic crown. The youngest ever men's luge champion in Vancouver has blitzed them all again in Sochi."
Australia's Alexander Ferlazzo finished in 33rd place.
Whether it's the summer or winter Games, every Olympics can be relied upon for uncovering some wonderful stories and already Sochi has the Dufour-Lapointe family from Canada.
The three Dufour-Lapointe sisters competed in the ski moguls with two of them winning medals - gold and silver.
The youngest, Justine, at just 19 years old, won gold and Chloe, the middle sibling, won silver.
The unlucky third sister was the eldest, Maxime.
She'll celebrate her 25th birthday on Sunday, but although being credited with inspiring the other two into the sport, herself failed to qualify for the final run and says she'll now have to learn from her younger siblings.
"It's definitely a journey that we have walked side by side and created bonds through it. I'm so happy for my sisters with what they've accomplished yesterday. I'm the big sister, I'll always be. We look out for each other and now we'll have the two champions in my house so I can learn from them and become one myself."
And in some good news for host nation Russia, it's broken through for its first gold medal of the Games with victory in the team figure-skating.
The Russians were helped to their win by 15-year-old sensation Julia Lipnitskaia.
Australia is yet to win a medal, but Ryan Taylor, from Ski and Snowboard Australia, says coming days will bring some hope.
"We've got Greta Small, who's making her Olympic debut in the alpine skiing events and she's in the combined downhill, which will be a very exciting event and also we've got the mogul guys competing as well. So we've got the likes of Dale Begg-Smith, Matt Graham, Sam Hall and Brodie Summers and obviously Dale's Australia's greatest winter Olympic champion having a gold and silver at the previous Games so hopefully he can repeat that."
