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"The men's snowboard cross competition was back on track Tuesday at the 2014 Sochi Olympics after it was delayed Monday due to thick fog. The Photo of the Day captures a group of snowboarders \u2014 Lucca Matteotti of Italy, Hanno Douschan of Austria, Paul-Henri De Le Rue and Pierre Vaultier of France, Omar Visintin of Italy and Cameron Bolton of Australia \u2014 fighting for first place in the long-awaited event.\nAdam Pretty, an award-winning sports photographer for Getty Images, took the above shot at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park. He is covering his sixth Olympics this year. \nSee also: '90s Figure Skating Tumblr Finally Brings LFO to the Olympics\n\"What's best about this frame is the stark grey clouds and rain covering the snowboard cross event this morning and the bright colors of the snowboarders contrasted against the sky,\" he said. \"All of them are off the ground, going over one of the course jumps, and the shape of the riders along with the colors almost resemble a rainbow.\"\nVaultier took the top spot in the event. Nikolay Olyunin of Russia placed second and Alex Deibold of the United States earned a bronze medal.\nBONUS: Olympic Families\n\n\nOlympics Families\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n1.\nWomen's supercombined bronze medal winner  Julia Mancuso celebrates with grandmother Sheila Tuffanelli.\n\nImage: AP Photo/Gero Breloer/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n2.\nLauren Anderson, mother of U.S. snowboarder Jamie Anderson, celebrates with fans after her daughter won the women's snowboard slopestyle final.\n\nImage: AP Photo/Sergei Grits/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n3.\nAlex Bilodeau celebrates with his brother, Frederic, after winning the gold medal in the men's moguls final.\n\nImage: AP Photo/Andy Wong/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n4.\nJulia Mancuso celebrates her bronze medal win in the women's supercombined with her sister, Sara.\n\nImage: AP Photo/Charles Krupa/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n5.\nSwitzerland's Iouri Podladtchikov celebrates with his father Yuri, right, and mother Valentina after winning the gold medal in the men's snowboard halfpipe final.\n\nImage: AP Photo/Sergei Grits/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n6.\nErin Hamlin of the United States hugs her parents, Ron and Eileen Hamlin, after the flower ceremony during the women's singles luge, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014.\n\nImage: AP Photo/Dita Alangkara/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n7.\nTwin brothers from the Netherlands, gold medallist Michel Mulder, second right, and bronze medallist Ronald, right, share a warm hug.\n\nImage: AP Photo/Patrick Semansky/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n8.\nCanada's Justine Dufour-Lapointe, right, is congratulated by sister Chloe after taking the first place in the women's moguls final.\n\nImage: AP Photo/Jae C. Hong/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n9.\nDeborah Christensen congratulates her son, men's ski slopestyle gold medal winner Joss Christensen of the United States.\n\nImage: AP Photo/Gero Breloer/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n10.\nAart Groothuis takes a picture of his son, men's 1000-meter speedskating gold medalist Stefan Groothuis of the Netherlands, during the medals ceremony.\n\nImage: AP Photo/David Goldman/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n11.\nNoelle Pikus-Pace of the United States hugs her husband, Janson Pace, and her children, Traycen, left, and Lacee, right, after she won the silver medal during the women's skeleton competition.\n\nImage: AP Photo/Michael Sohn/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n12.\nMartina Sablikova of the Czech Republic hugs her mother as she celebrates winning gold in the women's 5,000-meter speedskating race.\n\nImage: AP Photo/Matt Dunham/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n13.\nBronze medallist Carien Kleibeuker of the Netherlands poses for photographers carrying her daughter Annemijn during the flower ceremony for the women's 5,000-meter speedskating race.\n\nImage: AP Photo/Matt Dunham/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n14.\nMen's freestyle skiing aerials gold medal winner Anton Kushnir of Belarus holds his son, Platon, wrapped in the national flag.\n\nImage: AP Photo/Sergei Grits/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMartins Dukurs of Latvia, left, is hugged by his brother Tomass Dukurs after Martins won the silver medal during the men's skeleton competition.\n\nImage: AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko/Associated Press\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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