Sochi Accident: Russian Olympic skicross racer Maria Komissarova broke and dislocated her spine during a training run this morning. Her condition was so serious she underwent surgery in a mountainside hospital rather than be transported to the city. Skicross is a race with several skiers on the course that has jumps and turns. Komissarova fell after the third jump.

World: Saudi Arabia has been quietly supplying shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles to Syrian rebels, according to several recent reports. Saudi Arabia is reported to be frustrated with peace talks and concerned that the Lebanese group Hezbollah has bolstered the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Shoulder-fired missiles can be a game-changer in a mid-intensity conflict like Syria’s civil war. The second round of peace talks ended today with no progress.

Nation: Workers at a Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga voted against joining the United Auto Workers, a major defeat for the union moving to organize auto plants in the south. It stings even more because Volkswagen didn’t oppose the effort.

–The world’s largest solar power generation plant opened in Nevada this week. The $2.2 billion system covers 5 square miles and is expected to generate power for 140,000 homes.

Locker Room Report: An NFL investigation found that three members of the Miami Dolphins engaged in a pattern of harassment that caused offensive tackle Jonathan Martin to leave the team last fall. Richie Incognito, a guard who was suspended from the team, was originally named as the instigator. But the report says linemen John Jerry and Mike Pouncey were his wingmen. According to the report, Martin was persistently teased “with sexually explicit remarks about his sister and his mother and at times ridiculed with racial insults and other offensive comments.”

Out: Ellen Page, the quirky actress who broke out as a pregnant teenager in the move “Juno”, announced at a meeting for gay and lesbian teenagers that she’s gay. Speaking at the Human Rights Campaign meeting in Las Vegas, the Oscar-nominated actress said, “I suffered for years because I was scared to be out. My spirit suffered, my mental health suffered and my relationships suffered. And I’m standing here today, with all of you, on the other side of all that pain.”

Sochi: All the following results have already appeared on television.

-The US professional hockey team beat the Russian professional hockey team 3-2 this morning. What could have been the winning goal for Russia was disallowed because the net had moved. The US scored in an eight-round tie-breaking shootout.

-Noelle Pikus-Pace of Eagle Mountain, Utah, who retired for a while after failing to win a medal in Vancouver, came back to win silver in the women’s skeleton sledding event. She revealed afterwards that she is recovering from a concussion and had blurry vision during her runs. The married mother of two immediately announced she’s retiring again. Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain won the gold.

-Despite falling twice, Japan’s Yuzuru Hanyu became his country’s first- gold medalist in the men’s single ice-skating event. Hanyu picked himself up and skated on. The favored Patrick Chan of Canada delivered a program that was even more flawed, and finished second.

-It’s the poor workman who blames his tools, but US speed skaters say their new racing suits are slowing them down. Instead of a slick surface, the suits have a disruptive surface like a golf ball that designers thought would be faster. But the skaters have dumped the new for their old slippery suits, hoping to get back the edge. Of course, there’s also the possibility that the Dutch skaters are just faster.

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