By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 22:12 EST, 23 February 2014 | UPDATED: 08:52 EST, 24 February 2014 For Team USA, the Sochi Winter Olympics will be forever known as the 'No-Name Games' after a string of previously unknowns compensated for the failure of big names including Shaun White, Shani Davis and the men's hockey team to bring home the gold. U.S. Olympic officials have been forced to defend its ‘disappointing’ medal haul at Sochi, which has fallen short of the record 37 medal haul in Vancouver four years ago. America placed fourth in the gold medal tally behind host country Russia, Norway and Canada with just nine golds, but came in a more respectable second with its overall medal haul.
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USA was placed second in the overall medal tally with 28 medals, behind Russia
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Medal haul about 20 percent lower than in 2010 and results considered 'disappointing' with figure skating and speedskating blamed
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A lot of big names failed to deliver at Sochi such as Shaun White and Shani Davis
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New stars emerged to spare Team USA's blushes including Mikaela Shiffrin, Sage Kotsenburg and Joss Christensen
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