In which sport did violinist Vanessa-Mae compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics?
"Venezuela at the 2014 Winter Olympics Venezuela competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. The team consisted of one athlete in alpine skiing. This marks the country's return to the Winter Olympics after missing the previous games four years ago. According to the quota allocation released on January 20, 2014 Venezuela had qualified one athlete. Pardo is the fifth ever Venezuelan to ever qualify for the Winter Olympics and the first ever to qualify in a snow sport. Pardo entered the opening ceremony showing of his dance moves, which set off a"
"as the British violinist Vanessa-Mae and represented for Thailand as her father is a Thai) to achieve an average of 140 points of fewer at an FIS event to enable her to qualify for Olympics. At an FIS event in Krvavec, where she achieved her required score, she finished 6th (and last) in the national junior championships, despite being over 14 years older to the next eldest contestant. She also finished 7th (but last), 9th (of 13th) and 10th (of 13th). She finished with a total time of 3:26.97, 50.10 seconds behind the winner, Tina Maze of Slovenia. She was"
"in the chart'. Vanessa-Mae stated that she ""started skiing around the same time as I began playing the piano, at around four, before moving to the violin at five"", and that it had been her ""dream to be a ski bum since I was 14."" In 2009 Vanessa-Mae took up residence in the Swiss alpine resort of Zermatt. In August 2010, she told ""The Telegraph"", ""I am British, but realistically there is no way I could represent my own country, but because my natural father is Thai, they have accepted me."" She registered as a Thai alpine skier. In 2014,"
"competition be annulled. The Hearing Panel noted that, if the results were to be annulled by the FIS Council, it will mean that Vanessa-Mae, Federica Selva of San Marino, and Ieva Januškevičiūtė of Lithuania will have not qualified for the 2014 Olympic Games. Vanessa-Mae issued a statement calling the ban ""nonsensical"" and saying ""we will"" appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. The FIS Council met on 18 November and cancelled the results of ""all four giant slalom races"" at Krvavec and issued a press release saying that ""Vanessa Vanakorn (THA) who competed in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter"
"violin concertos, according to ""Guinness World Records"". Her first pop-style album, ""The Violin Player"", was released in 1995. She appeared on the 1997 Janet Jackson album ""The Velvet Rope"" playing a violin solo on the song ""Velvet Rope"". She was managed by her mother until Vanessa-Mae fired her in 1999. On 7 March 2002 Vanessa-Mae performed a variation of Antonio Vivaldi: ""The Four Seasons"" – ""Summer: III. Presto"" during the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Paralympics. In April 2006, Vanessa-Mae was ranked as the wealthiest young entertainer under 30 in the UK in the Sunday Times Rich List 2006,"
"Vic Wild Victor Ivan ""Vic"" Wild (; born August 23, 1986) is an American-born Russian snowboarder. Wild won a bronze medal in the parallel giant slalom at the 2013 FIS Snowboarding World Championships and gold medals in the parallel slalom and parallel giant slalom at 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, which made him the first snowboarder ever to win two medals at the same Winter Games. Wild originally competed for the United States, but after the 2010 Winter Olympics, the United States Ski and Snowboard Association shut down its alpine snowboarding program. According to a 2014 story by Jeff Passan"
"and would be the last chance for Mae to achieve the FIS-recognised score to qualify for the February 2014 Olympics. The event included a national junior championship, in which she was 14 years older than any of the competition. The event put her score under the 140-point average, dropping it from 269.44 on 11 January to 131.15 at the end of 19 January. Her manager Giles Holland said ""It would appear that she's done it. She's done it by a whisker, but she's done it."" FIS confirmed her eligibility to compete in the 2014 Olympics, with Ana Jelusic of the"
"Valentina Marchei Valentina Marchei (born 23 May 1986) is an Italian figure skater. As a singles skater, she is a five-time Italian national champion (2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014). Her highest ISU Championship placements were 4th at the 2013 European Championships and 8th at the 2012 World Championships. She represented Italy at the 2014 Winter Olympics and placed 11th. Marchei competed as a pair skater with Ondřej Hotárek, representing Italy. The pair finished 6th at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Valentina Marchei was born 23 May 1986 in Milan, Italy. She is the daughter of Marco Marchei, a competitor in the"
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"slalom race in Bad Gastein on 12 January 2014, a month before the Olympics was due to begin, she took a heavy fall and broke her left arm. She competed with a brace on her left arm at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi and won a bronze medal in the parallel giant slalom, just a few minutes before her husband Vic Wild claimed the gold medal in the same discipline. This was only the second time a husband and wife had won medals in the same event at the Olympic Winter Games. Three days later in the inaugural Olympic"
"Games in Vancouver Australia had its most successful Winter Olympics taking home two gold and one silver medal. Begg-Smith won a silver in the moguls, while Torah Bright and Lydia Lassila won the women's half-pipe snowboarding and aerial freestyle skiing respectively. At the 2014 Games, Australia sent its largest ever Winter Olympic Team, 60 athletes, to Sochi, competing in 10 sports. The Sochi Team included 31 female athletes making it the first Australian Olympic Team, Summer or Winter, with more female athletes than male. Australia again won three medals with David Morris (aerial skiing) and Torah Bright (snowboard halfpipe) winning"
"Among other competitors, some media attention was directed at Vanessa-Mae of Thailand, the last of the finishers. The London-raised pop violinist was over fifty seconds behind Maze. Both runs were moved up 90 minutes the day prior in anticipation of deteriorating weather. The starting gate at had a varying snow/rain mix with temperatures right around freezing – – with rain at the finish and a vertical drop of . Maze was first out of the gate and posted the best morning time on the clean course. Mid-course fog briefly delayed the start of the afternoon session as the mix changed"
"Games therefore did not qualify and should not have been participating in the Sochi 2014 Games."" The FIS Council was of the opinion that Fredrica Selva and Ieva Januškevičiūtė ""were victims of the manipulated races"", and forwarded the information to the International Olympic Committee. Vanessa-Mae filed appeals with the Court of Arbitration for Sport on 4 December 2014 against both the FIS Hearing Panel and the FIS Council. On 19 June 2015 the Court of Arbitration for Sport voided Vanakorn's four year ban, saying there was a lack of evidence that she herself manipulated the races; but the CAS dismissed"
"On 16 September 2018 Marchei announced the end of her partnership with Hotárek via Instagram. ""GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix"" Valentina Marchei Valentina Marchei (born 23 May 1986) is an Italian figure skater. As a singles skater, she is a five-time Italian national champion (2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014). Her highest ISU Championship placements were 4th at the 2013 European Championships and 8th at the 2012 World Championships. She represented Italy at the 2014 Winter Olympics and placed 11th. Marchei competed as a pair skater with Ondřej Hotárek, representing Italy. The pair finished 6th at"
"Maé-Bérénice Méité Maé-Bérénice Méité (born 21 September 1994) is a French figure skater. She is the 2011 Ondrej Nepela Memorial champion, the 2016 International Cup of Nice champion, the 2015 Winter Universiade silver medalist, and a five-time French national champion. She has finished in the top six at three European Championships and represented France at the 2014 and 2018 Winter Olympics. Maé-Bérénice Méité, an only child, was born in Paris, France. Her parents are from Ivory Coast and Congo. Fluent in English and Spanish, she is interested in foreign languages and perfume-making. She plays the violin. After obtaining a science"
"and chose to send the one that was born in Thailand and had qualified for more events. Kanes Sucharitakul was 21 years old at the time of the Sochi Olympics. On 19 February Sucharitakul participated in the giant slalom, he competed his runs in 1 minute and 37.82 seconds and 1 minute and 37.24 seconds. His total time of 3 minutes and 15 seconds put him in 65th position, out of 72 athletes who completed the race. On 22 February he did not complete the first run of the slalom race. Vanessa Vanakorn, a classical violinist who performs under the"
"of supposedly fixed Sochi Winter Olympics qualifications for the Thai ski team at Krvavec in January 2014 – with the only goal to successfully qualify Vanessa Mae. However, no formal bans were ever handed out. On 11 November 2014, the International Ski Federation (FIS) Hearing Panel issued its own findings about the Krvavec event less than 10 months earlier: The weather was such that no regular race could be held; the competition's referee said that ""any comparable competition in Slovenia would have been cancelled"". A previously retired competitor took part in the alleged competition solely to lower (improve) the scores"
"the full-court game). Individual skills challenge in basketball is held since 2014. The field hockey was introduced as outdoor format in 2010 Games, but was later changed to the hockey5s a smaller version of indoor played in outdoor in 2014. The cycling disciplines are BMX racing, road cycling and mountain bike racing, while track cycling has been left off the schedule. From 2014, beach volleyball replaced volleyball. The 2018 edition featured 4 new sports: sport climbing, karate, breakdancing and roller speed skating. Added events included BMX freestyle, kitesurfing, cross country running and beach handball replaced handball. The Winter Youth Games"
"time. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, women's ski jumping made its first appearance. Carina Vogt of Germany won the first gold medal for women in the sport. The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro saw the first rugby sevens competition. The tournament was won by the Australian team. Golf was also re-added to the programme for the first time for women since 1900. Inbee Park of South Korea won the tournament. The 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang saw the addition of big air snowboarding, mixed doubles curling, mass start speed skating, and mixed team alpine skiing. Women"
"Thailand had no Alpine skiers in the top 500, and Olympic rules allowed such countries to send one man and one woman to the Olympics slalom and giant slalom, based on alternative criteria: The skier must have 140 points or less, smaller scores being better under the International Ski Federation (FIS) system, while starting at least five internationally recognised slalom or giant slalom events. At the request of Vanessa-Mae's management and the Thai Olympic Committee, a giant slalom competition was organised by the Alpine Ski Club Triglav and took place on 18 and 19 January 2014 at Krvavec in Slovenia,"
"rank than her predecessor, Michelle Despain, achieved during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Verónica María Ravenna Verónica María Ravenna (; born 19 February 1998) is an Argentine luger. She competed in the women's singles event at the 2018 Winter Olympics. When she was six years old, she moved to Vancouver, Canada, with her family. She began her sport career when she was eleven years old, after learning about luge in while visiting the Whistler Sliding Centre during a school visit. In 2014 she suffered a clavicle fracture, which prevented her from joining the Canadian youth team. The following"
"Maggie Voisin Maggie Voisin (born December 14, 1998 in Whitefish, Montana) is an American freeskier. She was selected for the U.S. Olympic team to compete in the women’s slopestyle event at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Unfortunately, she fractured her right fibula above her ankle, and was unable to compete. During the 2013–14 FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup season, Voisin finished in fourth in events in both Cardona, New Zealand and Copper Mountain in Colorado. At the 2014 Winter X Games, Voisin won the slopestyle silver medal, becoming the youngest skier to medal in X Games history. Having turned 15 less"
"in most Summer Olympics since, missing the Olympics only in five occasions between 1928 and 2016. These were in 1932, 1952, 1956, 1964, and 1976. In spite of this, they did not send a delegation to the Winter Olympics until the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Élise Pellegrin was the only competitor sent to the Sochi games, and she was also the only competitor in the designation sent to Peyongchang in 2018. Pellegrin went to Peyongchang with her coach Marvin Hocquax. The Chef de Mission of the delegation was Lucienne Attard. As the only athlete, Pellegrin was chosen as"
"In the alpine skiing World Cup overall ranking 2013 she finished third behind Tina Maze and Maria Höfl-Riesch. The 2014 season was Veith's most successful season so far. At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, Veith won the super-G at Rosa Khutor for her first Olympic medal, winning by over a half-second. Three days later, she won a silver medal in the giant slalom, just .02 seconds behind gold medalist and World Cup rival Tina Maze of Slovenia. The Giant Slalom was held in the rain. In the next three races after the Olympics, Veith had a runner-up finish"
"in the sports of goalball (six athletes), athletics (two athletes) and wheelchair tennis (one athlete) after Russia was suspended from the Games by the International Paralympic Committee. Two athletes from the original team of 178 did not attend - Emily Tapp due to injury and Michael Gallager due to doping violation. Several team members have changed their previous Paralympic sports at these Games: Dylan Alcott (wheelchair tennis), Jessica Gallagher (cycling), Daniela Di Toro (table tennis) and Claire McLean (paratriathlon). Jonathon Milne earned Australia a spot at the Rio Games following his performance at the 2015 World Archery Para Championships and"
"at the University of Illinois. Evans began competing in the bobsled after graduation. She was a brakeman for drivers Jamie Greubel, Elana Meyers, and Jazmine Fenlator in the 2012–2013 World Cup season, earning a bronze in Igls and a silver at the Sochi. In the 2013–2014 World Cup season, she earned silver at Calgary and gold at Park City. Evans was named to the U.S. Olympic bobsled team for the 2014 Winter Olympics on January 19, 2014. On February 19, 2014, Evans, along with Jamie Greubel, won the bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Evans comes from a family"
"at the London Summer Olympics in two categories: 200m backstroke and 400m medley. At the SEA Games 27 in Myanmar (12/2013), Anh Vien got six medals in total (3 gold, 2 silver and 1 bronze), she broke two Sea Games records in 200m backstroke (2 min 14 sec 80) and 400m medley ( pmin 6 gsec 6).đShe was voted the ""Golden Impression of SEA Games 27 "". At the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, Anh Vien won the broze medals in th 200m Backstroke and the 400m Individual Medley event. Anh Vien was one of the top swimmers at Sea"
"than two months before the opening of the Sochi Olympics, Voisin would have been the youngest American to compete at the Winter Olympics since 1972. During the summer, Voisin can be found at Mt. Hood, Oregon, where she hosts a Takeover Session at Windells Camp. Maggie Voisin Maggie Voisin (born December 14, 1998 in Whitefish, Montana) is an American freeskier. She was selected for the U.S. Olympic team to compete in the women’s slopestyle event at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Unfortunately, she fractured her right fibula above her ankle, and was unable to compete. During the 2013–14 FIS Freestyle Skiing"
"in parallel giant slalom in 2017. Ledecká also won the overall parallel and parallel giant slalom World Cup titles in 2015-16 and took another overall parallel World Cup in 2016-17. Eva Samková won the gold medal in the snowboard cross at the 2014 Winter Olympics and was World Cup snowboard cross champion in 2016-17. Šárka Pančochová took the overall freestyle and slopestyle World Cup titles in the 2013-14 season. In cross-country skiing Kateřina Neumannová and Lukáš Bauer have enjoyed success. Neumannová won a gold medal in the 30 kilometre freestyle event at the 2006 Winter Olympics, as well as two"
"Championships and then fourteenth at the 2013 World Championships, where Italy secured two berths for the 2014 Olympic pairs event. After winning bronze at the 2013 Winter Universiade and silver at the 2014 Italian Championships, they placed eighth at the 2014 European Championships. Della Monica/Guarise were named along with Italian champions Stefania Berton / Ondrej Hotarek as Italy's pairs entries at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Just before the event, Guarise tore the medial meniscus in his right knee. The pair finished sixteenth at the Olympics. He then underwent a knee operation and resumed training at the start of"
"medal from Beijing. At these Olympic games, Spain, however, did not win an Olympic medal in tennis, for the first time since it was reintroduced as a full-medal sport in 1988, and in cycling for the first time since that same year. On 21 November 2016, a fourth gold medal was assigned to Spain's Lidia Valentín in Weightlifting (Women's 75 kg) after the IOC disqualified the original medalists in the event for failing doping tests at the games. Among the nation's medalists were sailor Marina Alabau in women's windsurfing, and sprint kayaker Saúl Craviotto, who previously won gold in Beijing."
"awarded the gold, China's Wei Hong was awarded the silver and Indonesia's Ivana Ardelia Irmanto awarded the bronze. On 3 October 2014, Chinese athlete Zhang Wenxiu had been stripped of her gold medal in the women's hammer throw after she tested positive for the prohibited substance zeranol, However, on 6 May 2015 the Court of Arbitration for Sport reinstated her gold medal on her appeal after ruling that the zeranol came from contaminated food. On 27 May 2015, South Korean Park Tae-hwan had been stripped of his six medals after he tested positive for nebido before the games. Park participated"
"women's program, 30 km freestyle mass start event where she finished 53rd. She is currently studying journalism at the University of Zagreb. Vedrana Malec Vedrana Malec (; born 24 March 1990 in Zagreb) is a Croatian cross country skier who has been competing since 2006. She competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, which were her first Winter Olympics. She was selected to carry Croatian flag at the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics. Malec has competed at two Nordic World Ski Championships. Her best finish is 58th place in skiathlon event at the 2013 Nordic World Ski"