Ireland competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. Five competitors in four sports made up the Ireland team. All five members of the team are members of the Irish diaspora, who were born or live and train elsewhere.[4]
| Ireland at the 2014 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
 | |
| IOC code | IRL |
| NOC | Olympic Federation of Ireland |
| Website | olympics |
| in Sochi | |
| Competitors | 5 in 4 sports |
| Flag bearers | Conor Lyne (opening)[1][2] Seamus O'Connor (closing)[3] |
| Medals |
|
| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Alpine skiing
editAccording to the final quota allocation released on January 20, 2014, Ireland had two athletes in qualification positions.[5]
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Conor Lyne[6] | Men's giant slalom | DNF | |||||
| Men's slalom | 1:03.58 | 74 | 1:09.71 | 40 | 2:13.29 | 42 | |
| Florence Bell[7] | Women's giant slalom | DNF | |||||
| Women's slalom | 1:07.84 | 55 | DNF | ||||
Cross-country skiing
editAccording to the quota allocation released on January 20, 2014, Ireland had one athlete in a qualifying position.
| Athlete | Event | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
| Jan Rossiter | Men's 15 km classical | 48:44.6 | +10:14.9 | 82 |
Skeleton
editIreland has qualified one athlete for the men's single event. Sean Greenwood originally competed for Canada but switched to compete for Ireland to pay homage to his heritage.[8]
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Sean Greenwood | Men's | 57.99 | 21 | 1:05.11 | 27 | 58.22 | =23 | Did not advance | 3:01.32 | 27 | |
Snowboarding
editAccording to the quota allocation released on January 20, 2014, Ireland had one athlete qualified in two events.[5]
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | Run 1 | Run 2 | Best | Rank | ||
| Seamus O'Connor[9] | Men's halfpipe | 66.25 | 71.50 | 71.50 | 8 QS | 54.00 | 43.00 | 54.00 | 9 | Did not advance | |||
| Men's slopestyle | 33.50 | 40.00 | 40.00 | 13 QS | 60.75 | 70.25 | 70.25 | 9 | Did not advance | ||||
Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Conor Lyne named as flag bearer for Ireland in Sochi". Raidió Teilifís Éireann. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ^ "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). olympic.org. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). 23 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ Clerkin, Malachy (22 January 2014). "Diaspora Olympians come into the cold for Ireland at Sochi". Irish Times. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- ^ a b "Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.1.2014" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. FIS. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
- ^ "Lyne heads five-strong Ireland team". Belfast Telegraph. 29 January 2014. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ O’Brien, Brendan (30 January 2014). "Sister's support still strong as Florence flies the flag in Sochi". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
- ^ Ip, Stephanie (23 January 2014). "Vancouver-born skeleton pilot representing Ireland at Sochi has bare-bones support". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved 24 January 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Strasser, Franz (31 January 2014). "Teen US-born snowboarder to represent Ireland in Sochi". British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2 February 2014.
External links
edit- Ireland at the 2014 Winter Olympics (Sochi2014.com) at the Wayback Machine (archived 24 February 2014)
- Ireland at the 2014 Winter Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)