Ireland at the 2014 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:IRL
Nocname:Olympic Federation of Ireland
Games:Winter Olympics
Year:2014
Location:Sochi
Competitors:5
Sports:4
Flagbearer:Conor Lyne (opening)[1] [2]
Seamus O'Connor (closing)[3]
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
See also: (1896–1920)

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]

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. According to the final quota allocation released on January 20, 2014, Ireland had two athletes in qualification positions.[5]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
align=left rowspan=2Conor Lyne[6]
1:03.58741:09.71402:13.2942
align=left rowspan=2Florence Bell[7]
1:07.8455

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. According to the quota allocation released on January 20, 2014, Ireland had one athlete in a qualifying position.

Skeleton

See main article: Skeleton at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Ireland 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]

Snowboarding

See main article: Snowboarding at the 2014 Winter Olympics. According to the quota allocation released on January 20, 2014, Ireland had one athlete qualified in two events.[5]

AthleteEventQualificationSemifinalFinal
Run 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2BestRankRun 1Run 2BestRank
align=left rowspan=2Seamus O'Connor[9] Men's halfpipe66.2571.5071.508 QS54.0043.0054.009Did not advance
Men's slopestyle33.5040.0040.0013 QS60.7570.2570.259Did not advance
Qualification Legend: QF – Qualify directly to final; QS – Qualify to semifinal

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: . Conor Lyne named as flag bearer for Ireland in Sochi . . 5 February 2014 . 5 February 2014.
  2. Web site: Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers . . 7 February 2014 . olympic.org . . 7 February 2014.
  3. Web site: Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers. The International Olympic Committee (IOC). February 23, 2014. 23 February 2014.
  4. News: Clerkin . Malachy . 22 January 2014 . Diaspora Olympians come into the cold for Ireland at Sochi . . 24 January 2014 .
  5. Web site: Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.1.2014 . 20 January 2014 . www.fis-ski.com . . 22 January 2014.
  6. News: . Lyne heads five-strong Ireland team . . 29 January 2014 . 2 February 2014 .
  7. News: O’Brien . Brendan . Sister's support still strong as Florence flies the flag in Sochi . . 30 January 2014 . 2 February 2014.
  8. News: Ip . Stephanie . 23 January 2014 . Vancouver-born skeleton pilot representing Ireland at Sochi has bare-bones support. . 24 January 2014 .
  9. News: Strasser . Franz . 31 January 2014 . Teen US-born snowboarder to represent Ireland in Sochi . . 2 February 2014 .