Israel at the 2014 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:ISR
Nocname:Olympic Committee of Israel
Games:Winter Olympics
Year:2014
Website: 
Location:Sochi
Competitors:5
Sports:3
Flagbearer:Vladislav Bykanov (opening[1] [2]
and closing)[3]
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1994

Israel competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The team consisted of five athletes.[4] Vladislav Bykanov was the first male athlete to qualify from Israel in short track speed skating.

Competitors

width=180Sportwidth=55Menwidth=55Womenwidth=55Total
Alpine skiing1 0 1
Figure skating2 1 3
Short track speed skating1 0 1
Total 41 5

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics. According to the quota allocation released on January 20, 2014 Israel had qualified two athletes,[5] however only one athlete was selected to compete.[4] Virgile Vandeput missed both races he was entered in, as he was injured during training.[6]

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Three skaters qualified to represent Israel. Alexei Bychenko finished the men's singles competition in 21st out of 30 competitors.[7] Andrea Davidovich and Evgeni Krasnopolski finished the pairs skating competition in 15th place out of 20 pairs.[8]

AthleteEventTotal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Alexei BychenkoMen's singles62.4422 Q114.6221177.0621
Andrea Davidovich / Evgeni KrasnopolskiPairs skating53.3815 Q94.3515147.7315

Short track speed skating

See main article: Short track speed skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Israel achieved the following quota place:[9] Vladislav Bykanov failed to advance out of the opening heats in all three of his events.[10]

Men
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
align=left rowspan=3Vladislav Bykanov500 m41.7693Did not advance19
1000 m1:27.7963Did not advance24
1500 m2:21.1634Did not advance25

Non-qualified athletes

Bradley Chalupski attempted to qualify in skeleton but had difficulty convincing the Israeli Olympic Committee to allow him to do so.[11] A group of female alpine skiers also competed and qualified, but Israel decided not to use its quota it earned.[12]

See also

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Notes and References

  1. News: Sinai. Allon . 6 February 2014 . Five Israeli athletes set to compete in Sochi . The Jerusalem Post. 6 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: Sinai . Allon . 26 November 2013 . Israel announces its 5-athlete delegation to Sochi Olympics . . 10 January 2014 .
  5. Web site: Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.01.2014 . 20 January 2014 . www.fis-ski.com . . 20 January 2014.
  6. News: Sinai. Allon . 20 February 2014 . Israeli skier Vandeput misses Giant Slalom due to late leg injury . The Jerusalem Post. 20 February 2014 .
  7. News: 15 February 2014 . Israeli figure skater Alexei Bychenko comes in 21st place in Sochi finals. Reuters. . 20 February 2014 .
  8. News: Wiener . Julie . 13 February 2014 . Israeli skaters perform better than expected. . 20 February 2014 .
  9. Web site: XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 Sochi - Entries Short Track Speed Skating . . 22 November 2013 . 22 November 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131202235443/http://www2.isu.org/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,4844-205151-222374-nav-list,00.html?id=1469 . 2 December 2013 .
  10. News: Sinai. Allon . 19 February 2014 . Israel’s Bykanov comes up short on the skate track . The Jerusalem Post. 20 February 2014 .
  11. News: Kamin . Debra . 15 August 2013 . An Israeli sledder finds his Olympic dream put on ice. . 10 January 2014 .
  12. News: Goldman . Ilan . 18 March 2013 . At world alpine championship, the hills are alive with Israeli skiers. . 18 January 2014 .