Armenia at the 2010 Winter Olympics

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Armenia at the
2010 Winter Olympics
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IOC code ARM
NOC National Olympic Committee of Armenia
Website www.armnoc.am  (in Armenian)
in Vancouver
Competitors4 in 2 sports
Flag bearer Arsen Nersisyan
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Armenia sent a delegation to compete at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 12 to 28 February 2010. This marked the nation's fifth appearance at a Winter Olympics as an independent country. The Armenian delegation consisted of four athletes, two in alpine skiing and two in cross-country skiing. The team's best finish in any event was a 70th place mark by Sergey Mikayelyan in the men's 15 kilometre freestyle cross-country event.

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The athletes entering the stadium during the opening ceremonies. 2010 Opening Ceremony - Armenia entering.jpg
The athletes entering the stadium during the opening ceremonies.

Background

Armenia became an independent nation again following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. [1] The National Olympic Committee of Armenia was recognized by the International Olympic Committee on 31 December 1992. [2] Armenia participated in their first Olympics in Lillehammer at the 1994 Winter Olympics, and has sent a delegation to every Summer and Winter Olympics since. [3] While Armenia has won multiple medals at the Summer Olympics, they had never won a Winter Olympics medal as of the close of these Vancouver Olympics. [3] The Armenian delegation to Vancouver consisted of four athletes, two in alpine skiing and two in cross-country skiing. [4] Alpine skier Arsen Nersisyan was chosen as the flag bearer for the opening ceremony, while cross-country skier Sergey Mikayelyan was chosen as flag bearer for the closing ceremony. [5] [6]

Alpine skiing

Arsen Nersisyan was 22 at the time of the Vancouver Olympics and was making his Olympic debut. [7] On 23 February, he failed to finish the first run of the giant slalom. [8] On 27 February, he participated in the slalom, but after skiing a first run time of 1 minute and 5 seconds, he was disqualified from the competition for "improper gate movement". [9] [10] He said he was disqualified "because coming out of the starting gate, my skies parted." [9] Ani-Matilda Serebrakian was 21 years old at the time of these Games, and was also making her first Olympics appearance. [11] On 24 February, in challenging weather conditions, she did not finish the first leg of the giant slalom. [12] Two days later, she was disqualified from the Women's slalom, reportedly for using skis that fell outside of the allowed size tolerances. [13]

AthleteEventRun 1Run 2TotalRank
Arsen Nersisyan Men's slalom DSQ
Men's giant slalom DNF
Ani-Matilda Serebrakian Women's slalom DSQ
Women's giant slalom DNF

Cross-country skiing

Kristine Khachatryan was 20 years old at the time of the Games, while Sergey Mikayelyan was 17; both were making their first Olympic appearances. [14] [15] Mikayelyan would later go on to represent Armenia at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. [14] O n 15 February, Khachatryan competed in the women's 10 kilometre freestyle event, finishing in a time of 23 minutes and 17 seconds, which put her in 75th place out of 77 classified finishers. [16] That same day, Mikayelyan skied the men's 15 kilometre freestyle, finishing in a time of 37 minutes and 59 seconds, which was Armenia's best finish of the games; 70th place out of 95 finishers. [17]

AthleteEventFinal
TimeRank
Kristine Khachatryan Women's 10 kilometre freestyle 34:17.575
Sergey Mikayelyan Men's 15 kilometre freestyle 37:58.970

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