Cross-country skiing
As per the qualification criteria, athletes with a maximum of 100 distance points were allowed to compete in both the sprint and distance events. They were also allowed to compete in the distance event provided that their distance points did not exceed 300. NOCs which did not have any athlete meeting the "A" standard were allowed to enter one competitor of each sex (known as the basic quota) in the sprint event or the distance event provided that they satisfied the "B" standard of having a maximum of 300 distance points at the end of qualifying on 20 January 2014. A maximum of 20 athletes (maximum of 12 male or 12 female athletes) from a single participating NOC were allowed to compete and the remaining quotas were allocated further to athletes satisfying the "B" standard criteria from other NOCs. [9]
The couple of Angelica di Silvestri and Gary di Silvestri qualified for the games. [10] [11] Both the athletes resided in the United States, and did not have any familial ties to Dominica. They had visited the country rarely and received the Dominican citizenship as a part of an investment program run by the government. [12] [13] [14] Their participation raised concerns on the acquisition of Dominican citizenship and on the qualification process for the Winter Olympics. [15] [16]
The main event was held at the Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex. [17] Angelica did not start her race after an injury during training. [18] Had she competed in her race, she would have become the oldest woman to compete in a cross-country skiing race at the Winter Olympics, surpassing Norway's Hilde Gjermundshaug Pedersen, who competed as a 41-year-old at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. [19] Gary also did not finish the event due to illness. [20] [21]
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