Ireland at the 2014 Winter Olympics | |
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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 |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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]
According 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 | |||
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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 |
According to the quota allocation released on January 20, 2014, Ireland had one athlete in a qualifying position.
Athlete | Event | Final | ||
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Time | Deficit | Rank | ||
Jan Rossiter | Men's 15 km classical | 48:44.6 | +10:14.9 | 82 |
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]
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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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 |
According to the quota allocation released on January 20, 2014, Ireland had one athlete qualified in two events. [5]
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||
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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
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