Latvia at the 2010 Winter Olympics

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Latvia at the
2010 Winter Olympics
Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg
IOC code LAT
NOC Latvian Olympic Committee
Website www.olimpiade.lv  (in Latvian and English)
in Vancouver, Canada
Competitors58 in 9 sports
Flag bearer Martins Dukurs
Medals
Ranked 23rd
Gold
0
Silver
2
Bronze
0
Total
2
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union (1956–1988)

Latvia participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with 58 athletes in 9 sports, which tied the biggest Latvian delegation to the Olympics ever.

Contents

At the Games, Haralds Silovs became the first athlete in Olympic games to participate in both short track (1500m) and long track (5000m) speed skating, and the first to compete in two different disciplines on the same day. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Bobsledder Jānis Miņins, who was among the favourites in four-man bobsleigh, missed the Olympics, because of an appendix surgery he went through, when he had already arrived in Canada just days before the Olympic start. He participated also in several trainings for the four-man event, but after crashing twice, decided not to start. [5]

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

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Andris Šics
Juris Šics
Luge Doubles February 17
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Martins Dukurs Skeleton Men's February 19

Alpine skiing

Men
AthleteEventFinal
TimeRank
Roberts Rode Downhill 2:03.3658
Combined -DNF
Kristaps Zvejnieks Giant slalom 2:58.6262
Slalom 1:51.2937
Women
AthleteEventFinal
TimeRank
Liene Fimbauere Giant slalom 2:46.9351
Slalom 2:02.1149

Biathlon

Men
AthleteEventFinal
TimeMissesRank
Ilmārs Bricis Sprint 25:41.32 (1+1)14
Pursuit 36:14.94 (0+0+2+2)32
Individual 108:33.96 (3+1+1+1)74
Kaspars Dumbris Individual 56:30.15 (2+0+2+1)73
Kristaps Lībietis Sprint 27:32.51 (1+0)64
Individual 56:02.43 (2+0+1+0)70
Edgars Piksons Sprint 28:23.02 (1+1)78
Individual 52:52.52 (1+1+0+0)37
Andrejs Rastorgujevs Sprint 27:05.33 (2+1)50
Pursuit 41:35.99 (2+2+3+2)58
Edgars Piksons
Ilmārs Bricis
Andrejs Rastorgujevs
Kristaps Lībietis
Relay 1:35:15.57+1619
Women
AthleteEventFinal
TimeMissesRank
Līga Glāzere Sprint 22:47.71 (0+1)69
Individual 50:20.35 (3+0+1+1)78
Žanna Juškāne Sprint 23:32.43 (1+2)79
Individual 53:36.47 (3+1+1+2)84
Gerda Krūmiņa Sprint 22:09.31 (0+1)48
Pursuit 34:02.63 (0+0+2+1)57
Individual 48:00.14 (0+3+1+0)69
Madara Līduma Sprint 22:23.84 (2+2)57
Pursuit 37:58.74 (0+2+1+1)38
Individual 47:30.26 (0+3+1+2)67
Žanna Juškāne
Madara Līduma
Līga Glāzere
Gerda Krūmiņa
Relay 1:18:56.24+1219

Bobsleigh

Two-man
SledAthletesFinal
Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalRank
LAT I Daumants Dreiškens
Edgars Maskalāns
52.1652.3252.1752.433:29.088
Four-man
SledAthletesFinal
Run 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalRank
LAT I Jānis Miņins
Daumants Dreiškens
Oskars Melbārdis
Intars Dambis
DNS
LAT II Edgars Maskalāns
Pāvels Tulubjevs
Raivis Broks
Mihails Arhipovs
51.6051.4251.8551.783:26.6511

Cross-country skiing

Men
AthleteEventFinal
TimeRank
Jānis Paipals 15km freestyle 38:18.072
30km pursuit LAP54
Sprint 4:04.4862
Women
AthleteEventFinal
TimeRank
Anete Brice 10km freestyle 30:51.870

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Roster

The following is the Latvian roster in the men's ice hockey tournament of the 2010 Winter Olympics. [6]

No.Pos.NameHeightWeightBirthdateBirthplace2009–10 team
31G Edgars Masaļskis 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)75 kg (165 lb)31 March 1980 Riga Flag of Latvia.svg Dinamo Riga (KHL)
1G Ervīns Muštukovs 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)75 kg (165 lb)7 April 1984 Riga Flag of Latvia.svg Dinamo-Juniors Riga (BLR)
30G Sergejs Naumovs 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)78 kg (172 lb)4 April 1969 Riga Flag of Latvia.svg Dinamo Riga (KHL)
8D Oskars Bārtulis 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)92 kg (203 lb)21 January 1987 Ogre Flag of the United States.svg Philadelphia Flyers (NHL)
13D Guntis Galviņš 186 cm (6 ft 1 in)87 kg (192 lb)25 January 1986 Talsi Flag of Latvia.svg Dinamo Riga (KHL)
2D Rodrigo Laviņš 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)85 kg (187 lb)3 August 1974 Riga Flag of Latvia.svg Dinamo Riga (KHL)
71D Georgijs Pujacs 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)95 kg (209 lb)11 June 1981 Riga Flag of Russia.svg Sibir Novosibirsk (KHL)
26D Krišjānis Rēdlihs 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)80 kg (180 lb)15 January 1981 Riga Flag of Latvia.svg Dinamo Riga (KHL)
3D Arvīds Reķis 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)90 kg (200 lb)1 January 1979 Jūrmala Flag of Germany.svg Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg (DEL)
7D Kārlis Skrastiņš C 188 cm (6 ft 2 in)93 kg (205 lb)9 July 1974 Riga Flag of the United States.svg Dallas Stars (NHL)
11D Kristaps Sotnieks 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)80 kg (180 lb)29 January 1987 Riga Flag of Latvia.svg Dinamo Riga (KHL)
75F Ģirts Ankipāns 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)83 kg (183 lb)29 November 1975 Riga Flag of Latvia.svg Dinamo Riga (KHL)
21F Armands Bērziņš 192 cm (6 ft 4 in)90 kg (200 lb)27 December 1983 Riga Flag of Latvia.svg Dinamo Riga (KHL)
47F Mārtiņš Cipulis 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)81 kg (179 lb)29 November 1980 Cēsis Flag of Latvia.svg Dinamo Riga (KHL)
10F Lauris Dārziņš 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)90 kg (200 lb)28 January 1985 Riga Flag of Latvia.svg Dinamo Riga (KHL)
16F Kaspars Daugaviņš 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)93 kg (205 lb)18 May 1988 Riga Flag of the United States.svg Binghamton Senators (AHL)
9F Mārtiņš Karsums 178 cm (5 ft 10 in)90 kg (200 lb)26 February 1986 Riga Flag of Latvia.svg Dinamo Riga (KHL)
87F Gints Meija 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)80 kg (180 lb)4 September 1987 Riga Flag of Latvia.svg Dinamo Riga (KHL)
17F Aleksandrs Ņiživijs A 177 cm (5 ft 10 in)77 kg (170 lb)16 September 1976 Riga Flag of Latvia.svg Dinamo Riga (KHL)
24F Miķelis Rēdlihs 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)80 kg (180 lb)1 July 1984 Riga Flag of Latvia.svg Dinamo Riga (KHL)
88F Aleksejs Širokovs 182 cm (6 ft 0 in)86 kg (190 lb)20 February 1981 Riga Flag of Russia.svg Amur Khabarovsk (KHL)
5F Jānis Sprukts 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)104 kg (229 lb)31 January 1982 Riga Flag of Latvia.svg Dinamo Riga (KHL)
12F Herberts Vasiļjevs A 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)80 kg (180 lb)23 May 1976 Riga Flag of Germany.svg Krefeld Pinguine (DEL)

Group play

Latvia played in Group B.

Round-robin

All times are local (UTC-8).

16 February 2010
21:00
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg8–2
(3–0, 1–0, 4–2)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,862
Game reference
Evgeni Nabokov Goalies Edgars Masaļskis Referees:
Flag of the United States.svg Dennis LaRue
Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Vinnerborg
Linesmen:
Flag of the United States.svg Peter Feola
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jay Sharrers
D. Zaripov (S. Fedorov, I. Nikulin) – 2:381–0
A. Radulov (S. Fedorov, D. Kalinin) – 7:462–0
A. Ovechkin (A. Semin) – 19:253–0
E. Malkin (M. Afinogenov, I. Kovalchuk) (PP) – 38:184–0
4–140:33 – H. Vasiļjevs (A. Ņiživijs, M. Cipulis)
A. Ovechkin (P. Datsyuk) – 40:595–1
D. Zaripov (S. Zinovyev) – 41:306–1
I. Kovalchuk (E. Malkin, F. Tyutin) – 43:047–1
7–243:35 – Ģ. Ankipāns (J. Sprukts, M. Karsums)
A. Morozov (A. Markov) – 58:578–2
10 minPenalties16 min
45Shots20

19 February 2010
16:30
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg5–2
(3–0, 1–2, 1–0)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,984
Game reference
Tomáš Vokoun Goalies Edgars Masaļskis Referees:
Flag of Finland.svg Jyri Rönn
Flag of the United States.svg Chris Rooney
Linesmen:
Flag of Finland.svg Stefan Fonselius
Flag of the United States.svg Thor Nelson
D. Krejčí (M. Erat, T. Fleischmann) – 2:301–0
M. Michálek (M. Židlický, T. Plekanec) – 3:332–0
J. Jágr (M. Židlický, T. Kaberle) (PP) – 5:073–0
T. Kaberle (P. Eliáš, M. Židlický) (PP) – 26:334–0
4–135:30 – K. Sotnieks (H. Vasiļjevs)
4–238:26 – Ģ. Ankipāns (M. Karsums, G. Pujacs) (PP)
P. Eliáš (SH) (EN) – 59:425–2
10 minPenalties26 min
39Shots18

20 February 2010
16:30
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg0–6
(0–3, 0–2, 0–1)
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Canada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 17,023
Game reference
Edgars Masaļskis Goalies Jaroslav Halák Referees:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dan O'Halloran
Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Vinnerborg
Linesmen:
Flag of Ukraine.svg Andriy Kicha
Flag of the United States.svg Brian Murphy
0–12:44 – Ľ. Višňovský (J. Stümpel, R. Zedník) (PP)
0–29:11 – R. Zedník (M. Handzuš, Ľ. Bartečko)
0–317:08 – J. Stümpel (Ž. Pálffy)
0–421:07 – Mari. Hossa (J. Stümpel) (PP)
0–522:20 – M. Handzuš
0–657:20 – I. Baranka (M. Štrbák, M. Handzuš)
6 minPenalties8 min
21Shots37
Standings
TeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 32010136+77 Quarterfinals
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 32001107+36
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 3110194+55
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 30003419150
Source: ESPN

Final rounds

Qualification playoff
23 February 2010
19:00
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg3–2 (OT)
(2–0, 0–0, 0–2, 1–0)
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,448
Game reference
Tomáš Vokoun Goalies Edgars Masaļskis Referees:
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Bill McCreary
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
Flag of Slovakia.svg Milan Novak
Flag of Germany.svg Felix Winnekens
T. Rolinek (F. Kuba, M. Havlát) (PP) – 5:521–0
T. Fleischmann (D. Krejčí, R. Červenka) – 11:062–0
2–152:02 – M. Cipulis (A. Ņiživijs, K. Rēdlihs)
2–256:19 – M. Rēdlihs (A. Bērziņš, L. Dārziņš)
D. Krejčí (T. Fleischmann) – 65:103–2
10 minPenalties10 min
50Shots26

Luge

Athlete(s)EventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Inārs Kivlenieks Men's 48.9601849.0651949.2591848.920183:18.20418
Guntis Rēķis Men's 49.2752549.6252749.4762649.071263:17.44726
Mārtiņš Rubenis Men's 48.8181348.8311149.0641148.809113:15.52511
Agnese Koklača Women's 42.6272742.3342443.0912742.336242:50.38824
Anna Orlova Women's 41.9981141.9471442.2601342.100132:48.30513
Maija Tīruma Women's 41.773441.933842.012841.93692:47.6549
Andris Šics & Juris Šics Doubles 41.420241.54921:22.969Silver medal icon.svg
Oskars Gudramovičs & Pēteris Kalniņš Doubles 41.9821242.013121:23.99512

Short track speed skating

Men
AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Haralds Silovs 500 m 41.6732 Q41.8373--12
1000 m 1:25.9512 Q1:50.2924--14
1500 m --2:14.9002 Q2:14.0094 QB2:19.43510

Skeleton

Martins Dukurs (left) at the 2010 Winter Olympics men's skeleton medal ceremony. Martins Dukurs, Jon Montgomery, and Alexander Tretiakov.jpg
Martins Dukurs (left) at the 2010 Winter Olympics men's skeleton medal ceremony.
Athlete(s)EventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4Total
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Martins Dukurs Men's
52.32
1
52.59
2
52.28
52.61
3:29.80
Silver medal icon.svg
Tomass Dukurs Men's
52.94
8
52.88
4
52.62
52.69
3:31.13
4

Speed skating

Men
AthleteEventFinal
TimeRank
Haralds Silovs 5000 m 6:35.6920

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