stringtranslate.com

Italy at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Italy competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. On 21 February it was announced that bobsledder William Frullani had tested positive for methylhexanamine and was sent home from Sochi.[3]For the first time since 1980, Italy failed to win a gold medal in an Olympics. Closest was the alpine skier Christof Innerhofer who lost the gold in downhill against Matthias Mayer of Austria with only six hundredths of a second separating the two.

Medalists

Alpine skiing

According to the quota allocation released on 27 January 2014, Italy qualified a total of 19 athletes in alpine skiing.[4]

Men
Christof Innerhofer won silver in the donwhill
Women

Biathlon

Based on their performance at the 2012 and 2013 Biathlon World Championships, Italy qualified 5 men and 5 women.[5]

Men
Women
Mixed
Italy won bronze in the mixed relay

Bobsleigh

Italy rejected quota in the two-woman event. It kept its quota in the 2 and 4 man events.

* – Denotes the driver of each sled

Cross-country skiing

According to the quota allocation released on 27 January 2014, Italy qualified a total of 16 athletes in cross-country skiing.[4]

Distance
Men
Women
Greta Laurent (right)
Sprint
Men
Women

Figure skating

Italy achieved the following quota places:[6]

Team trophy

Freestyle skiing

Moguls
Slopestyle

Luge

Italy earned the maximum quota of ten spots.

Men
Women
Mixed team relay

Nordic combined

Short track speed skating

Italy qualified five skaters of each gender for the Olympics during World Cup 3 and 4 in November 2013.[7] Cecilia Maffei was the 5th woman to qualify for the team but she did not skate in any individual distances or in the relay.

Men
Women

Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round

Skeleton

Ski jumping

Italy received the following start quotas:

Snowboarding

Alpine
Snowboard cross

Qualification legend: FA – Qualify to medal final; FB – Qualify to consolation final

Speed skating

Italy achieved the following quota places:[8]

Men
Mirko Giacomo Nenzi (right) riding the 1500 m
Women

References

  1. ^ "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). olympic.org. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). 23 February 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Sochi 2014: German athlete fails A sample drugs test". BBC Sport. 21 February 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.01.2014" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. FIS. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  5. ^ "2014 Winter Olympics Biathlon NOC quota". Real Biathlon. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  6. ^ With Kostner absent, Marchei takes fifth Italian title
  7. ^ "XXII Olympic Winter Games 2014 Sochi - Entries Short Track Speed Skating". International Skating Union. 22 November 2013. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  8. ^ "Athletes". Sochi2014.com. Archived from the original on 13 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Italy at the 2014 Winter Olympics.