Latvia_at_the_2010_Winter_Olympics

Latvia at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Latvia at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation


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.

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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.

Medalists

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Alpine skiing

Men
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Women
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Biathlon

Men
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Women
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Bobsleigh

Two-man
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Four-man
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Cross-country skiing

Men
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Women
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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]

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Group play

Latvia played in Group B.

Round-robin

All times are local (UTC-8).

16 February 2010
21:00
Russia 8–2
(3–0, 1–0, 4–2)
 LatviaCanada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,862
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19 February 2010
16:30
Czech Republic 5–2
(3–0, 1–2, 1–0)
 LatviaCanada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 16,984
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20 February 2010
16:30
Latvia 0–6
(0–3, 0–2, 0–1)
 SlovakiaCanada Hockey Place, Vancouver
Attendance: 17,023
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Standings
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Source: [citation needed]

Final rounds

Qualification playoff
23 February 2010
19:00
Czech Republic 3–2 (OT)
(2–0, 0–0, 0–2, 1–0)
 LatviaUBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver
Attendance: 5,448
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Luge

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Short track speed skating

Men
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Skeleton

Martins Dukurs (left) at the 2010 Winter Olympics men's skeleton medal ceremony.
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Speed skating

Men
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References

  1. "Latvia's quick-change artist makes Olympic history". Toronto Star. 2010-02-14. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  2. Harris, Beth (2010-02-13). "Latvian speedskater is 1st to do double duty". Washington Post. Retrieved 2010-02-19.[dead link]
  3. CTV Olympics, "Latvian skater makes Olympic history", Agence France Press, 14 February 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  4. New York Times, "Crosstown Ride to a Speedskating First", Associated Press, 30 January 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2010.
  5. (in Latvian) parSportu.lv, "Miņins nestartēs arī četriniekos" Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine, 25 February 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2010.

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