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2014 Winter Olympic Competing Nations ALBANIA (ALB)
2014 Winter Olympic Competing Nations We list below detailed historial Olympic information for every IOC Member Nation that has previously competed at the Olympic Winter Games and that will compete in Sochi, as of 27 January 2014. There appear to be 88 qualified NOCs that have met IF quota requirements as of 24 January, and have accepted them (the previous record for a Winter Olympics is 82 in 2010 at Vancouver). Unfortunately, after reallocation of some quotas, only the skiing federation (FIS) has published the final quotas as of 26 January. We have tried to list below the sports for which each NOC has qualified but there is a small chance, with reallocations, that there may be minor differences in the final allocation by sport. There are seven nations that will compete in Sochi that have never before competed at the Olympic Winter Games – Dominica, Malta, Paraguay, Timor-Leste (East Timor), Togo, Tonga, and Zimbabwe. Their factsheets have been published previously on olympstats.com – see http://olympstats.com/2014/01/23/new-winter-olympic-nations-for-sochi/, which came out on 23 January. One problem nation is listed below and that is DPR Korea (North). They have not qualified any athletes for Sochi. They had the 1st and 2nd reserves for pairs figure skating but those do not appear to have been chosen by final reallocation of quota sports by the International Skating Union (ISU). However, yesterday (26 January), DPR Korea has petitioned the IOC for redress to allow them to have Olympic athletes compete in Sochi. So they are included below but it is unknown if they will compete. -
Olympics Blow out Golden Torch the Olympics Have Now Ended in Sochi, with an Impressive Closing Ceremony — As Expected
SPORT The Minsk Times Thursday, February 27, 2014 11 Olympics blow out golden torch The Olympics have now ended in Sochi, with an impressive closing ceremony — as expected. The show was a great success and crowned wonderful Games for Belarus, at which our athletes enjoyed some head- spinning victories. There’s no doubt that the Sochi Olympics were unique and unpredictable. strength, showing the Belarusian team leader was dis- that I’m able to do suaded by coach Nikolay Kozeko, anything. I’ve been who convinced Anton to continue lucky today. I wanted training and taking part in competi- to win, as my tricks tions. Mr. Kozeko has been proven and jumps were correct. complicated. I’m re- After the Vancouver Olym- ally happy. I don’t pic champion, Alexey Grishin, fell think this will ever down during the qualification stage, happen again so I’ll Mr. Kushnir became a contender to finish my career now, continue the Belarusian freestyle tra- on a high note.” dition: since 1998, we have never re- turned from a winter Games without Anton Kushnir an Olympic medal. He succeeded: It took 22 years his triple somersault with five pirou- for Anton to claim ettes earned him the highest score in his Olympic medal, Olympic freestyle history and, logi- despite being a hot cally, gold. BELTA Darya Domracheva during Winter Olympic Games closing ceremony favourite four years “The jump was wonderful and ago in Vancouver I’ve done my best,” Mr. Kushnir By Dmitry Baranovsky star hour: Darya captured gold and (when the Ukrain- said after the competition. -
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FREESTYLE SKIING International Federation: Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) Countries Affiliated: 120 (November 2013) Year of Formation: 1924 First Year of Olympic Appearance: 1992 Olympic History: Freestyle skiing is a newer discipline within the sport of skiing. It has roots in Scandinavia, similar to all skiing disciplines, but its primary development occurred in North America. In the 1930s Norwegian skiiers used ski acrobatics in training for cross-country and alpine competitions. It was considered an acceptable part of training but not a true competitive sport. In the United States, freestyle skiing developed as a part of professional ski exhibitions early in the 20th century. Standardized competitions began in the 1960s with the first freestyle skiing event taking place in Waterville Valley, New Hampshire in 1966. The first professional competitions were held in 1971 and the World Cup freestyle tour began in 1980. In 1979, the Fédération Internationale de Ski (FIS) recognized freestyle skiing as an amateur sport. The first World Championships were contested in 1986 in Tignes, France. There are multiple different events in freestyle skiing – moguls, aeriels, halfpipe, slopestyle, and skiier-cross. A combined event has also been contested at the World Championships, and ballet used to be a popular freestyle event, but less so in the 2010s. Freestyle skiing was contested as a demonstration sport at the 1988 Olympic Winter Games, with competition for men and women in all three events. Freestyle became an Olympic medal sport beginning in 1992 at Albertville. The only event at Albertville was moguls, but aeriels were added in 1994. In 2010 a new event was added, termed skiier-cross, similar to the boardercross event in snowboarding.