The

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sent a delegation to compete at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi,

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from 7–23 February 2014. This was the second

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appearance for the territory, after the

1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ''XIV. Zimske olimpijske igre''; Cyrillic: XIV Зимске олимпијске игре; mk, XIV Зимски олимписки игр ...

. The team consisted of one athlete, the freestyle skier

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, who became the territory's second Winter Olympian ever. In the men's halfpipe, he came in 27th place.

Background

The

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was recognized by the

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on 31 December 1981. The British Virgin Islands joined Olympic competition at the

, and have they have participated in every Summer Olympic Games since the

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. The only prior Winter Olympics appearance for the British Virgin Islands had come 30 years prior, in

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at the 1984 Winter Olympics. The British Virgin Islands' delegation to Sochi consisted of a single competitor, freestyle skier

. Crook was only the second Winter Olympian ever for the territory. The

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for the delegation was Mark Chapman, who is a chartered accountant and has served as the treasurer of the British Virgin Islands Olympic Committee. Crook was selected as the flag bearer for both the opening ceremony and

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Freestyle skiing

According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, The British Virgin Islands had one athlete in qualification position.

was 21 years old at the time of the Sochi Olympics. On 18 February, he competed in the qualifying round of the men's halfpipe, held in heavy snow. In the qualification round, each skier was given two runs, with the best of the two runs determining placement; the top 16 were allowed to advance. In his first run, Crook scored 24.20 points, and a higher 25.20 points in his second run. However, this was only enough for 27th place, and Crook was therefore eliminated. With his Olympic participation concluded, the territory did not win a medal at these Games.

References

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2014 in British Virgin Islands sport

Background

Freestyle skiing

See also

References