Latvia
Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
competed at the
2014 Winter Olympics
, ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'')
, nations = 88
, events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, athletes = 2,873
, opening = 7 February 2014
, closing = 23 February 2014
, opened_by = President Vladimir Putin
, cauldron =
, stadium = Fisht Olympic ...
in
Sochi
Sochi ( rus, Со́чи, p=ˈsotɕɪ, a=Ru-Сочи.ogg) is the largest resort city in Russia. The city is situated on the Sochi River, along the Black Sea in Southern Russia, with a population of 466,078 residents, up to 600,000 residents in ...
,
Russia, from 7 to 23 February 2014. The Latvian team consisted of 58 athletes in nine sports. These were the third consecutive games the country qualified to send 58 athletes.
Ice hockey player
Vitalijs Pavlovs
Vitālijs Pavlovs (born 17 June 1989) is a Latvian professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for the HK Dukla Michalovce of the Slovak Extraliga.
Playing career
Pavlovs signed a two-year contract with Dinamo Riga on August 9, 2012 a ...
tested positive for
methylhexaneamine and was thrown out of the Olympics.
Latvia originally won two silver medals and two bronze medals. In November 2017, the Russian Bobsleigh teams that came first and fourth in the four-man event, was disqualified. In addition, the Russian Bobsleigh teams that came first and fourth in the two-man event, was also disqualified. This meant Latvia moved from the original 5th place to the bronze medal position in the two-man event and from the original silver medal to the gold medal position in the four-man event respectively. The
IOC requested that the
FIBT modify the results, and the medals were redistributed accordingly. Also, the gold medal in the four-man Bobsleigh event is Latvia's first Winter Olympic gold medal.
Medalists
Alpine skiing
According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Latvia had five athletes in qualification position.
Biathlon
Based on their performance at the
2012
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and
2013 Biathlon World Championships, Latvia qualified 1 man and 1 woman.
Bobsleigh
The team consisted of the following athletes:
Cross-country skiing
According to the final quota allocation released on 20 January 2014, Latvia had three athletes in qualification position.
;Distance
;Sprint
Ice hockey
Latvia qualified a men's team by winning a
qualification tournament.
;Group stage
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;Qualification playoff
;Quarterfinal
Luge
Latvia achieved the following quota places:
;Men
;Women
;Mixed team relay
Short track speed skating
;Men
Qualification legend: ADV – Advanced due to being impeded by another skater; FA – Qualify to medal round; FB – Qualify to consolation round
Skeleton
Latvia had three athletes in qualification positions.
Speed skating
;Men
References
External links
Latvia at the 2014 Winter Olympics
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Nations at the 2014 Winter Olympics
2014
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Winter Olympics