Cayman Islands at the 2014 Winter Olympics
| Cayman Islands at the Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
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| At the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 1 in 1 sport | |||||||||||
| Flag bearer | Dow Travers (opening[1] and closing)[2] |
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| Medals | Gold 0 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 0 |
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The Cayman Islands competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia from 7 to 23 February 2014. Dow Travers represented the nation for the second consecutive Games as the only athlete. The delegation also consisted of four officials.[3][4][5]
Competitors
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine skiing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Alpine skiing
Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics
According to the final quota allocation released on January 20, 2014, The Cayman Islands had one athlete in qualification position.[6] Dow Travers injured himself in training two weeks before the games. The injury required stitches and prevented him from training.[7] Dow Travers crashed during the giant slalom competition (being among the 30 athletes who did not complete the race). Due to the crash he suffered a mild concussion.[8]
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
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| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Dow Travers[3] | Men's giant slalom | DNF | |||||
| Men's slalom | 1:07.03 | 76 | DNF | ||||
References
- ↑ "Sochi 2014 Opening Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). www.olympic.org. Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee. 7 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ↑ "Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony - Flagbearers" (PDF). The International Olympic Committee (IOC). February 23, 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- 1 2 "Dow Travers leads Cayman’s Winter Olympics team". Cayman I News. 5 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ↑ Morales, Kevin (2 January 2014). "Travers set to ski at Winter Olympics". Cayman27. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ↑ Shillingford, Ron (10 February 2014). "Travers leads Cayman at Olympics". Cayman Compass. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- ↑ "Summary of Quota allocation as per 20.01.2014" (PDF). www.fis-ski.com. FIS. 20 January 2014. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- ↑ Morales, Kevin; Watler, Kevin (3 February 2014). "Travers injured but confident ahead of Winter Olympics". Cayman27. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
- ↑ Yates, Matthew (21 February 2014). "Travers on track for final run". Cayman Compass. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
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